With Love, Meghan. Episode 101 of With Love, Meghan. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2025COURTESY OF NETFLIX
With Love, Meghan. Meghan, Duchess of Sussex in episode 103 of With Love, Meghan. Cr. Jake Rosenberg/Netflix © 2025JAKE ROSENBERG/NETFLIX
Markle has cracked the code: the Sussex manicure is the right nude. In reality, it is already influenced two Glamour editors to attempt to paint their nails the very same milky shade.
Markle has not shared the polish she used, although judging from the ultra-glossy end and thickness, it appears to be gel. We may not all have the ability to make a rainbow crudité platter, however observing a screenshot of Markle’s nails and evaluating it to swatches on the nail salon is one thing we are able to all moderately execute.
After going forwards and backwards on the nuances of milky versus nude, Glamour editors determined to launch a proper investigation. Ahead, our manicure-obsessed employees give their finest educated guess on Markle’s actual nail shade.
Essie Matter of Fiction
I’ve been a without end devotee of Essie’s Ballet Slippers whatever the season (and lengthy earlier than it was Kate Middleton’s rumored shade of alternative). I’ve been in my wintery darkish nail period recently, however after watching With Love, Meghan, I used to be so captivated by her fairly, opaque pink nails that I needed to swap out. I’m pretty sure hers are gel (you don’t get that good sheen with the common ol’ polish I exploit) however Essie Matter of Fiction appears shut sufficient. It’s like if Fiji and Ballet Slippers (IYKYK) had a child. I discover the gel couture polish truly lasts longer too. Usually I chip on the best way residence from the nail salon, however I can get per week out of this polish. —Brie Schwartz, commerce director
OPI Bubble Bath
If I needed to guess what nail polish Meghan Markle—errr, Sussex—is sporting in With Love, Meghan, I’d guess cash on it being OPI’s Bubble Bath. This creamy white polish with pink undertones is a cult-classic, reads completely timeless, and type of hits the quiet luxurious mantra on the pinnacle. While it’s debatable that Meghan’s present is nothing however quiet on the subject of splurging (in spite of everything, she did counsel heading to your native bee-keeper for the freshest honey), make no mistake that her nail shade is a pleasant mix of understated and posh, which is precisely the kind of mani Bubble Bath provides you. —Alanna Martine Kilkeary, commerce author
Manucurist Milky White
I’ve scoured the web looking for essentially the most correct With Love, Meghan nail shade and have come to the conclusion that Markle’s is a customized shade. Think about it: Would a lady who makes her personal tub salts and jams from scratch be glad with a shade straight out of the bottle? No! She would combine her personal customized shade to get the milkiness and nude-ness simply proper. To me, it is a mixture of semi-sheer nude and pale pink gel polishes which have been layered on prime of one another fairly a number of instances. I do not assume the colour is completely opaque (or perhaps I’ve simply been observing her nails too lengthy), which provides it that shiny cleaning soap nails high quality. But if I had to decide on one thing that the majority intently resembles the Sussex manicure, it could be Milky White from Manucurist, which isn’t too white and has the identical buildable protection. —Ariana Yaptangco, senior magnificence editor
Ariana Yaptangco is the senior magnificence editor at Glamour. Follow her @arianayap.
