Well over a decade ago, I worked as a manager at a local retail chain where we sold trendy items like chevron scarves and statement necklaces. The day we got a shipment of mint skinny jeans was a memorable one; the pants practically flew out the doors, and they were the first thing I thought of when I saw Taylor Swift’s latest manicure: a cheerful spearmint shade that feels fresh again, many years after its 2010s heyday.
The musician never takes her nails too seriously and has fun with different textures and colors, so we weren’t surprised to see her embrace the mint green resurgence. For a night out in New York City, Swift embraced a very springy palette with a pale blue dress, canary yellow bag, and the aforementioned short, pale green nails. Her nails were filed into a soft square shape and painted with a few coats of a polish that would’ve been right at home on my “Beauty Stuff” Pinterest board back in 2012. It also just so happens to match her opal bracelet and ring, which, knowing Swift, probably wasn’t an accident. (She previously embraced the opalescent mani at the iHeart Radio Awards, so it’s a recurring theme.) And it wouldn’t be a Taylor Swift beauty moment without her signature cat eye liner and red lip, both of which were present and accounted for.
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If you were a young person circa 2012, you probably owned something mint green and probably paired it with the other trendy color of the era, coral. The color has been due for a comeback, given recent popularity of fellow pastels like butter yellow and baby blue. Now that it has Swift’s co-sign, it’ll probably get a massive boost in popularity, so you might want to dig those mint skinny jeans out of the depth of your closet—or at least buy a bottle of mint polish so you can copy Swift’s mani; try the eternally beloved Mint Candy Apple from Essie, which was a go-to back in the day, or splurge on Gucci’s Vernis à Ongles Nail Polish in Dorothy Turquoise for a similar look. Totally mint to be!
