40 Spring Nail Designs That Will Brighten Up Your Day

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It’s always fun to have a theme when you’re getting your nails done. Whether it’s for a special holiday or a season, having nails for every occasion can really brighten your mood. Some people love doing it themselves (and with press-on nails, that is way more doable and more affordable), while others swear by visiting the salon. But which spring nail designs should you choose?

There are so many trendy and pretty spring nail ideas out there, so we’ve narrowed it down to 40 of the best nails for spring we could find online. Some are easy spring manis that you can do at home, while others are a bit more complicated and might need to be done professionally. And there are also press-on spring nail options too, for a clean and professional look without paying salon prices. 

So if you want your nails to be as vibrant as you want to feel this season, here are 40 spring manicure styles for you.

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40 Spring Nail Designs and Ideas

1. Yellow French Tips for Spring

These Bougie Butter yellow-tipped press-on Chillhouse chill tips ($18.99) launched April 2 and bring the brightness of spring right to your fingertips. You can't go wrong with a classic French tip mani.

2-4. Sweet Tooth Special

Glamnetic nails are trendy press-ons that are easy to put on and allow you to have as many nail styles as you'd like. And their Glamnetic's Sweet Treats collection is perfect for spring with adorable colors and fresh, clean looks. You have trendy green French tips with their Key Lime style, colorful blocked nails with the Jelly Bean pack and metallic pink French tips with the Caramel Apple nails (all for $19.99).

These three, specifically, are all a part of the Candy Coated bundle ($54). This collection isn't the stereotypical "spring" nail, but they're so trendy and eye-grabbing that they're perfectly sweet for this time of year.

5. Flowers and Polka Dot Spring Nails

Bellacures, a chain of nail salons, always creates the cutest holiday and seasonal nail design inspirations. For this spring, flowers are a big hit.

6. Pink Rose Bloom Spring Nail Design

If you don't want flowers on every other nail like the one before, this design is a simple rendition of that. With a clean blush pink manicure and a pink rose as an accent nail, this spring mani is adorable.

7. Purple Dots Spring Mani

Another simple spring nail design by Bellacures, these nails are great if you're not a super artistic person. All you need is a steady hand, two shades of purple and a dotting tool (or a dull toothpick).

8. Orange Floral Bliss Spring Nails

This nail design might be hard if you can't draw a mini flower on your nails (and many of us can't). So this is where flower nail decals ($7.99) come in handy. You can get dried flowers or stickers that look like realistic flowers, use clear nail polish and attach them to your manicure. It'll make a simple nail pop for spring!

9. Butterfly Spring Accent Nail

Speaking of accent nails, using a butterfly instead of a flower is another fun way to turn a simple, one-color manicure into something a tad more fun.

10. Colorful Pinwheels Spring Nail

If you couldn't tell, we're going with big pops of color and multi-color nails for spring, and these Olive & June Press-On Fake Nails in Spinning Pinwheel (42ct for $11.79) are perfect for that. They look pretty professional once on and they have a unique pinwheel design that might be a fun conversation starter.

11. Blue Mermaid Spring Nails

While mermaid-style nails are very summery, this blue imPRESS Press-On Manicure Fake Nails in Eternity (33ct for $9.49) set is the bright pop of color you need for spring. Plus the glittery accent nail is stunning.

12. Flowery Chrome Spring Nail Design

A nice cream is perfect for spring, and flower decals (obviously) are also great. But adding a chrome finish is the perfect way to make your spring nails extra unique and fun.

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13. Almond Flower Spring Nails

These cute cartoon flower nails are to die for. They give that pastel color pop that's perfect for this season but they're also fun and whimsical. And the almond shape is a classic.

14. Blue Butterfly Spring Nail Inspo

Obviously, this TikTok creator is an artist and can create their own butterfly from scratch. But either cutting a butterfly decal in half or finding nail stickers that look like this two-finger split butterfly is a great way to go if you love this design. And why wouldn't you? It's elegant and fun.

15. Wavy Blue Spring Dream Nails

There are (obviously) so many ways to do French tip nails, as we've already seen on this list. And these wavy blue French-tip flower nails are one of the most unique and most fun.

16. Rainbow Ombre French Tip Spring Nails

Okay, we promise we won't have only French tip nails on this list, but this rainbow ombre French tip design is hard to pass up. It's definitely not your typical spring nail.

17. Pink 3D Spring Nails

Using gel polish to create 3D effects is a fun new trend and it looks so cool. This user just made simple 3D line designs along with a starburst, which isn't too hard with starburst decals ($6.99) and gel polish. But either way, it's a chic spring nail look.

18. Fox Spring Animal Nail Art

Spring is about rebirth and usually includes animal or baby animal imagery. Life! Cuteness! Spring! And these fox nails ($9.99) with yellow flowers are not only impressive but also so fricken adorable.

19. Pop of Blue Spring Nail Design

What's excellent about this nail design is that it's super simple and is easily cleaned up with a Q-tip, so even the most non-artistic person can accomplish a clean, cute design here. And a pop of blue is very springy.

20. Pastel with Glitter Spring Nails

This design is lovely because at first glance it's clean, chic and spring-appropriate. But it doesn't take much effort or skill, just some colorful glitter nail polish that has your accent nail colors in it. See how the greenish glitter on the pink nails matches the pastel green or mint nails? The final result is a cute spring nail look.

21. Pastel Nails for Spring

This one is more than simple but the final product is a spring dream. Take your five favorite pastel colors and use one color per nail. And the wonderful thing with pastel colors is they all "match" without actually matching.

22. Light Pastel Lined Nails for Spring

Similar to the nail design above, these nails and their random lines are easy and simple to achieve but they look pretty and clean for spring.

23. Chrome Lavender Spring Nails

Like we said before, you can't go wrong with chrome nails. And in a springy lavender color like this video shows, your nails are going to be seasonal, pretty and unique.

24. 3D Flower Nails for Spring

The soft, pastel color on these nails is already screaming, "Spring!" But the 3D flowers are the perfect touch to bring it all together. Simple yet intricate, these nails are a great choice for the season.

25. Bold Orange and Pink Spring Break Dream Nails

If you want bold and beautiful, these nails are for you. Not only are the bright orange and pink colors a wonderful combo for spring break trips, the flowers and nail shape help them stand out even more.

26. Elegant Pastel Flower Spring Nails

A fun take on French tips, these pastel nails have a different design on each nail and feature fun, whimsical flowers to top it off.

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27. Pink and White Flower Spring Nail Design

This concept is very similar, too, except it includes the classic white French tip style and adds springy white and blue flowers. These will certainly brighten your day anytime you look down at them.

28. 3D Fairy Garden Spring Nails

The 3D nail art trend has been featured a bit on this list so far, and these Dreamy 3D FairyCore Flower Press Ons from the Etsy shop HudiNails ($28.99) are one of the most intricate. The light pink and purple colors, on top of the flowers and butterflies, make this a spring dream come true. And they're press-on nails, so you can rock a complex nail but easily install them at home.

29. Jelly Blue Flower Spring Nail Design

Another great pick from Etsy are these Spring Nails Blue Flower Nails from the Etsy shop TwinkleNailsShop ($25). The jelly, transparent floral design is elegant and chic while also bringing spring to your fingers.

30. Vibrant Flower Spring Nail Design

These White French tip colorful spring floral gel press-on nails from the Etsy shop Alyssa's Perfect Presses ($28) are very fun and vibrant. Plus the art flows so well from nail to nail, it's like a perfect garden on your hands.

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31. Tortoise Shell Floral Spring Nails

These nails were done by @nailedkatelyn_chicago and were a fun way to mix flowers with a unique tortoiseshell nail design. They're a darker spring nail design, but fun and unique for the right person.

32. Abstract Brush Stroke Spring Nail

These gorgeous spring nails are probably one of the most unique on this list and they're one of the most eye-popping. They mix light blue colors with gold foil and dots. They're kind of an organized chaos brush stroke design and can be achieved in so many ways. This design would be so fun to recreate for spring.

33. Tulip Spring Nail Design

Again, you can either find tulip nail stickers or try your hand at drawing tiny tulips on your nails with this spring nail design. But if you can get it right, the nude nail and springy tulips are a great nail choice.

34. Pretty Polka Dots for Spring Nails

Simple and easy, these are perfect spring nails if you want to do something colorful and fun but don't have a ton of time or great artistic talent. Again, use either a dotting tool or a dull toothpick (or even a pencil head) to create these fun pastel polka dots.

35. Dotted Yellow and Pink Nails for Spring

Even though Easter is over, choosing a speckled egg nail design is still appropriate for spring. You can also go with a more conventional polka dot design and choose just one hand as the photo above shows. Half the stress but all of the stylish rewards.

36. Chic Yellow Accent Spring Nails

Use the base color of nude for your spring nails is a great choice because it makes your manicure look so clean without making it dull. And adding in an accent color (without overdoing it like the photo shows above) is the perfect way to springify your nail art.

37. Floral Garden Nails for Spring

These RikView French Tip Press-on Nails Medium Flower Design Almond Nails from Amazon ($8.49) are yet another spring floral idea that fit in with the season. They're a simple design, too, so you can either choose to recreate them yourself or buy them online.

38. Colorful Swirls Spring Nail Design

This nail design for spring takes the idea of pastel nails and turns it up a notch. The 24 Pcs Pride Press-on Nails Medium, Almond Colorful Swirl on Amazon ($7.99) is a fun, colorful way to stand out and have bold, bright nails this spring.

39. Vibrant Asymmetrical Spring Nails

These vibrant nails by @charsgelnails_ are so fun and so simple. They look so good yet don't require super artistic talent to accomplish, so you can recreate these for spring very nicely.

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It's fitting that we're ending on a French tip variation just like we started. @pearliepressed on Instagram created these gorgeous blueberry spring nails and they are just as stunning as they are yummy.

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