With Prom approaching quickly, there are many girls stressed about dress alterations, finding the perfect shoes and making hair appointments. But one important aspect that can’t be overlooked is nails.

With the right nail polish color or design, the perfect “fairy-tale” Prom look can be achieved.

Firstly, a girl can never go wrong with a french manicure. They match any color, style or embellishment on a dress. Professional is the way to go when getting a french, because it’s so easy to mess up on your own nails when making those fine, white lines.

If your dress is black, try to match your nails with the color of your shoes or accessories.  In my opinion, gold or red looks great with black.  But if you want to try something more “out there,” try a deep green color on your nails.

With a white dress, it’s easy to make your nails stand out against the dress. However, you don’t want them to stand out too much, as the dress is still the main focus.  Really light or really dark hues work best with a white dress, not neon.

If your dress is multi-colored, try to match your nails to one of the less dominant colors of your dress.  Doing this will make sure that your nails still stand out among the variety of colors on the dress.

However, if your dress is one color, you can either go with that specific color to paint your nails with or pick one of its contrasting colors.

If you’re nails look good, that’s one less thing to worry about leading up to Prom night.