This Nail Color Is the Coolest Way to Transition Your At-Home Manicure for Fall

ICYMI, our mani-obsessed brains are always going a mile a minute when it comes to plotting our next polish endeavor. (And really, said excitement reaches a fever pitch at the turn of the season.) It's no secret you can sport a chic gray paint job any time of the year, but as the temperatures cool and the daylight hours dim, it's a great way to bridge the transition from summer to fall and winter. 

Like its sister nail polish shades, white and black, gray is a convenient and surprisingly flattering alternative within your basic family of neutrals. That said, choosing the perfect iteration that will really suit your skin tone is crucial. Luckily, the nail polish gods have blessed us with hundreds of shades and formulas to shop, and we've gone ahead and selected 15 of our all-time favorites spanning silver, disco-inspired glitter to classic charcoal gray and everything your heart could ever desire in between. Below, 15 of the best gray nail polishes to transition your manicure aesthetic this season. Keep scrolling!

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Habit Cosmetics Non-Toxic + Vegan Nail Polish in 37 Phantom

Essie Expressie Quick-Dry Nail Polish in Leveled Up

OPI Nail Lacquer in Suzi Talks With Her Hands

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LaPierre Cosmetics Nail Lacquer in Generation X

Smith Cult Nail Polish in Stockholm Syndrome

Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen in Silver

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Pear Nova Classic Nail Lacquer in Night in Shining Armor

Static Nails Liquid Glass Lacquer in Lithomancy

Olive and June Nail Polish in Cloudy Skies

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Orly Nail Lacquer in Sagebrush

JINsoon Nail Polish in Grace

Zoya Nail Polish in Freja

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Sinful Colors Nail Polish in Queen of Beauty

Bess Color Nail Polish in Cab Co.

Base Coat OG (10-Free) Nail Polish in Bottle Rocket

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Erin has been writing a mix of beauty and wellness content forBest Knockoff Luxury Clothing for over four years. Prior to that, she spent two and half years writing for Byrdie. She now calls Santa Monica home but grew up in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and studied writing, rhetoric, and communication at University of Wisconsin, La Crosse. She studied abroad in Galway, Ireland, and spent a summer in L.A. interning with the Byrdie andBest Knockoff Luxury Clothing family. After graduating from UW, she spent one year in San Francisco, where she worked as a writer for Pottery Barn Kids and PBteen before moving down to L.A. to begin her career as a beauty editor. She considers her day-to-day beauty aesthetic very low-maintenance and relies on staples like clear brow serum (from Kimiko!), Lawless's Lip Plumping Mask in Cherry Vanilla, and an eyelash curler. For special occasions or days when she's taking more meetings or has an event, she'll wear anything and everything from Charlotte Tilbury (the foundations are game-changing), some shimmer on her lids (Stila and Róen do it best), and a few coats of the best mascara-type product on earth, Surratt's Noir Lash Tint.