For young manicure maniacs who are awaiting their senior prom with breathless anticipation, Spring 2016 offers the perfect opportunity to incorporate the season’s punchy pastel hues into an evening beauty statement. If you’re hoping to be crowned prom queen, arrive in style with complementary nails to flatter your dream dress and sparkling tiara. Just in time for prom season, here are a few manicure ideas to complete your fairy tale evening.

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Colourblocked purple shades: For the artsy high school rebel who is unafraid of bold and unconventional design, try sporting a colourblocked manicure with a geometric edge. To achieve this look, paint your fingernails with a combination of vivid lilac and violet hues. For an inspired effect, apply Essie’s pale pink-mauve Muchi, Muchi shade and use nail striping tape to create a sectioned-off area on your nail surface. Next, apply Essie’s dark plum Flowerista colour and create another blocked area using nail tape. To finish the look, add a coat of Essie’s light purple Play Date nail polish.

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Soft peach hues: For the minimalist who is wearing an airy cream-coloured or light blue gown, a peach manicure is a gorgeous touch. This delicate manicure features the new Got Myself into a Jam-balaya colour from OPI’s New Orleans collection, for a pretty peachy-pink shade with a cream finish.

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Pale blue and pink pastels: For the rising trendsetter with a keen eye for colour, try a savvy manicure that combines Pantone Universe’s Serenity and Rose Quartz shades. Whether your prom dress is candy pink or powder blue in colour, matching your nails to the season’s hottest hues is a cool shift away from the classic French mani. This girlish, softly blended nail look includes Deborah Lippmann’s new My Boy Lollipop pastel blue and Candy Girl pastel pink shades.

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Dreamy pinks and whites: For the preppy prom princess who prefers timeless elegance to funky colours, water-spotted marble nails can suit a variety of prom dress styles and hues. This ethereal manicure uses a combination of China Glaze’s light lavender In A Lilly Bit, light pink Go Go Pink and stark snowy White Out nail polish.