I like to wear bold nail polish (when I can get away with it), so it is no surprise that I am excited about this new trend: matte nail polish.
The nail technicians at the nail salons where I get my nails are stingy with the top coat anyway (huge pet peeve) so this trend will makes us both happy.
OPI and Zoya are launching matte nail polish collections in July. OPI claims that this formula is not as long wearing as its traditional formula, I wonder if that is true for the other brands that carry/will carry matte nail polish?
OPI is launching 6 of its most popular shades in the new finish, while the Zoya collection only features 3 shades.
OPI Matte Collection
Shades:
- Alpine Snow
- You Don’t Know Jacques!
- Russian Navy
- La Paz-Itively Hot
- Lincoln Park After Dark
- Gargantuan Green Grape
Price – TBD
Zoya MATTEVELVET Collection
Shades:
- Loredana (ZP498) – Gunmetal gray matte shimmer
- Dovima (ZP499) – Black matte shimmer
- Posh (ZP500) – Wine matte shimmer
Price – $6.00
KO Knock Out Cosmetics
Can’t wait until July? KO Knock Out Cosmetics has a line of flatte nail polishes. According to their website, the polishes go on flatte and dry to a satin finish.
Shades:
- Flatte black – black
- Powder – ivory
- Calamine – pink
- Karen – red
- Liberty – patina green
- OX – deep purple
- Flatte Top – clear flatte top coat
Price – $22.00
Will you jump on the matte nail polish bandwagon? Let us know in a comment below.
Glossy Kissez,
DRBrooklyn730
Musings of a City Girl 
I will take a look at these. Thanks! I never had a matte nail polish before.
By the way, Man Glaze also has a also matte black nail polish. That brand is marketed towards men, but women can wear it of course.
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Cool, I’ve never heard of it. There are probably more brands out there that make them or will make them now that OPI and Zoya are coming out with a few.
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Ohhhhh I cannot wait for the fall collections!! I hope Misa will come up with mattes too. Love Misa, especially last fall’s collection, gorgeous!
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I’ve never tried that brand before.
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Check out head2toebeauty.com, very cheap too, in fact they have all the pro brands really cheap! I buy all my nail stuff from this site.
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Too bad I have the hardest problem painting my own nails. I don’t know why, but it is so hard. I thought buying some colors and going to the nail shop though.
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I can’t paint my own nails either. I bring my nail polish to the nail shop and get them done there.
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I was terrible as well, but of course practice makes perfect 😉
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I’m a cheapie when it comes to polishes so I generally use colors from the Sinful Professional line and some of their polishes are matte…the other day I was wearing “dream on”…it didn’t dry shiny and I didn’t use a top coat I was so in love with the look of it.
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I think xsparkage (Leesha) has either a video, post, something about matte nail polishes. 🙂 These look really cool. I definitely want to try one. Thanks for the info!
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I’m going to have to look it up on her channel. I can’t wait to try them either.
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Just a tip! I recently read in a magazine (Cosmopolitan for July i think..ehh not sure :s) that you can get these trendy matte nails with your regular polish. Just do your nails as normal, but instead of using like a shiny top coat, you have to use a good base coat ON TOP to achieve that matte finish.
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That a great tip! I’ll add it to the end of the article.
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Thanks! And just so you know, I tried this for myself with my regular OPI nail polish and I didn’t get a true matte finish. Oh well.. but if anyone else tries it and likes it, that’s great.
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