If you think I’m about to tell you to wear burnt orange, mustard yellow, deep red, and dark brown for this season — the season’s typical school colours, if you will — you’re wrong. This season, it’s all about the more unexpected shades, like muted neutrals, rich jewel tones, and a touch of metallic shimmer. “Think the ’20s,” Jin Soon Choi, nail pro and owner of her eponymous nail salons in NYC and namesake polish line, told me recently. “It’s more about colours that can go classic, modern, and cool at the same time and have an androgynous, vintage sophistication to them.”

Not sure what those colours look like, exactly? Here, Choi shows — and tells — you the shades to paint your tips, so you can promptly go out and order a PSL, and take a killer nailfie.

1. DUSTY ROSE

Jin Soon Nail Polish in “Moxie”

2. SAGE GRAY

Essie Nail Polish in “Now and Zen”

3. DEEP CHERRY RED

Chanel Le Vernis Longwear Nail Colour in “Mythique”

4. DARK TEAL BLUE

Burberry Beauty Nail Polish in “No. 427”

5. RICH ROSE GOLD

Smith & Cult Nail Lacquer in “1972”

6. VAMPY VIOLET

Oribe The Lacquer High Shine Nail Polish in “The Violet”

7. TRUE TAUPE

Morgan Taylor Professional Nail Lacquer in “Hey, Twirl-friend!”

8. COOL GUNMETAL GRAY

Christian Louboutin Beauty Nail Polish in “Miss Mars”

9. SLATE PURPLE

OPI Infinite Shine 2 in “Taupe-less Beach”

10. MOODY BLUE-PURPLE

Deborah Lippmann Gel Lab Pro in “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes”

 

Originally appeared on cosmopolitan.com

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