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MOCHA mania
Indulge in nail shades & styles in Mocha Mousse: Pantone’s Colour of the Year 2025
Mocha Mousse, a ‘mellow brown infused with a sensorial and comforting warmth’, is Pantone‘s Colour of the Year 2025. The global colour authority selects a shade each year to aid colour-critical decisions for brands and manufacturers, and Mocha Mousse has been chosen for its alignment with the natural world. It is credited as showing characteristics of an organic nature and ‘appealing to our quest for comfort’.
“Underpinned by our desire for everyday pleasures, PANTONE 17-1230 Mocha Mousse expresses a level of thoughtful indulgence,” says Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute. “Sophisticated and lush, yet at the same time an unpretentious classic, Mocha Mousse extends our perceptions of browns from being humble and grounded, to embrace the aspirational and luxe. Infused with subtle elegance and earthy refinement, the shade presents a discreet and tasteful touch of glamour.”
The warm tone fuses the delectable qualities of cacao, chocolate and coffee, and Pantone has partnered with brands including beauty membership platform, Ipsy, and home fragrance brand, Pura, on curated collections in Mocha Mousse packaging.
For beauty, Pantone shares that the Colour of the Year 2025 is a versatile shade that ‘works well in matte and sheen applications’ and ‘lends itself to blending with many other colours; serving as the perfect base layer for metallic gloss finishes’.
GET THE LOOK: Mocha Mousse for nails
1
OPI Nail Lacquer in Millennium Mocha £8 + VAT/RRP £15.60 uk.wella.professionalstore.com
2 The Manicure Company Nail Shadow Palette in Gold £10.95 inc VAT www.themanicurecompany.com
3 Glitterbels Acrylic Powder in Days In Dubai £7.99 + VAT www.glitterbels.com
Kent-based @ceeceenailbar uses a mocha shade palette to create this mix ‘n’ match manicure.
Nail stylist, @crownedandpolished, from Washington DC, showcases a touch of mocha alongside stripes of varying brown tones.
4 NailKind Nail Lacquer in Miami Peach £8.95 inc VAT www.nailkind.com
5 CND TM Perfect Color Sculpting Powder in Cool Mocha £38.45 + VAT www.sweetsquared.com
6 Light Elegance ButterCream in Attitude Adjustment £17.95 + VAT www.lightelegance.co.uk
“For Pantone’s
Colour of the Year
2025, we look to a colour that reaches into our desires for comfort and wellness, and the indulgence of simple pleasures that we can gift and share with others.”
7 Morgan Taylor Nail Lacquer in Wool You Love Me £5.50 + VAT/RRP £11.95 www.gelishmorgantaylor.co.uk
8 Gelish Soak-off Gel Polish in Taupe Model £16.99 + VAT www.gelishmorgantaylor.co.uk
9 Nailchemy HEMA-Free Gel Polish in Walnut £8.99 + VAT www.nailchemy.co.uk
10 INK London iLac Gel Polish in i-191 Tawny £10 + VAT www.inknails.com
11 The GelBottle Inc Gel Polish in Cookie £15.95 + VAT www.thegelbottle.com
12 Jessica Custom Colour in I Know-Right! £6.50 + VAT/RRP £13 www.gerrardinternational.com
13 HD Pro Nails Art Gel in Latte £9.50 + VAT www.hazeldixonnails.com
This short, sweet and swirly nail design by Rushton’s @beautytherapywithsam is reminiscent of hot coffee: the perfect way to acknowledge Mocha Mousse.
Halo VIP, @
nails.by.hels, combines a tortoiseshell style with dark brown and mocha to create this sophisticated nail look.
Instagram.com/nails.by.hels
14 Artistic Colour Gloss in Soo Auto-Tuned £9.95 + VAT www.sweetsquared.com
15 Lecenté Nail Foil in Mahogany Swirl £3.99 + VAT www.lecente.com
16 Andreia Professional Gel Polish in 226
Nude Chocolate £5.99 + VAT
www.andreiaprofessional.com
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17
GelJunkie Gel Polish in Midnight Mocha £7.95 inc VAT
www.geljunkie.co.uk
18 Halo Gel Polish in Sand £6.35 + VAT
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