Easy Holiday Nail Ideas You Can Do At Home

The holiday season is here and it’s time to choose your favorite easy holiday nail ideas you can do at home!

I love doing my nails at home for two reasons. One, it’s more affordable; and two, it’s a creative outlet for me.

You get to do something that doesn’t involve looking at your phone, and you enjoy the process while being creative.

Now, I’m not a nail artist by any means, I just enjoy spending time doing my nails.

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15 Holiday Nail Art Designs

Before you decide which holiday nail design you are going to recreate at home, it’s important you prep your nails the right way.

You will want a couple of tools and products to take care of your nails.

Getting a basic nail kit it’s a great starting point; but if you already have one, then a manicure tool kit is the next thing you need.

This type of kits will have everything you need to shape your nails and prep them.

Here’s another manicure tool kit option.

Also, if you need more holiday nail ideas, check my post with 25+ Easy Christmas Nail Art Designs To Try Yourself and 21 Easy New Year’s Nail Design Ideas To Try At Home.

1. Green Holiday Nail Ideas

If you are looking for cute and simple nail ideas for the holiday season, this green and silver nail design is for you. Definitely something you can do at home!

For the green nail polish you can use OPI Stay Off the Lawn!!; for the ring finger nail, you can use OPI Bubble Bath; and for the silver glitter nail polish, you can use China Glaze Star Hopping. Finally, for the silver lines, you can get this nail stickers.

2. Candy Cane Nail Art

This is such a simple and easy way to create candy canes on your nails. You just need a dotting tool like this one, to recreate this holiday nail design.

This will be my Christmas nails this year!

You can use Sally Hansen Well, Well, Well for the white dots; and Essie Rock The Runway for the red dots. Use OPI Top Coat to finish.

3. Glitter Christmas Nails

If you love colors and glitter, then this is the perfect holiday nail option for you. Super cute, easy, and festive.

To recreate this look you will need ILNP Lucky One, ILNP Say Love, ILNP Empire; and Winter Berry White from an Etsy seller.

4. Christmas Wreath Nail Art

I know you might think, “How am I supposed to do the Christmas wreath on my nail?” Super easy! You just need nail stickers.

Luckily they are many option online.

For this holiday nail design you will need OPI Bubble Bath, ILNP Hide and Seek, and this Christmas wreath sticker.

You might also need these nail tips guides to help you with the round shape the tips for the green glitter nail polish.

5. Gingerbread + Candy Cane Nail Art

This holiday nail design looks difficult, but when you decide to use nail stickers, everything gets easier.

You will need Sally Hansen Cashew Butter, Sally Hansen Well, Well, Well for the white dots, Gingerbread nail stickers, and candy cane nail stickers.

6. Green Holiday Nail Design

Green is a very popular holiday nail color, and these ones are super adorable and very sophisticated. The best part is that they are super easy to recreate; and to do them, you are going to need the following:

OPI Stay Off the Lawn!! for the green tips, a nude nail polish like OPI Bubble Bath, and this nail art rhinestones kit.

Don’t forget to use something like OPI Top Coat to protect the nail gems.

Also, these nail tips guides can help you achieve the shape of the tips.

7. Red Holiday Nail Ideas

If you prefer red holiday nail designs, then this one is definitely for you!

In case that you struggle doing the tips, then these nail tips guides will be super helpful for you. You might also want to invest in nail art brushes like this one.

For the red tips you will want OPI Big Apple Red, and ella+mila On Thin Ice for the silver glitter border.

8. Mistletoe Nail Art

This holiday nail design is perfect for winter!

I wasn’t able to find the same nail polish, but I found this cream white nail polish by PiColors on Etsy that is very similar.

You can also add extra gold glitter, like this one from China Glaze.

And the most important part, the mistletoe nail stickers like this one or like this one.

9. Glitter Snowflake Nail Design

If you are looking for holiday nail designs that are winter inspired, then this one is perfect for you.

You just need Essie Topless and Barefoot, ILNP Rose Gold, and these snowflake nail stickers (another option here).

10. Gold Rhinestones Christmas Tree Nail Design

If you want to incorporate a cute golden Christmas tree, then this is a great nail idea for the holidays.

This design in particular it’s a little harder since you have to apply the rhinestones manually, but definitely worth it to try.

To recreate this nail design, you will need Sally Hansen Almond Milk, essie Summit Of Style, and then you can use gold and silver rhinestones for the Christmas Tree.

You can also get this applicator to place the rhinestones easier.

11. Sparkly Candy Cane Nail Art

What a cute and simple holiday nail art! It’s easy enough to recreate it at home.

You will need OPI Bubble Bath, OPI Funny Bunny, and Emily de Molly Burning Bright (ILNP Say Love is a great option as well).

12. Red + Green Nails For The Holidays

This is the kind of holiday nail ideas you can do at home and you know you won’t mess up.

I love how the metallic looks next to the glitter!

For this design you will need duri Passion for the metallic/chrome red, and ZOYA Elphie.

13. Gold + Green Holiday Nails

Another simple and easy holiday nail design that you can do at home!

To recreate this look, you will need:

OPI Stay Off the Lawn!! for the green nails, OPI Bubble Bath as a base, and essie Summit Of Style for the gold glitter part.

14. Dark Green + Glitter Tips

These ones are a similar style to the red and silver holiday nails that you can find above. So it will depend on which colors you prefer.

To recreate this design, you will need: OPI Bubble Bath for the base, OPI Stay Off the Lawn!! for the green tips, and Sally Hansen Wild Card for the gold tips.

If you need extra help creating the arch of the tips, you can get these nail tips guides.

15. Classic Red Nails For The Holidays

Lastly, we have these classic holiday nails. You can’t go wrong with a deep/dark red on your nails for the holiday season.

You just will need butter LONDON Her Majesty’s Red, OPI Chick Flick Cherry, OPI I Love You Just Be-Cusco or LONDONTOWN Lady Luck, if you are looking for a darker red.

Sincerely,