Pink is the widest family in nail colour and the one people write off fastest. Most of that is bad luck with a single bottle. A warm pink and a cool pink at the same lightness behave completely differently on the same hand.
Hold the bottle against the back of your hand in daylight. Warm pinks lean peach. Cool pinks lean blue or lilac. Whichever sits against your skin without a jolt is yours.
Sheer
Strawberry milk
Warm pink with a white cast. It suits more hands than anything else here.
Jelly pink
Translucent with glassy depth. Buff the surface first or ridges show.
Sheer ballet
The palest sheer there is. Almost a treatment.
Milky rose
Off-white with pink pushed through it.
Barely pink
One coat over a bare nail. Reads as a well-kept hand.
Soft opaque
Ballet pink
Pale pink with a satin finish rather than a hard gloss.
Blush
Warm pale pink with no grey in it.
Dusty rose
Muted, with brown pushed through.
Cotton candy
Pale cool pink. Three coats or it goes chalky.
Shell pink
Warm and slightly beige. Reads almost neutral.
Peony
Cool mid pink. Fresh against a tan.
Nude pink
Pink pushed nearly to neutral.
Bright
Bubblegum
True cool mid pink.
Watermelon
Warm pink with red in it.
Hot pink
Saturated blue-pink. It works best short.
Fuchsia
Deeper and more purple than hot pink.
Raspberry
Cool pink heading towards red.
Magenta
Purple-pink at full saturation.
Neon pink
Needs a white layer under it or the colour goes flat.
Designs
Micro French in pink
A hairline pink edge on a bare base.
Pink half moon
A curve at the cuticle. It grows out inside the shape.
Pink ombre
Pale at the base into deep at the tip.
Glazed pearl over pink
Iridescent powder shifting between pearl and lilac.
Pink chrome
Mirror finish in a warm pink.
Pink cat eye
Magnetic band in a deep rose.
Pink velvet
Shimmer worked flat into a soft cloud.
Matte pink
Any of the above under a matte topcoat.
Micro hearts on sheer pink
Two or three tiny hearts on one nail.
Pink with a gold line
One hairline running lengthways.
Pink marble
Fine veining in a deeper pink through a milky base.
For the wider palette, trending nail colors covers every family. For pink in the warm months, pink summer nails goes further.
Questions people actually ask
What pink nail color suits everyone?
Strawberry milk. It is sheer, warm, and carries a white cast that keeps it from clashing with any undertone.
Why does pale pink polish look chalky?
Two coats instead of three. Pale opaques need the third coat to build depth, or the white pigment sits flat on the surface.
What is the difference between warm and cool pink?
Warm pinks lean peach or coral. Cool pinks lean blue or lilac. Hold both against the back of your hand in daylight and one will sit better.
