Face card doesn’t decline — and neither do the nails. Meet “barcode nails,” the K-beauty manicure trend poised to take over TikTok.

By this point, everyone knows that K-beauty just does it better. Cleansing oils , scalp treatments, jelly manicures — you name it, and South Korea has perfected it. So it was only a matter of time before the country’s nail artists delivered the next viral look: a soft-focus horizontal stripe design that blends the color-washed gradient of aura nails with the dimensional gleam of a cat-eye . The result? A manicure that somehow feels both dreamy and architectural, like a beam of light cutting through a cloud. Add in a few tiny stars, a swipe of shimmer, and a glossy top coat, and the entire effect becomes even dreamier.

But despite the celestial vibe,

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