TikTok residents have this knack of rebranding the mundane with fancy names and selling them as the latest trend. The latest example? ‘Stone Nails.’ What even are those, you ask? Well, ‘Stone Nails’ are really just plain old grey nails. Duh. Now that it’s evident that the latest TikTok trend is nothing new, it begs the question: Why have grey nails–or ‘Stone Nails,’ as TikTokers prefer to call them–suddenly sprung into popularity?
@alixearle Stone nails are in 👍🏼
♬ original sound – Alix Earle
Well, we have Alix Earle to thank or errr… blame. The Hot Mess podcast host and influencer took to TikTok to document her latest nail appointment. In the video, Earle shared her recent obsession with grey with her nearly 7 million followers before proceeding to try on a bunch of shades in the dark hue on her nails. She finally settled on the ‘Suzi Talks with her Hands’ shade from OPI.
“I’m in my gray era. Stone nails are having a moment; I love them,” she declared, immediately sparking a frenzy over her new manicure in the comments. “Alix got grey nails, so I’m going to go get grey nails,” read one comment, while another stated, “You already know when I get to the nail salon, there will already have been 500 requests for stone nails.” Another user wrote, “Okay, so now I know what nails I’m doing next.”
The video has garnered over two and a half million eyeballs since it was posted a week ago and over 5000 saves, making us confident that ‘Stone Nails’ is about to be the next big manicure trend.
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