The 10 Best Brown Chrome Nails 2024
The best brown chrome nails are like chocolate-glazed donut nails with a metallic gleam. They are cozy yet sophisticated for fall and winter. Moreover, many options exist, from a creamy cappuccino to deep dark chocolate shades. There's a brown chrome manicure to suit everyone regardless of skin tone.
Also, brown chrome nails aren't limited to a single style. They come in all sorts of designs, both subtle and dazzling. If you're looking for a manicure to make you stand out, this is the one to try next. Just take a look at these gorgeous brown chrome nail designs.
Top Brown Chrome Nails
Chrome and Chocolate Glazed Donut Nails
Take Hailey Bieber’s chocolate glazed donut nails and burnish them with chrome. That’s how you get this beautiful rendition of brown chrome nails. Instead of using a pearlescent finish, use a chrome powder instead.
Go as dark or as light as you like. The Lavis Bourbon shade suits us perfectly.
Dripping with Chocolate
This look makes us want to lick our fingers! Start with a dark chocolate shade and glam it up with the right sheen of chrome powder to look like glazed donut nails. Then create the drips with line art gel polish. Easy!
Chocolate-dipped Chrome Nails
Instead of making brown chrome the primary color of your nails, use it only as an accent. It looks like you dipped your fingers in metallic chocolate syrup! It's subtle on a nude base, but just imagine the effect on milky-white nails. It would be like a French manicure dessert!
Ombré Brown and Chrome Nails
If you’ve never done ombré nails, here is an excellent tutorial. Swap the pink polish in the video for brown shades; you're halfway there. You should also see a second brief video about doing chrome ombré nails.
Gold Accents
There are many ways to add gold accents to brown chrome nails. For example, half the nail could be brown and the other half golden chrome. You also have options like gold glitter polish, gold foil, and gold nail charms and jewelry.
Chrome and Cream Almond Nails
This simple design features elegant almond-shaped nails, a trendy style that flatters everyone’s hands.
Checkered, Striped, or Tweed
How do you get perfectly straight lines on your nails? You can freehand them or use nail tape or a stencil. Why not try nail stickers, too?
On the other hand, if you want your brown chrome nails to look like tweed, use a fluffy brush to create a mixed texture. Then strategically apply chrome powder.
Swirls
Do you know what the secret to doing swirly brown chrome nails is? It’s blossom gel polish, also known as blooming gel. After you apply a clear base coat, brush on the blooming gel and don't cure it yet. Instead, dab on the brown color gel and let it bloom across the nail. When you're satisfied with how it looks, cure it with a nail lamp. Remember the top coat!
Another fun variation is to use rose gold embossing gel for touchable texture and visual delight.
Brown Chrome with Jeweled Accent Nails
Brown chrome nails have a magical sheen similar to mother-of-pearl nails. That's why they are a match made in heaven for your manicure. There are infinite ways to combine these designs. One can serve as an accent for the other on the same nail or alternating nails.
Holographic Brown Chrome
Can you combine holographic with chrome on brown nails? After all, a holographic finish has a rainbow color effect, while chrome is monochromatic with a mirror finish. On the surface, they seem so different until you see a nail design that blends both worlds.
How to Do Brown Chrome Nails
Let's be honest; you'll get better results with gel polish and have more artistic control over brown chrome nail designs. However, it’s also possible to use lacquer. Just be sure to finish it with a super glossy top coat.
If you want to do opaque and chocolatey brown chrome nails with gels, plan on two coats of color. Then add one layer of top coat before rubbing in the chrome powder. In each case, thin layers are better than thick ones.
It takes a bit of rubbing to get the perfect glassy, metallic sheen from the chrome powder. You are literally polishing the nail with the powder as if shining up the bumper on a vintage car. That's why it's called "burnishing."
If you're happy with how it looks after the first treatment, stop and brush on a top coat and cure. Otherwise, apply another layer of top coat and rub in the chrome powder again.
How to Do Brown Chrome Nails with Makeup
No, this isn’t fake news. If you don’t have a nice selection of chrome powders like the set below, you can use makeup to create a look.
Chrome Powder Set 6 Colors
What do gold, bronze, silver, rose, gold, and scarlet have in common? They are chrome powders for your nails. It used to be that only professionals had access to them. These finely textured particles of colored pigment, metal, and glass create a mirror finish on your manicure.
So, while you wait for the chrome powder to arrive, it's time to dig in your makeup bag. Do you have pearlescent eye shadow? How about an iridescent highlighter? You can use either to imitate chrome powder on top of brown nail lacquer.
Ensure the nail color is dry and won't smudge when you start rubbing in the powder. And be sure to seal the finish with a glossy top coat.
Conclusion
It’s time to power up your manicure with brown chrome nails. The metallic sheen dresses up a cozy manicure into a sophisticated head-turner. What’s more, there are so many different brown chrome nail designs, colors, and styles to try!
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