Rarely will you see me wearing fingernail polish, but a photo shoot earlier this month (details to come!) called for a statement manicure, featuring a striking scarlet shade. Post-shoot, I could not stop staring at my fancy red fingers, which, frankly, did not feel like my own. Even my friends commented/noticed! All of this prompted me to seek out the chicest, most dramatic reds, and I came up with a few: (pictured above), or this , this , this and this .

Photo: Nails Inc.