26 Winter Nail Ideas: Simple to Bold and Green to Red!
- Snowflakes never looked so hot!
Snowflakes, Christmas, and New Year’s is coming fast!
From trendy sweater print nails, to chic peppermint striped accent nails, there are so many festive designs to choose from this winter.
Sparkling Reindeer Winter Nails
Who doesn’t love a little sparkle during the holidays?! Try this short nail friendly sparkling reindeer nail art design.
Add a little shine with silver glitter nail polish, gold or even pink glitter polish. Don’t forget those cute gold rhinestones!
Sweet Candy Cane Winter Nails
There’s no Christmas without Candy Canes, right?! This nail art idea is a classy red set, but adds a hint of sparkle and interest interest with a candy cane ring finger accent nail.
Soft Winter Candy Nails
Maybe red nails isn’t your thing, recreate the Candy Cane nail trend with a neutral color scheme like these cute winter nails.
Pair your favorite skin tone nude nail polish with white polish. Then accent the nails it with candy stripes and dots.
French Candy Winter Nails
Mix up the Candy Cane accent nail trend with classy white tips! Use a french tips set, red nail polish and a soft pink base color to create this look.
Gingerbread Christmas Nails
Go bold with your Winter Nail Art and recreate this adorable 3D gingerbread man acrylic nail set!
Add classic red and green Christmas colored nails and matte top coat to complete the look!
Nail Tip: Have your favorite nail tech recreate this look with different colors, or on shorter nails!
Sweet Snowflake Winter Nails
Showcase your love of the colder months with this icy blue & white snowflakes nail set. Add even more sweetness with these cute gingerbread cookies!
Hint of Reindeer Winter Nails
Go subtle but chic with this sheer natural nails manicure and fun Reindeer accent nail.
You can use Reindeer nail stickers or a nail art set to create your own little Rudolph nails.
Diamonds and Mint Winter Nails
This pearlescent soft pink and mint color nail set is beautiful all year long, but the diamond details make it perfect for holiday nail art.
Party in Black & Gold Winter Nails
You’ll be New Year’s party ready with this wearable glam set!
Find a sheer neutral nail polish, and accent your ring fingers with gold polish. Then finish off the look with thin dot and stripes in black.
Disco Ball Dots Winter Nails
Adding tiny disco dots to your next winter manicure is a fun way to celebrate the season! Its cute, its got bright colors, and a little bit of sparkles.
Plus, you can do this at home with a nail art kit or have your favorite nail artist recreate the look.
Ruby Wrapped Caramel Winter Nails
It’s very on trend to match your nails to your skin (love it!), why not add some holiday chic by mixing skintone colored nails with pretty ribbon red nail accents.
You can never go wrong with a skintone color combination!
Santa in the Trees Nails
Christmas nails can be bright like these vibrant green trees (versus traditional forest green) and Santa hat nail art set.
You’ll need a good set of nail art brushes or a good nail salon for this look!
Rosemary and Cranberry Winter Nails
Cranberries are a holiday favorite, and this cranberries and rosemary nail idea is both traditional and modern!
This design is perfect for beauties who work in professional office settings, but still want a festive winter nail design.
Bright Lights Winter Nails
Try Christmas lights on your nails, but make them modern and chic!
Anchor this nail set with a pale pink nail polish, then go bright with different shades of mini xmas bulbs.
You can use glitter polish or nail foils and a black nail art pen for the strings.
Do You Want To Build A Snowman Winter Nails
Build a Snowman on your nails! The all white nail polish set is still in style, why not add a fun little snowman detail for the season?!
Use winter white snowman nail stickers or nail art dotting tool and brush to create your detail.
Falling for Winter Nails
Technically Winter doesn’t start until December 22nd (in the Northern Hemisphere) so you can totally rock fall-ish nails with Christmas colors!
Try this mix of fall leaves, plaid pattern and gold using nail sticker or nail foils.
Marble and Gold Winter Nails
It’s the emerald green marble and gold that feels holiday with this nail design.
If you plan on doing this look at home, use a gel nail polish kit and gold foil on your natural nail shape. It may take some practice but the result is chic and classy!
Starry Night Winter Nails
Green and Gold again, but in a starry night design is still chic and simple.
Pair your favorite soft pinky nude nail polish with gold leaf stars (or gold nail decals). You can also hand draw the stars using gel nail polish.
Nail Tip: You will need a thin nail art brush to outline and fill your stars if recreating these cute nails.
Classic Christmas Winter Nails
You can never go wrong with classic red and green Christmas colors. The best part of this minimal design is the red marble accent nail and multicolored sparkle for a touch of glam!
Underneath The Mistletoe Winter Nails
This feminine nail design is very reminiscent of mistletoe. Pucker up!
Its sleek and pretty and can be done with nail art stickers or hand drawn gel polish.
Don’t forget a good base coat for this cold weather design!
Tuxedo Ready Winter Nails
You will be ready to party with this artsy tuxedo nail design.
Dark colors like the black in this matte look are always in style, and its easy to find a nail art kit to complete the accent nails.
Pretty Pearls Winter Nails
Intricate designs like this one with Pink, Pearls, and a Mint Green detail is pretty all year long but it feels extra special during the holiday season.
A Disney Christmas Winter Nails
It’s the perfect time to combine your love of Christmas and Disney in one nail design.
It’s red, white, pink and glitter plus Mickey! Grab the nail polish colors, a dotting tool and good top coat for this design.
The Winter Grinch Nails
This unique and fun Christmas Tree colored Grinch nail design may be hard to pull off but its so cute!
Luckily there are Grinch nail stickers online to get the look with less stress.
80s Abstract Christmas Nails
Christmas nail ideas can be abstract, 80s and still feel like Christmas!
Recreate this nail art design with peach, green, and red nail polish (or gel polish) and add different shapes to give it that cool abstract feel.
Rudolph’s Hot Christmas Nails
If you haven’t seen the “Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer” Claymation movie, then you’re missing out.
These creative winter nail designs is whimsical and fun! Combine your Rudolph and Abominable Snowman nail art with glitter and hot pink (fushia) on almond-shaped nails.
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