Xmas nails are a fun way to decorate your manicure for the holiday season and get into the Christmas mood.
With more than 35 classy Christmas nails, you’re sure to find a manicure that suits your style.
35 Christmas Holiday Nail Art
Here you will find over 35 festive, trendy nail ideas. Christmas manicures are a great way to celebrate the season in style. You can stay on the theme, but with chic ideas.
There are many different ways you can do your manicure for the holiday season, but the most famous Holiday nails are usually red, glitter nails, Christmas tree-inspired nail art, or even winter nail art with snowflake design!
Here are some of the best Christmas nail art designs to help you find your perfect style.
Red Xmas Nails
2. Chrome Red Nails
Red nails are the most popular nail color for the season. You can get creative with different designs to create your unique look.
Instead, if you prefer something cleaner and modern, you can go with a simple negative space design in nude and dark red polish/wine gel polish:
3. Dark red with negative nail art
Discover some nail polishes or gel polishes to recreate this kind of manicure:
4. Santa Nails
Here’s the full tutorial on how I created the Santa hat nail design you saw at the beginning of this article:
5. Burgundy and gold flake manicure
6. Red Chrome Nails with heart nail charm
7. Red & Green Chrome Manicure
8. Burgundy & Nude Nail Art
10. Dark Red French Nails with Design
11. Red & White Christmas French Manicure
Green Xmas Nails
12. Green & Nude bow nail art for the Holidays
Another traditional Christmas color: green. Mixed with nude or glitter can create a classy holiday manicure, like the one above.
13. Green Xmas Tree Nail Art
Glitter designs
14. Pink Christmas manicure with glitter and a bow
If you love glitter, this is the perfect time of the year to try some shiny and sparkly ideas, pearly nail polishes, or chrome effect nail art. From any color you love, red, gold, silver, green, or even pink winter nail ideas.
15. Red Snowflakes Mani
16. Red & White Classy Nail Design
17. Cute Xmas Design
You can also mix some different elements like red glitter and snowflakes: the perfect Holiday manicure!
18. Candy Cane Press On Nails
Another trendy decor element of the season is using candy canes! With a nude polish base and red French tips with a mix of candy cane tips. It’s creative and very festive!
19. Disney Xmas Nails
20. Silver & Red Holidays Design
This one is for you who want to avoid the stereotypical designs of this time of the year and go with something simple, like silver glitter with red designs.
21. Red Nails with silver glitter
You can also get into the mood of winter and go for a dark red, a trendy winter nail color this year:
Christmas Tree nail art
22. 3D Christmas Decor
It’s the best time of year to get creative with nail decorations. You can enjoy traditional Christmas ornaments like the tree, Santa, or Christmas ball in your holiday nail art. You can go further and add some 3D nail decorations, as I did on these nails. Here’s the easy tutorial:
23. Classy Charms
24. Classy Minimal Designs
Go classy with small details that you can achieve using nail plate stamps like I did for these stunning and chic nails:
25. Easy Designs with Xmas Nail Stickers
26. Candy Cane Art
Candy canes, Santa Claus, and snow designs can create a merry manicure for the holidays!
27. Sweater Nails
Snowflake Nails as Xmas nails
Snowflake nails are great for Holiday nail themes! The winter aesthetic represented by the snowflake is perfect for bringing a touch of the Holidays without going for the traditional Christmas decor items.
27. Delicate Snowflakes Design
28. Snowflake Manicure
Here’s the tutorial for this easy Xmas nail art with snowflakes:
Gingerbread man as Xmas Nails
A Gingerbread man manicure (aka gingerbread man cookies nails) is another traditional design for Christmas nails and it doesn’t have to look childish.
29 Gingerbread Cookies Mani
Reindeer nail art for Christmas
Another famous design for Christmas nails is to get inspiration by the Christmas reindeer. You can mix reindeer designs with glitter or metallic nail polishes for that festive glam effect.
Glitter nails for Christmas
Glitter nails are great for any festive occasion, but during the Holidays, you can add special details and Xmas nail art to make them Holiday-perfect!
You can get creative with different colors, patterns, and designs to create your unique look. And if you don’t want to go for Christmas nail art, you can choose glitter nails to bring the festive mood to your nails without adding Xmas details.
If you’re looking for some inspiration, check out these glitter nail art designs that are glamorous and festive:
From Christmas nail art to the holidays and beyond, there are so many ways to express yourself through your nails. I hope this list of nail art ideas will inspire you to get creative with them!
For more ideas of nail art designs, check more Nail Art blog posts.
