Neutral Nail Trends: Innovative Styles, Beautiful Shades, Never Boring
Neutral nail trends might be seen as safe, which is funny, because they’re anything but dull. Neutral colors have a surprising range and can even be edgy depending on how you wear them. This year, neutral nail trends don’t want you disappearing into the background. They’re here to help you make a statement with confidence and take pride in your polished look.
What Neutral Shades Are Trending?
Thanks to soap nails, nude shades are very popular. However, milky polish has returned, and brown tones continue to trend. Moreover, all the classics like blush pink, black, olive, navy, gray, and burgundy are still going strong. Gold and silver are considered neutral colors, too. Explore these colors in detail as we investigate neutral nail trends in this post.
Warm Brown and Gold
Last year’s Mocha Mousse hasn’t faded. In fact, fashion designers are including other brown variations in this year’s collections. If you love brown, you can find a way to wear it in every season.
Here the artist applied a warm brown shade from the LAVIS Maple & Mocha collection. Then she spiced up the look with swirls of a golden cat eye color from the LAVIS Beauty Bureau set. With the help of a ball magnet, she concentrated the shimmer and enhanced it with gold sparkle from the LAVIS Glitter Envy Pat Pat Gel palette.
Just to make this neutral nails set stand out a little more, she added one more line of cat eye gel, then finished with LAVIS Diamond Top. The end effect makes us think we’re seeing swirls of energy coming straight from the sun.
Lavis CE10 (Ver2) - Beauty Bureau Collection
Black and White
The universal neutral black and white can feel too stark for some sets. However, with the help of a nude cat eye color from the Beauty Bureau collection and golden accents, the design becomes luxurious and welcoming.
The artist centered the shimmer on the cat eye nails and gave them dusky French tips with the help of LAVIS Super Black gel, possibly the most intense and darkest polish available. The next step was adding golden petals with A’DOR Beauty Marble Ink. This product comes with a precision brush in the bottle and has a flowy consistency like watercolor. It’s the quickest way to add metallic accents on nails.
After adding more petals with white polish, she crafted a 3D flower with LAVIS Special Carving Gel and painted it gold. The chef’s kiss were the tiny golden beads and the pearl.
Lavis Base - Top, Super White, Super Black, Blooming, Foil Transfer Gel, Milky Top, Chrome Base, Chrome Matte Top
A'DOR Metallic Marble Ink 10ml - Gold
Milky Nails with Extra Energy
Remember the milk bath craze? It lives on as inspiration for this glittery, milky white set with ethereal French tips. After curing the base coat, the artist started with the base by the cuticle and blended Diamond Dust towards the center. This is a glitter gel from the LDS Color Craze Collection.
Then she used a bit of sponge and a milky color from the Crushed Cherry Pat Pat Gel palette. If you haven’t seen the palettes yet, you’re missing out on one of the most economical and versatile nail art tools. They are an affordable way to instantly expand your color collection. What’s more, they are packed with pigment for intricate details and ideal for ombre designs, too.
The next step was coating the nails with another especially useful product. LDS Universal Cat Eye gel gives any polish color cat eye effects. Add a layer of the translucent gel, use a magnet to move the glitter where you want it, then cure as usual. In this case, the artist created French tips with the cat eye shimmer. Then she sealed the design with Diamond Top.
Red, the Unexpected Neutral
We didn’t mention it earlier so as to not spoil the surprise. Yes, red is considered a neutral shade. It’s shocking because it’s so vibrant. But it goes well with virtually any other color, and it can lean cool or warm, so it complements everyone’s skin. In this set, it complements the champagne color and energizes the overall look.
The products used here include a cat eye color from the LAVIS Moonlit Mirage collection and a vibrant jelly shade from the LAVIS Scarlet Bloom collection. The texture is thanks to LAVIS Emboss Gel polished with LAVIS Chrome Classic in the brass shade.
Still, there’s an unsung hero not credited. It’s LAVIS Chrome Matte Top coat, an essential tool for success with chrome powder. Notice how the cat eye base has a satin finish instead of the usual gloss? It’s not just to make the set more elegant. It also prevents the chrome powder from making a mess.
Here’s how it works: after curing the base color, apply the matte finish and cure. Then use the emboss gel for the raised design and cure it. Now when you use chrome powder for metallic accents, it will only stick to the emboss gel. You can always restore the shine with a glossy top coat if you wish.
LAVIS C02 (Ver2) - 19 - Gel Polish 0.5 oz - Scarlet Bloom Collection
LAVIS Chrome Matte Top - 0.5 oz
Muted Shades
Both the Beauty Bureau and the Cozy Cashmere cat eye collections have gorgeous muted shades like sage green, pink, chocolate, olive, champagne, navy, and red wine. Moreover, you can achieve this type of textured cat eye look with two coats of a single color and a magnet. Lay down the first coat and manipulate the shimmer with the magnet. Cure and add a second layer, moving the shimmer into lines or whatever pattern you like. Finish with a glossy top coat and you’ll have a set of neutral nails that everyone will want to get a closer look at.
LAVIS 9D Cat Eyes CE1 - Gel Polish 0.5 oz - Cozy Cashmere Collection
Conclusion
Which of the neutral nail trends inspires you? Do you have favorite shades or is it the design itself that appeals? Now’s the time to ride this wave! Shop for all the neutral and trendy colors your heart desires in our store. Take advantage of the free shipping offer and join the rewards program for exclusive goodies, too!