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"It&amp;#x27;s basically a law of nature: Nail polishes are shiny. Right? Well here&amp;#x27;s some strange breaking beauty news for you--it looks like matte polish will be the next big nail trend. Next month, O.P.I. is coming out with O.P.I. Mattes, a fall collection that features six of the brand&amp;#x27;s most popular shades (including my beloved You Don&amp;#x27;t Know Jacques, and Lincoln Park After Dark, which I know you guys love) with a new shine-free finish. You can wear them alone, or mix-and-match them with the original, shiny formulas and do a matte nail bed with a glossy tip, or vice versa, for a kind of two-textured French mani. Cool, right? Meanwhile, Essie will be debuting a potion called Matte About You, a finisher that mattifies any existing nail polish you paint it onto, no matter what the shade. Iiiiinteresting. Matte About You goes on sale in August. If you want to try matte nails sooner, check out the Zoya MatteVelvet collection, or Knock Out, a brand that specializes in edgy, zero-shine polishes. A matte gray from Zoya. It&amp;#x27;s all very intriguing, but matte polish does bring to mind some less-than-appealing imagery: Wite-Out, calamine lotion, old cars in need of a fresh paint job. I&amp;#x27;m planning to road-test matte polish in the next week or so; stay tuned. In the meantime, what&amp;#x27;s your initial instinct when it comes to this trend: Does matte nail polish sound like an intriguing new twist, or does it send nails-on-chalkboard chills down your spine? More nail chatter: * How to do your own nails exactly like a pro. * Does nail polish need to flatter your skintone, or do you totally not care? * The green polish trend: yay or yuck? * A secret to removing dark nail polish. More Cool Ways to Get Glamour.com Wherever You Go! Add glamour.com to your Google homepage, follow The Girls in the Beauty Department on Twitter, or friend us on Facebook . Photo: iStock "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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