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Nailing Pantone's Color Of The Year Is Right At Your Fingertips

These Instagram nails turn classic blue into a statement color.
Nailing Pantone's Color Of The Year Is Right At Your Fingertips
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By Shalwah Evans · Updated December 6, 2020
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We called it during fashion week, blue is going to be big for 2020. So when Pantone announced Classic Blue as its color of the year, we weren’t scrambling to find inspiration, it was already everywhere. And incorporating the color into your beauty routine is as easy as eyes, hair, and of course, nails.

You can get creative and go over-the-top with nails in a way that you sometimes can’t with your makeup, especially depending on your professional environment. And you can try all the different hues in the Classic Blue family, all on the same pattern if you choose. And then you change it up daily. These double-tap worthy nails below are showing us creative ways to get in on the color trend.

Incorporate it into a creative geometric pattern that has flair.

Nailing Pantone’s Color Of The Year Is Right At Your Fingertips

Ombre shades of the classic hue in a classic earth or ocean print.

Nailing Pantone’s Color Of The Year Is Right At Your Fingertips

Mix it up with past Pantone shades to create a colorful and fun look.

Nailing Pantone’s Color Of The Year Is Right At Your Fingertips

Go Art Basel with it and make abstract nail polish art that costs less than a banana.

Nailing Pantone’s Color Of The Year Is Right At Your Fingertips

If you’re not all the way feeling the blues, mix the color up with metallics that give it that extra pop.

Nailing Pantone’s Color Of The Year Is Right At Your Fingertips

Don’t have the skills to execute these looks? Neither do we! Try a clean coat of blue polish or these other nail products we love from the brands below to satisfy your Pantone craving.

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OPI Nail Lacquer Super Trop-i-cal-i-fiji-istic
Nailing Pantone's Color Of The Year Is Right At Your Fingertips
OPI
available at OPI $10.50 Shop Now
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Dashing Diva MagicPress Press-On Manicure
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Dashing Diva
available at Dashing Diva $9 Shop Now
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Lily and Fox Nail Wraps in Puzzle Me
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Lily and Fox
available at Lily and Fox $3 Shop Now
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Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Nail Polish
Nailing Pantone's Color Of The Year Is Right At Your Fingertips
Sally Hansen
available at Target $6 Shop Now
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Sinful Colors Professional In Why Not?
Nailing Pantone's Color Of The Year Is Right At Your Fingertips
Sinful Colors Professional
available at Amazon $9 Shop Now
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