This Spring there are two main trends for nails; ‘The brighter the better” and “The nude look”. For this post, I’m taking a look at nude, as it’s not a look I would normally go for.
According to Vogue Beauty, the idea is to look at your skin tone and match as close as you can, suggesting to bespoke-blend a couple of colours to get the right colour-match. Judging by the imagery used it implied there would be a lot of choice, I found little choice of ‘nude” in Boots today – there was a lot of neutrals, but not many light enough to match my skin tone.
For nails I normally like colour, so for trying this trend I decided to opt for a cheaper brand, and selected 500 Caramel Cupcake from Rimmel London 60 Second range; it’s darker than my skin tone but my other options were too pinky for me. Expert manicurist Marian Newman, suggests to use a matt coat between applications to get that flawless finish, not having used this before I purchased Rimmel’s Pro Matte Finish. It worked brilliantly, I may try this technique on some other colours that sometimes leave an uneven finish. That said, I’ve still opted for a high gloss coating for the last coat.
Marian also did a feature with Emerald Street, stating that “nude nails was the strongest trend she had seen in 15 years” and recommended to use “Quiet time” by MAC at £10 a bottle – if I take to this new look, I may just invest.
So do you dare to go bare??
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Do you have a photo of your nails? Would love to see the colour on – especially with the matte technique. Been thinking of buying the Rimmel one but never heard it used in this way so will have to give it a try :)Lindsey x
No sorry I didn't – I'm not keen on my hands!! But that said, I might update later this month & show that. Thanks Lindsey.Lizzi xx
Ive never used a nude over my nails apart from when doing a manicure. With the matte it must look very neat and polished. I'm loving muted pinks at the moment 🙂
I tried nude for the first time 5 days ago. I didn't think I like it but it's brilliant; I think I want to say chic!I found a set of four 'Look' nude polishes in Superdrug for half price (£6, they were so cheap I thought they'd be rubbish. I couldn't have been more wrong. Base coat and top coat from Nails Inc and two coats of Look Minx have lasted without a chip!I'm converted to nudity! :o)