When a manicure trend coined "Italian summer nails" began to pop off on my feed, it felt less like a passing beauty moment and more like a personal summons. I'm Italian—like grew-up-on-carbonara-and-Sunday-dinners Italian—so much so, that my parents named me after a city in Tuscany. (No, for real, Siena, if you missed the byline.) So yeah, this trend? It literally had my name written all over it.
Depending on which side of social media you land on, Italian summer nails can go one of two ways. On one end, there's the fun, warm weather, Mediterranean side: Amalfi lemons, Venetian sardines, and colors practically pulled straight from a Capri postcard. It's curated for the very aesthetic that comes with the term Euro summer.
