Neons and rainbow brights are often the default when it comes to summer manis, but one design that hits different? Golden Hour nails. Forget gold tinsel accents around the Christmas holidays— when it comes to our summer holidays, gold has all the makings of an iconic mani moment.
The truth is, Golden Hour nails are as much about their surroundings as the design itself. The trend takes a gold-accented mani (and there are endless ways to remix the shade, just see below), then lights it up in the most perfect way possible by coinciding with the most beautiful time of the year and—more specifically—the most beautiful time of the day. Golden Hour is the moment just as the sun rises or sets, when everything is soaked in the most delicious sunkissed warmth. There’s something about the sun glinting off a molten nail design that’s simply mesmerizing.
The good news with summer—provided the weather plays ball—is you don’t even need to wait for dawn or dusk to feel the benefits since the brighter, longer days offer even more opportunity for your mani to be illuminated in a dreamy golden glow.
So while we don’t normally base our nail looks on the weather, if we’re treating our nails to a glow-up we really want to show it off in the best way possible, and Golden Hour nails is a stunning opportunity for your mani to truly shine.
Here are 36 ways to tap into the Golden Hour nails trend…
Extended golden Frenchies
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Mixed metals glitter
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Bronzed gold Frenchies
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Paint swoosh gold mani
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Gold swirl nails
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V-shaped gold Frenchies
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Skinny chrome gold Frenchies
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Gold foil Frenchies
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Gold oval cuticles and Frenchies
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All-over gold sparkle
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Gold Frenchies and star details
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Double skinny gold Frenchies
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Accent gold foil nail
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Statement gold Frenchies
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Gold dash nails
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All-over gold glitter
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Gold coffin-shaped Frenchies
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Gold sparkle and spot nails
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Velvet gold nails
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Half and half gold sparkle
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Glitz tips
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Speckled-gold cuticles
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Jumbo chrome tips
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Gold pulse nails
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Gold tips and gemstone nails
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Gold cuticle nails
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Confetti tips
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Chunky gold cluster nails
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Gold leaf nails
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Gold squiggle print nails
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Pearly gold and star stickers
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Gold leaf window pane nails
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Full glitter nails
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Half and half gold glitter nails
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Speckled gold lip oil nails
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Gold flakes
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