35 Chic Halloween Nail Designs

Find the 35 best ideas for Halloween nail art designs in 2024 in this article.

Halloween Nail Designs

At this time of year, the temperature drops, the leaves fall, Halloween is back, and with it, the planning of parties and costumes to celebrate the event.

The tradition originated with an ancient Celtic festival, during which people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts. 

But what is a Halloween costume without matching nail art?

Whether it’s to accompany a Halloween costume or to mark the autumn arrival, find ideas from these 35 cute and creepy nail designs.

35 Chic Halloween Nail Designs In 2024

We scoured Instagram to bring you the most beautiful nail art ideas of 2024.

Here are 35 chic and spooky nail designs to celebrate Halloween.

1. Pearly Spiderweb Nails

Replicate this chic nail design by applying a base coat of pale pink polish over the acrylic nail.

Then, stick a heart-shaped stencil on the nail tip and draw a spider web around it using a fine brush.

2. Creepy Halloween Nails

This chic nail art allows you to combine black, white, and orange soberly.

3. Devil & Hell French Nail Designs

Let these devil and hell-themed short French nails inspire you.

4. Easy Ghost Halloween Nails

Here is one of the cutest Halloween nail designs of 2024.

These ghost eyes on almond-shaped nail tips staring at you are adorable.

5. Halloween Grid Nail Designs

Get inspired by this fabulous orange and black Halloween nail design with grids, ghosts, and French tips.

The shiny top coat seals the deal.

6. Pink Pumpkin Halloween Nails

Here is one of the cutest and chicest Halloween nail designs of 2024.

7. Skeleton Finger Halloween Nails

If you like creepy and chic Halloween nail designs, you may enjoy this manicure.

Each nail includes a stencil imprint representing the bones of a hand.

8. Hocus Pocus Nail Designs

Are you an artist at heart? Then, you may want to copy these magnificent Halloween characters by hand after applying a base coat of pink varnish.

Otherwise, you will find similar stickers to apply to your acrylic nails (on the internet).

9. Spicy Halloween Nails

If you prefer colorful nail designs to sinister black-and-white tones, this spicy Halloween nail art might delight you.

First, apply a base coat of sheer white shade nail polish. Then grab your nail art tools and draw the colored blood splashes, ghosts, and stitches.

10. Stitched-Up Pumpkin Nail Design

If you like short nails this design is for you.

This easy French manicure nail art inspired by the orange color of pumpkins and stitches shines on Halloween.

Related: 40 Cute French Tip Nails

11. Purple Spooky Halloween Nails

This feminine and chic design immerses you in the Halloween atmosphere without its creepy or gory side.

Apply a transparent gel base coat to the acrylic nail.

Then, with a thin brush and nail polish, draw the contours of the almond nails, the ghosts, and the stars.

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12. Skull And Blood Splatter Nail Art

Long, square nail aficionados will appreciate this easy design.

It consists of a layer of flesh-colored base nail varnish on which you either draw a blood splatter or stick a stamp representing a skull.

13. Spooky Pumpkin Halloween Nails

This spooky almond-shaped nail art comes into its own during Halloween celebrations.

Indeed, the contrast of the white ghost on the orange background attracts attention.

Plus, this easy nail design is insanely cute.

Related: 30+ Cute Halloween Nails In Orange

14. Watching Eye Nails

This classic Halloween nail design is easy to replicate.

First, apply a base coat of black varnish. Then, with white polish, draw a dot for the white of the eye.

Finalize the design by drawing the pupil with black nail polish.

15. Ice Cream Halloween Nail Designs

Create a Halloween design identical to this one using the same nail foil and stickers that nail artist @spellboundxnails used.

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16. Pink And Black “Boo” Nails

You will not go unnoticed with this Halloween nail art composed of black, pink, and white.

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17. Floral Pumpkin Nails

Recreate this cute design by applying a base coat of polish to your acrylic nails, then drawing the pumpkins using a thin nail brush and gel.

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18. Sculpted Halloween Nail Art

This chic work of art looks like a sculpture modeled directly on the nails.

First, apply a layer of silver varnish on your false nail.

Then, use a thick brush and black 3D gel polish to draw the mesh and let it dry.

Related: 30 Simple Fall Nail Art Designs

19. Sinister Almond Shape Nail Designs

IIf you have a dark sense of humor, this cute and spooky manicure is for you.

To achieve this nail design, draw a moon shape on the tips of your flesh-colored acrylic nails, then dust the area with glitter.

Finally, apply stickers identical to @spellboundxnails on each nail.

20. Candy-Color-Inspired Halloween Nails

Try this cute candy-color inspired Halloween accent nail art if you like pink.

21. Stilettos Pumpkin Cobweb Nails

For those who love stiletto-shaped nail designs, maybe this orange and black Halloween manicure is for you.

You will need flesh-colored fake nails, orange gel polish, and a black gel liner.

Related: 30+ Cute Orange Halloween Nails

22. Polka Dot Halloween Nail Designs

Don’t you think this Halloween nail design is super cute? The different shades of orange contrast well with the black and white.

Paint the acrylic nail with a white, black, or orange base coat. Then, grab your dotting tool and create the polka dots.

To finish, paint over the entire design with a matte top coat.

23. Pumpkin Swirl Nail Art

Start with a slightly sheer pale pink base, then with gel nail polish, draw the pink swirls.

Finally, use a detailer brush and liner gel to draw the stars and the pumpkins.

Related: 35 Classy Halloween Nails For 2024

24. Off-grid Ghost French Nails

Do you like discreet short nails? Then, you might like this cute French manicure with a Halloween twist.

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25. Pumpkin And Rabbit Halloween Nails

This Halloween nail design is easy to replicate using a flesh-colored and orange gel polish for the base coat and the tip of the almond-shaped nail.

With a micro detailer brush and different colored nail liner gels, draw the stars, pumpkins, bunnies, and cobwebs.

26. Back To Black Creepy Nail Art

Maybe this easy black-and-white nail design will inspire you.

It is sober and sophisticated and will easily match your wardrobe.

27. Sequined Square Halloween Nails

Running out of ideas for your Halloween nail designs?

Try this disco-inspired Halloween nail art.

28. Spooky French Nail Art

Are you among those who think “less is more?”

This French manicure-style short nail design is discreet and cute.

29. Scar French Nail Designs

Here is one of the most original nail designs of 2024. Each nail has a scar, and some have stitches.

Start with a classic French manicure. Then, using clay, lay the different layers of each scar, which you will paint with nail polish.

With a sharp tool like a toothpick, sculpt the scar. Finally, use fine jewelry wire to simulate thread stitches.

30. Tarot Cards Halloween Nail Art

Running out of ideas for your Halloween nail designs?

Here is a beautiful nail art inspired by the divinatory cards that one could find at a fortune-teller.

31. Living Spider Nails Design

Here is one of the most sophisticated Halloween nail designs of 2024.

Related: 40 Cute Pink Nail Ideas For 2024

32. Bloody Cut Halloween Nail

Try this subtle blood splatter accent nail for a unique gory effect.

33. Black And White Halloween Nail Designs

If you love black and white Halloween nail designs, you might like this nail art, which includes skulls, blood splatters, and cobwebs.

34. Haunted Castle Nail Designs

Are you amazed by this sophisticated medieval-inspired design?

You can replicate it using the same nail foil, brush, and gold liner as @spellboundxnails.

35. Pumpkin And Cobweb Halloween Nails

Here is one of the chic orange and black Halloween nail designs of 2024.

Its orange hue reminiscent of pumpkins is understated, and the Halloween symbols are adorable.

Related: 30+ Cute Halloween Nails In Orange

36. Catch-Me-If-You-Can Nails

Running out of ideas for your Halloween nail designs?

Try this cute and easy Halloween manicure with cheeky black and white ghosts.

37. Vampire Blood Splatter Nails

If you love gory Halloween designs, try this nail art with blood splatters worthy of a real vampire.

38. Creepy Eye Halloween Nail

Betina Goldstein has sculpted a magnificent work of art, which looks like a living eye embedded in a fingernail.

Take inspiration from this incredible accent nail design to create your creepy eye.

You will need clay, colored nail polish, and black sewing thread or fishing line for the eyelashes.

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Summary: 35 Chic Halloween Nail Designs In 2024

These 35 chic Halloween nail art designs will help you find ideas for the upcoming Halloween 2024 season.

Whether it is spooky nail art representing ghosts, a sophisticated pink manicure with pumpkins, or a gory blood-splatter design, you will look chic and embrace the Halloween spirit.