LUX Beauty: Holiday Nail Art

Nov 27, 2012
Marisa Machak • Beauty

The holidays call for embellishing something special—your nails! Flaunt your fingers this season with fun and festive nail designs. From Christmas bows and candy canes to snowflakes and sparkling silver and gold, we give you five holiday nail art designs that will have you begging for more. Here are the steps and appropriate products to create some merry nails yourself!

Candy Cane Stripes

via Beautyriot.com, Nordstrom, Sally Hansen

Create adorable candy cane stripes for a primped peppermint nail design. Craft this candy-coated creation by painting two coats of a bright red like Essie’s Snap Happy. Carry on by forming the candied white stripes with Sally Hansen’s nail art pen in a pearly white. Finish off by slicking on a clear top coat for an extra shiny and extra pretty holiday nail design.

Snowflakes

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Embrace the winter season by boasting a blizzard on your nails. To create these fluffy flakes on your own, begin by painting two coats of the Sephora by OPI nail color in Opaque Midnight Navy for the base coat. Continue by delicately drawing snowflakes one line at a time with a steady hand, using the white Sally Hansen nail art pen for the ultimate frosted tips. Add a single rhinestone on each nail for extra frost if you wish.

Christmas Bow

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Wrap your nails in Christmas cheer when you paint a beautiful bow on each. Use a sparkling red polish like Chanel’s Vernis nail color in Coromandel as a base coat. Form the bows fabulously by painting them on with Sally Hansen’s Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear nail color in White On and thinly outlining them with a silver or gold nail art pen for a touch of glam. Tada! You have given your nails the gift of glamour.

Red & Green

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You can never go wrong with a classic red and green color combination during the holidays. Play up these Christmas shades by painting on the Deborah Lipmann nail Lacquer in Believe as a brilliant base coat. Topping off the look with the Sephora by OPI in Good Tidings We Bling! as a jolly top coat adds a twinkling red and green glitter effect to the silver background.

Silver & Gold

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A dramatic duo like silver and gold can never go out of style for a haute holiday nail look. Kick up the color combo and wear the two metallic shades together by alternating nails with silver and gold or blending them together. Shining shades like Vivien from Julep, Electric Avenue from Nails Inc. and Set in Stones from Essie will make sparks fly.