The Perfect St. Patrick’s Day Nail Color Does Exist

If you’re looking for a simple green manicure, your search is over. This DND gel is my pick for 2025—it’s the perfect Kelly green color, and it’s name, 4 Leaf Clover, even sets a festive tone. Have your manicurist apply this, or do it yourself at home.

Solid green nails get a bit of glamour with a solid gold glitter accent nail.

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The best word we could come up with to describe this design is effervescent! We love how the green and white dots go from big to tiny for a bubble-like appearance. Try using a dotting tool for polka dots with clean edges.

This is the manicure equivalent to a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. Simple and sparkly, gold glitter polish is a subtle nod to the St. Patrick’s Day holiday.

Mimic this look by using a neutral base coat, a glittery top coat, and one or two shades of green polish in between.

We are absolutely obsessed with this leprechaun hat design, with its tiny buckle and shamrock details.

This design works for long and short nails. Paint nails in a solid green polish of your choice, then add a stripe of gold along the edge of nails. You could also sub in white for the gold for an equally festive St. Paddy’s Day look.

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Forest green glitter polish makes for a more sophisticated (and slightly sultry) St. Patrick’s Day nail look.

Add St. Patrick’s Day flavor to a classic French manicure concept. Here, green polish and gold tips make for a chic St. Patrick’s Day design.

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With or without the shamrock art (but we 100 percent vote shamrock!), this moon manicure with two shades of green is a festive St. Patrick’s nail design.

This shamrock gets a sweet treatment with hearts as leaves. White tips with green polka dots finishes off this St. Patrick’s Day nail design.

This approach works for any color or season, but we are loving how fresh the green ombré effect turned out on this manicure.

Gold foil on nails is one fancy move. To apply, use a toothpick or tweezers to place foil in desired spot on slightly wet nails in your favorite shade of green. Gently tap down with your finger to flatten each piece. Seal in place with a durable top coat.

For this artistic design, apply an abstract pattern to one or two accent nails. Here, dark green, light green, and sherbet are layered atop a nude base. Add a pretty gold glitter outline if desired.

Gold tips applied at an angle take these forest green nails from almost witchy to wow!

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