Dusty Pink Is Becoming the Only Manicure Worth Discussing

Nails are having a quiet moment, and the color doing the talking is dusty pink. It is the kind of shade that reads as considered rather than loud — soft enough for a porch in Palm Beach, polished enough for a step-and-repeat in Beverly Hills. The appeal is restraint: a warm, muted pink that skips the gloss-and-glitter routine of past summers in favor of something closer to bare skin, just finished. Ten new takes on it are circulating now, proof that minimalism, done in the right hue, still counts as a statement.

With reporting from Elle.