Time to update your manicure for the holidays? Are you planning to do red and white Christmas nails? In that case, you’re at the right place!
In this article, you will find 35 prettiest red and white Christmas nail ideas, along with a couple of tutorials and some hints at the prettiest trending styles. Whether you’re planning to do your own manicure at home, or looking for some ideas to take to your next nail salon appointment, you will find plenty of ideas for both options.
Give yourself some me time during the holidays and update your manicure to this festive look – it’s bound to send compliments your way wherever you walk!
Current Trends for Red and White Christmas Nails
Red and white Christmas nails are a classic on their own, but each year there are certain nail design elements that tend to be more popular than others.
Here are just a few which you will see as repeating concepts in our roundup below:
- Snowflakes – a symbol of winter that appears in manicure trends as early as November and won’t disappear until the end of February. Snowflakes are equally pretty in a festive Christmas manicure and work like magic, especially with red background for more contrast.
- Ombre Nails – even with red and white nail polish there are so many ways you can experiment with the ombre nail design – plenty of ideas are included in this article.
- Geometric Nails – if you’re not a nail artist but would like to add some special touch to your festive nails, simple geometric shapes that resemble the ice breaking up will do the magic. You will find more ideas for this in the article below.
- French Tips – this classic manicure style gets a makeover for Christmas, with so many pretty ideas like Santa’s hat, candy cane tips, sparkly red tips, ombre French tips and many more.
- Sweater Nails – in case you missed the biggest trend of the festive season, sweater nails are a pretty structural nail design element that comes in all shades, and is especially pretty in the festive red and white nail polish colors.
- Mismatched Nails – why choose one when you can have them all? Select a few nail design styles you like and your nail artist will be able to put them into a cohesive mismatched look.
- Rhinestones – every festive season needs a bit of bling, and that’s where rhinestones come in!
- Candy Canes – another one of the classic symbols of Christmas makes its way to the festive manicure each year.
- Santa – no don’t worry, you don’t have to paint a Santa head on your nails. The most popular motive is using Santa’s hat for French tips or half-painted nails. Super cute and easy to do.
Video Tutorial: Red and White Tartan Christmas Nails
This wonderful nail design tutorial was prepared by Dorota Palicka Nails.
Video Tutorial: Red and White Chrome Christmas Nails
This wonderful nail design tutorial was prepared by Dorota Palicka Nails.
The Collection: 35 Best Red and White Christmas Nails
Here are 35 of the prettiest red and white Christmas nails that will help you shine during the holidays.
If you need even more ideas and inspiration, we have saved up dozens of pretty designs in our dedicated Pinterest board – go check it out!
While there, don’t forget to follow our Pinterest account to stay on top of all the latest nail design trends and ideas.
1. Snowflake with Red Tips
2. Santa’s Hat French Tips
3. Sparkle & Candy Canes
4. Mismatched Sparkly Tips
5. Miminalist Red and White with Snowflake
6. North Pole Nails
7. Geometric Festive Nails
8. Candy Cane Bridge Nails
9. Statement Individual Nail Design
10. Dark Red Coffin Nails
11. Sparkle with Candy Cane Tips
12. Santa’s Favorite
13. Festive Stripes
14. Snow Kissed with Gemstones
15. Glitter and Snowflakes
16. Elegant Half Split Nails
17. Festive Sparkle Nails
18. Artist’s Touch Christmas Nails
19. Mickey Christmas Nails
20. Gemstones for Christmas
21. Festive Glitter
22. Multi Design Red and White Nails
23. Add a Touch of Green
24. Elegant Festive Nails
25. Christmas Flowers on Nails
26. Joy & Bows
27. Ho Ho Ho
28. Santa and Snowflake
29. Santa’s Hat Tips
30. Sparkle & Snow
31. Nude with Christmas Red & White
32. Festive Motives
33. Hat’s Off
33. Festive Sparkle
34. Snowflakes on Glitter
35. Elegant Tips with Snowflakes
