The French manicure has been the queen bee mani of the red carpet for much of the past year. While the white-tipped nail design never really goes away, it’s been spotted on countless celebrity fingers as of late — including Rihanna‘s. But in true Rihanna fashion, she added her own personal touch to the classic nail design, taking the humble French to the next dimension with a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it layer of shiny chrome powder.
The French mani is so popular because it’s simple and versatile, which means you can wear it with literally anything and everything and to every occasion. Rihanna wore her “golden glow French” manicure to launch the new Fenty Beauty Soft’Lit Naturally Luminous Longwear Foundation, which promises to be a “golden hour in a bottle” experience. Manicurist Kim Truong shaped the star’s nails into her preferred shape, the square, then painted on a bright, bold white tip. At first, it looks like a simple French but if you zoom in, you’ll see the subtlest glaze of shimmery, molten gold chrome powder dusted atop the base, a.k.a. the sweet spot where the reigning manicure of the 2000s meets the biggest trends of the 2020s.
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