A plate of keratin that lies on the tips of the fingers and toes.

It is the pearly colored and crescent shaped part of the nail.

It is part of the nail that can be filed and shaped.

It is the part of the nail where the nail plate rests.

It is the dead, colorless tissue attached to the natural nail plate.

This is common among people with long, perfect nail beds

Ideal for shorter nails and is filed into a rounded shape.

This shape is very weak as the sides of the nail  are totally lost.

It followed by squaring off the tip and gives the nail tip strength over the oval shape.

The most famous among the nail shapes.