Halloween season is filled with spooky icons that can easily be integrated into a look. In fact, you can use those icons to create some spooky Halloween nails ideas. Nail art is a fun way to get into the spooky season without going overboard. 

Spooky Halloween nails ideas are easy to do yourself and can be some of the best Halloween nail art of the season. There are different levels of nail art out there that we can explore.

We can go simple with solid colors, or we can go the more challenging route. Some people prefer to go the simple route only because they aren’t as confident in their skills. They feel like the only way they can get extravagant nail art is to go to a professional.

However, nail art is not permanent. We have access to nail polish remover that can erase all of our mistakes with ease. Will it take trial and error? Absolutely, but there’s no reason we can’t spend some time trying to do this ourselves and save some money.

There are just a few things we may need to get the more complicated Halloween nail art ideas done. Nail art has transcended the usual nail polish brush in many ways. But that doesn’t mean you need those fancy tools to get the job done.

Instead, use things like toothpicks or tape to make sure you get those small lines and straight edges. We can also keep the nail polish remover nearby so that we can correct mistakes by erasing and starting over.

There’s nothing wrong with a mistake here or there because nail polish is not permanent.

Nail Art for Halloween Ultimate Guide | Cute Polish

Creepy Skull Clown | I Have a Cupcake

Spooky Scene | Lacquered Lawyer

Glamorous Spiderweb | World of My Maja

Halloween Mummy Water Marble | My Simple Little Pleasures

Spooky Halloween Nails Ideas

These Halloween nail art ideas are meant to help inspire you. You can try your hand at copying these designs as they are or you can customize them to fit your style or needs. For example, many of these designs use orange, black, and red.

But you can switch things up and use pink instead of orange and blue instead of black. Do whatever you’d like, they are your nails, and no one is going to hold you to an exact copy. 

Halloween Nails Three Ways | Miss Ladyfinger

Bloodshot Eyes | Nailed It NZ

Simple Pumpkins | Totally Cool Nails

Beginner Halloween Nails | Phyrra

Ghost Nails | Beauty Bay

Nail Art Tools

There are some pretty fancy nail art tools out there that can help you put together the best spooky Halloween nails ideas. But not everyone has those tools on hand, and they can get a little pricey.

Luckily, there are hacks for this problem. There’s a great video by CutePolish that shows ways you can use household items to paint your nails. Saving money is always great but also learning new ways to paint your nails and get the results you want is priceless. 

Neon Skeletons | Robin Moses

Graveyard Scene | Stephy Claws

Hypnotic Swirls | Hannah Rox Nails

Black Flames | So Nailicious

Frankenstein French Manicure | Chalkboard Nails

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