Happy New Year Everyone!

Over the course of the past few weeks I have focused my attention on nail polishes and what the current trends are in manicured nails.  I personally do not paint my fingernails because brush cleaner will take it right off. I do, however, go crazy on my toes with fun colors.

What I have noticed are women in our salons gravitating towards the classic white-tipped French manicure.  Do we really believe that the French wear their nails with white tips?  This style of manicure has become such a common style, and I (as well as most of the really stylish ladies I know) truly do not comprehend it.  If what you seek is the appearance of a bare and clean nail, wear blush tones, or depending on your nail bed color, tan or creams.  I have learned to embrace darker nail polishes for the hands, and I think a vampy cherry-black on short nails looks amazing.  Looking ahead towards the spring season, begin looking for your signature color.  The brand OPI consistently and successfully puts collections together that mimic the fashions that are current for the season.

“And now, a little history lesson.  Nail polish was invented 5,000 years ago by the Ming Dynasty.  Chinese royalty wore colored nails as a reflection of the current dynasty (gold and silver during the Chou, red and black during the Ming, etc).  Queen Nefertiti wore ruby red and Cleopatra wore rust red, but the women of the lower classes were permitted to use only very pale colors.” – taken from “The One Hundred” by Nina Garcia

So my queens…  Let us get away from white tipped nails and really wear nail polish!

Nikole Morrow-Pettus
Cosmetic Director