My Friend Asked Me What Nail Colours Work Best with Engagement Rings—I Suggested These 5 Elegant Options

If there is one thing my friends are always asking me for, it’s manicure inspiration. With everyone’s love of nail art and obsession with BIAB only growing with every passing year—and being my friendship group’s go-to beauty person/personal shopper, I happily accept the tasks of finding the best nail trend options and nail art ideas out there.

The pressure really was on however, when a friend recently asked me specifically what the best nail colours for engagement rings are. Now my friend isn’t yet engaged, but we both know that it’s certainly imminent, and being a Type A personality, she’s the kind of person who needs to be prepared—and will be sporting an engagement ring-worthy manicure every day for the next year, if that’s what it takes.

Prior to my wedding earlier this year, I was engaged for four years before that, so I’ve tried my fair shade of nail colour options up against my own engagement ring. I also tapped my friend and manicurist Ashleigh Bamber for her recommendations. “Not everyone knows they’re going to be proposed to, but most of my clients seem to have a pretty accurate inkling beforehand,” she tells me. “They tend to opt for neutral and nude shades, which will provide a clean, plain background, and let the ring do the talking.”