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Try This Cute Candy Cane Nails Tutorial To Match Your Holiday Look

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February 17, 2020 By Kelly Pepper 2 Comments

Complete your holiday-themed outfit by following this cute candy cane nails tutorial! Rocking this nail design will no doubt, make you the eye candy of the party!

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Cute Candy Cane Nails Tutorial For The Holidays

Why You Should Try Candy Cane Nails

I personally love candy canes and getting to use them as a design for my manicure this season would be so much fun! They’ll be perfect for my Holiday look or for that special Christmas party I’m planning with my family.

Whether you use it as a design, a Christmas tree ornament, or a snack for younger guests, having candy canes around during the Yuletide season makes it more fun and exciting. Now, you can wear it on your nails, too. Plus having candy cane nails will look awesome with those fluffy Christmas sweaters!

Creating candy cane nails doesn’t have to drain your creative juices too much. In fact, it’s actually pretty easy! I can’t wait for you to try this design on yourself or your friends and have fun while doing it.

What You’ll Need To Make Candy Cane Nails

Luckily, you don’t need much to execute this design. All you need are red and white nail polishes to get the job done. However, if you want top-notch design quality, these products should work wonders.

  • OPI Nail Polish, Alpine Snow
  • essie Nail Color Polish, Jelly Apple
  • Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Nail Coat

Step 1: White Canvas

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Start off by painting your nails white. Make sure that you use a solid white base and not the sheer kind to make your candy cane nails look more like the real thing. Also, don’t forget to prep your nails and apply the base coat before applying the white polish to keep your nails healthy and strong.

If you want to switch things up a bit, you can also use silver as the base instead of white.

Step 2: Tape Over White Nails

Cut up strips of washi tape for the stripes on your candy cane nail art. Washi tape is the perfect tool for tape nail art because it sticks well but comes off quite easily when needed.

It also doesn’t rip off the nail base nail polish. Just make sure that your base is completely dry before putting the tapes on.

Step 3: Paint The Stripes

After making sure that all the tapes are in place, paint over them with bright red nail polish. Paint your nails as you would without the tapes. Make sure the small gaps between the tape and your nail are covered as well.

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Step 4: Reveal Stripes

While the polish is still dry, peel off the tapes to reveal the white base underneath. Peel off everything to see the candy cane design. You can also clean up the edges of your nails (if you got paint beyond your nails) with an angled brush dipped in nail polish remover or acetone.

Step 5: Make Glossy Candy Canes

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To lock in the design and make your candy cane nails last a bit longer, apply fast-drying top coat.

Additional Tip: Apply the top coat along the lines of your candy cane stripes to avoid smudges. Once that first layer dries up, then you can add another layer of top coat to make it glossier.

And now you have adorable candy cane nails to go with your Christmas look!

Here’s a candy cane striped nails video tutorial by Kandee Johnson:


Wasn’t that really easy? I certainly had fun recreating this design. Instead of just using red polish, you can also add some green to make them more interesting.

You can also add glitters or crystals to make your nails more interesting. Try to make this design yourself and don’t be surprised if you receive plenty of compliments!

What do you think about this fabulous Christmas manicure? Sound off in the comments section below!

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Editor’s Note: This post has been updated for quality and relevancy.

Filed Under: Occasional Nail Designs, Christmas Nail Designs

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