Sabrina Carpenter’s Blueberry Milk nails.Photo:Sabrina Carpenter/Instagram
Sabrina Carpenter/Instagram
Every summer, there’s bound to be a new manicure that becomes the talk of the town, and it only takes a handful of trendsetting celebrities – complete with a curious TikTok fan base – to get the ball rolling (or shall we say, the polish brushes painting).
Last summer, it wasHailey Bieber, with the help of her nail tech Zola Ganzorigt, who kickstarted the sweet craving for“glazed donut” manicures– code for the pearlescent, chromatic nails she wore to the 2022Met Gala.
This season, the nail landscape is looking a little less nude and a lot more playful and pastel, thanks to what is now trending as “blueberry milk” nails.
So what exactly does “blueberry milk” entail?
Sofia Richie’s Blueberry Milk nails.SOFIA RICHIE/INSTAGRAM
SOFIA RICHIE/INSTAGRAM
As its name suggests, the hue resembles the color you might get when smashing up blueberries into a cup of milk, resulting in a dreamy pale-blue colorway some have dubbed the go-to look for summer. There isn’t a specific timeline for when the style became viral online, butWho What Wearstarted to take note of it in June.
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Hailey Bieber’s strawberry-inspired manicure.@haileybieber / Instagram
@haileybieber / Instagram
But, food-related style trends have been cooking in the TikTok sphere throughout the past few months. Among the most popular has been theTomato Girl summeraesthetic — which embodies rustic European countryside living and the clothing associated with it – that includes pieces decked out in tomato motifs.
Bieber also proved to be a stylish foodie with herstrawberry-inspired French manicure, which consisted of a fuchsia base accented with a Barbiecore-pink tip.
Zendaya’s Blueberry Milk nails.Getty Images
Getty Images
In the world of blueberry milk nails, stars have embraced the shade in a variety of ways.
Celebrity-loved manicurist Michelle Humphrey has had an eye on the popular look since June, too.
She worked withDua Lipato create analmost-white blueberry cream almond-shaped set, as well asMachine Gun Kelly(another known polish savant), who decided to rockmismatched nail artfeaturing an amplified “blueberry milk” blue for a Stephen Webster Jewelry event in London.
On TikTok, creators have shown off their iteration of the drink-inspired novelty, so much so that the term “blueberry milk nails” has reached more than 23 million views as of writing.
source: people.com
