20 Awesome Holiday Nail Art Designs

Published by on December 10, 2012 | 9 Responses



No holiday is complete without festive fingernails. Get inspired with some of the best Christmas, Hanukkah, and Festivus nail art on the interwebs! 

Nails painted with sparkly blue polish. The thumbnail has a silver Star of David, the pinky nail has a dreidel, and the other three fingers each have three branches of a menorah, with the first and center candles painted on in white

Hanukkah nails by Nailed Daily (I love that you can “light” a new candle each night!)

Two hands with silver nails with a slightly different snowman on each nail.

Snowman Nails by Rina Alcantara (Instructions at the link)

Nails painted gold with red Santa hats trimmed in white, surrounded by tiny white snowflakes

Santa’s Hat by Set in Lacquer (Instructions at the link)

Four nails painted with red glitter, with an accent nail of Rudolph's face and antlers on a white background.

Rudolph Nail by Polish and Pearls  (Instructions at the link)

Gold polish with pink and gold tissue paper confetti affixed with clear top coat

Confetti Nails by The Beauty Department (Not strictly speaking a holiday-specific mani, but I love it. Instructions at the link.)

Nails painted silver with glittery tips

Festivus Nails by Cutesville (Let’s face it, there’s not much you can do with a holiday centered around an aluminum pole. I’m just happy this exists.)

 


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9 Responses

  1. [E] Liza
    [E] Liza December 11, 2012 at 9:52 am |

    I notice these are all pictures of one hand. I want to see what the nails look like that they painted with their non-dominant hands. BECAUSE MINE WOULD BE A DISASTER OF BLOCKBUSTER FILM PROPORTIONS.

    1. [E] Hillary
      [E] Hillary December 11, 2012 at 9:28 pm |

      The snowmen show both hands! And if you click through, a few of the posts showed both hands but I only used one pic. Some people are way more coordinated than I am.

  2. [E] Selena MacIntosh
    [E] Selena MacIntosh December 10, 2012 at 8:47 pm |

    I am rocking Festivus nails right this very minute. They’re even chipped, for extra authenticity.

    1. [E] Hillary
      [E] Hillary December 11, 2012 at 9:29 pm |

      So you’re saying your polish lost the feat of strength?

  3. Elfity
    Elfity December 10, 2012 at 6:30 pm |

    I am in complete awe of those who can do nail art. I can barely manage regular polish by myself. There’s something that rubs me the wrong way about going to nail salons (the power dynamic is just too much), so my holiday nails extend about as far as a glitter topcoat.

    1. [E] Hillary
      [E] Hillary December 10, 2012 at 7:29 pm |

      Glitter is good!

    2. Opifex
      Opifex December 11, 2012 at 12:48 pm |

      I too am a nail art disaster. My big favorite are the magnetic nail polishes, because they look fancy without actually having to do much. I have a green and I’m trying to hunt down a red.

  4. Brenda
    Brenda December 10, 2012 at 3:41 pm |

    Things I never knew I needed until now: Grinch nails. Those are the best thing ever.

    (But seriously, this makes me wish I took time with my nails. The swirly trees and Santa belt are right up my alley)

    1. [E] Hillary
      [E] Hillary December 10, 2012 at 7:28 pm |

      I love the Grinch nails! I did mine red with a shiny topcoat the other night, but I never got around to adding the belt. I think I can just about manage the straight line for it; beyond that I’m not terribly coordinated. Some of these were done with Konad stamps rather than freehand, which makes them much easier!

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