5 Gorgeous Nail Trends—and the Cute Bags to Pair Them With
Picking shoes that go with your purse is so old-school. Coordinating your hands and your handbag? Brilliant! This summer’s nail trends star in a few eye-catching combos that carry the day....
By Erin Stovall
Bright Idea
Why choose one color when five can look this fab?
OPI Nail Lacquer in
You've Got Nata on Me, $10.50,
Ulta.com.
Essie Gel Couture Avant-Garde in
Avant-Garment and
Dye-Mentions, $11.50 each,
Essie.com.
Jinsoon Nail Polish in
Poppy Blue and
Auspicious , $18 each,
Jinsoon.com.
Top-Handle Bag, handpainted by artist Ben Smith for Zac Zac Posen, $995,
ZacPosen.com. Ten percent of proceeds go to the
Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation.
Fine Lines
A minimalist accent nail is the perfect companion for this striped woven clutch.
Start with a nude base:
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in
Champagne Supernova, $5, drugstores.
Make a diagonal stripe:
Dior Vernis in
Splash, $28,
Dior.com.
Then outline it:
China Glaze Stripe Rite in
Midnight Blue , $4,
SallyBeauty.com.
For crisp lines, keep your elbow close to your body, which helps you hold steady.
Clutch, Diane von Furstenberg, $378,
DVF.com.
Shine of the Times
Get trippy with a shade-shifting holographic duo.
Two coats of
Sally Hansen Color Therapy in
Reflection Pool , $9, drugstores, sets off this sleek bucket bag.
Tip: A glossy topcoat gives metallics staying power. Try
Seche Vive Instant Gel Effect Top Coat , $12,
Ulta.com.
Bucket Bag, Charles & Keith, $68,
CharlesKeith.com.
Hot Tips
An unexpectedly colorful French manicure plays well with a whimsical acrylic clutch.
Start with a neutral base like
Zoya Nail Lacquer in
Chantal, $10,
Zoya.com.
Then cover everything but the top eighth inch of your nail and paint a vivid fuchsia like
Chanel Le Vernis in
Exquisite Pink, $28,
Chanel.com onto the tips.
Minaudière, $1,295,
Edie-Parker.com.
Show of Hands
Put your neutrals on the back burner in favor of this cheery twosome.
Use
Dermelect Nail Lacquer in
Head-Turner as a base and then create half-moon designs at your cuticles in
Red-iculous , $14 each,
Dermelect.com.
Keep color off your cuticles with strips of masking tape or by using
Sally Hansen Big Polish Guards Cuticle Protectors, $6, drugstores.
Shoulder Bag, $70,
Zara.com.
From the
May 2018 issue of
O, The Oprah Magazine
