The Trend: Layered Nail Polish
The Breakdown: When you can't find the perfect polish shade, DIY your own. The layered nail polish trend puts you in the driver's seat, as far as color creation goes, and almost guarantees that nobody else will be wearing the same hue as you. Backstage at Kate Spade, Deborah Lippmann — of the eponymous nail polish collection — explained that the idea is to blend two different colors together by layering one on top of the other. This not only creates a rich, new hue, but adds more dimension and depth.
Get the Look: "We used one layer of Lady Is a Tramp — which is a darker, very blue-red — and then layered My Old Flame — which is slightly lighter — over it," explained Lippmann. That splits the difference between the two colors so it's not too dark and not too light, and it's still happy." It's a subtle effect, but you can definitely see the color underneath popping through and it's superchic.
