Indulge in some chic nail art with these fashionable designs. If you’re in need of some inspiration for your next manicure, take a look at our top picks for trendy nail art.
Our selection includes understated ombre, innovative French manicure styles, daring artistic designs, and glitzy metallic accents. And the best part? Many of these looks can be easily achieved in the comfort of your own home.
Love Heart Nails
Choose a sweet, romantic look with love heart nail art. It’s perfect for Valentine’s Day, date night, or just when you’re feeling the Cupid’s spirit. Pink and red is a classic color combination, and opting for a pale pink base makes the red hearts pop.
Gold and Natural Nails
Gold and natural nails offer a chic and versatile look. Paint gold designs on a neutral base or use decals to create beautiful patterns. Aztec-inspired designs, stars, hearts, and flower decals are all great options.
Minimal Arts
Sometimes less is more. That’s certainly the case with this beautiful yet minimal clear nail design. Using just a clear coat for the base makes the pearl decoration stand out.
Tie-dye Inspired Nails
Create a fun and unique look with tie-dye inspired nails. The beauty of this look is that you can make it work with almost any color. Simply apply a white base coat, then dot your chosen colors onto the white while it’s still wet. Place a sandwich bag over your nail and pat down to merge the colors. Add additional details with a toothpick.
Branded Nails
Make a statement with nails featuring iconic logos from luxury brands. Keep it understated by sticking to a simple color palette, or go all out with decals featuring the logos of your favorite brands.
Modern Color Palette
Nails If you’re not confident with nail polish, try a modern color palette. Choose a few colors and paint them on different nails. Three colors are a great starting point, and choosing colors from the same side of the color wheel will prevent your look from clashing.
Sand Dunes Nails
The spirit of the Outback is alive with this sand dunes nail art design. The combination of rusty red, sandy beige, dusky purple, and pastel blue is evocative of a beautiful desert sunrise.
Faces Nails
Bring modern art to your nails with these face designs. The attention to detail and line work on this nail art is simply superb. Use decals or nail wraps if you don’t have a steady hand or want to create this look at home.
Eyes Nails
This look is eye-popping in both design and effect. It’s a distinct style that combines black and white for the ultimate contrast. Painting the eyes at the base of the nail takes advantage of the natural curvature of your cuticle to frame each eye nicely.
Baby Blue White Nude Nails
These dual-colored tips are a great adaptation of a French manicure. The combination of bright white and baby blue on a nude background is fresh and vibrant, making it perfect for summer.
Ombre Nails
Ombre nail art allows for a different take on rainbow nails. All you need is some nail tape, disposable makeup sponges, and your favorite nail polish colors. Keep the look subtle and straightforward by using a single color on a nude base.
Colorful Nails
This colorful nail art will take you right back to your high school art class. The paint splodges are reminiscent of an artist’s palette and are a unique way to incorporate a whole rainbow of colors into your nail art design.
Sweet Nail Arts
Pineapples are sweet in nature and in flavor. As such, they’re perfect for creating this nail art design. Choose one finger for the artwork and one finger for an accent color to anchor the design. Then, keep the rest of the nails a subtle nude color to let your sweet artwork do all the talking.
Line Art Nails
Continuous line art takes an extra level of skill to perceive and interpret the outlines of an object. As such, incorporating line art into your nail design produces a striking result. Use decals or nail wraps if your painting skills are more preschool than Picasso.
Nature-Inspired Nails
Combine flowers and greenery with a neutral base coat to create this beautiful nature-inspired nail art design. You can choose any kind of flower you like in any color combination. Soft green leaves add to the look and create balance, like in a bunch of flowers.
Black and White Nails
Black and white is such a classic combo; it makes sense to apply it to modern nail art. This look is incredibly versatile and can be adapted to most designs. Keep it simple with fine black lines crossing white nails, add in the zig-zags, or choose to alternate black on white and white on black.
Cute Nails
A cute pastel palette will take you from the office to casual weekends with ease. However, rather than keep it simple, opt for a cute nail design using different shapes and shades with black highlights.
Dot Nails
This dot nail art is simple and to the point. Use the same base color for all your nails, opt for a tonal variation on the same shade, or pick a rainbow of colors for each finger. Then, use a contrasting shade for a simple, large dot in a random spot on each finger.
White and Nude Nails
Take a twist on the classic French manicure with this white and nude nail art design. This design, which uses concentric arcs of different thicknesses, looks excellent on oval, rounded, and almond-shaped nails.
Floral Nails
Who needs a bouquet when you can carry flowers around on your fingers all day? This floral nail art is perfectly pretty and is a great look for brunch with the girls or weekend picnics.
Colored Tips Nails
Nail tape is going to be your best friend when making these colored tips for this nail art. The color combination you choose can be anything you like, but mix it up for a modern take.
Playful Nails
Playful designs like this one are perfect if you’re looking for something lighthearted and fun. Mixing colors is a great way to experiment with tone and shades.
Nude and Yellow Nails
Add some fluoro to your life with this nude and yellow nail art. The nude tones the whole look down, taking the style from rave to ravishing.
Silver Tips Nails
Natural nails with silver tips are an easily wearable adaptation of the chrome nail trend. This variant on the French manicure is perfect for the office, as it’s very subtle.
Gold Feature Nails
A lot of chrome can occasionally be a bit much. However, if you like the look but wish to calm it down, why not opt for gold feature nails? That way, you get the best of both worlds.
Nude and Olive Nails
Olive nail polish can be tricky to come by, but like other shades of green, it’s a very versatile color. The earthiness allows it to act more neutral, blending well with other colors around it.
Red and White Nails
Red and white is such a classic combination it had to make an appearance in this collection of nail art designs. Like any quality color combination, this is going to look good in any design.
Pastel Nails
Keep it pretty with pastels. This nail art design features both multicolor chevrons and half-tipped nails. Keeping the chevrons on just one finger on each hand ensures the look is balanced and not overly complicated.
Cubism Nails
Channel your inner Picasso with some Cubism nail art. Cubism was a revolutionary style of art which used squares and geometric shapes to show all angles of the subject at once. While it’s challenging to fit a full masterpiece on your nails, take inspiration from Cubism by using lines, circles, and dots to create your own art sensation.
