40 Insanely Hot Purple Nails Designs Trending Right Now

Let’s discuss purple nails designs. Why are we all so obsessed with this fascinating shade? Maybe because this shade is usually associated with delight, femininity, royalty, mystery, romance, passion, luxury, and wisdom?

What do I like best about purple nail colors? Well, they suit any babe and any occasion because there are so many purple hues. Soft and light purples will work for everyday mani, while vivid and rich purple hues with striking designs will complete your party or festive image.

Are you ready to embrace the purple magic? Let’s discover nail art in purple to keep up and feel special wherever you go.

Purple Animal Print

Nail trends change very quickly, and the designs that were considered out of date just a couple of years ago are now coming back. This is exactly what has happened with the “snake nails”. The design is popular again and wins the hearts of so many stars and influencers... There are many variations of this manicure.

Styling Tips: A great advantage of this design by a Polish nail artist who creates amazing nail art tutorials and nail polish swatches, Marta Galanea, is that it looks equally cool on both short and long nails of any shape. So that your purple manicure does not look too bright and does not catch the eye, make your nails in shades of the same color scheme.

Pastel Purple Marble

Purple-pink marble is a gentle and romantic manicure option for special occasions such as weddings, birthdays or romantic dates. Here are some useful tricks that will help you create a perfect marble look:

Styling Tips:

• Do not apply gel polish in a thick layer. This can result in uneven drying and bubbles on the nail surface.
• Use a thin brush to create the marble pattern. Thus you will get a more precise and beautiful look.
• Dry each gel polish layer thoroughly in a lamp to avoid smearing.

Vertical Purple Ombre

If you want to visually lengthen your nails, try to pair the colors not from the fold to the tips, but vertically, that is, from the sides to the center. Note that the pastel-purple colors look most advantageous both in the same palette and in contrasting combinations. For example, soft pink and blue, or soft mint and lilac.

Styling Tip: You can also do ombre not on each nail, but on some nails only. For example, you can cover your ring and index fingers with the transitional colors.

Purple Eggshell Nails

A quail egg-styled manicure is a current trend for the spring and summer seasons. The design looks unusual and very gentle. It is most often performed in pleasant soft shades that look great on both short and long nails. For example, the Quail Egg Nail Gel Polish 7ml Japanese Style with eggshell finish will help you create a unique and beautiful eggshell look!

Styling Tips:

• It is important to control the amount of flakes on the coating by lightly shaking the bottle or rolling it between your palms, so that the flakes are evenly distributed in the gel liquid.
• If you apply the top without shaking, there will be fewer flakes on the coating, since smaller particles remain on the surface.
• If you apply the top after shaking or rolling the bottle, it will cover the gel polish more evenly with flakes of different sizes and shapes.

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Floral Purple Nail Designs

There are so many ways to embellish your purple nails, and adding floral patterns is among the most popular ideas. It is easy to integrate flowers into any nail art. Plus, who doesn’t love flowers? These floral patterns created by Finland-based nail master and educator Patrycja Puro ooze some feminine vibes, making your overall image much cuter.

Purple Nails With Stamping Technique

Nowadays nail stamping technique is really BIG. Stamping lets you create detailed pieces of art in a blink of an eye. A Sydney-based nail art trendsetter and creator Maria Vlezko knows that this process is much quicker, compared with hand painting. In case you’re not familiar with this technique yet, here are the basics:

Styling Tips:

• For stamping, you will need a stamper, opaque nail lacquer, a scraper, nail lacquer remover, a stamping plate that you prefer, removal pad or wipe that is lint-free.
• Paint any design on a stamping plate.
• Use a scraper for scraping the extra nail lacquer off the stamping plate.
• Roll a stamp all over the stamping plate quickly.
• Transfer this stamp to your nail.
• Your first stamp won’t be ideal, and neither will be the second one. This technique requires some practice and patience. But once you master it, you’ll be able to pull off any nail art!

Easy Purple Nail Designs

These are the simplest nails designs in purple that I have found on the web. For example, this last glitter nail design by the French nail enthusiast and blogger Marine LP can be done fast, and it requires practically no skills.

Styling Tips:

• Pick a purple hue you want to wear on your nails, and then decide if you wish to embellish your mani somehow.
• Add some glitter or a polka dot pattern or an accent with nail accessories.
• Choose whatever you want, with the upcoming occasion in mind.

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Beautiful Pastel Purple Nails

Searching for something cute and fun for your mani? Think about pastel purples – they are so creamy, and they will instantly lighten up the fingers. Pastel purples grant your nails the unique, fresh, delicate, and pretty look. And the great news is that a manicure in pastels will suit any outfit you wear so that you won’t have to worry every time you go somewhere that these elements of your image mismatch.

Trendy Purple Nail Designs With Ombre

Here you can see gorgeous purple ombre mani ideas. There is a key to having such a good-looking ombre: the hues you use should be just several shades lighter or darker from one another. Thus, these hues will blend perfectly without very distinct transitions. And of course, you can always use fewer or, to the contrary, more hues with the same technique. It’s only the basis.

So, you will need a sponge for makeup, 4 purple nail lacquers and a top coat.

• Apply a nude or white shade to each nail as a base. This step is important for making the following hues pop. Let it dry completely.
• Dampen the makeup sponge that you prepared. Get rid of any excess water by wringing it out. It is for the nail lacquer to remain in place instead of soaking into the makeup sponge. Now apply each nail lacquer in a line, going from dark to light.
• Line the makeup sponge up on a nail, press it down. Are you satisfied with the placement of each hue? Then you can blend the hues: bounce the makeup sponge on the top of your nail. But do it carefully. You can easily overdo it, and the color will be pulled up instead of setting down.
• Using the makeup sponge, the 1st coat should be applied to each nail. Once a nail is dry, apply the 2nd coat. If necessary, apply one more coat. You will see that a somewhat bumpy finish will be left from the makeup sponge. However, there is no need to worry. The top coat will even it out easily.
• It is time to clean up. Pour some acetone in a bottle cap, dip in a cotton swab. It is quite convenient.
• When your nails are clean, apply top coat. As you may notice, the texture is evened out without extra effort.
• Either stop here or apply mattifying top coat. Voila, the stunning ombre is ready!

More Ideas For Your Purple Nails

Purple nail designs with patterns have been in fashion for a while already, and this trend is unlikely to go anywhere in the nearest future. For example, these extra-long almond nails made in purple hues and combined with large luxurious rhinestones by a Slovakian nail artist Iveta Melicharova look simply magical! In case you are one of the babes who have artistic nature, then such nail art will be to your taste.

Trendy Purple Nail Designs With Geometric Pattern

Why not add some geometric patterns to your mani? Zig-zags, v-shapes and diagonal lines are timeless. For a more outstanding effect, such patterns can be done in different textures. For example, use complementing glitter nail lacquer along with another purple nail lacquer to achieve one of the nail designs you can see on this page.

Sparkly Glitter Purple Nails

Glitter can help you to spice up any nail art idea. Adding glitter to your manicure is like adding a party to your acrylic nails. Mix and match pastels with bright hues for more fun.

I bet you like most of the purple nails designs I’ve shared here. Come back for more inspo!

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