Hottest Summer Nail Designs to Wear this Season
Endless days at the beach, tanning by the poolside, pulling out the barbecue for yet another party and gathering of friends and family. Summer is by far the best season to enjoy all these things. Oh, and the best time of the year to be wearing bright colorful nails. There’s not time like Summer to sport bold shades on your tips as you vacation at that glorious holiday destination. Prefer to tone things down with colorful pastel shades? No problem. Feeling loud and eye catching? Find your favorite neon nail polish and wear it loud and proud.
Whether you’re a single nail color kind of person or love to mix things up – that includes nail polish colors OR nail art…or por que no los dos? – there’s a Summer nail design here for you. Try out some of these cute Summer nail ideas at home yourself or take it along to your next nail appointment. With bright Summer nails like these, you may be wearing your sunglasses more often than you think!
Bright Rainbow Ombre
This rainbow ombre look is not only bright, it’s also sparkly! Hooley dooley, this Summer nail design is LOUD. Not only that, check out the rainbow of colors coming from the glitter polish. If you want people to stop and stare at your nails, this one’s for you!
Rainbow Teal
Ok, let’s tone things down a notch and stick to just two colors instead. Here’s a stunning teal nail look combined with silver. The beauty of it is that it’s a simple design and you don’t have to be a nail artist to achieve these Summer nails. Grab a nail dotting tool and a holographic silver polish to put this all together.
Hot Pink Sparkle
Oh gee, this pink nail polish is HOT. But wait, let’s put some more glitter on top so that there’s a rainbow of colors dancing when the sunlight hits.
Mermaid Cove
What do you get when you use a blue shade to create ombre nails and then add beach nail decorations on top? I think we’ve got ourselves a Summer beach nail art design! We love the dusting of light shimmer polish paired with shell and star decorations and other nail studs to put these summer nails together.
Tie Dye Neon Nails
If you love neons colors, you might want to give these neon bright summer nails a try. Pick out your choice of neon nail polishes and make sure to start off with a white polish base so that the neon shades really pop! Feeling particularly artsy? Add on a stamped design like this one here to create an even bolder effect.
Rainbow Polish Tints for Summer Nails
For a more toned down version of tie dye nail art, use a very sheer nail polish or tint nail polish over white polish base. The best part of this easy summer nail artis that you can just dab on the colors using the nail polish brush straight from the bottle. No need for fancy nail art tools – just use what you’ve got from the bottle to create these rainbow nails.
Tiger Nails
We can almost hear the tigers roar their approval for these fierce Summer nails. Grab your brightest orange nail polish and create nail ombre with a pastel yellow. Stamp on or freehand some black lines for the stripes and you’ve got bright nails for this Summer.
Purple Summer Nail Color
There’s purple and then there’s a saturated purple. My goodness, this purple is a BRIGHT shade!
Summer Fruits
Here’s a pastel purple color, but this Summer nail art isn’t less hot than the previous one. We love the fruit fimo slices used to give this purple nail design a summery feel. Throw in a holographic purple polish and we think we’ve got a different kind of bright Summer nails.
Coral Beach Nails
Need a simple design? This combination of black and neutral shades, as well as coral nail polish for that pop of color gives us beach vibes. Add the glitter nail polish and star nail stud and this definitely reminds us of a coral beach. This mixture of colors and glitter finish makes for a great nail design for Summer.
Bright Pink Cheetahs
We love combining bright colors with black because it creates such a stark contrast. This attention grabbing pink polish is used in a skittle nail design combining cheetah nail art, stripes and a gold nail stud. Use a matte top coat to add to the ‘skittle’ look of the final manicure.
Red Party Nails
Does this red nail look just look like party on your nails or what?! The deep ruby red and the rainbow of circle and hexagon glitter polish makes us want to break out into a dance.
Foil Nail Art
Okay, these nail foils are uh-maz-ing! Just look at the shift in colors from purple to blue and green, pink and red, there’s even yellow in there!
Skittle Line Nail Art
Grab your choice of Summer colors or give these bright colors a go to create some colorful line Summer nails. Make sure you have a thin nail brush handy to help you draw the straight lines. You can leave it as is, or add some nail stickers to complete this easy Summer nail art design.
Neon Rainbow Marble
We can’t get enough of these in-your-face Summer nails! Find your brightest nail polish colors and use them in these easy marble nails.
Beach Ombre Nail Design
Feeling that Summer nails can be too bright sometimes? Try this toned down ombre nail look instead, using a neutral shade and pastel blue color to create a beach look. Finish off with a pretty shimmer polish and you have yourself subtle summer ombre nails!
Neon Ombre
Okay, we know people like bold colors in summer, so here’s a manicure that is BOLD. Find your bright neon colors and create an ombre over a white nail polish base to make it all pop. Make this Summer nail design even eye catching by adding some glitter on top. We love how the black and white glitter just gives these nails the extra wow factor.
Black, Pink and Glitter
Mix up black and neon pink nails with some glitter polish for this easy Summer nail look.
Anchor Nail Design
We love this nautical nail art inspired by navy blue polish. Combined with some white and gold polish and we think we’ve got a cute Summer nail art design.
Skittle Shimmer
It’s easy to create Summer nails simply by using different colors on each nail. We think the shimmer in these nail polishes adds a nice touch to the final look.
Bright Red Animal Print Nail Art
Neutral color is normally a very safe and subtle nail polish choice, but combine it with black polish, red nail art and gold nail studs and it completely transforms your nail design. These aren’t your traditional Summer nails, but we think the bold element makes it worthy to be included in this post. You don’t have to be a nail artist to create this look either – freehand the cheetah print, stamp on the zebra designs and use some tape for the straight lines. Just remember to use a quick dry top coat so that you’re not waiting hours on end for your nails to completely dry.
