{"id":235881,"date":"2024-01-01T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lulus.com\/blog\/?p=235881"},"modified":"2025-12-11T10:17:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T18:17:32","slug":"valentines-nails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lulus.com\/blog\/beauty\/valentines-nails\/","title":{"rendered":"Negative-Space Heart Nails are the Modern Valentine&#8217;s Mani You&#8217;ll Totally Fall For"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-235886\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lulus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_6517heart-edited.jpg\" alt=\"valentines nails with negative space and heart\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" \/>\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re coupled up this Valentine&#8217;s Day or not, a super-cute manicure is something we can all get on board with, right? Of course, it is. Even if you think the holiday itself is silly or cheesy, this Valentine nail art is impossible not to love&#8211;especially because you can wear it well past February 14. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lulus.com\/blog\/beauty\/negative-space-manicure\/\">negative space<\/a> trend is still going <em>very<\/em> strong, and heart nails are certainly not limited to one day of the year! So go ahead and spread the love. Read on to see how to make these Valentine&#8217;s nails (or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lulus.com\/blog\/lifestyle\/galentines-party-ideas\/\">Galentine&#8217;s<\/a> nails, or any old Tuesday nails&#8230;) all yours.<\/p>\n<h2>Negative Space Valentine Nail Art<\/h2>\n<h3>Supplies:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Sheer nail polish<\/li>\n<li>Pinkish-nude nail polish<\/li>\n<li>Red nail polish<\/li>\n<li>Angled nail art brush<\/li>\n<li>Top Coat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Instructions:<\/h3>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-235882\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lulus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/H1-edited.jpg\" alt=\"valentine nail art step 1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" \/>\n<p><strong>Step 1: <\/strong>Start off by painting the base with a sheer color. One coat works perfectly<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-235884\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lulus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/H2-edited.jpg\" alt=\"heart nails step 2: valentine nail art \" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" \/>\n<p><strong>Step 2: <\/strong>Use a pinkish nude polish of choice and paint half your nail. Clean up with an angled brush if it\u2019s not clean.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-235885\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lulus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/H3-edited.jpg\" alt=\"valentine nail art step 3: heart nails\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" \/>\n<p><strong>Step 3: <\/strong>Paint a small red heart in the center of the polished half. Wait for it to dry for 2 minutes and add a top coat to finish off your Valentine&#8217;s nails.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you try this Valentine nail art? Show us your heart nails on Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lulus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Lulus<\/a> using #lovelulus&#8211;and shop V-Day looks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lulus.com\/categories\/903\/valentine-s-shop.html\">here<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thehangedit\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hang Nguyen<\/a>\u00a0is a celebrity nail artist known for delicate, intricate, and often unexpected designs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Additional copy by Rachel Aschenbrand-Robinson)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you&#8217;re coupled up this Valentine&#8217;s Day or not, a super-cute manicure is something we can all get on board with, right? Of course, it is. Even if you think the holiday itself is silly or cheesy, this Valentine nail art is impossible not to love&#8211;especially because you can wear it well past February 14&#8230;.  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lulus.com\/blog\/beauty\/valentines-nails\/\" title=\"Read Negative-Space Heart Nails are the Modern Valentine&#8217;s Mani You&#8217;ll Totally Fall For\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":235886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beauty"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Valentine Nail Art: Negative Space Heart Nails Tutorial - Lulus.com Fashion Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This Valentine nail art is impossible not to love--and you can wear it well past February 14. 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