35 Festive Red and White Christmas Nails You Should Try This Year

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Christmas dreams are painted in white and red, and that’s exactly what should be on your nails! We have collected over 30 of the most gorgeous and stylish red and white Christmas nails designs, to give you plenty of ideas on how to prepare your manicure for the holidays!

The holidays are a wonderful excuse to dress your nails in something fancy and made for the occasion. If you love the traditional red and white colors for Christmas, they look even better as part of your manicure.

There are so many ways you can accessorize your nails for Christmas – whether it’s a glittery nail polish, a trending sweater nail design or the popular ombre effect. Whichever you choose, the red and white color combination always looks super festive and will send plenty of compliments in your direction.

Below are some of the most popular ways to pull off red and white Christmas Nails, along with video tutorials and some of our favorite nail designs from Instagram.

Get inspired and take your favorite idea to the nail salon, or if you have the skills, you can make these yourself!

Red and White Christmas Nails Trends

Some of the most popular ways to use the red and white holiday theme on your nails are these:

  • Simple dual color look with shiny nail polish
  • Red or white glitter on a statement single nail
  • The winter sweater look
  • Christmas tartan
  • Christmas motives like Santa’s hat or candy canes
  • White snowflakes are the most popular option for white nail design
  • French tips with festive look
  • Ombre effect with red and white

Red and White Christmas Nails with Tartan Design: Video Tutorial

This wonderful nail design tutorial was prepared by Dorota Palicka Nails.

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Red and White Christmas Nails with Red Chrome Design: Video Tutorial

This wonderful nail design tutorial was prepared by Dorota Palicka Nails.

YouTube video

50 Stylish Ideas for Red and White Christmas Nails

Here are some of the best and most loved ideas collected from Instagram. If you would like to get more inspiration for Christmas nails, visit our Pinterest board where you will find hundreds of nails ideas for every occasion.

1. Snowflake with Red Tips

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Instagram @nailsbypaulin

2. Santa’s Hat French Tips

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Instagram @thehotblend

3. Sparkle & Candy Canes

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Instagram @nailsbypaulin

4. Mismatched Sparkly Tips

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Instagram @nailsbypaulin

5. Miminalist Red and White with Snowflake

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Instagram @nailsbypaulin

6. North Pole Nails

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source: Instagram @beautiful_in_light

7. Geometric Festive Nails

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Instagram @nailsbypaulin

8. Candy Cane Bridge Nails

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Instagram @nailsbypaulin

9. Statement Individual Nail Design

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source: Instagram @besthandmadelife

10. Dark Red Coffin Nails

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Instagram @ideas_for_nailart

11. Sparkle with Candy Cane Tips

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Instagram @nailsbypaulin

12. Santa’s Favorite

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source: Instagram @beautiful_in_light

13. Festive Stripes

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Instagram @ideas_for_nailart

14. Snow Kissed with Gemstones

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source: Instagram @beautiful_in_light

15. Glitter and Snowflakes

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Instagram @marcipazur

16. Elegant Half Split Nails

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Instagram @ideas_for_nailart

17. Festive Sparkle Nails

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source: Instagram @beautiful_in_light

18. Artist’s Touch Christmas Nails

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Instagram @master.kristi

19. Mickey Christmas Nails

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source: Instagram @beautiful_in_light

20. Gemstones for Christmas

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source: Instagram @beautiful_in_light

21. Festive Glitter

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source: Instagram @beautiful_in_light

22. Multi Design Red and White Nails

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Instagram @home_of_deva

23. Add a Touch of Green

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source: Instagram @beautiful_in_light

24. Elegant Festive Nails

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Instagram @nailsbypaulin

25. Christmas Flowers on Nails

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Instagram @home_of_deva

26. Joy & Bows

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source: Instagram @beautiful_in_light

27. Ho Ho Ho

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Instagram @nailsbyanita_

28. Santa and Snowflake

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Instagram @nailsbyanita_

29. Santa’s Hat Tips

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Instagram @nailsbyanita_

30. Sparkle & Snow

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Instagram @nailsbyanita_

31. Nude with Christmas Red & White

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Instagram @nails_va_

32. Festive Motives

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Instagram @nails_by_dunjahabssaoui

33. Hat’s Off

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Instagram @magdula.es

33. Festive Sparkle

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Instagram @magdula.es

34. Snowflakes on Glitter

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Instagram @magdula.es

35. Elegant Tips with Snowflakes

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Instagram @nailsbypaulin

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Lindsey Harris
Author
Lindsey is a professional nail artist based in Utah, US. Her specialties are party and occasion nails, she loves to work with glitter and gemstones in her nail studio. She loves sharing her knowledge of the nail industry and curating the latest nail design trends. She is contributing to a number of other industry related magazines.