<ul class="snip1555">
  <li class="current"><a href="#" data-hover="Home">Home</a></li>
  <li><a href="#" data-hover="About Us">About Us</a></li>
  <li><a href="#" data-hover="Blog">Blog</a></li>
  <li><a href="#" data-hover="Services">Services</a></li>
  <li><a href="#" data-hover="Products">Products</a></li>
  <li><a href="#" data-hover="Contact">Contact</a></li>
</ul>
@import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Muli);
.snip1555 {
  font-family: 'Muli', Arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: 18px;
  letter-spacing: 1.5px;
  line-height: 1em;
  margin: 15px 40px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}
.snip1555 li {
  display: inline-block;
  list-style: outside none none;
  margin: 0.5em 0.6em;
  padding: 12px 15px;
  position: relative;
}
.snip1555 li a {
  color: #fff;
  text-decoration: none;
}
.snip1555 li:before,
.snip1555 li:after {
  -webkit-transition: all 0.35s ease;
  transition: all 0.35s ease;
  height: 2px;
  width: 35%;
  background-color: #528cb3;
  position: absolute;
  content: '';
  opacity: 0;
}
.snip1555 li:before {
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
}
.snip1555 li:after {
  bottom: 0;
  right: 0;
}
.snip1555 li:hover:before,
.snip1555 li.hover:before,
.snip1555 li:hover:after,
.snip1555 li.hover:after {
  opacity: 1;
}
.snip1555 li:hover:before,
.snip1555 li.hover:before {
  left: 65%;
}
.snip1555 li:hover:after,
.snip1555 li.hover:after {
  right: 65%;
}
/* Demo purposes only */
body {
  background-color: #212121;
}


/* Demo purposes only */
$(".hover").mouseleave(
  function () {
    $(this).removeClass("hover");
  }
);

External CSS

  1. https://www.littlesnippets.net/css/codepen-result.css

External JavaScript

  1. https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.0/jquery.min.js