This made me question whether those spearheading the bare nail conversation were really living with them. I put the question to luxury manicurist Megan Margot Evans, who tells me, “A high percentage of my clients are still getting gel manicures, with regular gel maintenance appointments every three weeks.” Evans adds that natural nails are certainly the more “practical, low-maintenance option”, but if Instagram is anything to go by, it seems that truly natural, bare nails are few and far between. The expert consensus is that going “faux bare” remains the most viable option. But if we’re expected to fake the look of natural nails, will truly natural nails ever be accepted as they are?
