These Are the 14 Prettiest Pastel Nail Colors, Hands Down
A stunning pastel nail color feels quintessential for spring, and now that we've officially hit the turn of the season, we're fully on board. From delicate bloom-inspired shades like lilac and rose to slightly punchier hues of peach or tangerine, our favorite nail polish brands have been debuting fresh, muted versions of our normal go-to hues.
Whether you love splashy shades of neon or you adhere to a steady rotation of black, red, and nude, we're about to prove pastel nail colors don't have to be predictable or boring. Below, we're sharing the 14 prettiest pastel nail colors we're currently lining up for our at-home manicure routine this season. Keep scrolling! Serious polish inspo is just ahead.
Plush Bleu
Crème Beige
Peachy Keen
Prismatic Periwinkle
Lilac Quartz
Muted Coral
Powdered Mauve
Build-Me-Up Buttercup
Every beauty editor is obsessed with Olive and June's super-shiny, bouncy, long-wearing nail polishes. And the brand has done it again with its spring collection which brims with all the prettiest pastel nail colors our hearts could ever want. Our top pick? This perfect shade of light yellow.
Crème de Menthe
No pastel nail collection would ever be complete without a creamy shade of mint green. This one from Olive and June is our favorite thus far. Pro tip: Finish your at-home mani with the brand's Top Coat ($9) and add another coat every three to four days for gel-caliber durability.
Petal Pink
Crisp White
Electric Violet
Satin Rouge
Lime Twist
Erin has been writing a mix of beauty and wellness content for Who What Wear for over five years. Prior to that, she spent two and half years writing for Byrdie. She now calls Santa Monica home but grew up in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and studied writing, rhetoric, and communication at University of Wisconsin, La Crosse. She studied abroad in Galway, Ireland, and spent a summer in L.A. interning with the Byrdie and Who What Wear family. After graduating from UW, she spent one year in San Francisco, where she worked as a writer for Pottery Barn Kids and PBteen before moving down to L.A. to begin her career as a beauty editor.
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