Summer 2026 is serving the most colorful, most personal pedicure season yet — and the nail polish shades landing on salon chairs this July prove it. Lilac, turquoise, glazed strawberry and coquette pink are among the gel manicure colors and nail art finishes flattering every skin tone and turning every open sandal into a statement. Here are the 10 pedicure trends every nail salon is fully booked for right now — plus easy steps to recreate the trickier ones at home.

Something shifted in nail salons in summer 2026. Clients stopped asking for safe and started asking for specific. According to nail expert JinSoon, quoted by Who What Wear, “people want nail color that expresses personality without looking overdone,” and the pedicure trends filling salon chairs this June 2026 deliver exactly that. From French pedicures and gel nail finishes to bold nail polish shades and nail art that makes every sandal look chosen on purpose, these are the 10 summer pedicure shades nail technicians say will own every nail salon chair this summer 2026