Snowflake nails are the best representatives of your winter look and spirit. Plus, holidays are coming and you should look accordingly festive. That is why we thought of nothing better than to treat you with a fresh portion of winter nail art tutorials. The thing is that there are many different techniques to pull off snowflake art, and it may be difficult to find the proper one. But we managed to gather most of them in our article, and we rush to share them with you. It does not matter what you prefer more, stencil mani or stamping, rhinestones or mere dots, decal or hand-drawn manicure – we have it covered! We hope you enjoy and find something wintery and special to try out next time you opt for a fancy mani of yours.

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Geometric Snowflake Nails

Geometric Snowflake Nails

The geometric design looks stylish and intricate on its own. But when it is combined with snowflakes, you instantly get powerful winter vibes. Follow these steps to achieve geometric snowflake nails:

  1. Apply a coat of clear nail base.
  2. With the help of a tiny detailer brush and a white nail polish, draw the outline of the snowflake.
  3. Fill in the space outside the snowflake with a black nail polish.
  4. Apply duo-chrome shimmery nail polish atop the black nail polish.
  5. Intensify the outline of the snowflake with the white nail polish and add streaks to it.
  6. Top off with a clear nail polish.

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Modern Hand Painted Snowflake Nail Art

Modern Hand Painted Snowflake Nail Art

  1. Apply a base coat.
  2. Place a wine red base coat diagonally to the half of your nail.
  3. Repeat the procedure with darker red nail polish but make sure the previous color is showing.
  4. With the help of a thin striping brush and pale pink nail polish and an X shape to the nail.
  5. Add smaller ones between the larger ones then add a dot at the end of each line and draw angled lines on the longest ends.
  6. Coat your fingers with a glossy top.

Easy Blue Snowflakes Nails Design

Easy Blue Nail Design

  • Apply a clear base coat.
  • Apply a sky blue shimmery base coat.
  • With the help of a thin striping brush and a white nail polish, draw three lines that intersect in one point.
  • Using a dotting tool and the white polish, add dots to the ends of the snowflake arms.
  • With the same tool and polish, draw dots all over the nail.
  • Repeat steps 3-5 with the remaining nails.
  • Apply a clear nail coat overtop.
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    Sparkly Snowflake Nails Tutorial With Negative Space

    Sparkly Snowflake Nail Tutorial With Negative Space

  • Apply a clear base coat.
  • Apply nail art striping tape across the middle of the nail.
  • Apply a red shimmery nail polish to the outer part of the nail.
  • Remove the striping tape and draw a line using a white nail polish and a small detailer brush.
  • With the same brush and the white nail polish, draw a line perpendicular to the previous line.
  • Draw two more lines that go across the intersection of the two previous lines.
  • Add dots and streaks to the arms of the snowflake, using the detailer brush and white polish.
  • Repeat steps 2-7 with another nail while painting the rest of the nails with the red shimmery nail polish.
  • Apply a clear nail coat overtop.
  • Nude Snowflake Nails Tutorial

    Nude Nail Tutorial With Snowflakes

  • Apply a clear base coat.
  • Apply a nude base coat
  • With the help of a small detailer brush and a white nail polish, draw two dots on a nail.
  • Draw the arms of the snowflake that come out of the dots.
  • Add white streaks to the arms.
  • Draw white dots all over the nail.
  • Repeat steps 3-6 with the rest of the nails.
  • Apply a clear nail coat overtop.
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    Red Glittery Nails with Snowflake Art

    Red Glittery Nails with Snowflake Art

    Red nails are a staple for Christmas. Yet, you can make your mani even more festive by adorning it with snowflakes. Here is how to do this:

    1. Apply a clear base coat.
    2. Paint your nails with a red glittery nail polish.
    3. Using a white nail polish and a thin detailer brush, place a dot in the middle of the nail.
    4. With the same brush, place four dots crosswise at an equal distance from the previous dot.
    5. Drag the dots toward the center.
    6. Place more dots between the streaks closer to the center dot than previously and drag them toward the center.
    7. Repeat the previous step.
    8. Apply a clear nail coat overtop.

    Snowflake Nail Art For Christmas

    Snowflake Nail Art For Christmas

    1. Apply a base coat.
    2. Paint your ring finger red.
    3. Draw a white cross shape on your fingernail.
    4. Add some more diagonal lines to the image to make it look like a snowflake.
    5. Paint your pinkie white.
    6. Introduce a tiny holly branch to the white base.
    7. Coat your index finger green and add white dots to it.
    8. Apply a top coat.

    Sweet And Simple Snowflake Nails Design

    Sweet And Simple Snowflake Nails Design

    1. Apply a base coat.
    2. Paint your nails grey.
    3. With the help of thin striping brush and white nail polish draw a snowflake shape on your nail.
    4. Add a rhinestone to the center of the snowflake.
    5. Coat your nails with matte top.

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    Quick and Easy Snowflakes Nail Art

    Quick and Easy Snowflakes Nail Art

    1. Apply a base coat.
    2. Apply a white base coat to your middle fingernail.
    3. Apply pink base to all the other fingernails.
    4. Apply glittery base over the white one.
    5. Use a tiny brush and white nail polish to create a cross shape on your ring fingernail.
    6. Add two smaller lines to form the X.
    7. Add two angled e to your cross-shaped lines.
    8. Add small dots to each side of the ‘cross’ and the X.
    9. Apply white glittery dots over plain white ones.
    10. Apply top coat.

    Drag Marble Snowflake Nails in Simple Steps

    Drag Marble Snowflakes in Simple Steps

    1. Apply base coat.
    2. Apply black nail polish.
    3. Add tiny purple lines to the black base.
    4. Create a white dotted vertical line.
    5. Add a horizontal dotted line.
    6. Add dotted side lines so that you form a dotted snowflake.
    7. With a tiny brush or a toothpick, connect all the lines, heading towards the center.
    8. Add a purple stud to the center.
    9. Apply top coat.

    Totally Doable Hand Painted Snowflakes On Your Nails

    Totally Doable Hand Painted Snowflakes

    1. Apply base coat.
    2. Apply while base coat.
    3. Create the gradient with three shade of blue and a sponge.
    4. With the help of tiny brush and white nail polish, create a snowflake.
    5. With the help of a dotting tool and white nail polish, add a tiny dot to the end of every line.
    6. Add larger dots to the middle of your snowflake.
    7. Add a piece of silver glitter to the center.
    8. Apply top coat.

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    Dotticure Technique Explained for Snowflakes Nail Art

    Dotticure Technique Explained for Snowflakes Nail Art

    1. Apply base coat.
    2. Apply silver nail polish to the top of your nail with the help of a sponge.
    3. Add some silver glitter on top to make it shinier.
    4. Apply top coat.
    5. Form a snowflake shape with the help of white nail polish.
    6. Draw start points connecting the lines.
    7. Add a dot to the center.
    8. Add dots to each line of your snowflake.
    9. Apply top coat.

    Stamping Technique to Get Snowflake Nails

    Stamping Technique to Get Snowflake Nails

    1. Apply base coat
    2. Cover your nails with sparkly burgundy base
    3. Choose a snowflake stamping pattern.
    4. Cover it with white nail polish.
    5. Take away all the unnecessary nail polish.
    6. Stamp the pattern over the base.
    7. Clean up.
    8. Apply top coat.

    Super Easy Hand Painted Snowflake Nails

    Super Easy Hand Painted Snowflakes

    1. Apply a base coat.
    2. Cover your thumb with red nail polish.
    3. Add a white dot to the center of your thumb and create a snowflake lines, starting from the center, but without touching it.
    4. Add a silver sparkly outline to your snowflake.
    5. Repeat the same design over your ring finger.
    6. Add red French tip to the rest of your nails.
    7. Underline the red tip with silver sparkly nail polish.
    8. Apply top coat.

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    Sparkly Glitter Snowflake Nails Design

    Sparkly Glitter Snowflakes Nails Design

  • Apply a base coat.
  • Coat your nails with wine red base.
  • Use a thin striping brush and silver nail polish to draw a snowflake.
  • Add tiny snowflakes to your nail.
  • Apply a top coat.
  • Blue Snowflake Nails With Layering Stamping

    Blue Nails With Layering Stamping

  • Apply a base coat.
  • Coat your nails with an electric blue base.
  • Sprinkle your nails with blue holo powder.
  • Use a stamping plate with snowflake designs.
  • Transfer white snowflakes of various sizes to your nail.
  • Coat the nail with blue nail polish once again.
  • Repeat the stamping process.
  • Apply a top coat.
  • 3D Snowflake Nails Design

    3D Snowflake Nails Design

  • Apply a base coat.
  • Coat your nails with baby pink, and neutral base.
  • With the help of a dotting tool, add a white dot to your nail.
  • Use a thin striping brush to create a snowflake on your nails.
  • Add smaller dots to the design so that they resemble the snow.
  • Use holographic powder over the design.
  • Apply a top coat.
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    Glitter Gradient With Snowflake Nails Design

    Glitter Gradient With Snowflakes Design

  • Apply a clear base coat.
  • Apply a silver gray nail polish to the sponge to create a horizontal ombre effect.
  • Press on the sponge to the nail to transfer the nail polish.
  • Apply a glitter nail polish to the same sponge.
  • Press it on to the nail over the gray nail polish.
  • Using a thin striping brush and a pink nail polish, draw a snowflake print on your nail.
  • Repeat the previous step with a white nail polish.
  • Apply a clear nail coat overtop.
  • Red And White Snowflake Nails Art

    Red And White Snowflakes Art

  • Apply a clear base coat.
  • Apply a white base coat.
  • Apply a red base coat to the half of your nail diagonally.
  • Using a thin striping brush and the red nail polish, draw three lines intersecting in one point on the white section of the nail.
  • Extend the lines to the red section using the same brush but the white nail polish.
  • Add small streaks to both sides of every arm of the snowflake, switching between the red and white nail polishes depending on the base.
  • Paint red dots on the white section of the nail.
  • Using a tiny detailer brush and the white nail polish, draw white dots and a small snowflake print on the red section of the nail.
  • Repeat steps 3-7 with the rest of the nails, altering the angle at which the red base coat is applied.
  • Apply a clear nail coat overtop.
  • We hope you enjoy these tutorials on snowflake nails and will succeed in their replication with the least of time and effort involved. Do not forget to visit us for some more fresh ideas and pieces of trendy advice!

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