Black nail varnish, yay or nay?

[Bluesheep8]

And I don't mean just for Halloween! Nails aren't great long talons or anything and I do wear a v dark red and have worn taupe/grey colours..thoughts please? Thanks

[Auldspinster]

I've got a lovely OPI polish, here today, aragon tomorrow, that is black with a greenish sheen.

[Lottapianos]

Auld, that is a gorgeous one

[Dustbunny1900]

Yes yes and yes! Matte, glossy, glittery, French black tips, reverse French, I think black is classy yet edgy at the same time

[MrsChopper]

I prefer a matte black :)

[Opheliasgoldenwine]

Yay from me

[MusicToMyEars800]

I love black and Dark purple, Rimmel do a gorgeous dark purple called 'Black Cherries'.

[BobbinThreadbare123]

I wear black nails, fingers and toes, a lot. But I tend to the goth in style anyway.

Black goes with everything!

[OlennasWimple]

Yes as long as it's perfect and not chipped at all

But I prefer a really dark nearly black like Rouge Noir, as I'm so pale that black looks very harsh on me

[Smitff]

Yes! But will probably court controversy here: only if you've got pale, pale white hands and no skin blemishes. Black nail varnish on olive-toned or darker skin doesn't do justice to that skin colour imo. Black varnish on pale white skin: you see the varnish, you see the skin, both are enhanced. Black varnish on darker skin: you see a general tone with not enough contrast/relief. Olive to darker skin comes alive with pale and vibrant varnishes. Just my opinion.

[Lottapianos]

'Yes as long as it's perfect and not chipped at all'

Yes x10000 to this, and that goes for any nail colour if you ask me. I have a colleague who often wears dark nail varnish but it's so chopped it's more off than on. Gives me the icks

[Hillingdon]

On my toes nails and I have olive skin. I look awful in pastel colours but black is stunning. Use gels as well so lasts for ages

[Justchillaxing]

Black, navy, dark purple, dark grey ... the only nail varnish I wear! Mainly dark grey with a shimmer at the moment. I have very short nails though.

[MeatAndPotato]

Definitely a yay, black everyday for me. I love it. Or dark browns or purples very rarely, but I always return to black. It is timeless!

I strongly agree with PP about it needing to be perfect though, chipped nail varnish in any colour is just gruesome 😷

[Ihavepatrick]

Big fat yes from me! But agree that it looks better on shorter nails.

[OneOfTheGrundys]

I'm currently in Essie 'Bobbing for Baubles' which is v dark blue and am going for 'Luxedo' also Essie next week.

I love black though. Was in that last week. A sick part of me doesn't actually hate it when it chips either!!

[Queenofthedrivensnow]

I think dark colours look great on short neat nails. On long nails they look too witchy.

[Ttbb]

Nay-black nails are over. Try a dark dark blue or a very dark red/green instead.

[blisterinthesun]

I’d love to be able to pull off black nails. I just don’t have the right skin tone or nail shape (I think it suits naturally ‘beautiful’ nails; long nail beds but short tip length). I’ve tried it once and I just looked like a throwback to my teenage goth days.

[FindTheLightSwitchDarren]

I am sporting some on my toes as we speak! I love it.

[Judydreamsofhorses]

I like black with a gold glittery topcoat, but not on its own (for me). I prefer very dark greys, navys, reds etc on my nails to proper black.

[Lottapianos]

'am going for 'Luxedo' also Essie next week. '

One of my favourite colours ever. Enjoy

[OneOfTheGrundys]

💅!
(But very very dark reddy purple).

[GhostCurry]

I love the idea of black nails, but they always look bad on me. If it had a very fine shimmer it would be ok.

I have an OPI that's a deep shimmery graphite/purple, I think it's beautiful, serves the purpose of black but is more chic. Will dig it out soon and put the name here. I don't often see it mentioned.

[Bluesheep8]

I second what musictomyears said about rimmel black cherries, have got that colour too. Have now bought the black one from rimmel, think It's called black out. I have to use the 60 seconds to dry ones due to a total lack of patience.

[CountessofGrantham]

My Rimmel one is Black Cab and that’s just straight forward no nonsense black. I think Black Cherries is my favourite shade ever though.