79 Ideas for Halloween Nails That Are Scary-Good

Ideas for Halloween

@amyle.nails

Holographic Blood Drip Tips

@vanityprojectsmia

Chic Blood Drips

@lolo.nailedit

Tortoiseshell Ghost

@hardasnails_studio

Tiny Skeleton Bones

@kuypernailart

Spooky French Tips

@overglowedit

Spooky Bones Lettering

@emilygilmour.nails

Smoky Sky

@skyynailsintl

Slime and Stripes

Negative Space French Tips

@thuybnguyen

Nightmare Before Christmas Pink Edition

@thenaildetails

Pumpkin French Tips

Negative Space Slime

@chicaartistanails

Matte Black Bats

@nails_by_syd

Matte Black and White Ghosts

Jelly Spiderweb

@pinkaliennailz

Itsy Bitsy Spiders

Hand Painted Halloween Figures

@nails.bab

Chrome Green Wet-Look Nails

Gudetama Pumpkin

Glowing Stars

@noellefuyunails

Galaxy Nails

Futuristic Chrome

@califreenails

Comme Des Garçons Devils

Spookily Cute Characters

@chicaartistanails

BOO! Lettering

Cat Eye Halloween Scene

heygreatnails

Glow-in-the-Dark Bat Splatter

Spotty Sorcery

Bloody Claws

@courtneycantwell_nails

Disco Ghosts

Petrified Pastels

Glitter Ombré

Black-and-White Bats

Neon Necromancy

Sparkly, Spooky Cuties

Orange Ombré Spiderwebs

Bony Beauties

Ghoulish Galaxy

Nightmare Before Christmas Nails

Boo Nails

Candy Corn and Spiderweb Nails

Mismatched Halloween-Themed Designs

Horror Movie Nails

Corpse Bride Nails

Green and Purple Oogie Boogie Nails

Ouija Board Nails

@rawrrgina

Frankenstein's French Tips

Red, White, Black, and Scary AF

Glow-in-the-Dark Pumpkins

"One Bite" Nails

@decorateddigits

Cherry Skulls

Duo-Chrome Bats and Birds

Glowing-in-the-Dark Ghost Nails

Creepy Creatures

@nailsbysophiaf

Breathing Fire and Freaky Eye Nail Art

Red Rum Nails

@nailsbysophiaf

Orange and Black Halloween Nails

@jan_t_1994

Zombie-esque Nails

Pastel Pink Nails with Black and White Designs

@mausigrau

Happy Ghost Nails

@polishedella

Bloody Vampire Nails

@ayanexbeauty

Blood Drip Nails

@asideofnails

Orange Glitter Nails

@nailbruja

Friday the 13th Nails

Shimmery Spiderweb Nails

@nailsbyyeya

Black Cat and Spiderweb Nails

@blackheart_nails

Orange and Black Spiderweb Nails

@mpnails

Skeleton-Themed Nail Art

@kandiyamz

Everything All At Once

Itty-Bitty Eyeball Nails

@betina_goldstein

Orange and Black Marble Nails

Blood Splatter Nails

Freddy Krueger Nails

Green Slime Nails

Metallic Skull Nails

Spiderweb Ombré Nails

Moon Phase Nails

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79 Ideas for Halloween Nails That Are Scary-Good

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Ideas for Halloween

Zombies and spiderwebs and ghosts, oh my! This creepy and cute nail art is so creative, your manicure can serve as your costume.

@amyle.nails

Color-Changing Paint Drips

Holographic Blood Drip Tips

If you like the idea of Halloween with all its blood and gore more than the actual thing, then we introduce to you your perfect manicure: the holographic blood drip tips.

Holographic Blood Drip Tips

Vanity Projects Miami nail salon took the effect of blood drip nails and combined them with the French tip and holographic powder effect. In short: we’re in love.

@vanityprojectsmia

Chic Blood Drips

California-based creator Lauren just proved to us that blood drips can make one heck of a stylish manicure.

Chic Blood Drips

She combined a milky pink base with an accent nail featuring delicately placed blood drips, which make it a Halloween-themed manicure without going OTT if that isn’t your vibe. It’s simply but hugely effective.

@lolo.nailedit

Tortoiseshell Ghost

Who’d have thought the tortoiseshell nail art would work so well with a ghost design? Not us, but we’re glad Milli of Hard As Nails Studio did because this design is adorable.

Tortoiseshell Ghost

Combining the chic backdrop of a tortoiseshell-inspired print with a cartoon ghost, this is one of people who aren’t a fan of gore during the Halloween season but still want to get involved.

@hardasnails_studio

Tiny Skeleton Bones

This requires some patience and a steady hand, first starting with a jet black base shade, then moving onto carefully placing the bones in a white hue. If you aren’t a keen DIY nail artist, take this inspiration to the salon with you.

@kuypernailart

Spooky French Tips

We honestly didn’t know a themed Halloween manicure could get as chic as this one created by digital creator Melanie. This is definitely a design to try at home, because instead of having to painstakingly hand paint these characters, you simply stick them on.

@overglowedit

Spooky Bones Lettering

Ring in the spooky season with a handful of bones — literally! Unless you’ve got the patience of a saint, this is one to take to your nail tech for inspiration.

@emilygilmour.nails

Smoky Sky

For this set, grab various shades of blue and green and swirl them together on a palette, then pick them up using a nail art brush and gently guide them onto the nail and it should create this smoky effect.

Smoky Sky

Next up, using a detail brush, add on some stars and moons. Finally, finish it off with a matte-effect top coat and you’ll have this dazzling set.

@skyynailsintl

Slime and Stripes

If you want to partake in the spooky season festivities without it being completely obvious, take this design as inspiration. The matte black hues, monochrome stripes and lime green slime scream Halloween, but only to those who are looking close enough.

Negative Space French Tips

This is one you’ll definitely want to visit the salon for, ask for a reverse French tip with a clear free edge tip, a true black hue and some delicate black stars to embellish the set.

@thuybnguyen

Nightmare Before Christmas Pink Edition

When your Halloween manicure looks this good (and incredibly detailed), it becomes a costume party winner all of its own accord.

Nightmare Before Christmas Pink Edition

If you’re not feeling the patience to sit for a full set, why not take inspiration from Vivian’s design by choosing one or two accent nails? That way, you’ve got the magic of the scene without the commitment of a full set.

@thenaildetails

Pumpkin French Tips

Bet you never thought you could love pumpkins on a set of nails so much? These are simply adorable and we want them painted on our nails right away. To try this design at home, start with a neutral-toned base and then choose five other autumnal hues that will form your pumpkin.

Pumpkin French Tips

Begin creating a rounded tip (where your classic French tip would go) with those shades, making sure to create a small indent to form that pumpkin shape. Then, using a detailing brush, go in with a black shade and outline those pumpkins, adding personality with stalks.

Negative Space Slime

If you’re not ready to try a full set of nails, negative space is a great way to hop on the Halloween nail art train. Simply choose your favorite spooky season-themed designs and ask your nail artist (or try at home!)

Negative Space Slime

to paint these onto a clear base coat.Go as literal or abstract as you want! Finish off with a super shiny top coat or a matte top coat for different effects.

@chicaartistanails

Matte Black Bats

Playing around with matte and shiny top coats on a black nail polish shade is a super cool way to spook-ify a traditional Halloween character.

@nails_by_syd

Matte Black and White Ghosts

@nailslpc.xo

Jelly Spiderweb

If you’ve got a steady hand and a jelly nail polish, this is one you might want to try your hand at recreating at home.

@pinkaliennailz

Itsy Bitsy Spiders

We’ve seen so many versions of the classic French manicure but we’ve never seen a cobweb French manicure before, and it makes a perfect Halloween design.

Itsy Bitsy Spiders

Ask your nail tech to swap out the regular French tip for a spiderweb design, then add on some teeny spiders and finish off with a matte top coat.

Hand Painted Halloween Figures

When steel blue tips become Halloween artwork! You’ll definitely need to visit a specialist nail artist in hand painting if you’re inspired to take this photo to a salon. Who said French tips are boring? Certainly not us.

@nails.bab

Chrome Green Wet-Look Nails

Proving that not all epic Halloween manicures need to be intricate to be incredible, sometimes you just need a long canvas to work on, an epic chrome power, and some super realistic water droplets.

Gudetama Pumpkin

Thought you couldn’t love Gudetama anymore? This accent nail design combining Gudetama and a pumpkin is both the most intricate and adorable thing we’ve possibly ever seen. This nail art is so good in fact, we’d be basing our entire costume around it.

Glowing Stars

When spooky becomes glitter and galaxy and the outcome looks like this, we certainly wouldn’t be complaining. Noelle added a slightly more transparent white shade underneath the white star to create this glowing effect, proving that tiny details can make all the difference in nail art.

@noellefuyunails

Galaxy Nails

Whilst these aren’t traditional Halloween nails, they sure do deserve a spot on your inspiration list for the spooky season. Created by a sister-owned salon Hey Nice Nails, this manicure uses a reflective glitter gel placed in swirl patterns on half of each nail.

Galaxy Nails

It’s finished off with teeny tiny metallic gold stars added to give the set a little extra magic. The best part? They light up in a completely different way with flash on, essentially giving you two nail designs in one!