Kylie Jenner Wears a “Deep ’90s French” Manicure

Kylie Jenner is betting on a new version of an old trend this summer. Add in Zola Ganzorigt, the nail artist who gave the world Hailey Bieber’s glazed donut nails and essentially every other viral style out there? Well, then you’ve got summer’s next biggest nail trend, the Deep French.

Ganzorigt shared a close-up of the look, along with the inspiration: The cover of an issue of Nails magazine from June 1997, where you can see two hands with a Deep French manicure.

The French manicure can be divided into two parts: The base coat, which is typically whatever version of nude polish works best for you; and the “smile line,” ie the painted white line that falls somewhere between the nail bed and the tip of the nail. In recent years, there have been dozens of variations of the classic style, including the American manicure (where the smile like is less crisp), the Micro French, and the fun French.

That brings us back to the manicure of the moment, the Deep French. For Jenner’s version, Ganzorigt went with a neutral pink for the base coat and set off the tips with a bright, sharp smile line that starts almost mid-nail. The result is a punchy, fun take on the most universial manicure of all.

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