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SPRING ZING
1 OPI
Paint and glaze it with OPI Your Way – a customisable collection that features shimmery and glittery sheer glazes designed to layer over pigmented crèmes. The 12 new shades in the collection include the recharging vibes of Apricot AF in both crème and glitter sheer finishes, cyber lime Get in Lime and turquoise crème First Class Tix. Meanwhile trans-seasonal dark brown, rich caramel, creamy tan and shiny beige (Material Gworl, Spice Up Your Life, Basic Baddie, Bleached Brows) evoke feelings of warmth. Candy tones of shimmery bubblegum pink, sheer lavender glitter and bright blue crème, (Bubblegum Glaze, Suga Cookie, *Verified*) lend a whimsical, playful energy to the collection.
Trade: £7.50 per lacquer; £8.90 for Infinite Shine; £19.90 for GelColor 020 3901 5892 opiuk.com
2 CND
CND’s new spring collection Across the Mani-Verse features a mood-boosting palette of whimsical colours, and psychedelic shimmers. Experiment with Char-Truth, a bright chartreuse with blue shimmer, Chic-a-Delic, a soft cool periwinkle with magenta shimmer and Daydreaming, a peachy orange crème. For cooler spring tones play with Hazy Games, a slate grey crème with a smoky purple veil, Hippie-Ocracy, a light sky blue with aqua shimmer and Ro-Mani-Cize, a medium-deep smoky mauve with pink shimmer. All are available in CND Shellac Gel Polish and Vinylux Long Wear Polish.
Trade: Full collection: £89.70 for Shellac; £29.70 for Vinylux 0333 000 7000 sweetsquared.com
3 Gelish and Morgan Taylor
The Lace Is More collection embraces the subtlety and femininity of lace. If you’re looking for ultra-soft hues, look no further than pale yellow crème Sunny Daze Ahead and soft kumquat crème Lace Be Honest. Or turn the dial up on colour intensity with Tidy Touch, a salmon pink crème, and Very Berry Clean, a purple grape crème. For something subdued and earthy, look to Freshly Cut, a clover green, and Sweet Morning Breeze, a baby blue iridescent. All are available in Gelish gel-polish, Morgan Taylor lacquer and Xpress Dip N Brush Powders.
Trade: £19.99 for Gelish gel polish; £5.50 for Morgan Taylor; £19.95 for Gelish Dip n Brush 03331 882288 gelishmorgantaylor.co.uk
4 Artistic Nail Design
Spring/summer collection Lucid Blooms is inspired by the hazy memory of a dream, with its soft hues and shimmers. Oh, So Vague! Is a soft pink pearl, Don’t Wake Me Up is a sage green crème, Trance the Night Away is a purple shimmer with gold flecks, It Was All a Dream is a gorgeous metallic pink, Reality Check a peachy nude shimmer and Walking on Cloud Nine a soft blue crème.
Trade: Artistic Colour Gloss £13.95 for 15ml; Artistic Colour Revolution £5.95 for 15ml 0333 000 7000 sweetsquared.com
5 Lecenté
Lecenté has put together some shades into a collection for SS24. Rollacoasta is an option for of the 2024 Pantone colour of the year, peach fuzz, while Cotton Candy is great for the balletcore trend set to be big this year. Milky White embraces the ballet-inspired aesthetic, but more suited to clients who prefer an understated appearance. Lecenté suggests White Ombre Powder to perfect this look. Finally, Ti Amo Gel Polish and Two of a Kind chrome powder make for a stripped-back spring chrome.
Trade: Gel polish £11.99, chrome powder £14.99, ombré powder £6.95 01474 327770 lecente.com
6 Mavala
Mavala’s Whisper collection is inspired by the light of spring and arrival of sunshine. Designed to shimmer in the spring light, the subtle, sparkling mother of pearl effect adds a playful, fairytale feeling to seasonally popular pastel shades of lilac, blue, peach, cream, pink and silver. With chrome and glazed finishes still showing no signs of slowing down in popularity, the Whisper collection offers a fresh new outlet for this iridescent trend.
Trade: £3.56 per polish +41 22 827 01 01 mavala.co.uk
7 Glitterbels
Glitterbels founder Annabel Maginnis has picked her spring and summer 2024 favourites. Grey is on trend for 2024 and you can’t go wrong with Graceful Grey. Everyone is set to have an apricot crush this summer and flirty shade Easy Tiger is perfect for this. With the popularity of the “mob wife” aesthetic, every kit needs a selection of classic reds so try Confidential. Banana Smash represents one of spring’s hottest shades. Earthy shades have also made it to spring, and Muddy Puddles is the perfect rich brown. And for a dusty pink, try gel-polish Cheeky Cherub.
Trade: £7.50 per nail polish 01782 901012 glitterbels.com
8 Jessica
There are two collections for spring/ summer. The Enchanting Illusions Phenom collection comprises three shades: Whispering Peony, a soft cream, green Enchanting Ivy, and Driftwood, a rich neutral. Meanwhile Jessica’s Kaleidoscope Craze collection features pale blue Celestial Squeeze, beige Caramel Swirl, milky Graze Craze, pink Plum Pizzazz, soft grey Pebble Purr, and grassy Whimsy in the Woods.
Trade: £7.50 per Phenom nail polish 020 8381 7793 jessicacosmetics.co.uk