20 New Year's Eve Nail Ideas to Help You Start 2025 in Style

These gold New Year's Eve nails feature a french tip and star designs on alternating fingers. If you want a manicure that can be worn for the holidays, New Year's, and beyond, this is a great choice.

Nothing says New Year's Eve nails quite like glitter, and we love this pared-down look with ombré for short nails.

Take your french manicure up a notch and make it a double with glitter. These make for one of the cutest New Year's Eve nail designs.

It's party time! This New Year's Eve nail art idea features various colored stars and glitter resembling confetti.

Bring the festive celebration to your fingertips with a firework-themed set. The black base polish resembles the night sky, with multicolored explosions happening on each nail.

If you're not big on over-the-top nail art, this bared-back set is for you. Each nail is painted in a light pink base color with gold and silver vertical lines. It's festive and sparkly, but not too bold.

This manicure has everything: a rainbow of colors, confetti, bubbly, fireworks, and the year. Yet, it's still simple thanks to the negative space design and nude base color.

Pearl accents have been everywhere this year, and they're one of our favorite New Year's nail ideas.

Celebrate the new year in style with a simple yet festive manicure. You'll want to wear this glitter star design long after the clock strikes midnight.

Metallics scream New Year's nails, and we love this elegant set featuring gold leaf over a glossy black base.

Not into the double french manicure? No worries. A classic french looks perfect with the addition of some glitter, like these nails with gold accents.

Go bold with your New Year's nails and add fun star detailing outlined in black.

If you want a manicure that won't go out of style after the ball drops, we suggest going for something simple but still on theme, like these gold stars.

New Year's nails don't have to be metallic or sparkly. These black-and-white french tips are still on theme, but the color scheme is a little more simplistic.

If you can't decide which way to go with your New Year's nails, why not pick a different design for each finger? Snowflakes and glitter look perfect paired together.

Negative space nail art is always on trend, but if you want the perfect New Year's Eve nails, pair it with star designs and glitter.

Looking for bright New Year's Eve nail ideas? We're obsessed with this almond-shaped manicure that features a fun metallic design.

Whether it snows where you live for the new year or you just wish it did, we love New Year's Eve nail designs that feature snowy elements, like this manicure. The design includes blue french tips, snowflakes, and presents.

How cute are these New Year's nails that feature the year in tiny, dainty letters?

If you want to take your classic french manicure to the next level, we love the idea of adding simple, dainty star nail art, like this manicure.

Jessica Harrington (she/her) is the senior editor of PS Beauty, where she oversees coverage around makeup, skin care, hair, tattoos, and more. With more than eight years of industry experience, she has interviewed countless celebrities, reported on hundreds of beauty trends, and swatched more lipsticks than she can count. Prior to PS, Jessica worked for publications such as Makeup.com, Skincare.com, and The Zoe Report.