Spotted Easter Nails

My take on Easter nails incorporates pastel colors associated with the holiday in an abstract nail art design.

These dry quickly and are simple to create. 

Bright Spring Nails

For these sunny bright spring nails, simply paint nails two different colors. Once dried, add some flower details by hand or by using small nail stencils. I used the stencils to get the precise petals seen here. They are easy to use and don't leave a residue on the already painted nail. I got them as a gift and had never used them before, but they leave clean lines and I will definitely use them again.

Gold & Green St. Patty's Day Nails

A fresh approach to St. Patty's day is seen in this pale green, gold-tipped nail design. Make a chevron tip with gold polish by angling a gold line to the center of the nail tip from opposite sides of each nail. Add a white line underneath the gold on one tip to create a standout feature. 

Mer-Maid for Each Other Green Nails

This is the iridescent green from Nicole by OPI called Mer-Maid for Each Other. It's a show stopper all by itself, even sans topcoat. Topcoat does prolong the inevitable chipping of polish and smoothes imperfections caused by the brush while painting, however.

Gold Dots Semicircles on Purple Nails

Change the shape of your nails from round to square by filing them flat across and rounding the edges. Paint nails a shiny purple and add gold dots in a semicircle pattern for this look.

Nude & Black Sideways Striped Nails

Nude Nails are sweetly subtle. Add tapered black stripes sideways across the nails to increase interest. For different twists, cross lines and fill in the spaces or paint on a coat or two of similar-colored glitter polish.

Glitter Nails

Glitter polish with colorful bits in sizes large and small is great even without a base color. Layer on top coat to smooth out rough edges.

Racy Striped Nails

This design incorporates varied widths of stripes in a family of colors. Pink, silver, white and black make up the diagonal and vertical stripes-the essence of the look.