Muted French Manicure Is A Quiet Luxury Nail Trend

Because it’s a French manicure, there’s an alternate shade striped across the tip of the nail. This is important: It shouldn’t be bright white. Instead, I grabbed a sheer, almond milk-tinged white shade called All Frothed Up, also by CND. “You know this isn’t white?” my artist commented before painting on the tip. However, the combo of sheer pink with an off-white created exactly the muted French look. The difference between the tones is almost undetectable. But you know when your nail grows past your finger, the tip looks lighter because there’s no skin underneath? That’s the role of the off-white polish. So what the design really achieves, IMO, is the illusion that my nails are not painted at all.