The arrival of the season of joy calls for decorating. And I’m not just talking about the house, but also about glamorizing your nails. Following, we get into some of the best Christmas nails inspo for anyone who’s looking for some literal sparkles, right from the feeds of expert manicurists and celebrity nail artists! So get ready to see a whole lotta red, a whole lotta green, and just the most magical Christmas nails designs ever.
15+ Trendy Christmas Nail Designs:
1. Candy Cane Nails
The enchanting look of these red and white swirls embodying the image of the Sweet of the season, Candy Cane, is a fun and festive idea that screams Holidays. [Fact: The shine you see is from the use of Chrome powder for nails!]
2. Christmas Stamps
A beautiful idea as Christmas nails for kids would be these colorful Xmas stamps featuring the motifs of the most popular seasonal figures such as the gingerbread, candy canes, and Holly. The design gives each finger its own feature with the border of the simple white color stamp adding in the cutest vintage touch ever!
3. Holly Nails
Another contender for simple but cute Holiday nails is these alternative Holly leaves, which alongside white French tips of ivory white, the whole look comes out to be subtly beautiful. For a more eccentric combination, you can switch out the white for traditional green or red to accompany the leaves.
4. Christmas French Tip
Show the glitz and glam of the cheerful season by tweaking the classic French tip design with some Christmas magic. The most popular design is the glittery Santa hat in the middle that is crowned by the lights and candy cane swirls on both hands.
5. Christmas Aura Nails
The trend of Aura Nails which are known for their translucent soft effect to showcase the “aura” of the person i.e, how you are feeling right now has taken over Christmas as well! Many girlies like a pink Christmas theme and the blush color that this manicure provides complete with the stenciled sparkles or snowflakes fits the mood well..
Need more Aura Nails Inspo? Check out the list of 11 best celebrity-inspired Aura nails here!
6. Emerald Sparkles
This Christmas manicure looks as if your nails have caught the falling glitter straight on. Just as simple red nails are classic, so are green ones, I don’t know why we don’t see them as often!
7. Reversed Polka Dots
Mismatched polka dots on Sydney Sweeney’s hands in colors of red and white are perfect Christmas nail ideas when you want to be subtle on the festival theme but still follow the aesthetic of the season.
8. Red and Green Chrome
Alternative Christmas nails short calls for playing with the brightest colors of the season while following the nail trend of Chrome Nails. Chrome Nails gives your fingernails an imminent shine that comes from applying a chrome powder on the top of the base color. Following, Pop Diva Taylor Swift shows how chrome nails add the sparkle to an outfit (literally!)
9. Different Christmas Nails
I personally love alternative nails as they give you the space where you can actually show different designs and combine different symbols of Christmas you like. You can opt for the classic red glitter on one nail, get a candy cane on another, ask Holly for a mistletoe, and more.
10. Rhinestone Nails
This silver-cluttered crystal look is another one of Sydney Sweeney’s Christmas nails inspo that’s actually a more frosty look than the warm and cozy red and green. But, still, I love how it will go with any outfit because of the winter season of the occasion.
This one is especially nice for those who’d like to keep their nails before and after the Holiday, as well as it goes with the general weather. It goes with the advice that Mazz Hanna, nail artist and CEO of Nailing Hollywood, Los Angeles, gives:
“When planning your holiday manicure, choose a design that transitions smoothly across the season, especially if you tend to go a few weeks between manicures.”
11. Catseye Red Nails
Venessa Hudgens’ red nails feature a rich red shade in the popular cat-eye nail technique. This trend requires a magnetic polish and magnet tool which gives you a reflective design underneath the main nail polish. Keeping in line with the occasion, you can ask the manicurist for a reindeer, mistletoe, bauble, or like the High School Musical, a snowflake which will shine through in the light!
12. Plaid Nails
Though the majority of the Christmas nail art for women on this list are super cute, when you are looking for a “cozy” mood, it’s time to pull out your winter plaids not only for the fashion but nail design as well! What’s even more interesting is that you can play with the different shades of the straight lines for each nail.
You can use the sparkly shades of gold and silver as lines on base color pieces of red and green as the most on-trend Holiday look
13. Christmas Lights
Got enough of red? Time to try another equally important color of the season… Green! What can be even more on theme would be to opt for the Christmas lights to create the look as if they have been going around the nails, as they go around the house!!
14. Sparkly Classic Red
The quickest out of all Christmas nails ideas here, the glittered red had to be included because they are the easiest to do when you want your hands to match with every surrounding or picture of the joyous season. They go fabulously with an even shinier dress, such as how Gal Gadot is carrying the following look!
15. 3D Jingle Bell Studs
For a manicure that screams Extra, you should opt for small nail spheres which, on a red base, can look like literal Christmas jingle balls. Following, Megan Fox’s nails can be taken as some edgy Christmas nail inspiration.
Frequently Asked Questions on Christmas Nails
Q. What are some popular celebrity Holiday nail designs?
Ans: Apart from the Christmas nails inspo listed above, in the past couple of years, French Tips have been quite in trend. Hailey Bieber’s classic French tip, Beyoncé’s Santa hat tips, and Kendall Jenner’s swirled nail look are something fans get inspired by every year!
Q. When to get Christmas Nails?
Ans: While everybody’s Holiday spirit comes and goes differently. In general, November seems too early and Christmas Eve seems too late for your Holiday Nails. In between, there’s a big problem of whether you will get an appointment fixed at your favorite manicurist since you know… the Holiday Rush. So, ideally, the timing that would work best can be around mid-December.
