St. Patrick's Day Nail Ideas

May 2024 ยท 4 minute read
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Green and Gold St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea

a person with a green and gold manicure holding a glittery clovers for st patricks dayBellacures

Solid green nails get a bit of glamour with a solid gold glitter accent nail.

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Alternating Greens St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea

women hands with nail manicure in alternating colors of greenceazars//Getty Images

Pick two shades of green polish and alternate for a fun and super easy way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.

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Green Bubbles St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea

st patricks day inspired art in a bubble like green polka dot designChristina Radcliffe//Getty Images

The best word we could come up with to describe this design is effervescent! We love how the green and white dots go from big to tiny for a bubble-like appearance. Try using a dotting tool for polka dots with clean edges.

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Pot of Gold St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea

beautiful well groomed golden nails close upSergeyTay//Getty Images

This is the manicure equivalent to a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. Simple and sparkly, gold glitter polish is a subtle nod to the St. Patrick's Day holiday.

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Green and Glitter St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea

a french manicure with green tips and glitter for st patricks dayChristina Radcliffe//Getty Images

Mimic this look by using a neutral base coat, a glittery top coat, and one or two shades of green polish in between.

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Shades of Green St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea

a female hand with green nail polish and a green plant in the backgroundBellacures

Get creative with green nails by incorporating two or more shades into your design. Here, a simple light and dark green design allows the natural nail to show through.

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Leprechaun Hat St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea

a st patricks day inspired manicure with a leprechaun hat painted on one nailChristina Radcliffe//Getty Images

We are absolutely obsessed with this leprechaun hat design, with its tiny buckle and shamrock details.

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Gold Squiggle St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea

a woman's hand closed over her sweater with nails painted with green polish and a gold squiggleBellacures

This impressive design is actually pretty simple. Start with a light base coat, paint on green at a curved angle to cover about half of the nail, then come in with a gold squiggle on top.

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Leprechaun Jacket St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea

st patricks day inspired art that looks like a leprechaun jacket with buttonsChristina Radcliffe//Getty Images

We're still swooning over this adorable leprechaun jacket-inspired nail art design. Tiny nail jewels dotted in a line mimic buttons.

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Shamrocks and Polka Dots St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea

st patricks day inspired nail art with shamrocks and polka dotsChristina Radcliffe//Getty Images

We love this nail design for all ages, but we particularly like it for teens and tweens. Try nail jewels to adorn the shamrocks for a little extra sparkle.

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Sliver of Gold St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea

female hands with a green and gold manicure for the st patricks day holidayBellacures

This design works for long and short nails. Paint nails in a solid green polish of your choice, then add a stripe of gold along the edge of nails. You could also sub in white for the gold for an equally festive St. Paddy's Day look.

Check out Bellacures for more manicure ideas.

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Over the Rainbow St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea

st patricks day themed nail art with a rainbow and green plaid designChristina Radcliffe//Getty Images

We are obsessed with the glittery pot of gold at the end of this rainbow. A mix of green and gold solids and patterns rounds out this colorful and charming motif.

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Forest Green Glitter St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea

female hand with beautiful holiday manicure green glittered nails with glitter paper backgroundMariia Demchenko//Getty Images

Forest green glitter polish makes for a more sophisticated (and slightly sultry) St. Patrick's Day nail look.

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Lucky Charms St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea

saint patricks day inspired nail art that has clovers and horseshoesChristina Radcliffe//Getty Images

Horseshoes and clovers, oh my! Consider yourself lucky this St. Patrick's Day with this fun patterned nail design.

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Minty Green St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea

minty green nail art manicureIrina Tiumentseva//Getty Images

Minty green polish, in a mix of solid and glitter, makes for a fresh approach to a St. Patrick's Day manicure.

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Jewelry-Inspired St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea

a pair of girls hands with a green and gold shiny manicure with nail jewelsyanmiao//Getty Images

Glued-on nail rhinestones embellished with gold designs all around are reminiscent of vintage jewelry.

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Gold Tips St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea

a hand with painted fingernails in green polish with gold tipsBellacures

Add St. Patrick's Day flavor to a classic French manicure concept. Here, green polish and gold tips make for a chic St. Patrick's Day design.

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Two Tone Shamrock St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea

moon manicure gel polish with abstract bright and fashionable design with green shamrocks on the hands of a modern girlAleksandr Rychagov//Getty Images

With or without the shamrock art (but we 100 percent vote shamrock!), this moon manicure with two shades of green is a festive St. Patrick's nail design.

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Shimmery Rhinestones St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea

a person's hand with painted fingernails and tiny jewels on an accent nailOleksandr Smirnov//Getty Images

Make your whole look shimmer with these fancy rhinestone-studded nails. Start with a sparkly polish in a green shade (we love this darker hue!), then apply nail jewels at the base of an accent nail.

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Green with Envy French Manicure St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea

st patricks day inspired nail art with an all green french manicureChristina Radcliffe//Getty Images

Try a French manicure, but make it Irish! Here, shades of green and gold make for an eye-catching St. Patrick's Day nail motif to be remembered.

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Amy Mitchell is the managing editor at Country Living and VERANDA. She writes about a wide range of topics, including homes and lifestyle content.

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