30 Cute Easter Nail Designs You Have to Try This Spring
Hop on these Easter-themed nail ideas ASAP.
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Soft, classic and cheery — wait a minute, does Easter have the best holiday colors? Sure, we love harvest orange around Halloween, and there's nothing like a red and green color combo to get you in the mood for Christmas — but Easter is celebrated with a wide range of fun and lively colors too — all perfect for creative Easter nails.
If you want to take your seasonal spring manicure up a notch, you've come to the right place. For Easter, get your nail art inspiration from the flora and fauna all around — and, of course, pastels. It’s time to bench those moody winter blacks, blues and grays, and replace them with something a little more bright, sparkling and full of life. Think easy flower designs, cartoon bunny decals, pink tips and other springy ideas.
Whether you want to match the design of your Easter eggs or you just want something a little special for Easter dinner, these Easter nail ideas are sure to inspire your next holiday manicure. Now grab your trendy spring shades and get to work, because a fresh set of Easter-inspired nails is definitely a smart and cheery way to set the tone for spring and summer.
Soft Pastel Nails
It may seem like a lot to paint all of your nails a different color, but if you stick to subtle pastel shades, they'll look sweet. To add even more intrigue, go for a french tip as an accent nail.
Teeny Matte Designs
Add a little sunshine to your day with a smiley face on your fingers — perfect for wearing to an Easter egg hunt! Keep the top coat matte for a cool, understated look.
Outlined Half-Moons
These little half-moons kind of look like Easter eggs, in the best way possible. Try painting a different colored outline on each half-moon to make them stand out.
Pastel Dots
Teeny, colorful dots make any manicure resemble malted milk eggs (everyone's Easter favorite!). Use a nail dotting tool to achieve this fun design.
Pastel Assymetrical French Manicure
Try a twist on a classic by painting your tips a fun pastel color and extending one side down the length of the nail. You can do any color, but lilac feels especially springy.
Pressed-Flower Tips
Florals for Easter? Groundbreaking (no, really). This pressed-flower manicure feels fresh and will look at home at Easter brunch.
Bunny Nails
Before you go hopping down the bunny trail, don't forget an Easter bunny nail sticker for the occasion.
Colorful French Tips
If you find full nail color a little overwhelming, try adding a pop of color along the tip of your nails. Bonus points if you go for a pastel palette.
Groovy Waves
If you're feeling funky, express yourself with this bright and wavy, '60s-inspired manicure.
Easter Egg NailS
After all, Easter eggs are one of spring's best activities! A nail liner pen is the best way to get those tiny black specks.
Pastel Stripes
Nothing will get you in the spirit like these perfectly pastel Easter nails. Whether you are decorating with stripes or polka dots, the muted shades look great against a white base.
Mardi Gras
Even if you're not heading down to NOLA, this purple and yellow nails will get you in the Mardi Gras spirit. Sure, Mardi Gras is a little ways away from Easter, but a clear top coat will make your mani last.
Marble Swirl
We think 'out of this world' is the best way to describe this galactic manicure. Plus, you can keep wearing these soft-hued swirls well into spring.
Classic Pastels
The soft, muted shade of this manicure turns rainbow nails into the perfect Easter look.
Malibu Barbie
Blue and pink aren't a common color combo, but you can't deny that these half-moon, sky blue nail beds really pop against a bubblegum pink base.
Plenty of Pink
From a light, baby pink to a deep, almost-red cerise, there's plenty that you can do with a pretty pink palette.
Floral and Fun
If a full set of flowers aren't really your thing, you can offset your floral fingers with some minimalist, color-blocking designs.
Electrified Pink
With a little gold trim around the tips and nail beds, your hot pink manicure will get a seriously unique upgrade.
Periwinkle Twinkle
A fun way to change up a set of single color nails while still keeping things relatively simple is to add a glitter top coat to two or three nails — like with this periwinkle manicure.
In Bloom
You don't have to be a nail artisan to achieve this floral mani — nail stickers will certainly do the trick.
Katie Berohn is the Beauty Assistant at Good Housekeeping, Woman's Day and Prevention magazines, all part of the Hearst Lifestyle Group. She graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder, with a major in journalism and minor in technology, arts, and media, and earned her Master’s Degree at NYU’s Graduate Program of Magazine Journalism. In addition, Katie has held editorial internships at Denver Life Magazine, Yoga Journal, and Cosmopolitan, a digital editorial internship at New York Magazine’s The Cut, a social good fellowship at Mashable, and has freelanced for HelloGiggles. When she’s not obsessing over the latest skincare launch or continuing her endless search for the perfect shade of red nail polish, Katie can be found in a hot yoga class, trying everything on the menu at New York’s newest restaurant, or hanging out at a trendy wine bar with her friends.
As an Editorial Fellow for Good Housekeeping, Katie covers health, beauty, home, and pop culture. Outside of the office, you can find her killing it on the karaoke machine or listening to true crime podcasts.
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