I often forget that beauty products are a huge part of the fashion industry, so I'm pretty excited to write about a trend I see on the street which is related to beauty products, and a trend that I actually participate in. The trickle-up trend I've identified is nail art. Nail art can be simple solids, all the way up to 3D nail art - it depends on the person, the time and the place. I really love how anything goes!
I paint my nails on occasion, and my go-to is painting one of my nails in a "pop color." For example, for Valetine's Day, I painted my nails red, but my ring fingers were a melon/orange color. It's pretty simple as far as nail art goes - I have neither the time nor the steady hands to do something more intricate. However, this is a popular nail art trend which I see fairly regularly. Here is a picture of my nails from my
OOTD post from February 11th.
I recently discovered a blog called
Chelsea King's Get Nailed, and it's all about fun nail art inspired by fashion, seasons, and holidays. In fact, the first I had noticed Get Nailed was on Instagram, which Target re-grammed Chelsea's
nail art inspired by the Prabal Gurung for Target exclusive line. I think she did a great job of intepretting the prints and patterns from the line. However, she's so good at this nail art stuff, I could easily see her patterns be interpreted into apparel and accessory design - a true sense of the trickle up theory.
I find nail art tutorials and "pinspiration" on Pinterest all of the time. Here are some of my favorites which I might eventually get around to trying:
MTV Style did a piece on celebrity nail art in December 2012 as a sort of recap of the fun and crazy nail art. Some celebs managed manis which look like they were done at home, but some are pretty technical (and quite frankly, insane). Here are some of my favorites from the MTV article:
Demi Lovato
Zooey Deschanel
Ke$ha
And perhaps my least favorite, simply because it looks uncomfortable and would make it hard to zip your own pants, or do anything on your own for that matter...
Lady Gaga
Nail art has become so popular with the masses, it has trickled up to inspire the production of easier manicure applications, and even licensing partnerships. For example, Sally Hansen now has stick-on glitter french manicures. I managed to give myself this glitter french mani at work a couple days before Thanksgiving (work was that slow, and applying the mani was that easy).
The Kardashians have their own line of OPI nail polish called Kardashian Kolors. I'm not sure how popular it is, but OPI tends to be a very popular brand of nail polish.
What are some of your favorite nail art trends?
