The minute our clocks are set forward and we will benefit from the sun a little bit longer, we start ruminating on one essential thing: the yr’s best pedicure colours (okay, so it is not the most significant thing, however it’s actually probably the most fun). After we put away the boots and convey out the open-toed shoes, we have now an excuse to get creative with our pedicure.

An excellent pedicure can turn around a foul day with cheery color, set the tone for a vacation, and just make your feet look fresh and, well, manicured. After a dry winter crammed with wooly socks and fuzzy boots, pedicure is just what the doctor ordered. (Disclaimer: This doctor didn’t go to medical school, but does love a fresh coat of paint.)

It’s hard to go improper with a summer pedicure, but when you’re on the lookout for a little bit inspiration, we have put together a group of a few of our favourite trending lacquers to kick off the season.

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Meet the experts:

• Hang Nguyen is a nail artist with Nailing Hollywood in Los Angeles.
• Amy Lee is a Los Angeles-based nail artist and Essie manicurist.

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Aperol spritz

Picture yourself sitting at a sidewalk café on the cobblestone streets of Rome. You are wearing strappy espadrilles (you are not walking very far) and sipping an icy Aperol spritz, with a vermillion pedicure to match.

Your lacquer selection may depend upon how you favor your drink: In case you like a little bit extra prosecco in your spritz, there’s Hermès Nail Enamel in Orange Boitebut when you want an additional orange splash of bitter Aperol, Essie in Any-Fin Goes has you covered.

Mediterranean teal

In case your summer daydreams are crammed with swan-diving off of yachts into crystal clear water, a pedicure may also help scratch that itch (though knowing someone with a yacht is cool too).

Olive and June in Green Canteen is a dupe for the inviting turquoise color of the water at a beach off the coast of Sardinia. If Santorini is more your vibe, CND Shellac in Boats and Bikinis is a rather bluer teal that evokes the domed roof of the famous Anastasi Church of Oia.

Blue Hydrangea

Playful, sweet, and a little bit cheeky, this periwinkle hue matches the ruffled petals of a blue hydrangea. It is a saturated pastel that mixes the perfect of sunshine blue and lavender. MiniLuxe in Bridgette’s Blue skews a little bit more on the infant blue side of the hydrangea family, while Deborah Lippman Gel Lab Pro in The Woman within the Moon is closer to a light-weight lavender, but still has that very same blue undertone.

Lime

Which got here first? Margaritas and tacos or your complete concept of summer as a season? We expect they were created hand in hand (science), and to have fun the hotter weather, a punchy lime pedicure is so as.