Ten shades and nine nail-art looks trending this week, from OPI's vault revival to lace French tips, each tried on in four skin tones.
Not sponsored. We name brands so you can find the shades. No brand paid for, supplied or reviewed this post. Bottle photos belong to their brands and link to the product. Every hand photo here is a Cutie Nails try-on on the same demo hand. Its skin tones and outfit are AI edits of that one photo, so you can compare each look across skin tones side by side. To see a shade on your own skin, try it on your hand in the app.
Mid-autumn in the Northern Hemisphere (deep wines, espresso, olive and molten metallics, Halloween/early-holiday art) and mid-spring in the Southern Hemisphere (where the milky French, lace and chrome tips carry over better than the vampy shades).
shimmerOPI · Nail Lacquer
Deep burgundy-violet with fine red shimmer; reads near-black in shade and wine-red in light. Opaque in two coats, high shine.
Why now: One of the four hero shades in OPI's Fall 2026 'Most Requested' vault revival, and listed in OPI's top fall shades as its bold shimmery purple. The vamp burgundy-plum trend runs through every fall 2026 roundup.
Every Month is Oktoberfest is in the app's shade catalog.
OPI · Nail Lacquer
Black-cherry so dark it is almost black, with a plum undertone and an iridescent pearl sheen that flashes red-violet at the edges; opaque, glossy.
Why now: Black cherry is Bustle's first fall 2026 colour trend, and this is the black-cherry shade on OPI's own Top Fall Nail Shades list. It's one of the few pearl-finish options in the trend.
Black Cherry Chutney is in the app's shade catalog.
shimmerOPI · Infinite Shine
Dark espresso brown with a warm bronze shimmer that glints gold in light; opaque, gel-like shine.
Why now: Vault shade revived in OPI's Fall 2026 collection and on OPI's top fall list. Espresso brown is a named trend in Bustle and The Pioneer Woman/Yahoo ('a dark chocolate nail is perfect for when you wanna wear a nude, but not subtle').
Espresso Your Style is in the app's shade catalog.
glossyOPI · Nail Lacquer
Deep army/olive green crème with a muted khaki-grey undertone; fully opaque, high-gloss.
Why now: Named twice: OPI's top fall shades list calls it 'a chic olive green', and The Pioneer Woman/Yahoo lists it under olive green. Bustle's 'dirty martini green' and Who What Wear's olive/moss coverage point the same way.
Suzi - The First Lady of Nails is in the app's shade catalog.
Essie · Original
Burnt brick-terracotta crème with red and warm orange undertones; earthy rather than pumpkin. Opaque in two coats, glossy.
Why now: Picked for the terracotta trend by The Pioneer Woman/Yahoo. Manucurist and Who What Wear's October report also flag terracotta as getting more intense this autumn.
Rocky Rose is in the app's shade catalog.
Essie · Original (Moonlight Ballet collection)
Deep plum with an iridescent duochrome shimmer that shifts from purple to violet-blue as the nail turns; opaque, glossy.
Why now: New limited shade in Essie's fall 'Moonlight Ballet' collection. Plum is a named fall trend in Bustle ('smoky plum') and The Pioneer Woman/Yahoo ('deep plum'), sold as the softer alternative to black.
Prima Plum is in the app's shade catalog.
shimmerEssie · Longwear (Liquid Diamonds collection)
Midnight navy packed with fine diamond-dust shimmer; deep and inky with a cool sparkle, opaque in two coats.
Why now: From Essie's new diamond-dust Liquid Diamonds line on its What's New page. Dark blue is this autumn's other 'new black': Pioneer Woman/Yahoo pushes sapphire, and Bustle and Manucurist name deep teal and blue-black.
Ice Ice Navy is in the app's shade catalog.
chromeOPI · Nail Lacquer
Bright liquid-silver metallic with a mirror-like sheen and a faint cool green-grey cast; opaque in two coats.
Why now: Listed for 'molten silver' by The Pioneer Woman/Yahoo and on OPI's top fall list. NewBeauty's manicurists say solid silver and gold chrome 'look like jewels' this October.
Chrome Clawz is in the app's shade catalog.
glossyOPI · Infinite Shine
Dusky smoked-mauve purple crème with a grey undertone; muted rather than bright, fully opaque with gel-like shine.
Why now: New permanent shade in OPI's Fall 2026 Most Requested collection, described as a 'dusky purple'. It matches Bustle's 'smoky plum' call: 'Purple is getting dirtier and moodier for fall.'
Reign or Shine is in the app's shade catalog.
glitterOPI · Infinite Shine
Bright true red packed with dense, very fine copper-gold micro-glitter that reads as a metallic shimmer and flashes orange-gold in the light; not chunky; opaque, gel-like high shine.
Why now: New in OPI's Fall 2026 collection as a shimmer remix of the classic Malaga Wine. Wine and black cherry are the most-cited fall reds across Bustle, Who What Wear and The Pioneer Woman.
Malaga Wine Not? is in the app's shade catalog.
Lace nails (Pinterest Predicts 2026)
Long almond nails in a sheer milky-pink base; every tip is a black French edge filled with fine floral lace, on all five nails.
Inspired by Nia's Nails (@niasnails) on Pinterest. The photo here is our recreation on a demo hand.
Save a photo of the look, then in the app tap Style, then From Gallery, to see it on your own hand.
Black cherry
Oval nails fading from a sheer nude at the cuticle into deep black-cherry at the free edge, airbrushed and glossy on every nail.
Inspired by @chaos.nails on Pinterest. The photo here is our recreation on a demo hand.
Save a photo of the look, then in the app tap Style, then From Gallery, to see it on your own hand.
Espresso brown / brown chrome
Short oval nails in solid espresso brown with a bronze chrome powder finish, same on every nail.
Inspired by Natalie Parker (@natttpark) on Pinterest. The photo here is our recreation on a demo hand.
Save a photo of the look, then in the app tap Style, then From Gallery, to see it on your own hand.
Olive / dirty-martini green
Very short rounded nails in olive green with a sheer chrome/glazed powder on top, same on every nail.
Inspired by Lauren Downey (@LaurenPDowney) on Pinterest. The photo here is our recreation on a demo hand.
Save a photo of the look, then in the app tap Style, then From Gallery, to see it on your own hand.
Soft plaid / textile nails
Almond nails: thumb and pinky solid chocolate, index and middle nude with chocolate French tips, ring nail nude with a brown-and-white plaid.
Inspired by DreamyClaws on Pinterest. The photo here is our recreation on a demo hand.
Save a photo of the look, then in the app tap Style, then From Gallery, to see it on your own hand.
Cat-eye with a fresh take / black cherry
Almond nails in translucent burgundy with a diagonal champagne-gold magnetic cat-eye band across each nail, glossy, same on all five.
Inspired by Imani Eroma (@imanieromaofficial001) on Pinterest. The photo here is our recreation on a demo hand.
Save a photo of the look, then in the app tap Style, then From Gallery, to see it on your own hand.
Precious metals / molten silver
Long almond nails in sheer nude with a raised, wavy liquid-silver chrome line tracing each tip, on every nail.
Inspired by its creator on Pinterest. The photo here is our recreation on a demo hand.
Save a photo of the look, then in the app tap Style, then From Gallery, to see it on your own hand.
Precious metals / gold chrome
Short almond nails in sheer pink-nude with thin mirror-gold chrome French tips on all five nails.
Inspired by Gem90 (@gem1990) on Pinterest. The photo here is our recreation on a demo hand.
Save a photo of the look, then in the app tap Style, then From Gallery, to see it on your own hand.
Plum / aura nails
Almond nails, each a different plum look: violet cat-eye with white rim, pink with purple French, white with plum aura edge, magenta aura, purple chrome.
Inspired by Blossom Chic (@BlossomChics) on Pinterest. The photo here is our recreation on a demo hand.
Save a photo of the look, then in the app tap Style, then From Gallery, to see it on your own hand.
Black cherry and wine are this season's red, and espresso brown and olive green are the new fall neutrals. Smoky plum is the softer alternative to black, and metallics are going solid, with silver and gold chrome that nail artists say look like jewels.
OPI's 45th-anniversary Most Requested collection brings back vault shades including Every Month is Oktoberfest, Mrs. O'Leary's BBQ and Espresso Your Style. It also adds new shades such as Malaga Wine Not?, a shimmer remix of the classic Malaga Wine, and Reign or Shine, a dusky purple.
Lace nails, which Pinterest Predicts named the big nail trend of 2026, lead the list. Plaid and other textile patterns, silver and gold chrome French tips, and a fresh take on cat-eye with multicolor cat-eye French tips are all showing up in October roundups.
Take or upload a photo of your hand in the Cutie Nails iPhone app and pick a shade. Every shade in this post is in the app's catalog. For the nail art, save a photo of the look, then in the app tap Style, then From Gallery, and the look is recreated on your hand.
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