8 Nail Looks That Are Taking Over 2025
Summer has arrived – and so has the perfect excuse to show off your nail game with bright, beautiful, seasonal designs! In holiday prep, having the perfect all-summer-long nails is a must. Whether you’re lounging by the beach in Greece or you’re due for a routinely nail refresh, your nails should be as unforgettable and vibrant as the season itself. Complete your glowy summer look by swapping out your winter nails for a design that’s so cute you’ll want to wear them forever.
Hawaiian Nails
Featuring the iconic motifs – the Hibiscus flower, starfish and seashells, Hawaiian nails take inspiration from the island’s sandy beaches, ocean waves, and sealife. One way to step-up your nails is to use clear 3D gel to add tiny embellishments such as shell-like textures or sculpt 3D tropical flowers to stand out. Bright sunny colours like turquoise, yellow and pink are often used to transport you to Hawaii’s warm beaches and sunshine.
Fruit Nails
This style is bright, playful, and summery – perfect for a Sicilian summer holiday where you’re surrounded by lemon trees and oranges. These nails include tiny illustrations of strawberries, cherries and watermelon, the fruity ideas are endless, and again, many highlight these details using moulding gel or builder gel to create textured manicures that’s never basic, and never boring.
Aura Nails
The 2025 version of the iconic 2013 ombré nails, the diffused, hazy blend of two colours is something we will always be obsessed with and always come back to. The soft gradient in the centre of the nail, between where one colour stops and another starts, makes this nail design bright and ethereal, and most importantly, impossible to look away from.
Butter Yellow Nails
Solid or incorporated in a design, butter yellow is the new ‘light pink’ in the fashion and beauty community. Almost a neutral yet still adding a pop of colour to your look, this warm pastel shade, particularly OPI’s ‘Buttafly’, is the perfect shade for a simple manicure, that’s still transitional from those working days and meetings to romantic cocktails at happy hour! These nails will definitely have their moment in the sun this summer!
Polka Dot Nails
This trend is making a comeback for 2025, as we are seeing it everywhere – dresses, blouses, and even headscarves and headbands. For a more vintage and elegant look, the classic black dots on white would be perfect for a Parisian city escape. However, with bolder, brighter colours or a mix of different ones, a more playful, whimsical look can be achieved – putting a modern-day twist on the classic black and white. Rising in influence, this nail design is also easy to create at home!
3D Detail Nails
Elevate any nail design using intricate 3D embellishments made from again, moulding gel or builder gel. Details such as swirls, lines or bubbles add raised texture and dimension to your nails, which is popular amongst Korean or Japanese nail art styles. 3D gel art is trendy and elegant without being flashy – every design is unique. Many also highlight these 3D details by adding and isolating gold or silver chrome accents on top to further elevate your nail design!
Design Dump Nails
An up-and-coming trend in 2025 is having a mixed set of nail designs. This ‘curated chaos’ is for artistic maximalists, or ultimately those who can’t decide on one design – this is the time to pull out the inspo from Pinterest you’ve been saving all year! On each nail you’ll find a new design, unique to the rest, yet compliments them. Detailed artwork is often involved, and a lot of time is put into planning and creating each design. These are nails that keep the compliments coming!
Chrome Nails
Hailey Bieber’s ‘Glazed Doughnut’ Manicure is now an iconic look perfect for the ‘Clean Aesthetic Girls’, with its reflective, pearlescent, glassy finish. This initial sheer and buildable champagne colour have now evolved to new colour combinations where we are now putting chrome on everything. This twist on Hailey Bieber’s ‘Classic’ are making simple nail colours iconic and so stunning, you’ll catch yourself admiring them nonstop!
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