Classic Nails: Call It A Comeback!
Nailene French Tip Manicure Pen – Pearl White, £5.25 | Boots
Essie Nail Colour Kisses & Bises, £9.95 | ASOS
Forget neons & pastels. Forget caviar manicure & glitter. Forget Union Jack and all sorts of artistic concoctions. This right here is my current favourite nail combination. Simple, elegant, classic, dainty… and just beautiful!
Before I started blogging, I was a classic nails kind of girl. A bit of pearly white or soft pink nail varnish and I was good to go. But after beauty blogging, the options were just too many to limit myself to those two types of manicure. So I caved and in came glitter, neons, pastels, matte, stripy stick-ons, accent nails, Nazilla Love Glamour, Paris Hilton fake nails and so much more!
But recently, I got an Essie nail polish that brought me back to my old ways, and I suddenly realised how much I’ve missed my simple, elegant and classic nails. It’s easy to be attracted to glittery and other unusual types of nails because they stand out and immediately catch the eye; so much so that sometimes, the attention backfires and they can look a bit tacky and out of place.
Classic nails are never out of fashion, they won’t clash with your outfit and they will NEVER let you down. And so I’m back and ready to give the old classic nails a good try. Sometimes with a bit of a twist, adding some sparkle here and there, but still I’m enjoying looking at my nails and saying, ‘Oh that’s just simply beautiful!’.
After that decision, I’m in desperate need of some classic-looking nail varnishes. Suggestions, please, ladies and gents! The more, the better :)
Au revoir!
Ysis
10 Comments
Becky
Sometimes it is good to go back to basics and a classic nail never fails! These looks perfection, wanna come and do mine now? haha
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Gemma
Your nails look lovely and your lips look gorgeous xx
Jen
Sometimes I just love a simple frenchie too :) x
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Le Beauty Girl
Yeah, me too. I do get sucked into all the trends and forget how beautiful classic nails are :) x
MrAJBx3
Your nails are so pretty! :D im to busy painting them gold or bright blue hahaha
Steph
I Recently bought the opi nyc ballet minis and they are all perfect for natural nails. With sheer colours in white pink and grey they inhance your natural nail making them better! Also there is a suttle glitter polish which just makes the classic nail even better :) x
Le Beauty Girl
Thanks for the recommendations! Will definitely check these out :) xx
Le Beauty Girl
Haha. Definitely :) xx
Le Beauty Girl
Thanks, Gemma! xx
Mia
Revlon: Classy is gorgeous! Suits my skin tone (NC25) so will suit yours too I’m sure!