6 Unbelievable Nail Art Designs That Make Fast Food Look Chic

You cheered when carnitas came back. You danced like Cameron Diaz circa Charlie's Angels when you learned how to double your burrito for free. Heck, you call it "Chipot-bae." This look is SO YOU. Falcone applied Essie's glittery Set in Stones polish over solid silver—No Place Like Chrome, specifically—to create the foil-like look, and used Essie's Wicked and Blanc to freehand paint the Chipotle pepper logo on the model's index fingers.

Not even the Noid could ruin this mani. (And if you don't know who the Noid is, educate thyself, stat.) Falcone says this is the easiest look for beginners to master: She coated each nail with Zoya's Purity polish first —"the bright white makes the red and blue colors pop more"—then used Hannah, a bright red, and Ling, an in-your-face royal blue, to paint in the details. A striping brush helped her keep the lines—and dots—looking crisp.

Knowing the chain these nails reference by the palm-tree pattern alone is like knowing how to order a burger animal-style back in 2009—it's the secret code you're a West Coaster. Falcone admits it took her the better part of a day to get the look just right the first time, but once she mastered the arch of the palm tree ("Start with the trunk of the tree, right in the middle of the nail," she recommends), it took her about 45 minutes to paint all 10 fingers. She used Essie's Blanc and A-List to freehand-paint it all.

East Coasters, we didn't forget you—just like we couldn't forget the life-altering magic that is a ShackBurger or a Jelly's Last Donut Concrete (a custard studded with donuts, strawberry preserves and cinnamon sugar, for the uninitiated). All of the nails were coated with Essie's Blanc, then the all-green accent nails and details were painted using Luscious by Formula X.

Hey Brittany Nicole Creech—AKA the girl who got her senior pictures taken at Taco Bell like a total boss—we've found your perfect prom manicure. Falcone painted the pinky nails in Zoya's Haley, then freehand-painted the word "HOT" using Purity, an opaque white. The rest of the nails were painted Pinta, which should probably be renamed T-Bell Purple, then Falcone used bright-pink Morgan, Pippa, a sunny yellow, and a little more Purity to create the iconic bell.

If you're new to this whole painting-mini-masterpieces-on-your-nails thing, Falcone suggests painting in the details using acrylic paint. It doesn't dry as quickly and it's less runny, so you have more control over where each color goes.

A Frappuccino is really just a vessel to hold while Instagramming your flawless manicure anyway, right? Falcone alternated Essie's Blanc and Going Incognito, a rich emerald green, on each fingernail, then used a striping brush to draw wavy lines on the green nails. You could paint the siren logo by hand, earning the respect and admiration of everyone you know, or you could use a little shortcut: Print nail-sized images of the logo on paper, then lacquer it to your nail with a coat of clear polish.