Can you picture dark blue nails shining on your fingertips? They twinkle like the Milky Way on a clear night, lifting your spirits while they sooth your soul. Or maybe you love deep blue nails for the moody feels or the sophisticated vibes. But no matter the reason why you’re drawn to this enchanting color, there are so many beautiful ways to wear it!
Beautiful Dark Blue Nails
Extra Glossy and Surrounded by Sparkles
Dress up a dark blue manicure with metallic accents. Both gold and silver look lovely next to midnight blue or navy. It’s a simple extra step that instantly makes any manicure more luxurious.
Depending on your complexion, the search for the perfect dark blue shade might feel challenging. If possible, view the polish next to your skin underneath natural lighting.
In our store, we offer a wide selection of blue shades to suit everyone’s look for any occasion.
LDS Color Craze Gel Nail Polish - 629 Midnight Quill - 0.5oz
Dark Blue Cat Eye Nails
Cat eye polish is hypnotic. The shimmer shifts with the light, bringing out enchanting highlights with every movement. Moreover, it’s ideal for recreating the starry night sky on your fingertips. All you need is a magnet to draw galaxies of glitter across your nails.
LAVIS Cat Eyes CE4 - 05 - Gel Polish 0.5 oz - Fairy Tale Collection
Why Dark Blue for Nails?
Besides being trendy, why else might someone choose dark blue nails? It turns out that dark blue has amazing associations with positive vibes. For one, this shade creates a sense of security and peacefulness. It’s a calming color that interior designers love to use in spaces that need to convey trustworthiness and reliability. Deep blue is also helpful for focus, contemplation, and relaxation. Lastly, simply looking at dark blue can make your brain better at solving problems and thinking creatively. No wonder this color has been revered since ancient times.
Night Sky Aura Nails
Aura nails make for a beautiful gradient design. This style recalls clouds moving across a dark sky, illuminated by the moon and stars.
What shape looks best for dark blue nails? There are no rules! This oval design is a nice contrast to the square-tipped extensions, but as you’ll see, dark blue nails come in all lengths and forms.
LDS Color Craze Gel Nail Polish - 433 Aqua Oasis - 0.5oz
Royal Blue Shimmery Nails
Like a meteor blazing a brilliant trail across the sky, these cat eye nails have brilliant glitter streaking across a dark blue manicure. The extra glossy oval shape is very much in style, too.
LAVIS Cat Eyes CE13 - 10 - Gel Polish 0.5 oz - Luminous Sky Collection
French Tip Galaxy Nails
Show us five ways to do a French manicure and we’ll show you several more. If you only have one color for your nails, but it’s cat eye polish, you’ve already got it made! Here dark blue is banded by a lighter shade of shimmer around the tips. The artist added a delicate silver starburst for a tastefully mesmerizing look.
Night Sky Nails
Fans of zodiac nails know what it’s like to have constellations close at hand and you don’t need to be an astronomer to appreciate them. Since everyone is fascinated by the night sky, star nails never seem to fade in popularity. Here’s an attractive look that makes a big sky canvas out of short nails.
Dark Blue Chrome Nails
Chrome nails are predicted to be one of the year’s hottest styles. It’s a polished look that’s straightforward to achieve. Not only can you find the most popular metallic shades in our store, but we also carry vibrant chrome colors like blue.
Classic Chrome Nail Powder - Navy
Marbled Blue Nails
Make each nail unique with its own marbled pattern. This design follows a blue only palette, but there are many other colors that pair beautifully with dark blue.
For instance, any neutral shade like black, white, gray, cream, or beige sets off the richness of blue. Meanwhile, navy makes metallics like silver and gold all the brighter.
Make things playful by combining blue with purple or pink or add zest with orange or coral. An even more stunning effect is possible with copper.
Although turquoise is closely related, it’s just different enough to make both itself and dark blue more refreshing when they are together.
Northern Lights
Here’s an example of how purple and turquoise look next to dark blue. Bring the northern lights to your nails for an unforgettable manicure.
Celestial Nails
The moon we expect to see at night, but not so much the sun. However, every star is a sun! Dark blue nails are the perfect excuse if you can’t get enough of celestial nail art.
Snowy Night Scene
Winter fans celebrate your season with snowy trees at night under a deep blue sky with a crescent moon. It takes a little time to layer a look like this, but it’s fast with a nail stamper.
Dipped in Blue
You know how the sky looks after the sun has just set? The edges are dipped in dark blue like the tips of these nails.
Can you imagine how this design would turn out if it had glow-in-the-dark polish? If only the artist had known about the Lavis Urban Lightning Collection.
LAVIS LX4 - 20 - Gel Polish 0.5 oz - Urban Lightning Collection
Blue Mix and Match
How did these dark blue nails get their inspiration from the night sky? We see the stars and an ombre pattern like the horizon at twilight. One of the embellishments could be a translucent snowflake drifting down in the dark. What possibilities do you see?
How will the night sky influence your next manicure?
Conclusion
Celebrity nail artist Chaun Legend said that he finds inspiration in details all around him. Everything from graffiti to handbags is fair game. Sojin Oh sculpts jaw-dropping nail art based on nature, like falling water and sea shells.
Where do you get your ideas for nail art? We’re glad you stopped by today and hope this article provided insights for a new look that you’ll be proud of creating. Get the colors you crave and all the nail supplies you need in our store, plus enjoy free shipping.