When we think of St. Patrick’s day, the first color that will come to mind is green. Wearing green on this day is a must and that includes nail too. It doesn’t matter whether you don’t have an Irish heritage in your DNA, this is the most acceptable reason to get your green on and you must fix your nails before heading to your local parade.
Let’s get real, wearing leprechaun-inspired manicure on any day of the year other than St. Patrick’s day is an outrageous idea so before you commit that mistake, we are giving you a reason now to do that as the occasion is just a few sleeps away.
Grab your favorite green shade of and get inspiration with this St. Patrick’s day inspired nail design.
Green Tips
A very regal shade of emerald green is perfect for the occasion. Instead of painting the entire nail with this shade opt for a triangular tip with a streak of gold in the middle for a more dynamic style.
Envious Green
This nail design is very festive and will definitely not make you look silly even weeks after the celebration. Paint your nail with a green nail polish and give it a matte finish for a unique look then create accent line using gold nail tape. This look is very timely for the holiday but without looking over the top.
Pot of Gold
St. Patrick Day is an Irish celebration that has taken over the entire world. The symbol for the celebration is a leprechaun who as we all know is the caretaker of the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. The celebration is also designed for all things green and gold and seeing nail designs inspired for the celebration is very likely. In this nail design, just paint your nails with alternate gold and green and if you are feeling artsy, put nail stickers of pot of gold or put gemstones as accent.
St. Patrick’s Day French Tip
Who says that you can’t wear your favorite French manicure on March 17? Of course you can, give you French manicure an Irish twist by using a glimmering green shade as tip instead of the traditional white. For more drama, accentuate the ring finger by creating clover leaf with few dots of gold.
Easy Green and Gold
The clover leaf also known as shamrock is not just a cute design for the occasion. It represents Father, Son and Holy Spirit or otherwise known as Holy Trinity. But for this Irish tradition, a four leaf shamrock is believed to bring good luck. Give everyone around you a bunch of good luck by putting the design on your nail. Using green, white and gold you can create several designs. You can actually put different designs on each nail. Like painting one nail green then the other gold and white and so on. Put a clover leaf nail sticker or draw one yourself and you have fab nails to rock.
Green and Gold
No time for an intricate nail art? No problem. Just paint your nails green and sprinkle some gold on top and you can still celebrate with friends.
Square Green on Pink Nails
Looking for a nail design that you can still wear after March 17? Try this one. A green square on subtle pink nails. The perfect duo of this two colors can still give you the holiday feels and also make you look artsy.
Good Luck Nails
Irish celebrates the occasion to give good luck to everyone and you can do to by painting your nail white and writing the word luck on one nail. Simple yet very artistic take on the St. Patrick Day nail craze.
Green Glitter Nails
The essence of this Irish get-together is to eat their traditional meal. And the traditional meal is not as glam as you’d expect. It is Cabbage and Corned Beef. Since the meal is not that glam, your nails can be. Cover your nails with glitter nails and paint some clover leaf on it and your nails will scream glam while you are eating. Not a bad combo right?
Green Ombre Nails
Perfect if you don’t have the patience to handprint little designs. Just follow the tutorial of your chosen design online and you’re all good.