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10 Summer Nail Art Inspirations

Summer is here…finally! So, what does that mean for our wardrobe? It means white jeans are now allowed and bright colours will be breaking out. So, we need our nails to match! During the winter, black is a really prevalent colour for so many designs, but we are going to embrace bright colours for nail art looks this summer!

Look 1: Camouflage your nails

Designed by Madeline Poole, ambassador for Sally Hansen, these nails will help you rock that army look! Whilst they are supposed to be a camouflage style, you will be sure to stand out with this design!

Look 2: Summer Fruits

This design by Cute Polish is called Citrus Squeeze and represents various citric fruits in the design. You can pick one fruit if you like, or be more adventurous and go for 5 different ones like this. This is a rather simple design, but Cute Polish even have a YouTube tutorial for you to follow!

Look 3: Beach Ball Nails

There’s nothing like a beach ball to represent the summer! This cute design by Divine Caroline is very playful, but will definitely get you in the mood for summer!

Look 4: Ocean Nails

This Ocean nail art look has to be one of my all time favourites. The level of details and artistic skill are just unbeilable. You can learn how blogenbeaute created this look by watching her tutorial here:

Look 5: Monkeying Around

We are going bananas for this nail design by Burkatron – it looks like the art work is rather delicate, but actually the black outlines are done last and is rather simple. Check out their tutorial!

Look 6: Watermelons

Watermelons are huge this summer and there are some really cool designs based around watermelons this summer. However, this is our favourite one by Nailasaurus!

Look 7: Mapped Out

For the adventurous, this could be an amazing challenge! After all, Summer is the time for road trips, so why not etch a map of where you are going on your nails! However, there is a very easy cheat for how to do this! Check out Sarah Scoop’s article on this!

Look 8: Geometric Nail Art

Geometry are really in this summer, with chevrons making a cool nail art design. French site Pshiiit have done some cool designs with triangles for the summer, which includes this one and a more pastel one if you prefer that.

Look 9: Pink and gold = rose gold… almost

 

Rose gold is all the trend right now with Apple launching a ton of products in rose gold. So, we like this pink and gold combination, because it almost makes rose gold, but looks much cooler! Design by Aanchy’s Nails

Look 10: Leopard Print Fun

Leopard print is welcome all year round, but there is something about this design which is light and summery and makes you feel like you should go to the zoo! Design by Phenomenail.

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Want to maximise your wraps? Learn this trick!

We have been seeing a lot of awesome ThumbsUp Nails wrap hacks lately. Like the this one by @seizethenail using Nacre 'Pearl Shine' Effect Nail Wraps. Read the full blogpost here.

@seizethenail x Nacre Pearl Shine Effect nail wraps by ThumbsUp Nails

'Hack the nail wraps' basically is a way of personalising your nail wraps by cutting them up creatively. The benefits of doing this is you can have a unique nail wraps look each time! If you have slightly shorter nails, you can actually cut one nail wrap into two half and use them on two fingers.

@seizethenails also created this amazing half & half using Razzle Dazzle nail wraps. Read the full blogpost here.

To help you get started, here are some good ways to hack your ThumbsUp Nails wraps:

This is a ThumbsUp Nails wrap hack tutorial by @followthatway's:

Inspired? Remember to hack your ThumbsUp Nails wraps and share them on IG and Twitter with #hackmythumbsupnailwraps. Can't wait to see all of your creations! 

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