On Sunday, Brad Pitt showed up at the Palm Springs Film Festival flashing some seriously colorful nail polish. One might assume his fingers are painted because he lives with a brood of six children who may enjoy using their dad's nail beds as a canvas from time to time. (Don't you recall Angelina's wedding veil covered in her kids' drawings? It'd make sense.) But if my recent observations speak to a larger trend, this MANicure may be more of Brad's doing than some people might assume.

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You see, I have come across a lot of dude polish lately. A lot. Over the holidays, a guy I know showed up at the house our group of friends rented with fully painted nails on both hands. They didn't look like the nails he might have drawn on with a pen in class as an emo '90s kid; instead, he had a proper, chip-free, mint green manicure with one black nail on each hand (maybe for nostalgic purposes?). Meanwhile, on this same trip, a girlfriend of mine was looking through a Tinder prospect's Instagram feed, only to find a photo of him getting a gel manicure in an actual salon. Yes, in a salon. And now Brad!?! Something must be going on here.

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It's not that we've never seen painted nails before. Sure, on the earlier mentioned '90s emo kid, on rockers, and on, umm, Zac Efron. But could this look be hitting the mainstream? Will man polish be the man bun of 2015? It's a little too early to tell, but the trend sure seems to be picking up steam...

Brad Pitt in 2015

Jared Leto in 2014

Adam Lambert in 2014

Dave Navarro in 2014

Seal in 2012

Johnny Depp in 2011

Zac Efron in 2010

Megan Cahn Beauty Editor Megan Cahn covers all things beauty for ELLE.com.

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