It’s now less than a week until Christmas, and Christmas ornament nails are proof that your manicure can also become part of the festive decor. Taking direct inspiration from tree baubles, this trend transforms your nails with fun, bright designs that show off your personality.
Christmas ornament nails are a fun, creative and seasonal way of getting into the holiday spirit, playing with glitter and expressing your style via your manicure. The best part? There's not one single way to wear them: there are sweet, colourful, romantic, artistic and even metallic options to cover all bases.
December is the perfect month to experiment with your nail art, add special details and let your nails stand out – especially for special events from Christmas Day to New Year’s Eve. Need some inspiration? Keep reading to see 7 Christmas ornament nails to try this season.
This design is proof that holiday nails can also look sweet, bright and fun. The milky white base gives a soft, polished finish to your hands, while the embossed ornaments with glitter and metallic details become the real stars.
To recreate them, use a milky base with a glossy finish. Draw thin lines in black or gold and paint some circles with cat-eye polish. Add some details with lines and finish with top coat to seal everything.
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Reinvent your Christmas ornament nails with a romantic and fun twist. Instead of the classic round ornaments, these nails feature red hearts that hang like spheres from the tree. Perfect if you're feeling cutesy.
You can achieve them yourself by applying a red jelly polish as a base, then use a fine brush to draw the red hearts with draw the black lines to simulate their threads. For the other nails, opt for red glitter or wavy French tips.
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Minimalist and cheerful! On a pink nude base, add small dots in red, green, gold and silver to mimic mini Christmas ornaments – creating a confetti-like effect that is eye-catching and easy to wear.
This style is ideal if you like simple nails that still have personality – they're perfect to wear every day of the month without feeling too heavy, but still keeping to the festive mood.
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If you’re looking for a mani that feels sweet, feminine and with plenty of glitter, this design is for you! Start with a pink nude base, then paint the glitter ornaments in shades of pink – balanced with one or two fully glitter nails. For the final touch, add some white bows to complete the look.
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Metallic chrome nails have been trending all year long. For this look, start with a neutral or transparent base before creating circles in different sizes using black nail polish.
Once dry, apply chrome-effect powders in shades of purple, blue, silver or gold to achieve that shiny ornament-like look. Complete the design with small bows, highlights or subtle sparkles and let the shine take centre stage.
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This manicure looks like something out of a Christmas card illustration. Like a Christmas tree seen up close, each nail tells a different story – hand-painted ornaments with graphic details and small colour accents that are reminiscent of classic decorations.
If you want to try them at home, start with a shiny nude base and draw your different styles of Christmas ornaments with small brushes and different colours of nail polish. The secret is not to repeat exactly the same design to achieve that illustrated effect.
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Starting with a nude base, add gold glitter and coloured spheres that hang down the nail as if they were ornaments. Mixing glitter and colour in a fun way, this a very festive manicure with gold tips to add extra sparkle and make them stand out in a glamorous way. Perfect to wear throughout December, it complements minimal looks, warm knitwear or more dressy evening outfits.
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A version of this article was originally published on Glamour Mexico.
