As someone who exclusively wears a milky nude on her nails and has done for several years, I’ve been feeling somewhat uneasy about the fact that, in recent weeks, I’ve had an urge to pick a wild card every time I’ve sat in the salon chair. Up until recently, I have never paid much attention to the colourful wheels of nail polishes that my nail tech presents me with at the start of every appointment. “I’ll just take the usual sheer, milky pink, please,” I say. But a few weeks ago, something intrigued me about the spectrum of brights in front of me, and I found myself fawning over a particular group of purple hues.
From pretty, pastel lilac to deep, rich mahogany, I couldn’t take my eyes off the purple polishes. While I, of course, opted for my usual, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about the appeal of purple since. And I have noticed it isn’t just me that’s feeling it at the moment. In fact, a quick scroll of my saved folder on Instagram just seems to prove that purple is the nail colour of the season. So, to save me making any shade selection mistakes at my next appointment, I thought I’d round up the very best purple nail looks out there—you can thank me later.
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