The BBC has permanently removed an article about bare nail manicures on 29 September after an editorial review found it failed to meet its standards. The piece, published on 27 September, had suggested the trend "perpetuates white supremacist standards of beauty" and linked bare nails to cultural erasure affecting Black, Latino and Asian communities. The removal came after significant public backlash, with notable figures criticising the article as "divisive tosh" and inappropriate news coverage. The BBC confirmed the article was removed because it reported criticism of the bare nails trend without sufficient context or challenge.

The article featured a London salon owner discussing customer demand for bare-looking nails as a "quiet luxury" trend, alongside quotes from beauty journalist Kristina Rodulfo condemning the trend as promoting erasure and perpetuating white supremacist beauty standards. Public figures including former Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies, choreographer Rosie Kay, and opera historian Alexandra Wilson criticised the piece on social media, whilst the Wall Street Journal branded it "embarrassingly retrograde". The removal represents the latest in a series of editorial controversies at the BBC, which has faced criticism over its handling of a Gaza documentary and an edited Donald Trump speech on Panorama.