With the start of Pride Month comes the perfect opportunity to rock a bold and colorful manicure. Whether you’re rocking all the colors of the LGBTQ+ flag or going more custom with colors of the transgender or asexual flag, you can use your manicure to boldly represent.
“One of the simplest Pride nails you can wear is a skittle manicure, where each fingernail is a different color, and the colors can represent whatever Pride flag you feel like supporting,” says Sigourney Nuñez, a Sally Hansen global partner. “You can do this with a multi-colored French tip too.”
The options are truly limitless for a Pride mani—from flowers and stars to stripes and hearts, there are so many ways to make a statement with your nails. Browse 30 fun and creative options, below.
Rainbow Waves
Go full-on pride with this wavy rainbow manicure. It features a nude base with swirls and hearts.
Striped Angled Tips
Use a mix of your favorite rainbow hues to create this angled striped tip. It’s a simple design atop a sheer nude base.
Twinkle in Pride
Keep your nail art simple by placing a fun sparkle on each nail. Each sparkle is a different color on clear base coat.
Melting
This iridescent design features a cross-nail gradient that fades from indigo to red. You can recreate the look by painting two colors side-by-side and dragging a toothpick across the line to blend.
Pink and Blue Frenchie
Turn the colors of the trans flag into a stunning manicure. This look features blue French tips and a swirl of blues and and pink.
Multicolored Plaid
For a subtle Pride nod, use a mix of colors to create a plaid design. This look features rainbow plaid on a nude base complemented by white daisies.
Dried Florals
This dynamic design features dried florals atop glitter aura designs. Each nail features a different color.
Chrome on Black
Using a black base for a chrome nail look really lets the shimmery powder pop. This design uses a mix of different colors of chrome.
Rainbow French
Go for a clean and simple look with multi-colored French tips. Each tip features a different color for a fun and pretty look.
Watercolor Jelly
The watercolor trend is a light and airy way to approach a colorful manicure. This design takes that up a level because it features jelly polishes for a sheer yet pigmented look.
Femme Vibes
Embrace big femme energy with this fun manicure that features gold nail stickers of fun femme-themed line art.
Tiny Rainbow
“If you struggle with nail art, try using acrylic paint pens as an easier way to create designs on your nails,” says Hanna. “Hang created this super playful rainbow mani using only acrylic paint pens!”
Berry Ombré
This berry ombré fades from blue to purple to pink—the colors of the bi pride flag. Get the look by painting the colors in a stack on a makeup sponge and then pat them onto the nail.
Shimmery Sheers
Another great trangender pride look, this design features stunning shimmer sheer shades of pink and blue.
Minimalist Cutout
“Hang created this look using regular polish in rainbow colors and a nail art brush to create the nail art design,” says Hanna.
Cheerful Blooms
This cheery mani features flowers in a range or rainbow colors on a pink-nude sheer base. For a touch of consistency, each flower has a yellow center.
Playful Pastels
This playful mani is another fun way to use the trans flag colors. The mix-and-match design features stars, stripes, hearts, lightning bolts, and a wink.
Tetris
This Tetris-inspired mani features a mix of two colors per nail, allowing you to pull in any mix of the rainbow.
Geometric
This design was created using nail art pens. It’s super geometric, making use of stripes and triangles.
Glowy Gradient
This glowy gradient is a stunning way to approach a rainbow look. Each nail has a different pastel polish topped with chrome powder.
Underlined Rainbow French
Another take on the rainbow French, this look features colorful tips with an outline in a different color right along the smile line, allowing for a ton of colors to be used.
Space Bears
This spacey mani takes the colors of the bisexual flag and makes a super lively look. At the center of each nail lies a 3D gummy bear.
Half Moons
Leave your half-moon bear with this design. The bottom fourth of each nail is left clear with the rest of the nails featuring different colors and an outline.
Slanted Tips
This slanted tip look features two shades of the same color on each nail, with the darker hue on the outer edge and a thinner strip of the lighter hue on the inside.
All Stripes
Go for stripes with this rainbow design. It features identical striped rainbow tips on each nail.
Tie-Dye
Tie-dye is such a fun way to incorporate rainbow vibes into your manicure. To create the look, all you need are your chosen colors and a toothpick.
Outline Hearts
“Hang created this look using five different colored polishes and a nail art brush to create the hearts,” says Hanna. “A fine liner brush works beautifully for creating clean nail art lines.”
Happy Flowers
Go for a joyful floral manicure in a rainbow color way. For this look, each nail features one big flower, a tiny flower, and leaves.
Bloom in Pride
This is another nail art look that’s easily created with nail art pens. The tip of the nail mimics the arch or a rainbow. and at the end of each rainbow sit little flowers.
