Take your pick of these festive nail designs to instantly make your Halloween costume even more put together and impressive. They're fun and spirited without looking like you stole the idea from your teenage daughter. Now that's impressive.
Dripping Blood Halloween Nail Design
If you're going as a vampire this year, use red and black polish to recreate this design.
Get the tutorial at So Nailicious.
Eyeball Halloween Nail Design
While this Halloween nail art might look complicated, all you really have to do is start by painting a series of polka dots of varying sizes.
Get the tutorial at Chalkboard Nails.
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Skitlette Halloween Nail Design
You'll have to use several different polishes to recreate this look, but the final outcome will be totally worth it.
Get the tutorial at the Nailasaurus.
Skull Halloween Nail Design
Add a pop of color to your spooky skeleton nails by picking a different color for each nail ribbon.
Get the tutorial at So Nailicious.
Delicate Spiderweb Halloween Nail Design
The finishing touches of glitter and rhinestones make these spiderwebs more glamorous than creepy.
Get the tutorial at Chalkboard Nails.
Magic Halloween Nail Design
For a more modern glam design, incorporate gold nail stickers on a matte black base.
Get the tutorial at So Nailicious.
Candy Halloween Nail Design
Hungry yet? This multilayered, candy corn confection is super-simple to DIY with three colors, tape, scissors, and a topcoat.
Get the tutorial at Syl and Sam.
Pumpkin Halloween Nail Design
All you need is orange and black polish, topcoat … and a straw. Intrigued?
Get the tutorial at Chalkboard Nails.
Web Halloween Nail Design
Spin a web on just an accent nail or two, but keep the rest of your nails solid for a simple, work-appropriate look.
Get the tutorial at Champagne Taste Beer Budget.
Stitches Halloween Nail Design
Don't be spooked by this stitched-up, Frankenstein-esque design. A striper brush makes it painless to create.
Get the tutorial at Syl and Sam.
Pumpkin King Halloween Nail Design
Tim Burton would approve of this take on The Nightmare Before Christmas. Jack Skellington, here you come.
Get the tutorial at All Day Chic.
Nightfall Halloween Nail Design
Manicurist Fleury Rose cooked up a witch's dream. Once black polish is dry, cut a wedged makeup sponge in half and use it to press white polish into moon-shaped crescents.
Get the tutorial at Fleury Rose Nails.
Moody Halloween Nail Design
Who says French manis have to be prim and proper? Manicurist Jin Soon Choi proved otherwise with her easy twist on the trend. To do it at home, swap the usual ballet slipper pink base for black, then trace tips with silver.
Get the tutorial at Jin Soon Choi.
Googly-Eye Halloween Nail Design
To get this crazy pair of eyes, paint nails black and let dry. Then create two white dots. Let set before placing two smaller black dots on top.
Get the tutorial at Politics of Pretty.
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Glitter Halloween Nail Design
Celeb manicurist Deborah Lippmann created this spellbinding look. Just layer chunky gold glitter over the perimeter of a black manicure — it doesn't have to be perfect.
Get the tutorial at Deborah Lippmann.
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