A teddy bear manicure celebrates your personality. We all have a soft side that likes to play. Teddy bear nail art can remind you of joyful memories and act as a cute distraction from everyday stress. Bear nails will brighten your mood and put a smile on your face every time you catch a glimpse of them! Let’s have a look.
Teddy Bear Nails
Baby Shower Bear Nails
Teddy bears are the most popular stuffed animals of all time. Not only are they a cute and cuddly gift for a child, but also a symbol of childhood. It’s a brilliant idea to wear teddy bear nails to a baby shower. Moreover, it only takes a moment to dress up any manicure with nail stickers or decals. Or make a freehand teddy bear design stand out more with a matte finish.
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How Teddy Bears Toys Came to Be
In 1902, Theodore Roosevelt was president of the United States. You may have heard his famous quote, “Speak softly and carry a big stick, and you will go far”. By that time, he had already overcome many challenges with intelligence and grit. He had severe asthma as a child and was bullied, so he took up exercising and boxing to overcome those problems.
Also as a boy, he was fascinated by wildlife and created a “natural history museum” with his cousins. This was the start of a lifelong love affair with nature that led to him establishing the world’s first national parks.
So, when the governor of Mississippi invited him to go hunting, he accepted. However, he refused to harm a black bear that the guide had captured for him. He declared it would be unsportsmanlike. Word spread quickly, and a cartoonist at the Washington Post newspaper documented the event. A couple who owned a candy shop in Brooklyn saw the cartoon and created a stuffed bear with button eyes to honor the president. They called it “Teddy’s Bear” and soon everyone wanted one just like it, and here we are.
Holiday Gift Teddy Bear Nails
Here’s an adorable holiday manicure created with cat eye polish for that distinctive shimmer. The gifted nail artist makes this set the perfect present for someone who loves a cozy, classy look.
Speaking of cat eye polish, have you seen how many gorgeous shades there are in the LDS and Lavis collections? There are even universal cat eye and pearly versions.
LAVIS Cat Eyes CE15 - 04 - Gel Polish 0.5 oz - Fangtastic Collection
Korean Bear Nail Art
It’s pretty common to see Korean nail art on short nails. That’s because extensions are expensive and haven’t quite reached the popularity they enjoy in the USA. This means the nail artists have to make the best use possible of tiny canvases. Instead of length, they often add depth like you see with syrup and glass nails. Here’s an example of a teddy bear design that looks encapsulated and bordered with beads. It’s accompanied by a 3D bow that appears to be resting on a plush surface.
3D Teddy Bear Nails
If you browse photos of early stuffed Teddy bears, you can see they look a lot like real bears right down to the small eyes, snout shapes, and the angle of their paws. But modern teddy bears are usually made to look cuter with perky rounded ears, large eyes, and flatter noses. What’s more, they might resemble koalas, pandas, and polar bears.
When you imagine the color scheme of your next teddy bear nail design, will you start with neutral shades like the Bare With Me Collection? Or will you customize the look according to a holiday, special event, or even a fictional bear?
Lavis J03 - Bare With Me Collection
Teddy Bear Freestyle Nails
Make coquette nails even sweeter with a hand-drawn teddy. This color scheme fits right into the popular “your nails but better” style plus it features a shade similar to Pantone’s Color of the Year, Mocha Mousse.
Teddy-Inspired Nails
Here the artist used inspiration from patterned dinner plates. She drew each cute little teddy bear tucked into bed for a nap.
Did you know that there are teddy bear museums in England, the US, Germany, Thailand, Malaysia, and South Korea? Moreover, Japan loves teddy bears so much they have three!
And one more bit of teddy bear trivia: the largest stuffed bear ever wears a tiara. It was made in Mexico in 2019 and is so big (over sixty-three feet tall) that it was put on display in a stadium.
Fall Nail Art with a Teddy Bear
Move aside coffee nails, we want teddy bear nail art this fall. It’s the ultimate in cozy fun!
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Fluffy Bear Nails
Every so often, fluffy nails trend again. What a fun way to create a touchable teddy bear!
Mocha Mousse Bears
Teddy bear nails can help you stay on top of the latest trends. Look at these two cuties done in the most fashionable color of the year.
Cat Eye, Chrome, and Stickers
Chrome and cat eye polish are extremely popular right now. You can adapt them to pretty much any nail design including teddy bear nails.
LDS Soft Gel Tips
More Teddy Bear Nail Art Ideas
Although the classic teddy bear is brown, there are many other famous stuffed bears to inspire bear nails designs. For example
Winnie the Pooh and his pot of honey
Paddington Bear with his distinctive raingear
The Care Bears all in pastels
Gummy bears that remind us of jelly gel polish
Can you think of more teddy bear nail art designs?
Conclusion
Teddy bear nails are cozy, cute, and playful. As comforting as they look, they can also shake things up and start conversations. If you just feel like making people smile, here’s your excuse. Go pick your favorite bear-inspired design and have fun!
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Source:
https://carnegiemnh.org/history-of-teddy-bears/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_bear