Halloween has got to be one the most fun holidays to get creative with your nails. This spooky season, celebrate all the way down to your fingertips with these delightfully on-theme Halloween nail designs. Whether you’re looking for spooky vibes, cute nail art to celebrate the season, or a way to bring your Halloween costume to the next level from last year, you’ll find a good idea to try right here in this list! Ready to kill it at all the Halloween parties you’re attending this year? Read on and find the best nail ideas to make you the talk of the town, party, haunted house, or wherever you’re celebrating this year.
Pumpkin and Jack-O-Lantern Nail Designs
To get into the Halloween spirit without getting too spooky, consider a cute pumpkin or jack-o-lantern nail design! These cuties are always a good idea for themed fall nails – simple pumpkins work for Thanksgiving nails, too.
Pumpkin Tip Nails
These pumpkin nails keep things subtle with an off-white base color. It’s surprisingly easy to create the top of a pumpkin shape on your nail tip to create his look- just watch the tutorial and you’ll see!
Jack-o-Lantern Nails
To add a little bit more of a Halloween vibe, try these pumpkin nails that add jack-o-lantern faces to the design! Simply start with an orange base, then use a thin brush to create whatever face designs you like! This one comes to us courtesy of on @thehautespot on Instagram.
Glowing Jack-O-Lantern Nails
Create the illusion of glowing jack-o-lantern face features on your nails with this negative space nail design! This one’s perfect if you’re loving the idea of black polish for your nail look. Check out the tutorial on YouTube to see how to recreate it yourself.
Bloody Good Halloween Nail Art Ideas
If you love the spooky, gory aspects of Halloween – you’ll love these. Oh, and if you’re going for a vampire Halloween costume this year, there’s nothing better than these nails as a killer accessory. 😉
Dripping blood nails
I always love Essie’s nail design inspiration, and this is no exception. French tips can be worked into so many different nail trends for different holidays- check out our winter nail design ideas for some good ones! If you’re looking for spooky halloween nail designs that mimic a classic French tip, look no further than these minimalist blood drips!
Blood splatter nails
Up the spooky factor with these easy blood splatter nails! These would go perfectly with so many different costume ideas. Check out @lolo.nailedit on Instagram for more creative ideas like this one!
Blood drip accent nail
Or, perhaps you want to keep things even more subtle than the first idea? Stick to one accent nail for a look that may go unnoticed at first glance, but once caught will be the best part of your Halloween look! Thanks to @lolo.nailedit on Instagram for this idea as well!
Spiders and Bats and Halloween Critters
Bring your nails to life with these spooky little Halloween characters! Creepy critters and the cutest ghouls make wonderful additions to Halloween nail art- and giving your nails a little life with characters is easier than you’d think!
Pink spider webs
Feeling like you want to dress up in a barbie costume for the season but also like you need to add a bit of hocus pocus to the mix? Keep the colors you love year-round and apply them to easy halloween nail designs like this one! The same idea can be used on any other themed aspects of the holiday- cats, ghosts, pumpkins you name it!
Googly eyes
Someone’s watching you… these spooky nails, that’s who! These googley eye nails would be a hit at any halloween party! Check out The Little Canvas for the how-to guide!
Cute Ghost French Nails
Ok, I’m obsessed. At first glance these may just look like a funky, abstract twist on a French nail look. But, take a closer look and you’ll notice one accent nail has its own little ghost! This would be too fun to show off all October. Shoutout to @heyluviee for this adorable nail idea!
Black Cat French Tips
Simple black cats make for the absolute cutest black tips on this nail design featured on the Lulu’s blog.
Minimalist Mummy
Give your nails a costume of their own with these adorable mummy nails- simple diagonal lines made with white nail polish create the look.
Beetlejuice
I’ve been seeing Beetlejuice themes for Halloween everywhere this Halloween! Take the trend to your nails with this impressive nail idea found on Pinterest.
Now Show off Your Fashionably Festive Halloween Nail Designs!
I hope this post has you feeling excited about creating an awesome Halloween look! Whether going to a Halloween party, dressing up in costume, or just getting in the spirit these ideas should get you inspired to embrace spooky season! Next up, check out our Thanksgiving nail ideas, get ideas to host a Halloween party of your own, or jump ahead and get inspired to create some beautiful winter nail designs!
