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Designs scaled for short nails, not shrunk down from long ones.

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Most nail art is photographed on long extensions and then looks cramped once a tech scales it down. These sets are chosen because they were designed for short nails in the first place: micro French tips, a single accent detail, colour blocking that uses the shape of the nail instead of fighting it, and finishes like velvet and chrome that carry a set with no art at all. Squoval and short almond come up most, since both add visual length without free edge.