Get in on the fun with your nail designs and shades. Enter: Pearl nails – i.e., a spin on the O.G. milky-nude nail polish shade that cools it up yet still has that timeless sophistication.

There are several iterations of mother-of-pearl nails, ranging from nail artist Kim Truong 's 3D interpretation of the inside of an oyster shell to a dialed-down dichromatic shimmer that changes ...

Mother-of-pearl allows mollusc shells, which otherwise consist almost entirely of brittle calcium carbonate, to stand up to the abuses of life in the sea. Now, a team of scientists has copied its ...