100 Mountain Peak Nail Design Ideas for Summer Vacation

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1. 1Apply a bright orange base coat and cure completely.
2. 2Apply orange, magenta, and violet gel in three horizontal lines on a makeup sponge.
3. 3Dab the sponge vertically across the nail to create a seamless transition.

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1. 1Apply a deep turquoise base and cure.
2. 2Use a fine liner brush to swirl white and light blue gel into the wet base for a marble effect.
3. 3Cure once the marbling looks like ocean foam.

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1. 1Prep the nail and apply two coats of neon lime green.
2. 2Using an airbrush or a very soft sponge, apply hot pink in a circular 'aura' shape in the center.
3. 3Ensure the pink is most concentrated in the middle and fades out toward the sharp edges.

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1. 1Apply a coral sand-textured gel as the base and cure.
2. 2Apply a no-wipe top coat only to the top third (the peak) of the nail.
3. 3Cure the top coat for 30 seconds.

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1. 1Create a clear Mountain Peak extension using builder gel or tips.
2. 2Buff the surface to remove shine where the flower will sit.
3. 3Use a small bead of pink acrylic to sculpt five petals near the cuticle.

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1. 1Apply a crisp white base coat and cure.
2. 2Using a fine liner brush, draw a cross in the center of the nail with cobalt blue.
3. 3Add geometric diamond shapes at the corners of the cross.

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1. 1Paint the outer edges of the nail with a thick border of hot pink.
2. 2Fill the center triangle with a bright white gel.
3. 3Use a fine dotting tool to place small black 'seeds' randomly on the white area.

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1. 1Apply a black gel base (this makes the chrome more intense) and cure.
2. 2Apply a no-wipe top coat and cure for exactly 30 seconds.
3. 3Rub the orange-to-yellow shifting chrome powder firmly onto the nail.

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1. 1Apply a teal base and cure.
2. 2Rub an iridescent 'mermaid' powder over the entire nail.
3. 3Use a stamping plate with a scale pattern and white stamping polish.

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1. 1Apply two coats of neon yellow and cure.
2. 2Use emerald green to paint the basic heart-shape of a Monstera leaf.
3. 3Add the characteristic 'slashes' in the leaf using a darker forest green.

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1. 1Apply one thin coat of blue jelly polish and cure.
2. 2Use tweezers to place tiny dried flowers and gold leaf onto the tacky layer.
3. 3Apply a second coat of blue jelly polish over the decorations to 'trap' them.

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1. 1Apply a bright sky blue base and cure.
2. 2Apply a layer of clear blooming gel but DO NOT cure it.
3. 3Drop white gel polish into the wet blooming gel using a liner brush in a 'net' pattern.

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1. 1Apply a crisp white base and cure.
2. 2Paint thick, wavy horizontal lines using neon orange.
3. 3Add thinner neon pink lines slightly overlapping or between the orange ones.

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1. 1Apply a very sheer lavender base and cure.
2. 2Cut tiny shards of aurora film and place them randomly on the nail.
3. 3Fill in the gaps with small iridescent flakes.

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1. 1Apply a clear or nude base coat and cure.
2. 2Place large 'blobs' of neon purple, green, and yellow jelly polish on the nail.
3. 3Use a dotting tool to gently swirl the colors together without fully mixing them.