Abstract: A fingernail cover includes a decorative topper to fill the gap between the outgrown artificial fingernail and the cuticle of the underlying natural fingernail. The fingernail cover may also include a decorative sleeve to slip over the tip of the artificial fingernail. The fingernail cover may be used to conceal damaged fingernails, to maintain an attractive appearance of artificial nails without requiring application of nail polish, or to increase the strength of the artificial or natural fingernails. The fingernail cover may be fabricated from a material selected from among metal, gold, silver, other precious metals, metal electroplated with precious or other metal and colored injection molded plastic, particularly “neon” colors. Also, instead of sizing the decorative topper to fill the indicated gap, the topper may instead be sized to cover the gap.