23 Labor Day Nails That Are Too Fun to Skip in 2025: Color, Art, and Acrylic Inspo for Every Style

One more sizzling of the last summer is here, and you know what, that is the time to update your nails during the long weekend. But not just any nails. I am discussing about Labor Day nails that speak, but do not utters a single word. Whether you’re heading to a BBQ, soaking up the last rays at the beach, or just want a little happy on your fingertips, these looks are packed with inspo and major Design 2025 energy.

Whether one likes the traditional red-white-and-blue or prefers flirtatious flowery designs, graphic swirls and brushed silky acrylics, this guide is sure to tickle everyone. Want something bold? Got you. Prefer simple and low-maintenance? Covered. Not to mention that these nail ideas are not merely that, they are tiny add-ons to your summer finale style. Ready to find your perfect match?

Sunflower Pop with a Matte Finish

There’s something wildly satisfying about a nail design that marries two extremes—soft matte and bright floral drama. These labor day nails put the bright matte yellow as the base with the sunflower ornament with the flowers blossoming on the jet black foundation. It is not attractive only it is sun-drenched happiness in ten mini canvases. This one shouts mid-summer optimism and tacks on those sentiments that feel like sunshine at the touch.

To get this look right, you’d want a rich, opaque black gel (like OPI “Black Onyx”) and a vibrant matte yellow (try “Exotic Birds Do Not Tweet”). Top it all with a matte top coat. In the case of the flower, super thin nail brush or stamping plate is needed to be precise. It’s giving Designs simple but the finish is anything but average.

At home to reproduce this just use a clean file and use two coats of your yellow and black on separate fingers alternating each coat. Whether you are using gel, have each coat be cured under a lamp. Using a detail brush, paint petal shapes outward from a central dot (brown or glittery black works great). Don’t worry about symmetry—sunflowers in nature are gloriously imperfect.

I also find myself receiving the most compliments every time I wear a sunflower themed piece of art. It’s got that “Happy nails = Happy girl” energy. There is a certain confidence in yellow as a form of color especially following several months of full color and neons. Its matte level makes it seem fancy, not so much pool party as rooftop garden party.

Picnic-Ready Checks & Florals

This is a look that, it will make me frankly want to have strawberry lemonade and gingham napkins. These nail polishes on labor day have a new theme of the picnic coupled with color-blocking of reds, checks in pink and white, and flower power on a yellow background. It is an amusing combo, which provides last hurrah of summer and nevertheless seems to be completely wearable. Think southern picnic chic meets indie nail art.

For this combo, a red polish with warm undertones (Essie “Rock the Runway”) and a creamy white base like Zoya’s “Snow White” works beautifully. Make use of striping tape or fine brush to make the gingham lines. On the flower art, use the dotting instruments to make petal formations or why not floral stickers to make it quick and easy but effective.

Start with alternating full red and gingham nails. Now when your white base is dry you may apply pink polish to create vertical and horizontal stripes which will make that checkered pattern. Paint retro flower designs on the yellow accent with the pink, orange and purple color. Coat everything with a shiny finishing.

This appearance reminds me of those trips I had with my friends on the road and breaks at diners they could be sweet, somewhat nostalgic, and very kitschy. Frankly speaking, it gives me the desire to organize a barbecue in my backyard to meet the atmosphere. Inspo can come from anywhere—even a picnic tablecloth.

BBQ Icons on Pink Gingham

If you’re the type to go all in on a theme (I see you!), then these are your labor day nails. An entire picnic in detail, eggs, burgers, hot dogs, even a grill, all drawn by hand on a pink-and-white checkered background. It is doing all-out Americana cartoon in the adorably smartest manner. Maximalist, nostalgic, and pure fun.

In such level of detail gel polish is your friend. Use a crisp baby pink (like Le Mini Macaron “Rose Crème”) and a milky white base to build your gingham grid. The designs may be painted in using nail art pens or tiny brushes with acrylic paints, easier to control than polish to do micro-details. This one is no Designs simple, but it is start-up conversation.

Step-by-step is less fast: a pink grid is taken as the background, and then one and another layer of food items are created. Outlining in black gives it that sticker effect. I observed Tik Tok artists making flawless burger buns and flames on the top using a dotting tool using the hairband method which is ingenious and cute.

Would I wear this for a rooftop brunch? Probably. Is it perfect to grill-off with the neighbors during the annual Labor Day? Absolutely. That is nails like this that remind me of the reason I came to fall in love with nail-art in the first place, where can you get the expression of your entire energy on the tips of fingers?

Hot Grill Season in Black & Flame

Need a bit of blast this season? Then this one is within your call. These labor day nails get a bold graphic feel with flames, grill patterns, and big contrast of white, black and orange. It is a very energy filled design (as though you are not just bringing the pasta salad but you are bringing the heat to the table). Literally.

To make it yours, go for a saturated white like Orly “White Tips” and an intense black (CND Shellac “Black Pool”). The fire may be achieved by an ombr in reds and oranges (OPI provides an excellent choice of its own with the colors Big Apple Red and A Good Mandarin Is Hard to Find). These can be simply dip or acrylic designs in case you desire that kind of durability.

With a detail brush flick upward on the base of the nail with red and then layer over orange and then yellow. It is important to put a light, slightly curvy strokes–flames flow. The grill logos may be stamped or free hand painted on the grill using a white art pen. And don not forget to top it off with high gloss finishing.

Each year, I always have at least one mani that will encourage me to go out of my ever so favorite nudes or pastels, and this became my one in 2025. It’s bold, sure, but also feels like a celebration. Occasionally your color street moment has to be able to say something like I am here. And yes, I did bring ribs.”

Star-Spangled Liberty

The old school, clean, and proudly patriotic, this labor day nails is a mix and match of deep blue, pure white, and bold red in a starlit Design 2025, which is just right in the long weekend. There is that additional wink to the season with the word Liberty on the ring finger, yet all the entire affair looks pretty finished and ready to wear. It reminds me of the cooler cousin of the 4 th of July, i.e. less fireworks, more stylish.

Dual to recreate, choose primary shades that are highly opaque: Essie Forever Yummy, red; Butler Please, blue, and real white. A vinyl stencil makes placing stars much easier. They might also be hand-painted using pen and patience combo as well. In the case of the lettering, your best friends are nail stickers or a small liner brush, in case you can control your hands.

The base colors should be applied then dried completely. Next stamp in some stars or trace over some stencils with white polish. Use a fine brush for the word decal or print your own nail art stickers if you’re feeling crafty. Finish with a glossy top coat for maximum shine.

I have styled this casual and patriotic piece on family BBQs as well as at the beach bonfires. It’s neat but never boring. Then too, it is an advancement of one of those articles where someone will usually say, where did you have that done? Well the best part about it is that you did it yourself.

Retro Ribbon Swirls in Red, White & Blue

This mani is all action in motion these waving stripes are in red, blue, and white and it looks like the aftermath of a firestorm that has been captured in slow motion. It goes back to traditional Americana and pulls it out into modern and liquid. The extended coffin like shape helps the details to stand out whereas glossy finish makes everything very sharp and polished. Design 2025, turned upside down and executed graphically, dynamically and completely photographically taken.

To create this layered swirl look, choose a high-pigment white base (try Gelish “Arctic Freeze”) and layer your curves using fine striping brushes dipped in a bold scarlet and royal blue. You can switch brands to get the finest finish; the levels of sass and accuracy are something you cannot get wrong by using OPI, as you have Coca-Cola Red and My Car Has Navy-gation. These lines are airbrushed, and in fact, it is just about long curvy lines and having some confidence.

What I have found is that natural-looking is to begin each line at the bottom of the nail and sketch it softly toward the end. You don’t need to be exact—imperfection can be playful. Make sure that one color has dried up a bit before applying another color to prevent bleeding and apply a top-coat of high shine glassy finish.

Personally, I think that this art is a bit disco, a bit patriot and entirely fierce. I was dressed up like a roof top party last Labor Day and literally a bartender was making my mojito and literally stopped to ask me where I had them done. That’s when I knew: swirls are the new stripes.

Metallic Cheetah Meets French Classic

Who says labor day nails have to be predictable? This mani is carrying a naughty acrylic double punch of power- leopard print, a chrome gold flame and a sleek twist of French twins. It is aggressive, shiny and a bit radical yet mad feminine. The trend combines natural nudes and impact textures and, as such, it is ideal in late summer when you want to leave a piece of glitter behind.

To achieve this mix, start with a soft almond nude (like Essie’s “Bare With Me”) as your base. Complete the look by adding in the cheetah spots with a nail art pen of both black and pink. Also add something to the middle finger that will spark with a foil-like effect by adding gold chrome powder on it. A sculpted gel flame shape works best here, especially if you’re using dip or builder gel. The French design would be done on a light white cream which can be applied by a thick white gel such as cream puff by CND.

This set isn’t for rushing. You will take your cheetah patterns lightly in the beginning using a dotting tool and after that you will accentuate them using black color. A sponge applicator is the most preferred spread of chrome and a non-wipe top coat serves to seal, so that there can be no loss of the shine.

Personally, I like the combination of animal print and clear lines very much though it seems to be somehow unexpected every time. I wore a more subtle version with only one cheetah nail last summer and it also was an all-out success. This full combo? Absolutely fun, undeniably fresh.

Rainbow Retro for the Bold Ones

These are labor day nails, and they are obsession with the 70s color palette ( sunny yellows, cherry reds, sky blues and citrusy mint) all of them collaborate each other to come out beautifully mismatched in the most amusing manner possible. Wearing all the colors of the crayon box is something very liberating. This collection is targeted at the girls that prefer their color dip fierce and the style tackless.

As your palette, consider ILNP pastel line or Color Club neons–throw in any or all that you can find, mix and match. The order does not have to be difficult to think over, rather to go by mood. Such almond-shaped nails do not appear less impressive when used with gel or acrylic, particularly, in case you desire that smooth curve.

First an effective base coat then color by color. Apply two coats to each nail and make it dry completely (when you are using gel). The thing is this is a designs simple approach and the idea is all in polish control and real clean on the finish. Clean up with the use of a brush, dipped in acetone, to sharpen the edges.

It is a style I have done to a vintage affair last summer and people actually had to hold my hand to have a look. It is a happy, wearable rainbow of sorts, or, rather,, taking good vibes out with you on your fingertips. I dare you not to smile wearing these.

Firework Burst of Color

This is the result of a firework display on your manicure popular, loud and explosive art patterns all classic red white and blue done against a clean white and navy back drop. It is patriotic of course but with a painterly touch that makes the act seem not so costume-y as editorial. Meditate: cool-girl July 4th vibes that can extend all the way into the Labor Day weekend.

Start with full-coverage whites and blues (OPI “Alpine Snow” and Zoya “Ryan” are perfect), then layer your fireworks using a striping brush or detail pen. Apply metallic red, bright blue and the slightest stars as decals or by hand.

To start your fireworks, you will have to start drawing a small point in the center close to the cuticle or the center of the nail and pull out small strokes in every direction around that as rays. You may overlay colors, or can dot and put some glitter to get dimension. These mini-blasts are not too demanding and once you master the technique, then they are painless.

Personally, I live for a firework mani. Each time that I have been wearing this style, it has been the finest harmony of celebration and fashion. According to one nail artist, Miss Pop, it is said that one may determine a lot of people by the way one does holiday nail decoration and this one? It says: festive, but fashion-first.

Patriotic Daisies on Shorties

Last, but not least, a floral that hears the message: these little labor day nails combine minuscule daisies and leaf design with red, blue and white on natural matte polish that looks clean, but still imaginative. It is as though somebody redesigned a meadow of wild flowers to the American girl. Combination of the shiny floral nail polish and striking blue nail polish makes this style really noticeable but not overwhelming.

You will need a base sheer pink-nude which is Sally Hansen sheer happiness and a solid medium blue which is Essie bikini so teeny. It is possible to use a dotting tool in order to create daisy designs: petals should be made with a white tool, and centers with black or yellow. Put small red flowers on and dark navy stems.

Then after your base coat construct your daisies with a cluster of tiny dots and allow each color to dry before proceeding with the next one. The bold blue accent nails are key for balance. Finish everything by glossy sealing.

In sets like this floral one when I wear them, I feel that I am embracing the soft part of me but not losing some of my personality. Besides, this one proves that even short ideas do not have to be boring. They’re actually perfect for hot-weather holidays—less maintenance, more style.

Warm Neutrals and Botanical Sunflowers

This is the sunflower which is choice of the minimalist. It is not contrasted loud but the golden petals open softly on a background of warm beige. The black leafy patterns provide a touch of depth to make the flowers not just look infinitely better, but also a bit higher, as though it was the drawing of a fancy botanical journal. These nails are of Labor day which indicate that designs do not need to scream to be gorgeous. Sometimes the prettiest things whisper.

I would use creamy gel nail polish: in the case of the neutral background, the choices are numerous, but I could advise Essie-Topless and Barefoot or Bio Seaweed-Milkshake. Decorate it with sunflower stickers or use yellow and orange gel paints and paint them on your hands and put dark centers on them. The outline of the foliage can be traced using a small brush with black or charcoal brown and this gives it a hint of fineness which will also seem to be complicated.

The easiest way to get this done at home is by putting on two layers of your nude nail polish and letting it dry out. Apply the thin detail brush to add the petals in curving motions, going outwards the center dot. By including foliage around the flowers the vignette-effect is formed, which makes the entire set look united. It is finally covered with a glossy topcoat which has a glass like finish.

The last time I wore a floral print as pillowy as this, I wore it with a white sundress with flowing silhouette and beige mules, and it was all about easy chic. These nails are bottled up version of Golden hour, cozy, happy, and a bit romantic.

Daffodil Yellow with Garden Detail

These labor day nails resemble putting your fingers within the sunflower field. Wildflowers are painted on a clear nude background where bold yellow nails outline them. Lavender is presented as sprigs and golden daffodils produce a small garden scene with a fresh, sweet and alive feeling. Like summer bidding its farewell with the last, sunny smile.

Start with a clean nude base—OPI’s “Put It In Neutral” is perfect—and layer sunflower yellow (like China Glaze “Happy Go Lucky”) on alternating fingers. Hand paint flowers by use of a dotting tool or detail brush; using soft purple and yellow petals. Add some slim, green stems and buds to get that of wild flower meadow.

If you are trying it at home, then I would advise to sketch your florals out lightly with thin tipped brush before going in. Less is more—too many petals can overwhelm. And the secret is on the balance between strong color and light art. And yes, you’ll need patience. But isn’t that part of the fun?

I really like this little entertaining touch- there is some nostalgia to it. Such as making pictures of flowers in a book or running barefoot over the grass. It is also a really transitional summer – fall outfit that does not look too autumnal. You can almost smell the warm breeze.

Classic Candy Apple Red

Let’s talk power polish. There’s nothing more timeless—and more flattering—than glossy, full-coverage red. Here, these labor day nails are very short, round and super chic, so that these nails do not require any designs or artworks to make a serious impression. It is apologetic-free, forever in vogue and eye catching manicure.

The glassy, salon-excellent look is done with DND, Red Carpet or Chanel, Pirate. There is reason behind these colors being iconic, they apply like lacquered jelly and last shiny days. A gel top coat (like Seche Vite or Essie Gel Couture) gives you that dipped-in-candy look without the chipping.

Application is everything here. Push back your cuticles, manicure into oval or almond shape and give them two nervous coats. Let them dry fully before the top coat. Looking to get a dip version, then go with Kiara Sky and her tune Hot Tamale. It never fades and it is beautiful when(it) is longer or shorter nail.

This is my default when I can’t decide. It’s powerful, feminine, and—bonus—makes every skin tone glow. Red nails are always the right choice when you’re not sure what the vibe is. Easy, elegant, and totally timeless.

Modern Green with Foil Flicks

Green is in fashion right now and these labor day nails are not oblivious of that. Leafy polish in a vibrant green goes with asymmetrical touches of nude-and-metallic, so the result is partly botanical and partly in the direction of fashion statements. It is as though there are diamond chips, or bits of jewelry, flecks of gold and shimmer on the nail bed, but without the pizzazz.

Take a look at a bright green such as Olive and June Jungle Green or Essie Mojito Madness. Use nail foil flakes (gold or copper) and a creamy off-white polish for the accent nails. Whether you want the look to be sheer or not the nude areas can be left bare or covered with a sheer base color.

Herald the beginning by getting full green nails in all the other fingers. Your foil-accent fingers should have a half-moon shaped or side swoosh of green, pushed into the tacky draw with foil pieces inserted, and covered with a thick layer of transparent. This style has a touch of luxury, but playfulness because of the gold used to make it look more boutiquefied.

What I love most is how modern this feels. It’s a wearable art moment without looking overdone. I had something like a Labor Day brunch, and I felt that my nails are the accessory, more than the rings that I piled up. This set definitely delivers Design 2025 realness.

Lemon Garden on Midnight and Blush

These are the labor day nails for when you’re not ready to give up citrus season. Expressionistic lemons are funny in a painterly frame of soft pink and deep blue backgrounds. It’s juicy, flirty, and ultra-satisfying in its color play. Think Amalfi Coast meets modern minimalism.

If what you want is to get the palette right, use these two, one is Zoya Dot as an alternative to blush pink blush and Essie or Lights Lacquer, Style Cartel or Mr. Brightside brand of blue. Lemons should be painted with yellow polish by hands with the shadow of soft orange. Paint leaves with blue and green hue by using a minute detail brush.

Apply your base coats first and fully dry them. Thereafter, apply oval shapes in paint using fine nail brush with an intention of representing lemons, after this apply other shapes resembling leaves and also apply white dots to reflect the citrus skin. To seal it all I add a top coat to finish the glossy look and keep the art in there as well.

This is the one that I have had on my save board forever. The citrus theme is right somehow, during this season but it is bright, hopeful and even a bit naughty. Bonus? You can completely consider it as short on ideas when you only lay the design on the two accent nails. Yes, please.

Soft Marble with Gold Foil

There’s something ethereal about a white marble manicure. These labor day nails are in milky pink and white fluffy cloths mixed as fragile clouds and ended with crumbled golden foil surrounding the corners. It is understated with a subtle touch of decadence even such as drinking champagne in silk pajamas during a slow Monday morning. Ideal to the people who tend to go more designs simple look with sprinkling of blinks.

I suggest to use sheer blush base (such as Essie Ballet Slippers) and over it to apply streaks of opaque white polish thinned with polish remover. When half-dried, press parts of gold leafs on edges with the help of silicone tool or tweezers. Granted, these work with the gel polish as well, in case you are using a builder or dip overlaid to add strength.

With a detail brush blend your marble swirls lightly when they are still unfixed. Insert tap foil flakes at places that natural marble might appear to be cracked. Finish with a glassy top coat. It is some effort, but so nice are the results, it is worth the wait.

Whenever I put on this outfit; I always tend to feel like my hands have just stepped out of a magazine feature. And even better? These nails look incredible against jewelry—especially anything gold. It’s Design 2025 disguised as timeless beauty.

Lavender Crystal Shine

Purple color signifies artistic and relaxed nature, and these purple-colored nails summarize it. The golden glitter outline, the spiraled white lines, and a consistent glossy lavender on the adjacent parts exude a complete and a joking mood. What is soft glow with a slight edge; what is pastel, but make it bold exists nowhere except these labor day nails.

Apply Lights Lacquer Lights Lacquer with the shade Lilac You or OPI with its Do You Lilac It? as the base of your application. In the case of the accent nail, use a thick glitter of lavender such as Zoya, Aster and then draw on some curved thin white lines with a striping nail brush at the end. Experiment and use gel dots to provide an extra dimension, where you are feeling creative.

Apply your base polish and leave to dry after which add glitters and lines. Employ a dotting tool so as to make perfect placements and have a thin top after spraying a sealant on the shine. This one will look excellent in almond or squoval shapes to make it look chic.

The thing that I like about this look is that though it is sweet it is not boring. It is amusing, relaxed and perfect to a person who seeks something very pretty but not a totally bold thing. You’ll get compliments—and not just from your nail tech.

Glossy Fuchsia-Purple Ombré

You can definitely not miss this one-hot pink fades to lavender in the soft gradient and this one also feels glossy, rich, and a total eye candy. Saturation and blend are what these labor day nails represent as they clearly prove that transitions of color could be a form of art as well. It is the last blow of summer before the fall with the shades of dark take place.

A sponge technique is performed using the OPI staining colors of pinkenduff and the “Pompeii Purple” and the “Youre Such a Budapest”. One can also use the gel ombr brushes in case builder polish is used. Apply side by side each tone and blend the tones as they are wet and then place a final coating of clear gloss so as to level everything out.

Then, you should continue with the layers and go over the colors with two to three sponging. Clean up edges with a flat brush and acetone. Whenever necessary, cure and then add highly reflective finish to give that candy look.

It is a collection that can be worn both in a sundress and in jeans and a tee to look as good. It is one of those colors that in fact perks you up when you do not even want to. Honestly, it’s like a serotonin shot in polish form.

Pearly Chrome Perfection

This could be the most pretty labor day nails in this list. It is classic, clean and a bit futuristic since the color is pure white with pearlescent chrome color. The luminosity is angel-like during the daytime and ultra-fashionable in candle light-there is no need to add any accents. Just shine, and confidence.

Apply a white gel base i.e. DND white linen or Beetles Gel snow white. Apply on your cured color a sponge applicator with a rub of pearl chrome powder after which seal with a top coat. It’s that simple—and that perfect.

When you are using dip another great find is the pearl top powders that work great when coated over white acrylic. Use applied thinly and buff each layer to get a mirror finish finish. This must be kept polished and minimalist as you ensure that cuticles are clean.

This is my go-to when I’m between bold phases. It feels editorial and clean but never dull. It works on every skin and makes you look so cute and healthy with nails even when you were not coordinating your entire outfit at all.

Mixed Modern Minimalism

Someone who said that labor day nail could not be a bit rebellious? This pack is a greige, canary yellow, glossy black, and linear art mishmash and is a perfect, moody, stylish, fun, and even fashion-forward collection. Warm nude and bold colors contrast to bring out a runway feeling, which one can wear.

Use a taupe beige like Essie “Clothing Optional,” a patent black gel, and a bright yellow (try Orly’s “Glowstick”). Those geometric pops are created by adding vertical or diagonal black lines by means of striping tape or a thin art brush.

The beige base should be taken at the beginning and subsequent accent nails should be painted in different shades and ended with lines emerging where structure is desired. Such shapes will give you amazing looks on the square or almond nails to have more edge.

This collection is Design 2025 at its coolest which would suit any woman who loves the neutral palette yet desires something statement-worthy. When I dress up in this type of mixture of acrylic, I always feel somewhat of a fashion girl.

Glittered Silver Swirl Fantasy

These labor day nails take the form of a full-glam accentuation that uses silver glitter finishes, black ink-like swirls, and what is known as pearlescent finish. This cut is short, assembled, and shamelessly glossy, and it is breakfast-acceptable as well as rooftop-roof party-acceptable. It is the party manicure- although the party may be at home with the glass of ros.

Accents can be done using chrome polish such as OPI This Gown Needs a Crown and silver foil top coat. The swoops and swirls can be made with black gel liner or stamping plate to get a clearer finish. The effect is sharp yet soft—like liquid metal.

Exert using your white or neutral base coat prior to subjecting your swirl lines which are done in staggered motion. Don’t aim for symmetry—this one’s meant to move. add silver flakes or foil strips in and cure then topcoat.

Whenever I put on silver swirls, I get the same type of subconscious recognition that I put jewels on my hands instead of nail polish. This is to the girls who know that do not need to be boring just because they are simple.

Neon Pop Stripe Party

The neon pink and orange gradation is cute enough, but there is that lime green stripe going down the centre? Game-changer. These nails are labor day edition of sepia summer rave nails where they fall under the category of youre going to be noticed. Bright, bold, unapologetic, and oh-so-2025.

Reach in to your brightest polishes: Color Club Yellin Yellow, Warhol and Chelsea Girl. A flat sponge to mix the gradation of pink and orange as well as a detail brush or tape of the lime green line. Use a finish of top coat which does not fade out the brightness.

Those neons are best brought out with a white base. Sponge your ombré in 2–3 layers, then cure. Stick on your center stripe in an even manner or mask it up with tape should yours be a precision manner. These colors are not for the shy.

This set actually makes me think about the summer nights, when the music is playing loudly and doing nothing is out of question. It is my funny nail moment of choice, and my answer to the long weekend glow-up color street pick me up.

Classic Americana Trio

And last of all, finishing with a forever classic: red, blue and white, spaced evenly to achieve the impact and retro effect. The nail in this labor day is approachable, and not too difficult or bold to the eyes, and it is clean just like the denim jacket among manis. It will be your ideal companion to a flag tee or picnic blanket or even a walk in your favourite down town market.

Also, a bold, glossy finish can be got by applying the Sally Hansen Red-iance, White On, and Pacific Blue. Use the shade alternately or pile the blue on the tips to be a bit more French inspired. Use a fast-dry top coat to seal and shine.

This is the simple Do-It-Yourself one–all you take when you do not know what to use or when you run out of time. Tools are not required, you only need good polish and a touch of self assurance.

I have completed this look so many times and each time it does not fail. It has nostalgia to it, it is proud and it always makes me a little festive. Whether you are going to use sparklers or only to brighten your appearance this is one absolute classic.

It does not matter whether you are a color dip junkie, short and chic kind of girl, or the big fun crazy about the over-the-top art varieties of life step, these Labor Day nails will see you through with a bang. The feeling that you get when you have a new season and a new design on the tips of your fingers is something out of this world- a feeling of saying, hey, I am fully prepared to take whatever next.

So go bold. Go minimal. Go full-on grill-themed if you want. It is your vacation and the manicure must be as comfortable, intimate and festive. Well, there is nothing better than nail ideas that will put a smile on your face whenever you get glimpses of them.