This Easter Sunday, instead of decorating eggs, we’re decorating our nails! No matter how you’re celebrating March 31st this year, a cute Easter nail design is the perfect way to get in the festive spirit. But don’t worry: these Easter nail ideas aren’t limited to the classic (read: cheesy) Easter designs. While we’ve rounded up plenty of Easter bunny-approved nail art, this list also includes trendy designs and chic colors that you can wear allllll season long.
So grab your paint colors (aka, nail polish), and let’s ~hop~ into the best Easter nail designs and nail art ideas for 2024!
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What Easter nail designs are trending in 2024?
The Easter nail designs and ideas that are trending for 2024 revolve around pretty pastel colors, bright seasonal florals, and festive nail art. In addition to the usual suspects (read: all the bunny ears!), we’re also loving Easter nail art inspired by our favorite edible treats. From speckled chocolate candies to runny fried eggs to bunny-approved carrots, these Easter nail ideas look good enough to eat. Warning: they may make you hungry!
Everything You Need to DIY Cute Easter Nails
Calling all nail pros! If you want to DIY your Easter nail designs this year, here are the essentials you need to bring your nail art ideas to life:
- 1. A strong base coat: Every nail design starts with a base coat — it protects your nail beds from staining and helps prevent your nail polish from peeling or chipping.
- 2. Festive nail polish: Go trendy with bright pastel hues, or keep it simple with a glossy nude base. When it comes to the best nail polish colors for Easter, the options and ideas are truly endless!
- 3. Cute nail art: While nail art is optional, it is one of the best design ideas to give your Easter nails a festive touch. Use nail art brushes and dotting tools to create designs like flowers and French tips, or opt for Easter-themed nail stickers, like these cute Easter eggs.
- 4. A protective top coat: Your top coat seals your design and adds a protective finish to your nails. While a shiny top coat is most common, you can also experiment with other fun options, like a matte finish or an iridescent glaze!
- 5. Nourishing cuticle oil: Last but not least, finish your Easter nail design with a few drops of cuticle oil to nourish your fingers and keep your nails healthy. And just like that, you’re ready for Easter brunch!
The Best Easter Nail Colors in 2024
When it comes to the best Easter nail colors, pastel hues are always a good idea. Take inspiration from painted Easter eggs and go for all the bright shades, from pastel pink to sunny yellow to Robin’s egg blue. In 2024, no nail polish color is being left behind!
On the other end of the spectrum, nude colors are also trending for Easter nails. They’re a subtle and classy upgrade to your natural nails and the perfect base for all your favorite Easter nail art — whether you’re rocking simple flowers or bright bunnies.
Cute Easter Nails Designs + Nail Art Ideas in Every Style
Not only is Easter a special holiday to spend with the fam, but it’s also your chance to celebrate the return of sunny days and warmer weather. And what better way to do that than with a fresh and fun Easter nail design?!
Whether you want to go all out with bunnies, eggs, and the rest of the Easter gang, or you want to keep your nail art sophisticated with simple pastel colors, we’ve rounded up the best Easter nail ideas for every style. Plus, we’ve also included a few tips and tricks to help you DIY each design. Keep scrolling for all of our faves!
1. Cute Easter Bunny Themed Nail Art Idea
photo: @pazybohomazy
Hop into the Easter spirit with this adorable Easter bunny nail art! We can’t think of a cuter way to pay homage to the season’s fluffy mascot than with these bright and festive designs. The Easter Bunny would definitely approve!
Pro tip: While you may need a pro to create this exact manicure, we found these similar stick-on nails to help you DIY the look at home. And as a bonus, they’re totally customizable!
Love a show-stopping manicure, but hate going to the salon? We’ve rounded up the best press on nails to help you get your best manicure yet….without ever leaving the house!
2. Speckled Easter Egg Skittle Nails
photo: @lets_polish_the_town
These Easter nails are here to give your candy eggs some serious competition! They’re such a cute take on the skittle nails trend, with a different pastel color on each nail. And with that speckled top coat and matte finish, they truly look good enough to eat!
3. Pastel Yellow Easter Nail Designs
photo: @nailsbyalsn
Calling all Peeps lovers! Channel the sugary chicks with this pastel yellow nail polish — it’s sweet, it’s sunny, and it’s a must for the season.
And if you really want to take your nails to the next level, mix things up with this cute mismatched look. Because why settle for one nail design when you could rock swirls, French tips, and solid hues, all at the same time?!
4. Cute Easter Bunny + Carrot Nail Art Idea
photo: @nailsbydaisymay
No Easter nail art design is complete without the Easter bunny, and no Easter bunny is complete without its favorite snack: carrots! Give them both a shoutout with this adorable manicure — featuring a pastel pink base coat and dainty Easter designs, it’s a classy take on festive nail art.
5. Robin’s Egg Blue Easter Nails
photo: @matejanova
If bright Easter eggs aren’t your style, keep things simple with these baby blue nails instead. The dreamy hue reminds us of blue robin’s eggs — perfect if you want a manicure that’s festive without entering cheesy territory.
And with such a sweet and simple style, these nails will look good allllll season long. No need to scrub them off after Easter dinner!
6. Floral Speckled Easter Egg Nail Art Idea
photo: @naileditbeauty
We can’t get enough of candy themed Easter nail ideas, and this nail art design is another one of our faves! These nails also take inspiration from the speckled candy eggs that we all know and love, but this time with a rad floral twist. Best paired with a handful of the chocolaty treats!
P.S. This nail artist collaborated with MoYou London Nails to create some exclusive Easter nail strips with this speckled candy design. Brb, adding to our carts as we speak!
7. Fun French Tip Easter Nails With Bright Pastel Colors
photo: @pop_polished
While our days of dyeing Easter eggs may be over, painting our nails is kind of the same thing, amiright?! Unlock your inner child this Easter by decorating your nails like you used to decorate your eggs — the brighter the better!
We love how this design combines multiple different neon and pastel colors to create one fun and festive manicure. Obsessed!
8. Pink Gingham Easter Nail Designs
photo: @pink_oblivion
Easter represents the return of warm weather, sunny afternoons, and our favorite seasonal snacks. And that means it’s officially picnic season! Celebrate the best time of the year with these cute gingham nails (which you can easily DIY with these gingham nail strips).
Bright and festive, they’re the perfect look for Easter….and beyond!
9. Cute Fried Egg Easter Nail Art Ideas
photo: @nailsbyheather.errington
Manifest a sunny Sunday with this sunny-side-up nail art! It’s such a cute design take on egg themed Easter nail ideas — and the perfect conversation starter for the brunch table.
And paired with hot pink French tips, these fried egg nails are eggs-actly what we want in an Easter manicure. They’re bright, they’re fun, and they’re a total crowd-pleaser!
10. Bright Pastel Floral French Manicure
photo: @naileditbeauty
When it comes to Easter nail ideas, floral designs are always a good idea. Whether you’re looking for a manicure to pair with your floral Easter dress or something you can rock all March long, these bright blooms are a no-brainer.
Create your own mini bouquet with these dainty flower nail stickers — they come in tons of pastel colors that are perfect for your Easter ensemble!
Celebrate the sunny season with our round-up of cute spring nail designs — including a few festive ideas for Easter Sunday!
11. Cute Skittle Easter Nails With Dreamy Pastel Colors
photo: @lolo.nailedit
We’re big fans of the skittle nail trend — it’s the easiest way to elevate your nail game. And this is the ultimate skittle nail design for Easter!
While you can recreate this look with any pastel hues, we’d use these nail polish colors to complete the dreamy Easter design: Taffy pink, Blueberry Smash blue, Minty green, CS peach, and You’re Invited purple.
12. Festive Easter Nail Art Design
photo: @paiwaloves
Bunnies, chicks, and eggs, oh my! This gang’s all here with this Easter nail art, which features tiny motifs of all the festive must-haves. If you love any excuse to rock some nail art (because same!), then these are the perfect nails to add to your lineup.
And for the nail novices, these Easter nail sticker designs will give you the same cute look, no nail art skills necessary!
13. Cute Easter Bunny French Tips
photo: @ashwisdom
Give your go-to French manicure an Easter makeover with these cute bunny-themed nails! With adorable pastel bunny ears peeping out from the tips, they’re a subtle way to show off your Easter spirit.
And with these rabbit ear stencils, this design is also super easy to DIY! Just stick them to the tips of your nails, add your pastel nail polish, and then remove the stencils for a manicure that looks straight out of the salon.
14. Abstract Pastel Easter Nails
photo: @studiobarinails
On the other end of the spectrum, this Easter nail design is the perfect idea if you don’t want your nail art to be TOO on the nose. The pastel colors give it a festive touch, while the abstract design is modern and sophisticated. Proof that you don’t need bunnies and eggs to nail the Easter theme!
Complete the look with a few glitter gold accents, and you’re pretty much golden.
15. Crave-Worthy Candy Easter Egg Nail Art Design
photo: @iecsc
Now THESE are the candy eggs we want to find in our Easter baskets! Satisfy your sweet tooth with these cute pastel nails, which are another design inspired by everyone’s favorite speckled candies. Add a unique touch with the rad drip effect — kind of like chocolate dripping down your nails. YUM.
P.S. We found the perfect speckled top coat to help you recreate this look at home!
16. Dainty Daisy Easter Nail Designs
photo: MoYou London Nails
Embrace major flower power this Easter with these dainty daisy designs. We love love love the combo of itty bitty flowers and pretty pastel hues. If we could describe March with a manicure, it would definitely be this one!
Get this floral look at home with these gel nail strips — they’re made with real gel nail polish and last for up to 2 weeks at a time. And with so many cute designs to choose from, you’ll be set for the entire season!
17. Blossoming Botanical Easter Manicure
photo: @adore_nailspa_allen
This floral nail art looks like it’s literally blooming across your nails. Swoon! Like a blossoming garden in nail form, it’s guaranteed to freshen up your Easter celebrations.
Pro tip: To make those bright flowers and leafy vines look like they’re popping off your nails, seal your nude base with a matte top coat. The contrast of the shiny designs and matte polish is SO dreamy!
18. Mismatched Yellow + Blue Easter Nail Designs
photo: @press_reset_nails
If you can’t decide on just one nail design idea for Easter, why not rock all the nail art ideas?! These nails combine some of our favorite festive nail art — from cute gingham to flirty florals — in one mismatched manicure.
Just be sure to stick to one color palette to give your mismatched nails a cohesive look. This pastel blue + sunny yellow combo is perfect for Easter!
19. Cute Checkerboard Easter Nails With Pretty Pastel Colors
photo: @pop_polished
Game, set, match: as far as Easter nail ideas go, these checkerboard cuties are a total win!
We’ve been fans of the checkerboard trend for a while now, so of course we love this Easter spin on the design. If you ask us, there’s no such thing as TOO many pastel colors for Easter — and these nails are proof.
Use nail striping tape to get those perfectly straight lines, and let the bright colors do the rest!
20. Orange Carrot Themed Easter Nail Art
photo: @pazybohomazy
With all the candy that comes with Easter celebrations, these nails are a reminder to eat your vegetables, too. Featuring dainty orange carrots, they’re the cutest (and healthiest) way to add a pop of color to your Easter ensemble.
And yes, we found the perfect nail stickers for this design!
21. Pretty Polka Dot Easter Nails Design Idea
photo: @mynailgirlness
What is it about polka dots that just scream spring? For a sweet seasonal look, it doesn’t get better than these festive nails. We love the contrast of the bright and bold colors with the subtle polka dot pattern. It’s truly the best of both worlds!
And as a bonus, these nails are also super easy to DIY. Just use dotting pens to create those perfect white dots, and you’re good to go.
22. Pastel French Manicure With Rhinestone Flowers
photo: @pop_polished
The best way to level up your Easter nails? Add some sparkle!
If you ask us, rhinestone nail art makes everything better, especially when it looks this cute. Pop these rhinestone flower decals on top of your Easter manicure for a look that’ll earn you MAJOR fashion points. Best paired with your Sunday best!
Are you dressing up this Easter? Get some inspo with these spring dresses — perfect for everything from spring nuptials to Easter brunch!
23. Speckled Fried Egg Easter Nail Art
photo: @tessa.lynn.nails
Fried eggs + speckled nail art = the ultimate Easter nail design idea. If you’re looking for a unique way to rock the speckled candy egg trend this Easter, it doesn’t get better than this. It’s sweet and savory at the same time, and we couldn’t be more obsessed!
24. Striped Pastel Easter Nail Designs
photo: @allyssapower
Festive nail art designs that won’t clash with your Easter outfit? We’ve got you covered. This striped nail design checks off all the essential Easter colors, so it’ll go with anything you wear for Easter brunch. Alternate between pretty pastels — from mint green to lilac purple — for a universally flattering look.
And for a touch of glamour, add some glitter gold nail polish between each pastel color for a sparkly finishing touch.
25. Simple Easter Bunny Themed Nail Art Design
photo: @adore_nailspa_allen
If you’re a sucker for a “barely there” nail design, then this is THE Easter nail art for you. It’s the clean girl version of an Easter manicure, with a glossy nude-pink base coat that looks like your natural nails, but better.
Complete with a super subtle accent nail — that bunny face is so cute! — it’s the perfect nail art for people who don’t usually wear nail art.
26. Pink + Blue Marble Easter Nails Design
photo: @samrosenails
Add a groovy touch to your Easter look with these rad pink + blue nails! You can never go wrong with a marble nail design, and this color palette is so perfect for Easter.
To DIY this look, add a few drops of pink and blue nail polish into a bowl of water, then swirl them together with a toothpick to get that marble design. Dip your finger into the water, then carefully lift it out so that the polish sits on top of your nail. Wipe away the excess, and voilá: you have the perfect marble mani!
27. Festive Floral Easter French Manicure
photo: @beauticallmoray
With the prettiest floral decals, these cute nails are like mini bouquets that you can take with you everywhere you go. It doesn’t get more whimsical than that! Pair the botanical nail art with some pastel French tips for a festive manicure you’ll want to wear for months to come.
28. Pastel Plaid Easter Nail Art Ideas
photo: @_studiosaku_
If you thought plaid designs were reserved for the colder months, these cute nails are here to prove you wrong! They swap dark hues for bright pastel shades in all our favorite Easter colors. The result? A stylish Easter nail design that definitely stands out from the crowd.
Pro tip: To recreate this look at home, use small nail brushes to draw those dainty pastel lines. Since each nail is different, you don’t have to worry about making them perfect!
29. Cute Coffin Shaped Easter French Manicure
photo: @nailedbyyei
Speaking of Easter nail ideas and designs that stand out, it doesn’t get more bold and eye-catching than a coffin shaped design. It’s the perfect shape for all your favorite nail art — whether you want to rock flowers, bunny ears, or just simple French tips. The options are truly endless!
30. Peter Rabbit Themed Easter Nails Ideas
photo: @nailpromagazine
Tell the Easter bunny to move over — there’s a new rabbit stealing our hearts this year! While Peter Rabbit isn’t known for bringing sweet treats on Easter Sunday, he still makes for some pretty dang cute nail inspo.
And if you don’t want to go to the salon, we also found these similar stick-on nails to help you get this festive look at home!
31. Floral Green Ombre Easter Manicure
photo: @paiwaloves
A floral manicure that’s actually groundbreaking? This nail design has done the impossible! With an ombre base coat (which you can recreate using a nail sponge and your favorite green nail polish), it gives the botanical nail art a dreamy and artistic look.
And those tiny daisy designs? TOO GOOD.
32. Cute Chick Themed Easter Nails Designs
Easter fake nails: Olive & June
For the subtle nail art fans, these Easter nails in the sweetest pastel colors are about as cute as it gets. They feature tiny hatching chicks on top of a sheer white base. So adorable!
And the best part? These are actually stick-on nails from Olive & June so that you can get this festive manicure at home in under 5 minutes. For more easy (and cute) at-home nail ideas, check out all of Olive & June’s Easter themed nail kits!
33. Feminine Easter Nails With Pretty Pastel Colors
photo: @renata.dyszlewska
Embrace all things feminine and floral with these cute pastel color Easter nail designs! We love how the pink and lavender nail polish compliments the pastel hues in the botanical accent nail. It’s the kind of dreamy manicure that you’ll want to wear even after the last Easter egg has been found.
34. Botanical + Bunny Themed Easter Manicure
photo: @onenailtorulethemall
Nothing screams Easter like bunny ears peeking out from a garden of wildflowers. Case in point: this cute nail design! It combines beautiful floral nail art with those adorable bunny-themed accents for the ultimate Easter-ready look.
Use this white nail polish liner to create those perfect bunny ears, and prepare for major ooohs and ahhhs at the dinner table!
35. Cute Peachy Manicure With Floral Nail Art
photo: @blairwitchnails
Stay on-trend this Easter with this bright nail design, which features Pantone’s 2024 color of the year: peach fuzz. Paired with cute daisy nail art and a couple of buzzing bumblebees, this is the manicure we plan on wearing all season long.
If you’re looking for fool-proof nail ideas for Easter and beyond, this peachy color is IT!
Complete Your Easter Look With Our Fave Fashion Guides
Ready for your most stylish Easter yet? We have the perfect beauty and fashion guides for the occasion.
Once you’ve narrowed down your favorite Easter nail ideas, complete your beauty look with these half-up half-down hairstyles. And if there was ever an excuse to freshen up your makeup bag, it’s the Easter sales — so also don’t miss our list of editor-approved Sephora products!
If you’re dressing up this Easter Sunday (or if you have a dressy event on the horizon), you’ll also love these gorgeous spring gowns. We’ve rounded up stylish options for every dress code!
And last but not least: accessories. For the ultimate finishing touch to your Easter look, check out our list of cute tassel earrings and this round-up of chic birthstone rings. We see a best-dressed award in your future!
Which of these nail designs or outfit ideas are you planning to rock on Easter Sunday? Let us know in the comments below!