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Make way for the season's juiciest manicures.
The Gist
- Summer’s sweetest nail trend is ripe with berry colors and translucent jelly finishes.
- Ahead, an InStyle writer hand-picked 11 jammy nail ideas to inspire your next set.
If you thought popsicle nails, key lime pie nails, and jellyfish candy nails were sweet, just wait until you see summer’s latest gourmand-inspired trend. Nail artists are foraging for juicy manicures that mimic the color of summer’s sweetest fruits: blackberries, strawberries, raspberries, and more.
Sheer jelly and cat-eye finishes are what set jammy nails apart from your average berry-colored manicure. There’s an option for everyone to indulge in, whether you crave the unexpectedness of a dark, moody manicure in the middle of summer or prefer a juicy, vivid pop of color. Go for a solid-colored jelly manicure (one of summer’s biggest nail trends), or play with contrast with a mix of sheer and opaque accent nails in sweet, fruit-inspired hues. To DIY the look, you can even dilute your favorite cream polishes with a clear top coat to give them that signature refreshing, translucent finish.
Ahead, find your field guide to the most succulent jammy nail ideas of the season.
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Blackberry Jam
Semi-sheer, marbled accent nails look like they’ve been stained with blackberry juice. The rest of the set features opaque, blackened purple polish in a high-gloss finish.
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Huckleberry Jam
Huckleberry tastes like the juicier, tangier cousin of a blueberry. This cat-eye manicure lined with silver chrome perfectly matches its vivid, purple-y pink juice.
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Strawberry Preserves
A freshly-picked strawberry in the middle of summer is a reminder of how they came up with the term “nature’s candy.” This manicure is (almost) as sweet as the sun-ripened berry, with a sheer, strawberry-pink polish.
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Grape Glow
To achieve this nostalgic, grape jelly-inspired manicure, nail artist Melanie Graves first painted her nails with a sheer pink base. Then, she diluted a mix of three purple shades with a clear polish, and painted them on with thin and thick nail art brushes for an organic-looking texture.
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Apricot Jam Tips
Blink and you’ll miss these apricot-dipped tips. They look almost neutral, until the cat-eye finish catches the light and takes on a glistening, golden-hour radiance.
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Guava Jelly
This glowing take on guava nails features green polish with a pink cat-eye glint. Look closer, and you’ll see that the set is totally translucent.
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Strawberry Auras
Bubblegum pink nails with strawberry auras are fit for a day at the fair. A long almond shape keeps the bright colors feeling sophisticated, not saccharine.
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Raspberry Jelly
Remember putting raspberries on your fingers as a kid? This French manicure is the grown-up iteration, with a bright red jelly base and opaque outlines
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Topped With a Bow
The best kind of summer hostess gift is one that’s homemade. These short, rounded nails look like a jar of freshly-made jam topped with a twine ribbon.
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Butter and Jam
Butter yellow French tips cut away to reveal sheer spheres of apricot jam. It’s a classic mix of sweet and savory.
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Fig Fade
Soft, figgy gradients grace the edges of these otherwise-clear nails, making them the perfect entrypoint for minimalists to try their hand at the trend.
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