Though your feet may currently be cocooned inside a pair of woolly tights, winter is still no time to neglect your toes—after all, you never know when a peep-toed evening out might present itself, not to mention a last-minute long-weekend escape to sunnier shores. Vogue asked the top nail spas coast to coast for the season’s most popular polishes—and shades of burgundy and bordeaux, longtime winter staples, came up a distinct minority. Instead, hazy purples and blues are having a big moment—in demand from Philadelphia to Seattle—while at TenOverTen in New York, pale pink is making an unexpected comeback. Here, the most wanted pedicure shades across the country.
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| Rescue Beauty Lounge Nail Polish in Killa Red, $18; rescuebeauty.com |
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| CHICAGO Mixed Co. Salon 223 West Erie Street, 312.929.2627 mixedcosalon.com OPI Nail Lacquer in Light My Sapphire, $8.50; opi.com |
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| LOS ANGELES Hotel Bel-Air Spa by La Prairie 701 Stone Canyon Road, 310.472.1211 hotelbelair.com/la-prairie-spa Essie Nail Color in Sexy Divide and Dive Bar, $8; essie.com |
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| MIAMI Lapis Spa at the Fountainbleu 4441 Collins Avenue, 305.674.4772 fontainebleau.com/ From top: OPI Nail Lacquer in Road House Blues; $8.50; opi.com for salons Essie Nail Color in Wicked, $8; essie.com |
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| NEW YORK Jin Soon Natural Hand and Foot Spa 421 East Seventy-third Street, 212.249.9144 jinsoon.com From top: NARS Nail Polish in Galion, $17, narscosmetics.com Dolce & Gabbana Intense Nail Lacquer in Dahlia, $20, saks.com |
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| NEW YORK TenOverTen Salon 112 Reade Street, 212.406.1010 RGB Nail Color in Seal and Oxblood, $16; rgbcosmetics.com TenOverTen Nail Polish in Jane, $18; tenoverten.com |
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| PHILADELPHIA Rescue Rittenhouse Spa 255 South 17th Street, 215.772.2766 rescuerittenhousespa.com Clockwise from top left: Zoya Nail Polish in Kristen, $8; zoya.com CHANEL Nail Colour in Particuliere, $26, chanel.com Deborah Lippmann Nail Lacquer in I Know What Boys Like, $16, deborahlippmann.com |
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| SEATTLE Julep Nail Palor 1427 5th Avenue, 206.985.0088 julep.com Julep Nail Vernis in Gayle and Anne, $14; julep.com |
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These beautiful colors certainly inspire me to keep the ole toes looking good even though they're encased in boots most days.
