Milk Nails Are Quickly Becoming the Biggest Celebrity Manicure Trend of 2023

What do Lizzo, Jennifer Aniston, Hailey Bieber, Zoe Kravitz, Kim Kardashian, and Nicola Peltz-Beckham all have in common? All are devoted fans of milk nails which – news flash – is shaping up to be the biggest nail trend of 2023. 

Milk nails aren't exactly new, but following on from the “clean-girl” makeup aesthetic, they're a soft, delicate, and subtle take on the '90s Frenchie, which has been resurrected over the past few summers. Rather than a clear contrast between the pale pink base and the bright white tip, milk nails see the two shades merge into one another for a pretty milky mani shade that provides the perfect polished neutral to quietly compliment any outfit.

For the indecisive nail types out there, the semi-opaque milky pink is the perfect middle ground between getting a block color and a neutral hue, but it's more low-key than shouty nail art and it's subtler than the sheeny glazed donut manis that had us mesmerized over the past year.

Recently, we saw Aniston give a glimpse of the fresh simple milk mani she's been sporting for the press run of her latest film Murder Mystery 2.

Selena Gomez has been keeping things simple and natural with bare-looking milk nails, kept short and chic.

Kylie Jenner pared back her dramatic XXL stiletto nails with a more natural milky nail color.

The best part is it works for everyone since the shade looks beautiful on deep, medium, and fair skin tones and works with all nail shapes, whether you like them short and neat, or long and elegant. 

And, if you fancy giving the shade a spin yourself, we love CND's Vinylux Polish in Bouquet, Essie's Nail Polish in Vanity Fairest and Nails Inc's Be Fearless Switch Off. The key is to keep the polish sheer with 1-2 coats, rather than layering it up so that it becomes opaque, that way the natural pink of your nails will still show through. Or, if you're too impatient to wait for them to dry, the KISS Salon Acrylic press-ons come in a range of milky pinks for different skin tones.

For a pro gel mani, we love to ask our salon for OPI's Love Is In The Bare, Glossify's Milky White, and Biosculpture's Spun Out Of Dreams.

Here are our fave milky manicures for more inspo:

Kim Kardashian's milk nails

This post was originally published by Glamour UK.