Lucky You🍀! St. Patrick's Day Nail Ideas You'll Love
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St. Patrick's Day has arrived🍀! This popular springtime holiday is packed with fun St. Patrick's Day things to do, like eating the best St. Patrick's Day recipes, drinking green beer, and donning your favorite green gear to avoid getting pinched. While you're dressed like a leprechaun (no judgment—you do you), dazzle your friends with the absolute cutest St. Patrick's Day nail ideas that will make them all green with envy.
In this festive collection of our favorite St. Patrick's Day nail design ideas, we've included a wide range of looks to help get you into the St. Paddy's Day spirit. Easy St. Patrick's Day nail ideas include gold glittery polish—consider this manicure your own personal pot of gold! We particularly love this solid, shimmery look for St. Patrick's Day nail ideas for short nails. Flowers and rainbow designs make for a more colorful approach to St. Patrick's Day nails. Like little lucky charms, jewels and even gold foil fancy up this otherwise light-hearted holiday. But above all in our roundup of St. Patrick's Day nail art, green rules. Think clovers, leprechaun-inspired motifs, stripes, polka dots, and all-over solid polish in every shade of green imaginable. We are obsessed with the eye-catching Irish takes on French manicures that incorporate green—so creative!
For more holiday manicure ideas, check out our other popular lists, like Easter nails, Halloween nail designs, and Christmas nail art ideas.
Green and Gold St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea
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
Pick two shades of green polish and alternate for a fun and super easy way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.
Green Bubbles St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea
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.
Pot of Gold St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea
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.
Green and Glitter St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea
Mimic this look by using a neutral base coat, a glittery top coat, and one or two shades of green polish in between.
Shades of Green St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea
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
We are absolutely obsessed with this leprechaun hat design, with its tiny buckle and shamrock details.
Gold Squiggle St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea
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
We're still swooning over this adorable leprechaun jacket-inspired nail art design. Tiny nail jewels dotted in a line mimic buttons.
Shamrocks and Polka Dots St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea
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.
Sliver of Gold St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea
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.
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Over the Rainbow St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea
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.
Forest Green Glitter St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea
Forest green glitter polish makes for a more sophisticated (and slightly sultry) St. Patrick's Day nail look.
Lucky Charms St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea
Horseshoes and clovers, oh my! Consider yourself lucky this St. Patrick's Day with this fun patterned nail design.
Minty Green St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea
Minty green polish, in a mix of solid and glitter, makes for a fresh approach to a St. Patrick's Day manicure.
Jewelry-Inspired St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea
Glued-on nail rhinestones embellished with gold designs all around are reminiscent of vintage jewelry.
Gold Tips St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea
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
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.
Shimmery Rhinestones St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea
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.
Green with Envy French Manicure St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea
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.
French Manicure St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea
Add a single green flower (or more if you wish!) to a classic French manicure. To make it decidedly St. Patrick's Day themed, make it a shamrock!
Sweet Shamrock St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea
This shamrock gets a sweet treatment with hearts as leaves. White tips with green polka dots finishes off this St. Patrick's Day nail design.
Ombré St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea
This approach works for any color or season, but we are loving how fresh the green ombré effect turned out on this manicure.
Gold Foil St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea
Gold foil on nails is one fancy move. To apply, use a toothpick or tweezers to place foil in desired spot on slightly wet nails in your favorite shade of green. Gently tap down with your finger to flatten each piece. Seal in place with a durable top coat.
Hand-Painted Flowers St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea
A pretty moon gel manicure with hand-painted flowers is a definite head-turner and conversation starter. This floral design requires a steady hand and lots of patience. For instant gratification, try flower nail decals atop dry green polish for a look that will last well into spring.
Abstract St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea
For this artistic design, apply an abstract pattern to one or two accent nails. Here, dark green, light green, and sherbet are layered atop a nude base. Add a pretty gold glitter outline if desired.
Horseshoe St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea
Double up on your Irish luck this St. Paddy's Day with a green and gold color combo and lucky horseshoe art. Pro tip: Drawing a horseshoe with polish takes a steady hand. We suggest a dotting tool kit to make clean ring finger polka dots as well as the ones on the horseshoe.
Angled Gold Tips St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea
Gold tips applied at an angle take these forest green nails from almost witchy to wow!
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Bejeweled St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea
Get really fancy this St. Patrick's Day with a mix of nail jewels, glitter, and beads applied on top of green and gold polish.
Matte Olive St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea
Thin swooshes of white polish bring high style to a matte olive green manicure.
Flower Garden St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea
With its mix of solid green nails and blooming daisy designs, this fresh look will last you through all the spring months.
Neon Green St. Patrick's Day Nail Idea
Shine bright with neon nails this St. Patrick's Day. Here, acrylics with glittery tips mingle with solid neon green.
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