Blue has been the trend in nail polish color for the past few seasons, with seemingly every major brand releasing a blue, such as Chanel with Blue Satin, Zoya with Indigo, Essie with Starry Starry Night, OPI with Russian Navy, Yogata get this Blue, and most recently Play til Midnight, and among Asian brands, Etude House with No. 42. But the reign of the blues seems to be officially over with the arrival of grey. Yep, in the world of nail polish grey seems to be the new blue.
Gunmetal grey has been up and coming for a few seasons, and I seem to have acquired a few without quite realizing it. OPI Brand New Skates is my most recent grey acquisition and the idea for this blog actually came when someone asked me for a comparison. Brand New Skates is a silverish grey with a slightly metallic finish and multicolor shimmer, a neutral color for a winter wardrobe that is far from sombre. Others in my arsenal are Creative Nail Design (CND) Hyde in the Dark, a beautiful deep grey with silver shimmer, shiny and opaque with only one coat, and Zoya Freja, a metallic grey with very soft shimmer that you can only see under bright ligts. My very first grey, however, was The Skin Food GR901, a bluish dark grey also with very soft silver shimmer that’s very similar to Freja (but much more budget friendly and, more importantly, available in Jakarta).
