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Trend Alert: Chrome Nails

Fri, 06/20/2008 - 1:00pm by bellasugar
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Leave it to Rihanna, the queen bee of nail polish, to take an opaque, shimmery metallic color to the next level. Chrome is more of a powerful gold-and-silver version of its true silver sister gunmetal and it is also much darker than pale gray.

I still can't quite believe that metallic nails are still this much of a sensation. Even LC can't get enough of glittery metallic nails! Below are a couple of rocker-cool chrome polish suggestions for Summer. Enjoy!


Essie Steel-ing the Scene ($8) is a bronzey-pewter (effectively a chrome) shade of nail polish that contains flecks and packs a lot of punch. For those of you who are too shy to wear this on your nails, it makes for a great toenail color.

Tropez Super Pearl Nail Enamel in Black Pearl ($1.99) is a deep, opaque gray that looks amazing with one sheer coat of Tini Beauty's Gold Haze Topper as a topcoat. The result is a metallic, high-shine glossy finish — and the best part is that it's a unique color!


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  • WiCkeD_LaDy's picture
    WiCkeD_LaDy
    1

    I now is summer,
    but this colors
    look so good....
    i still love my
    Sally Hansen Blue
    Gunmetal polish...

    16 weeks 1 day ago Report Comment
  • chiquita25's picture
    chiquita25
    4

    They're all right. I don't like Rhianna's long nails though, never have.

    16 weeks 1 day ago Report Comment
  • kahribar's picture
    kahribar
    6

    Those nails need to seriously go, like right now! But the color is amazing.

    16 weeks 1 day ago Report Comment
  • brittanyk's picture
    brittanyk
    8

    I really like this trend, but since it's summer I like wearing brighter nail polish.

    16 weeks 16 hours ago Report Comment
  • Krradford's picture
    Krradford
    9

    I like the chrome colors. I was looking for something like this this weekend but came up empty-handed.

    16 weeks 14 hours ago Report Comment
  • italianblonde's picture
    italianblonde
    11

    The colors are pretty, but there's nothing like hot pink nails in the summertime! Smiling

    15 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • JaimeLeah526's picture
    JaimeLeah526
    12

    I love the Chrome nails look but Rihanna's nails are too long and square for this color.

    15 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • LesleyP825's picture
    LesleyP825
    14

    This is pretty but I think it would look best on short manicured nails. IMO long nails couldn't carry it off.

    15 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • LadyLolita's picture
    LadyLolita
    15

    Yea, I too love her outlandish trend setting colors, but I wish that her manicurist would trim her nails and round the edges! I also wish the Essie shade had a little more "Omph" to it. I'm sure covering it with a little Seche Vite will make it more appealing...!

    I have passed this chrome trend (Ladies there ARE better shades, don't let these 2 scare you off!) and nary a blip on the beauty scene I noted.
    I THINK that the time for this colors hay-day will be with the coming fall fashion. I like the idea of bright colors for warm weather, but I just colored my (now short) nails a midnight-cherry-purple this evening so who am I to talk? ~_~

    15 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • lizlee89's picture
    lizlee89
    16

    luv shimmery golds and silvers, but I don't think I could pull off a gunmetal - it looks too witchy...

    14 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • Rouge Noir's picture
    Rouge Noir
    17

    Do any of you remember Chanel's "Metal Argent" (which means silvery metal)? That pretty much fits the chrome bill. I was wondering when shades like that would make a comeback:-)

    14 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment

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