As Christmas approaches, it’s hard to deny that there’s a certain joyful spirit in the air. Whether you plan to spend the next couple of weeks caroling or wrapping presents, the holidays call for a certain glitz and glamour. In fact, adorning your fingernails with Christmas tree-themed nail art is a perfect way to embrace the beauty of the season. If you’re off to any festive parties in the days ahead, here are a few perfect nail art ideas to help you capture Christmas now.

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Decorate your red and white nails with plenty of shimmer: Try painting four of your nails with a solid white nail polish, and accenting your middle fingernail with a candy apple red polish. Next, add contrasting zig-zags and diagonal stripes to two fingernails, and accessorize the three other nails with tiny nail gems. Arrange multicoloured rhinestones into the form of a mini Christmas tree, in order to truly bring your fingertips to life.

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Turn to cartoon inspired fingertips: Polish off your fingertips with a variety of Christmas inspired nail art schemes, such as Santa’s jolly red suit, candy canes and tiny snowmen. Create miniature Christmas trees out of sparkly emerald green and silver nail polish, and prepare to stun.

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Accent your gold manicure with a tiny Christmas tree: If you prefer to sparkle in style, create a French manicure with gold sequin nail polish. For a finishing touch, turn to tiny snowflake decals and hand-painted Christmas trees on a single statement fingernail.