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Thanks to the right varnish color, you can visually rejuvenate your hands, but an unsuccessful one will completely ruin the image.
It is worth noting that a plain varnish coating on semicircular short nails will always look more elegant and appropriate on mature hands than fancy designs.
What nail polish color is suitable for ages 50+
Berry shade
It is natural, natural, and therefore suitable for mature hand skin. However, if you have visible blue veins on your arms, it is better to avoid berry shades and replace them with coral or red ones.
All shades of red
The classic red shade helps smooth out uneven skin on the hands and illuminate it from the inside. Moreover, such bright nails will attract attention to the whole image as a whole. Red nail polish always looks elegant and discreet.
Dark brown or maroon
If you want a manicure in darker colors, choose these shades. They are suitable for aging hands, but it is worth remembering one important nuance – due to their dark color, they emphasize thinness. Therefore, they must be worn with caution.
Yellow
If your hands do not have too pronounced signs of aging and are well-groomed, you can choose a calm yellow shade. It is suitable for women who want to create a bright and cheerful image. But yellow does not work well with overly pronounced blood vessels and deep wrinkles – it will strongly emphasize them.
White shades
White polish will look perfect on beautiful hands with smooth skin. Such hands can be found even in 70-year-olds if they take proper care of them. An additional condition is long and narrow fingers. After all, white will visually shorten them.
Neutral shades
The trend towards naturalness is also spreading with the popularity of colorless or lightly colored nails, ideal for aging hands. This color is hard to miss and will suit most looks. A low-contrast French manicure can be classified as this type of manicure.
What manicure colors age hands after 50 years
Light pink
Pearlescent pink and infantile purple are definitely not suitable for women over 50 years old. It will be too dissonant with the maturity of the hands. Mother of pearl also additionally indicates all the imperfections of the skin, wrinkles and veins.
Burgundy
Although older women often choose this particular shade of red, this is a common misconception. Indeed, burgundy is associated with elegance, but due to the blue undertone, it additionally highlights and enhances all the imperfections on the hands.
Black
Almost like black, all shades close to it work the same. They do not harmonize well with plump and too thin hands, emphasizing all their shortcomings. But for those who are sleek and sophisticated, black is suitable.
Green
It’s hard to imagine a green manicure on mature hands that wouldn’t look too vulgar. For example, olive makes the skin of the hands “dead” and dull. Dark green creates an unfavorable contrast with dry cuticles and age-related changes in the skin.
Blue
Any blue shades will highlight the veins on the hands, giving them pallor and enhancing all wrinkles and other age-related changes in the skin of the hands. And blue also greatly emphasizes redness. It is especially important to take this into account during the cold season.
Violet
This color of varnish after 50 years will only age the skin of your hands, giving it a yellowish, earthy tint. This will highlight age spots and other skin imperfections.
