15 Halloween Nail Designs to Inspire Your October Manicure
The perfect mix of cute and spooky! 👻
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Halloween is right at our fingertips—well, kinda. There's still a little while until we need to start putting out our Halloween decorations and sending invites for our Halloween parties. But if you're just itching to get into the spooky spirit, it's not too soon to start getting some ideas. And speaking of our fingertips, what better way to welcome October than with some wickedly fun Halloween nail designs? Now, that's an idea!
Whether you're looking for nail art that matches your DIY Halloween costumes or want a touch of eerie charm for your upcoming spooky soiree, we've got you covered for your next at-home manicure. On this list, we've found frightfully easy ideas for you to recreate in a range of designs like Halloween characters, blood splatter, spiderwebs, and more. We especially love the playful googly eye idea. If you're looking for something less creepy and more cutesty to match your everyday fall sweaters and Halloween shirts, you might also consider styles like candy corn or moons. There's even ghoulishly glamorous ideas that include gold stripes or bedazzled accent nails.
Many nail art designs on this list even have tutorials you can follow, too. So, grab your nail polish and prepare to give your manicure a dose of Halloween magic! Then be sure to show them off with these Halloween Instagram captions.
Mummy Halloween Nails
Using tape and white nail polish, you can make stripes across a nude base to create a mummy accent nail. Don't forget to paint on the eyes then choose coordinating colors for your other nails. That's a wrap!
Candy Corn Halloween Nails
Want something a bit sweeter? It's not too difficult to paint stripes in white, orange, and yellow colors to resemble candy corn! Add some glitter on top for the finishing touch.
Get the tutorial at Living After Midnite.
Character Halloween Nails
Pumpkins and spiders and Frankenstein, oh my! For the more artistically inclined, you can try your hand at doodling these classic Halloween motifs. So spooky!
Get the tutorial at Living After Midnite.
Googly Eye Nails
Great googly-moogly! How fun is this manicure? Though it may look scary to achieve, it's actually pretty simple to do with the help of some nail glue.
Get the tutorial at Aww Sam.
Patchwork Halloween Nails
Gearing up for a monster mash? These patchwork stitch nails are so reminiscent of Frankenstein's monster! You could even swap out the green for yellow to resemble Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Gold Star Nails
Keep things simple yet magical this spooky season by adding tiny gold star accents to a classic manicure. You'll just use confetti with a clear coat.
Get the tutorial at A Beautiful Mess.
Blood Splatter Nails
Lean into the chilling side of Halloween with this "bloody" nail design that looks like it belongs to a scene from one of our favorite Horror movies. You can use a sponge to get that effect.
Get the tutorial at Living After Midnite.
Black Cat Halloween Nails
We happen to think these are the purr-fect nails for all of your October festivities. They're just the right amount of spooky with an adorable black kitty atop the prettiest purple polish.
Get the tutorial at Brit+Co.
Gothic Halloween Nails
Go for a glamorously gothic look by painting your nails with a deep red color. You can add even more intrigue by also using a nude color to create a geometric design.
Get the tutorial at Living After Midnite.
Bat Halloween Nails
Anyone else going batty for this design? The classic Halloween color is only made better by the cutest little bat motifs. You can use dotting tools or a toothpick to paint them on.
Bedazzled Halloween Nails
Equal parts macabre and marvelous, this tutorial places rhinestones in between painted designs of ghosts, skeletons, and spider webs. If you want to make it even easier, skip the Halloween characters and just go with black nails and rhinestones.
Get the tutorial at Keiko Lynn.
Blood Drip Halloween Nails
We don't think your vampire costume will be complete without these blood drip nails. The glittery red polish just makes them so spooktacular!
Get the tutorial at Living After Midnite.
Neon Halloween Nails
It doesn't get more bewitching than a star and moon design—except maybe when that star and moon design is paired with fun, abstract tips. Go bold with neon orange or choose a more subtle color to last through the season.
Get the tutorial at Living After Midnite.
Gold and Black Halloween Nails
Talk about eerie elegance! Grab tape, black polish, and gold sparkly polish to make these nails happen. They're perfect for any fancy costume parties you have on your calendar.
Get the tutorial at Brit+Co.
Witch Halloween Nails
Paint a few witch hats on your nails to leave everyone absolutely enchanted this October. They'll look even better when paired with a wicked witch Halloween costume.
Macie Reynolds is the assistant editor of E-Commerce and SEO for The Pioneer Woman.
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