Manicure Games

Manicure games sit you down in a nail salon: a client arrives, you prepare their hands, pick a polish and decorate. It's a small section, about 40 games, but there's plenty of variety in what you can decorate.

What you do

In most games the sequence is similar. First you care for the hand (clean up, shape the nails, sometimes treat the skin). Then comes color, which you can apply nail by nail, and finally the decorations: stickers, glitter, flowers, drawings. In Nail Art Fashion Salon, Nail Studio and Nail Studio 2, or Spring Nail-Art, the designs take center stage. Flower Gel Nails and Flower Pedicure Designs go for flowers. And if you want something with a younger theme, there are princess series, like Princess Weekend Nails Salon or Princess Beauty Salon.

Pedicures too

The section isn't limited to hands. Pedicura Stylin Stuff, Elsa Legs Spa and Elsa Pretty Legs Spa do the same for feet and legs, with more skincare than drawing. It's a nice change if you're tired of always painting one hand.

How to play and get more out of it

You use the mouse or a finger: choose the bottle or tool and tap the nail. Small details (a thin stripe, a bow) need a steady hand, and that's where going too fast shows most. One tip that works well: decide on a theme before you start (a base color and an accent) and repeat it on every nail, or play with the contrast between one hand and the other. You have more freedom than in makeup games, because the space is small and everything fits in a single glance.

Some feel like a tiny design studio, such as Nails Makeover or Fashion Girls Nail Salon, and others are simpler, like Pintar uñas (paint nails), which is great as a first try.