When I think of summer, bright colours, flowers, fun patterns, and sunshine come to my mind first. One way to keep up with this energy is a makeover of nails for the summer beauty routine.
We are full-on into the colorful fun nail art era in 2025. I have done a couple of Fun Summer Nail Designs that are suitable for many different styles.
So, scroll on to explore seasonally appropriate nails and get ready to screenshot your favourites.
Top Fun Summer Nail Designs You Must Try
- Airbrushed Heart Design
Airbrushed nails offer a playful take on the fun fingernail designs. Try creating these airbrush hearts on your long nails as you get enough room to show off the details. You can start with your preferred base coat like red, blue, or a fusion and add on the airbrush style hearts with a lighter colour.
- Two-Toned Neon Cheetah
Are you also obsessed with animal prints? Cheetah prints are common modern nail art designs. Adding two-toned neon colours to the prints attracts every passing eye. The gradient colour choice makes the nail art fun and animated.
- Bright Orange & Viva Magenta Summer Nails
When we talk about summer colours, bright orange and magenta combinations definitely cross your mind once. Creating nail art with these two vibrant colours is fun. It is inspired by the beautiful summer sunsets. The options are truly infinite!
- Mojito Nails
Summer is all about chilling on the beach and enjoying a refreshing mojito. If you are planning for a beach vacation, try out this Fun Summer Nail Designs with Mojito designs. It is filled with bright green colours, zesty limes, and mint essence. This delightful nail art design is as much zeal as the summer cocktail itself.
- Watermelon Margarita
Have a taste of this delightful beauty. Watermelon Margarita offers warm weather aesthetics that give a sweet summer evening feeling. It is a unique and playful colour to create. The fun bright summer nails look truly good enough to drink. Pair these fun beach nails with a coastal gateway!
- Matte Tie Dye Nails
Tie dyes are the most fun summer activity to try. From T-shirts to scrunchies, bags, hats, and even on nails. If you are not a big fan of glossy nails, try out this matte nail design with a fun choice of colours. Say hello to a new favourite summer hobby!
- Third Eye Nail Design
Open up your chakras next summer! Make this spiritual third-eye design to create a playful effect on the summer fun nails. Creating the details requires true artistic skills. The bright blue colour adds a hint of a summer vibe to the nails.
- Cobalt Flames
Summer is the perfect time to try out the cobalt blue colours. Try creating the swirling flames using the bright cobalt blue colours on a neutral base. You can make the flames more shiny by adding glitter to the flame. It is another fun nail design that you should try in 2025.
- Electric Purple Nails
Electric purple is a bold choice for creating fun summer nail designs. It is for someone who loves to stand out in the crowd. Finishing with a metallic top coat allows you to create purple plasma nails for bright summer days.
- SpongeBob Nails
You must have watched SpongeBob Square Pants as a kid. I have created these weird funny nail designs with different SpongeBob characters for the coming summer. So, get ready for a deep dive into the underwater world of Bikini Bottom.
- Shattered Glass
Though minimalistic nail art design is going on trend right now, trying fun summer nail ideas would not harm it. Say hello to this 3D shattered glass nail that guarantees a double take. It is an attention-grabbing and playful nail art with a jagged and sparkly appearance. You can customise the design using bright purple, neon green, blue, or pink colours.
- Tortoise Shell Chic Nails
Creating a tortoiseshell nail art design is as fun as it appears. It can be created using different complex nail art methods but if you want to try this out just for fun, follow this 2-by-2 design. With the tones of chocolate brown and dark brown, you can easily create a realistic design on the nails.
- Magenta Velvet Nails
In case you missed it, velvet nails have been in the summer trend since last year. The vibrant magenta colour adds a luxurious effect to the nails. This semi metallic and shimmering polish delivers fun nail designs for summer.
- Blue Double Line French Tips
Traditional French tips are easy to create. But have you ever thought that there could be a fun way to create French Tips? Try this double lining French tip design with the popping blue colour. It looks great on round and almond-shaped nails as the lines define the shape of the nails well.
- Watercolour Rainbow Nails
If you are an artist, you must love doing watercolours. Then why not try them on nails? Trying the watercolour method with different rainbow colours is fun. You make the nails as vibrant or simple as you want.
- Harry Potter Symbol Nail Designs
Are you in Gryffindor or Slytherin? Try out these Harry Potter-themed nail designs using different symbols from the movie such as the mark on the forehead, Gryffindor muffler, Deathly Hallows, and more. These are perfect fun nails for spring as well as for summer.
- Geometric Green
The geometric green summer fun nail art is a bold and artistic choice. The eye-catching green colour surely makes everyone check out your nails twice. Different geometric patterns offer a modern vibe with vibrant colours. So, try out creating these fun geometric patterns on your nails.
- Deck of Cards
The deck of card nail art design gives serious card-playing energy. If you love playing cards, these fun nail designs for summer are a must-try for you. So, go fish with this edgy nail art on your hands!
- Casino Nails
Have you ever visited a casino? If not, try making these casino-themed nails for an edgy look. It is kinda fun! This trend is all over TikTok. You can either keep my design as a reference or create your own design. No matter what design you choose, just know that the final effect is meant to be a fun summer nail art.
- Neon Geometric
Try out some fun summer colours for nails to create geometric patterns. On a black base, the popping summer colours look more vibrant enhancing the geometric shapes. This is a perfect fun vacation nails. So go ahead and show off your creativity!
- Pride Perfection Nails
Pride Perfection is not just Fun Summer Nail Designs, it is to reflect how pridefully perfect you are. Playing with these bright rainbow colours on acrylic nails is fun. This nail design has opted for many celebrity nail artists too.
- Negative-Space Heart Design
Negative-space hearts with bright sunny yellow colours are the perfect summer fun nail art to try in 2025. You just need to create a blank heart design with a bright yellow colour to achieve this design. It is a personal favourite fun design of mine.
- Tiger Eye Nail Design
You might have heard about viral cat eye nails, but have you ever tried the tiger eye nail arts? The crystal gold and brown combination looks so attractive. Some people say a tiger’s eye crystal can help ambitious ones create a solid foundation to achieve goals in life. If that makes you want to try this fun design, make sure to use a velvet polish to create the look.
- Mosaic Nails
Mosaic Nails is also going to be in the 2025 summer nail art trend. It looks as stylish as it is fun to do. You can either use light colours or vibrant summer colours to create the mosaic effect. It offers a vintage-looking vibe.
- Purple People Eater
Want to try some fun spooky nails? Try out the Purple People Eater fun cute nail designs for summer. The one-eyed monster looks really cute on the nails. Use aurora shimmers to make the purple colour pop even more in the sunlight.
- Neon Stars
If you are looking for some fun and easy nail art designs to DIY at home, make these cute neon stars. They look pretty in neutral nails and even on a black base. It is a playful design for summer.
- Funny Minion Nails with Popping Yellow
Do you like millions? They are just too funny, aren’t they? Try these funny fingernails with different minion characters with popping summer yellow. Believe me, it was a real fun to create these nail designs.
- Mint Green Chrome
The mint green colour gives a refreshing vibe during summer. The chrome design was one of the most fun nail designs in 2024 and will be on trend this year too. With beautiful green shiny eyeshadows, you can try this fun and easy nail art at home as well.
- Galaxy Nails
Have you ever seen the Milky Way in the dark sky? It really inspired me to create these Fun Summer Nail Designs. The billions of sparkly stars reminded me of the tiny purple glitter. Though there are infinite possibilities for creating galaxy nails, this is the best so far! I highly recommend you go for these sparkly nails with attractive colours.
- Dreamy Floral 3D Nail Design
This dreamy floral 3D nail art design gives me a Disney Sleeping Beauty vibe. These 3D flowers look as fun as classy. Save this as an inspiration and show your nail artist to achieve this nail art design.
- Cherrylicious Summer Bright
Summer is incomplete with some juicy and delicious cherries. Try this cherrylicious nail art design with summer bright red. This design can be done on both short and long nails.
- Evil Eye Nails
Keep away the evils with this fun evil eye nail art design! Make the blue and white dots stand out on a clear base. There are numerous possible ways to create evil eye nails but you can playfully try these styles.
- Sunflower Gel Nails
Summer without sunflowers is impossible. Fun gel nails with a sunflower design are a must-try in the 2025 summer. You can elevate the fun elements by creating 3D butterflies on the sunflower designs. This looks super cool!
- Sunny Care Bear Design
Though the cute care bear design is suitable for spring, the vibrant yellow colour makes it summer-appropriate. With adorable expressions, you can create a playful vibe. So, keep this design in your archive bucket for the coming summer.
Made You Try Today?
Have funny and creative nail designs convinced you to try them out today? From edgy to spooky, cute, and crazy, there is something for every choice. While the evil eye gets the bad wrap, the galaxy nails open a new door to dream.
Choosing just one is challenging right? Luckily summer spans for a few months, so try something different. So, which of the above Fun Summer Nail Designs are your favourite and which are you going to try in summer 2025? Maybe you can try the mint chrome or the funny minions.
Share your thoughts in the comments so I can come up with more new ideas for you!
Frequently Asked Questions
Q1. What is the nail art trend in 2025?
Ans: Personalised and creative designs are the biggest trend in 2025 nail art.
Q2. Can I create some fun nail art on short nails?
Ans: Of course you can. You can try creating hand-painted fun characters like minions, Harry Potter, and Care Bear, or you can make playful patterns like evil eye, galaxy skis, and purple people eater.
Q3. Which are some weirdest nail art trends?
Ans: Some of the weirdest nail arts trending right now are duck nails, bug nails, coloured pencil nails, and hills nails.
Q4. Can I create fun nail designs using pastel colours?
Ans: You can create 3D pastel fun designs like hearts, and butterflies, or draw funny emojis and expressions on the pastel nails. There are endless ways possible. Be creative and do not hesitate to try out new designs.
