Golden hour nails is the stunning trend that truly let's your mani shine

Neons and rainbow brights are an audacious default when it comes to summer manis, but one design that literally hits different, is 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. And, there's something about the sun glinting off a molten nail design that's simply mesmerising.

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 yep, while we don't normally base our nail lewks 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's 36 ways to tap up Golden Hour Nails…

Extended golden Frenchies

Mixed metals glitter

Bronzed gold Frenchies

Paint swoosh gold mani

Gold swirl nails

V-shaped gold Frenchies

Skinny chrome gold Frenchies

Gold foil Frenchies

Gold oval cuticles and Frenchies

All-over gold sparkle

Gold Frenchies and star details

Double skinny gold Frenchies

Accent gold foil nail

Statement gold Frenchies

Gold dash nails

All-over gold glitter

Gold coffin-shaped Frenchies

Gold sparkle and spot nails

Velvet gold nails

Half and half gold sparkle

Glitz tips

Speckled-gold cuticles

Jumbo chrome tips

Gold pulse nails

Gold tips and gemstone nails

Gold cuticle nails

Confetti tips

Chunky gold cluster nails

Gold leaf nails

Gold squiggle print nails

Pearly gold and star stickers

Gold leaf window pane nails

Full glitter nails

Half and half gold glitter nails

Speckled gold lip oil nails

Gold flakes

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