Hitting up an ugly sweater party this holiday season? Consider bumping up your spectacularly bad knitwear and ensure that you win Christmas by sporting equally hideous nail art. Not only will you outshine your fellow partygoers — with gaudy nail glitter and blotchy designs, of course — but you’ll get to flex your creative muscles as you create a holiday manicure that poorly interprets everything from holiday songs to seasonal decorations.
But if you’re feeling a little uninspired this season, have no fear. We’ve collected 16 of the most awesomely bad holiday nail art ideas we could find. They’re so epic in their tackiness that you should peep them regardless of whether or not you plan on recreating these kitschy manicures.
16 Ugly Sweater Nail Art Ideas You're Dying to Wear
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16 Ugly Sweater Nail Art Ideas You're Dying to Wear #1
Here's every Christmas motif you could ever want – wrapped up in one festive manicure.
Image: @nail_seoriyam
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Each nail is like a little gift of holiday cheer.
Image: @dazzlindigits10
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16 Ugly Sweater Nail Art Ideas You're Dying to Wear #3
The season is looking anything but bright due to this holiday manicure that combines gaudy glitter and Christmas lights.
Image: @victoriac07
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Someone better send this Santa back up the chimney if he swings by on Christmas Eve.
Image: Nail Art Expert
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16 Ugly Sweater Nail Art Ideas You're Dying to Wear #5
OK, this one isn't so much tacky, it's actually kind of fabulous.
Image: @gandziuchaa
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We're beginning to understand why all of the other reindeer used to laugh and call Rudolph names.
Image: Zesty Mag
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It's a Christmas miracle! Now you can have an ugly green Christmas Manicure to match your ugly green Christmas sweater.
Image: Zesty Mag
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16 Ugly Sweater Nail Art Ideas You're Dying to Wear #8
Baby, we don't care how cold it is outside — we're not letting you inside as long as you're wearing that manicure.
Image: Pinterest via Bored Fast Food
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Here's hoping the Grinch spares the world from this holiday manicure by stealing every single tacky decal that's been packed onto these fingertips.
Image: We Heart It
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Here's another take on a Grinchy manicure.
Image: @blackmilkclothing
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We'd put these Christmas trees on the curb long before December 26th.
Image: Zesty Mag
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16 Ugly Sweater Nail Art Ideas You're Dying to Wear #12
Take a right on Candy Cane Lane and find yourself at the tackiest neighborhood in the North Pole.
Image: Zesty Mag
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Can this holiday nail art look just melt already?
Image: Zesty Mag
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It's hard to be sweet on this candy cane-inspired holiday manicure.
Image: Lacquer Lockdown
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Hats off for this look! No, really, take these hats off with nail polish remover immediately.
Image: Lendoxia
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Here's a look that's sure to get a frosty reception wherever you go.
Image: Bit Rebels
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16 Ugly Sweater Nail Art Ideas You're Dying to Wear #17
They say that no two snowflakes are alike. Here's hoping the same holds true for manicures, because this look should not be replicated under any circumstances.
Image: Hot Beauty Health
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Hey, look: It's a season's worth of Christmas décor crammed onto ten digits. Does that count as a Christmas miracle?
Image: Ameblo
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On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: five acrylic nails.
Image: Looks Queen
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The mistake of over-decorating during the holidays is all too evident thanks to this over-the-top 3D nail art.
Image: Pinterest
