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7 Ways You Should Be Wearing Your Nails This Season

Forget what you’ve heard about only wearing dark nail colors in the winter. These celebrities are ripping the red carpets and beating the winter blues with out of the box, eye-popping nail trends. Get into them and prepare to turn heads all season long.
By Deena Campbell · Updated October 27, 2020
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In The Nude

Celebrity designer Deborah Lippmann took a graphic take on the classic French manicure by giving Lupita Nyong’o a true nude base and berry/red tip at the 2015 SAG Awards.

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Sparkled Accented Finger

Rosario Dawson chose purple nails and with a sparkled ring finger at the 20th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards.

7 Ways You Should Be Wearing Your Nails This Season
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Ombre

Ombre nails were Taraji P. Henson’s look du jour at this year’s Fox All-Star Party.

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Rosy-Pink

The always chic Jennifer Lopez attended the 92nd Street Y series with sparkled beige nails; an instant nod to a classic color with a twist.

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Minty Green

At New York Fashion Week, models at the Charlotte Ronson show displayed negative space, with alternating cutout half moon shapes with OPI’s That’s Hula-rious. Try your own shade of green-ish, blue by using Floss Gloss Nail Lacquer in 95% Angel.

7 Ways You Should Be Wearing Your Nails This Season
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Classic Bright Red

Take a hint from Holly Robinson Peete on how to master the standard winter nail polish shade. Add a red dress for red on red fun.

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Go Blue

Mel B adds retro fun to her digits. We like OPI’s San Francisco Collection Nail Lacquer, Wharf! Wharf! Wharf! 

7 Ways You Should Be Wearing Your Nails This Season
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