Getting a manicure can make anyone feel litty, but manicures have trends too, so it’s important to stay up to date. Nail art has been huge this year with crystal and pearl accessories, album cover prints, famous abstract art and nail decals. Finding the right design can be as hard as picking the color so we wanted to make the process a little easier by providing you the ultimate manicure inspiration. Keep scrolling to see our favorite summer manicure looks:
Basil Kincaid (@basilkincaid) got a mani by Mei (@nailsbymei) which was inspired by one of his beautiful quilts. The only bad thing about this work of art is that it won’t last forever.
Negative space in nails is more and more popular this year. The yellow adds that perfect pop of summer color to brighten up your hands and your outfits.
Olive and June released nail decals earlier this year so you can have a creative mani done all by yourself. These decals spruce up any manicure color you’ve found stored deep in your nail polish bag.
Cotton candy skies with rainbow foil sounds like the only thing we’d like to partake in this summer. This manicure channels our inner unicorns and we’re all the way here for it.
This manicure is giving us Saved By The Bell vibes. The pastels with the hint of metallic can compliment any outfit or even hairstyle you may have in mind for the summer. You can opt for the Amandla Stenberg unicorn braids look for a very match-y look.
This mani is as sweet as the Dots ice cream in every theme park. This take on a French manicure is exactly what you need for the summer.
Yes. Just, YES.
How deliciously creative are these? Adding negative space to any manicure is an easy win. So is doing everything that was done to achieve this look — absolute win for the summer.
This grid look is simple and timeless.
This look is simple but eye-catching (ha, ha). Choosing a simple color and amping it with a design like this gives you the best of both manicure worlds.
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