The intensified sunshine and inevitable sweatiness of summer may call for a lighter hand with foundation or an easy gloss as a substitute of matte lips. A mainstay in our beauty routines, nonetheless, is nail polish. Summer nail colours are at all times fun to mess around with. In truth, these warm-weather months might just result in one of the best, brightest, and boldest nail art looks you are attempting all yr.

Sure, you might not reach for a similar shades you used through the fall equinox or when prepping for a vacation party, but summer inspires just as many colourful nail ideas as the remainder of the calendar. If you happen to’re searching for suggestions on your recent favorite summertime nail lacquer, we have the most recent, best, and prettiest polish shades rounded up below.

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• Hang Nguyen is a nail artist with Nailing Hollywood in Los Angeles.
• Galdina Jimenez is a nail artist and OPI education manager based in Oceanside, CA.
• Hemi Park is a nail artist and a LeChat Nails brand educator based in Los Angeles.

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• Bubblegum Pink
• Sunny Yellow
• Apricot
• Magenta
• Summer Sand
• Kelly Green
• Metallic Blue
• Neon
• Jelly Red

You realize the saying: April showers bring bubblegum pink manicures (or something like that). Now that the dreary weather has cleared up, it is time for a pick-me-up. If a scoop of strawberry ice cream is the way you have fun the summer solstice, Zoya in Jodi is the right creamy hit of sweetness. If you need to up the ante a bit more, Deborah Lippman in Love Sensation has a touch of holographic shimmer.

We will picture it now: A picnic within the park, gingham all over the place, and a sunny manicure to match an icy-cold glass of lemonade. Manicurist Galdina Jimenez predicts we’ll see cheery yellow manicures all over the place this summer, but picking the best hue is vital.

A pastel like Chanel Le Vernis Longwear Nail Color in Ovni will stand out on medium to dark skin tones. Lighter skin tones might desire a bit more saturation, like that of the banana-colored Static Nails Liquid Glass Lacquer in On the Shiny Side.

Not quite coral, and never quite orange, apricot is a classy manicure middle ground that will look perfect on short, no-fuss natural nails. In case your summer plans include sailing off of the coast of Nantucket, Gucci Glossy Nail Polish in Peggy Sunburn is the right preppy peach. If you happen to’re spending summer in town, we like a cheeky, sugared apricot like OPI Nail Lacquer in Sanding in Stilettos.

If Malibu Barbie slipped on her pink espadrilles and drove her pink Jeep Wrangler to the nail salon (top down, in fact) that is the manicure she’d get: classic Mattel magenta. Essie in Swoon within the Lagoon is a pitch perfect hue for the Barbiecore trend and would look super sleek on almond-shaped nails (Barbie’s favorite). If you happen to want something somewhat less on-the-nose, Dior Vernis Nail Lacquer in Desir is a deeper, more sultry alternative.

Picture yourself sitting under a palm tree on a Caribbean beach with warm turquoise water beneath your feet and a coconut cocktail in hand. To capture that have in a manicure, you’ll be wanting an off-white to match the positive, white sand on the beach (, the sort that squeaks whenever you walk through it).