It’s not difficult to find Christmas nail ideas online — Pinterest, Instagram, and blog posts like mine are filled with them.
The real challenge is finding the best December nails organized in a way that makes it easier for our already oversaturated minds to choose the perfect design.
So, for this post, I curated the most aesthetic, minimalist, elegant, and chic nail art ideas using only red and white nail polish to achieve a refined, minimalist holiday mood.
⭐ Candy Cane Designs
The most popular red and white art when it comes to Christmas, the candy cane is a cute icon, made with red and white, which can be an elegant combination for the thematic Christmas mani..
- Double French-tip lines with a subtle 3D effect over a nude base
- Glittery tips with candy cane designs and lovely doodles. The nude base and glittery details keeps this a chic mani, even if its fun and festive.
- Glittery short red nails with little candy cane art.
⭐ Peppermint Fun
The peppermint design is very similar to the candy cane style, but the swirled lines create a more playful, whimsical mood. That doesn’t make the manicure any less sophisticated — as the talented nail artists below will prove.
⭐ Minimal Red Bows
Tiny bows started to become a trend in the nail design universe with the coquette aesthetic boom about 2 years ago, including in coquette nail art. Bows are also a symbol of christmas wrapped gifts, and creates this ultra dolly-parisian-chic-coquette-meets-fesitive vibes on your manicure.
- A lovely small handrawn bow on nude nail.
- Fingernails getting wrapped as gift effect.
- Glam and simple cat eye, shinny effect on red nails with chrome red bow.
- The classic one that trends every year: white tips and gift wrap effect.
- White tips red bow.
- An even more delicate, easy and minimalist alternative.
- Glittery red with white bows to easily DIY.
- A super coquette-glam aesthetic fot these ultra glittery set. I can picture queen Mariah Carey wearing those.
- Polka dot and bright red ones.
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⭐Aesthetic Simple & Chic Designs
When the design is just in the details for a subtle Christmas message in white or red, but the nails are, overal, simple and clean.
- Get get more aesthetic and simple than a nude base and dark red tips.
- I love this white tips with magical, festive and elegant swirls.
- Dark red elegance on french tips again, now paired with festive white stars and gold polka dots.
- Abstract burgundy and white christmas vibes.
- White nails, red tips and nail polis and tiny detail of gold star and bow. I adore how this can be classy, adorable and traditional all at once.
⭐ Playful & Chic Red and White Nails
Charming holiday motifs like tiny reindeer, gift boxes, snowflakes, and bows bring a fun, joyful twist to the classic red-and-white palette. The art ideas below are fun, while keeping everything elegant and polished.
⭐ Luxury Chic Red & White Christmas Nails
Clean lines, soft details, and subtle pops of gold, silver and sparkles make these designs perfect for anyone who wants a simple, refined, and effortlessly luxurious holiday manicure.
