PAINT the town black this fall.
This season’s hottest Gothchic beauty trend – seen on Victoria “Posh Spice” Beckham and Lindsay Lohan – is short, dark nails.
“I think dark colors, especially dark nail polishes, are popular again because we are all angstridden teenagers at heart,” says NARS senior stylist James Boehmer. “And it’s easy to channel your inner Goth by slapping on a dark coat of nail polish.” Cosmetics companies are indulging in their dark sides too- Chanel recently launched “Black Satin,” their first inky black shade, and nail-giant Essie has four new dark shades in dark wine and brown coming out for fall.
“When you see black nails on a woman, it says she’s comfortable showing off a bit of her wild side,” says celebrity makeup artist Rachel Goodwin, who works on Avril Lavigne and Hilary Duff. “I think wearing a black polish adds a fun, subversive rock-chic vibe without being harsh or unfeminine.”