Here's Exactly How to Get Hailey Bieber's Chocolate Glazed Donut Manicure

With Fall just days away, we're prepping our beauty routines for an onslaught of matte base makeup, silvery shadows, and dark, ‘90s-inspired blushes. Although a dewy summer complexion might be going into hibernation during the upcoming cool season, the iconic glazed donut manicure that took the internet by storm is still reigning supreme—this time, in a chocolate flavor. Hailey Bieber, the mascot of the glazed donut trend, recently rocked a brown iteration that she's dubbed the “chocolate glazed donut manicure.”

The Trend

If you haven’t caught a glimpse of the trendy polish look yet, Hailey Bieber first debuted the trend at the 2022 Met Gala, where she paired a pearly nude glazed donut manicure with her all-white Yves Saint Laurent gown and feather-trimmed cape. As we previously reported, the key to locking the pearlescent sheen into this manicure type is by rubbing chrome powder on top of a manicure. The manicure caught on like wildfire, leading people to recreate the manicure in a variety of colors—Bieber herself even rocked a baby pink strawberry glazed donut look.

The trend was fitting for a an ultra-dewy summer, and Bieber proves that it belongs in the fall and winter seasons, too, by adding a chocolate base to the glazed donut. Now, we can recreate the look, as Bieber’s nail artist Zola Ganzorigt just posted a step-by-step guide for creating a moody brown chocolate glazed donut manicure for fall.

The Technique

Although it may seem as though you can just brush a chrome powder on top of any nail polish color to achieve the look, one of the key features of the glazed donut manicure’s mutli-dimensional sheen is using a sheer nail polish. Ganzorigt explains in her strawberry glazed donut tutorial, “if [the] color doesn’t seem sheer as this video, I’d highly recommend [mixing your base color] with clear gel.”

For the chocolate mani, Ganzorigt applys OPI’s Stay Strong Gel Base Coat ($19), then mixes equal parts DND Gel Polishes ($9) in Coffee Bean and Spiced Brown with the OPI Stay Shiny Gel Top Coat ($20) to sheer out the otherwise opaque brown gel polishes. After curing the color under a UV light, Ganzorigt applies a coat of the OPI Stay Shiny Gel Top Coat ($20) and cures the manicure again before dusting the OPI Chrome Effects Powder in Tin Man Can (pro only) for the iconic glazed look.

The result? A chocolatey brown glazed donut manicure that feels cozy,while still carrying on the number one trending manicure style for another season. If a moody, dewy manicure is on your beauty itinerary this fall, don’t stop at brown—a navy blueberry glazed donut or a deep purple plum glazed donut manicure both sound just as scrumptous.