The next time you go to paint your nails, instead of choosing one solid colour, why not bring 'em all to the party instead? The manicure trend you're about to see everywhere this spring is the polar opposite of monochrome: Each nail gets a different colour, creating a tiny gradient on your fingertips.
Mix-and-match, ombré, simply gradient — whatever you want to call the trend, it's blowing up on Instagram right now. The best part is that anyone with opposable thumbs and five different bottles of polish can pull it off. Tenoverten nail pro Nadine Abramcyk tells us that the key to a cohesive multicoloured manicure is to choose your polishes carefully. "I always recommend a range of shades in the same colour family," she says. Paint each nail a different colour, and you get a shade transition that feels purposefully mismatched.
From cool-toned neutrals to soft pink with glittery leopard spots on top, check out every way to wear spring's freshest, most unexpected, and surprisingly chic manicure trend, ahead.
Using Essie's new Serene Slate collection, nail artist Betina Goldstein — who inspired us to try cuticle striping — gives a lesson in how to artfully mix cool-toned neutrals.
Your transitional shades can be as contrasting as you like. These colours are all over the spectrum, but the two-toned striping across each finger ties it all together.
Create a dark-to-light spectrum by starting with glossy black on your pinky, blending into charcoal and slate grey in the middle, and ending in a soft dove shade at the thumb.
Why pick one single shade of nude polish when five different tones, one on each finger, look this gorgeous?
For two trends in one, add a spotted animal print — à la Kendall and Ariana — right on top of your pink-tone colour gradient.
St. Patty's Day is almost here, and this green ombré manicure just so happens to be very on-trend.
Glitter colour-blocking adds a fun textural element to a pastel -toned, multicoloured mani.
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