Gray is on trend, now is the time to paint your nails with it. So we present to you ten gray manicures that are definitely worth copying!
This year 2021, nail polish will remain one of our greatest beauty allies – along with eye makeup – since wearing a mask continues to store our favorite lipsticks at the bottom of the vanity. And this winter if the weather is gray, our nails will be too! Color often neglected by nail addicts, gray is now finding its place in the nail polish trends of the season to invite us to succumb to the beauty of the gray manicure.
Gray, the trendy color of the year
The Pantone color of the year has a knack for influencing trends in all worlds, from decoration to fashion to beauty of course. At the start of each year, we wait for it to be revealed firmly. And in 2021, the wait was definitely not in vain as the Pantone color chart has given us a duo of trendy shades rather than just one color! On the program, “Illuminating” yellow and “Ultimate Gray”, include a medium and neutral gray. A charming color that has never failed to inspire manicure fans lately on social networks like Pinterest and Instagram, and thereby makes us aware that in varnish, it is very chic! This renewed attraction for gray indeed gives us the perfect opportunity to take out the bottle of gray varnish that we had seen in the store but which had never been used, and to finally experiment with this color in manicure. by displaying a trendy gray manicure. If Pantone's “ultimate” gray is undoubtedly the shade of gray to be tested urgently, the multitude of shades of gray existing on the nail polish side promises to allow us to appropriate the trend as we wish, and to be able to better match our personal style if necessary.
How to wear gray nail polish?
As with all sober and solid shades of varnish, gray varnish can be worn as simply as possible, just completely covering each of the fingernails. You just need to apply two coats of varnish on the nails to ensure the opacity of the color to display a pretty gray manicure very easily. On the finish side, shine is not necessarily required, it is quite possible to opt for a matte nail polish to give a more modern and mineral aspect to the gray color of the varnish. Another smart option to achieve this matte result: the matte effect top coat that will transform any gray glossy varnish into a matte gray varnish!
If you prefer them nail arts more original but you are not very skilled, also think of the "five shades of gray" version manicure, which reveals shades of gray on your fingertips. A decidedly trendy fantasy, for which all you have to do is select five different shades of gray varnish, making sure to choose a dark one, a light one and other intermediates, before coating the fingernails with the lightest gray color to the darkest gray varnish tone. Be careful then: the choice of colors for your varnishes depends on the success of your gray manicure.
Do not hesitate to surf the great comeback of the french manicure by wearing it in a colorful version thanks to this trendy but versatile color, which will harmoniously match most of your outfits like the original version. And if this gray manicure is a little too simple for your liking, all you have to do is turn it into nail art heart by twisting the line of gray varnish intended to adorn the tip of the nail, and giving it the pretty shape of a heart.
Finally, if you master the brush of your nail polish, it is advisable to dare even more original details on your nails, by opting for a graphic gray manicure that sports lines, dots and triangles of another color, or even why not, in a shade of ultra-trendy metallic gold varnish too, to mix the key manicure trends of the season.
Shopping:
> Green nail polish, Manucurist, Slate shade, € 14 on blissim.com
> Ecological Nail Polish, Kure Bazaar, Cashmere shade, € 16 at Ohmycream.com
> Nail polish, Dior, shade 807, € 28.99 at Marionnaud.com
> Nail polish, Essie, shade Without a stitch, € 9.90 on loreal-paris.fr
> Long-lasting gray varnish, Chanel, Washed Denim shade, € 27.99 at Marionnaud.com