Everyone can agree that Dua Lipa, as per a recent Instagram caption<\/u><\/a>, is \u201cnever not having fun.\u201d The internet as a whole lives vicariously through the glittering IG dumps of her glitzy tour life and loved-up posts with actor beau Callum Turner<\/u>, so needless to say, we\u2019re mesmerized by every scroll\u2014often zooming in on the small details that make her so effortlessly cool, like her turquoise lashes<\/u> and polka-dotted manicures<\/u>.<\/p>\n Because the latter has become the talk of the beauty-editor town, I decided to go straight to the source\u2014Michelle Humphrey<\/u><\/a>, celebrity manicurist and purveyor of all of Lipa\u2019s coolest sets\u2014to see which fall and winter nail trends we can get ahead of before the in crowd does. Turns out the one thing that makes a set really pop, in Humphrey\u2019s eyes, is when one element is slightly \u201coff.\u201d Allow me to explain.<\/p>\n Whether they\u2019re mismatched<\/u><\/a>, star-spangled<\/u>, or peppered in black and white florals<\/u>, the pop star\u2019s nails are all over our Pinterest boards. The chic yet wearable eccentricity that draws us to Lipa\u2019s manicures like moths to a flame is something I liken to the \u201cwrong-shoe theory<\/u>,\u201d popularized by stylist Allison Bornstein<\/u><\/a>. This theory claims that when most of the elements of a look match besides one (for instance: a dressy shoe with a casual outfit or, in this case, a sheer nude nail polish with 3D bling), your look instantly becomes more interesting. After listening to Humphrey\u2019s musings, it seems that the same applies to nails.<\/p>\n Dua Lipa’s nails, painted by Michelle Humphrey<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n However, if you ask the manicurist, all the credit goes to Lipa. \u201cShe\u2019s got the ideas! She\u2019s bringing nail art back,\u201d Humphrey tells me over a video call. \u201cI feel like it went a little flat for a while, and she\u2019s reviving it a bit, which makes my job a bit more exciting, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n