Nail color ideas for every season, and how to preview them

Nails are the easiest place to try a trend. A color you would never wear on your lips or in your hair can look fresh on ten small canvases, and it only lasts a week or two.

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Burgundy

Colors that work all year

• Nude and pink: clean, polished and right for every setting.
• Red and burgundy: classic, and even richer in autumn and winter.
• White and lilac: bright and modern in spring and summer.
• Coral: a warm summer favorite.
• Black, blue and green: bold choices that look striking on short, square nails.

See a nail color on your own hand

Nail Preview is one of the try on tools in VIPAD.

Four finishes

• Glossy: the classic shine, and the most forgiving.
• Matte: soft and velvety, beautiful on dark colors.
• Shimmer: fine sparkle that catches the light.
• Chrome: a mirror like metallic finish.

Five designs

• Solid: one color, nail to nail.
• French: a clean tip line, in white or in any color.
• Ombre: one shade melting into another.
• Glitter accent: one nail with glitter, the rest solid.
• Minimal dots: a small dot or two on a clean base.

Choose with your undertone in mind

Warm undertones glow with coral, warm red and gold shimmer. Cool undertones suit berry, lilac, blue and silver chrome. A nude polish looks best a little lighter or darker than your skin rather than an exact match.

Preview on your own hand

Nail Preview in VIPAD shows a color, a finish and a design on a photo of your own hand. Take the photo on a plain surface in daylight with your fingers slightly apart. Save your favorites to My Looks and show them at the salon.