With the same white tips and nude base as its predecessor, the French fade’s distinguishing factor is the blend between the two colors. There is no clear line to differentiate the white tip from the nude base; rather, the colors fade into each other (much like an ombré effect) for a barely-there finish that is delightfully ethereal. Sometimes called “baby boomer nails” as a tongue-in-cheek reference to the style’s popularity in the 1940s, or the “ombré French,” session manicurist Ami Streets describes the look as “a soft, sheer nude, or pink base color that smoothly transitions into a paler shade like cream or white at the tip.”