Glamorous Grey

The other day I was getting ready to paint my nails when I realized I had no new colors to paint them. I was sick of red, yellows cute but not the winter color I was looking for. So i headed online and saw a picture of Gwyneth Paltrow at the premiere of Two Lovers and noticed her gray nails and fell in love. She was wearing Grey nail polish and it was perfect. It wasn't to dark to make my outfit lame, but just dark enough for Winter.

"Gray is a change from the black blacks and dark blues of the last few seasons," says celebrity manicurist Deborah Lippmann, who created a metallic, dark-gray polish with singer Joan Jett called "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" ($15 at www.lippmanncollection.com).

"It's classic and versatile," says OPI artistic director Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, who created the gray polish, O.P.I. You Don't Know Jacques, ($5.45 at www.amazon.com).

Gray happens to look great with the color of the moment -- purple. Yves Saint Laurent's "Tuxedo Gray" ($19 at yslbeautyus.com) is deep and smoky with a bit of shimmer. MAC's "Nightfall" ($11 at MAC, Beverly Center) is a frosty gunmetal.

Some other cute colors are:

OPI's Brand New Skates which is a sparkly slate gray kind of a new twist on the trend

Essie has a couple: Essie’s Over The Top ($8). & Baby Cakes

You can also try OPI's Moon Over Mumbia.