I’m the first to admit it: I’m a little woo-woo. I’ll use a perfume to get in touch with my witchy side, sign up for all the sound baths, try Reiki or chakra balancing, and go to a psychic once per quarter. So when summer’s aura nail trend started popping up—an ombré-adjacent color blend that utilizes one to three polishes radiating out from the middle of the nail—along with promises that it could help me call in my heart’s truest desires (money! love! a stress-free vacation!), I called my trusted aura reader, Susanna Merrick, ASAP.
Her words of wisdom: “Color and especially something like aura nails can act as a wearable ritual because it subtly programs your subconscious, whether you’re manifesting love, leveling up in business, or calling in peace. Color choices have the power to influence and transform the colors of your aura—only if you want them to, of course.” Will wearing yellow and pink aura nails help me meet the love of my life in an elevator meet-cute tomorrow? Or will blue and lavender aura nails convince me to finally start writing my book? I’m not saying that (I’m also not, not saying that), but these color cues can serve as subtle reminders to stay focused on what I want my summer vibe to be.
