The breeze is gentle, the sun is making a comeback... Spring is here with its array of refreshing colors to wear right on your fingertips! Easter is the perfect time to get into nail art and dress up your nails with fun, graphic designs. From soft pastels to cute nods to chocolate eggs, create Easter nails that match your style. Here are our trending spring color ideas and easy at-home designs for chic, playful Easter 2026 nails.
Why Easter is the perfect season for nail art
Say goodbye to winter manicures, dark shades, and icy finishes. Welcome fresh colors—pastels taking the lead—and delicate designs inspired by nature waking up. As trees and gardens bloom, treat yourself to Sakura nail art to get your nails ready for spring. In a minimalist or statement look, adorn your nails with a handful of multicolor petals for that so romantic touch!
Easter is also an endless source of inspiration for cute, playful nail art. Polka dots, stripes, bunnies, or chicks—create all kinds of designs on your nails using Green™ regular polish, Green Flash™ gel polish, or on little hands with Petite Manucurist™ polishes, specially formulated for kids. Guaranteed hit!
Let Easter colors brighten the nails of kids and grown-ups alike.
(@matejanova)
Trending colors for your spring nails
While pastel manicures are a springtime must, don't miss out on other color trends that have lovely surprises in store.
Soft, radiant pastels
Soft pink, sky blue, or pale green—nothing beats pastels to evoke the sweetness of spring and create radiant, delicate manicures.
Hortencia is a sheer pink polish that blends naturally with the nail. A subtle pink designed to softly enhance any manicure, perfect as a base for a French manicure or soap nails.
With Light Blue, a soft pastel blue, bring a slice of sky right to your fingertips. It brings such an amazing glow to your hands! No surprise there: with this shade, sunshine is never far away.
Pistachio is that pale green with subtle yellow undertones, fresh and resolutely modern. It looks stunning on medium and dark skin tones.
Fall in love with the spring pastels Hortencia, Pistachio and Light Blue.
Fruity, vibrant shades
For those who love bolder manicures, fruity shades are a great option to bring a pop of energy to your Easter nails.
Tangerine (available in Green™ and Green Flash™ from March 27, 2026) is a light orange nail polish bursting with energy and sunshine, delivering a contagious dose of carefree joy.
A neon pink polish with orange undertones? That's Pop, a vibrant shade that adds dimension to your manicure and instantly wakes up your nails!
Meet Gold Button, a bold, bright yellow as sunny as a field of buttercups. Available in Green Flash™ from April 10, 2026.
To add some pop to your Easter manicures, go for Tangerine, Pop or Gold Button.
Natural, minimalist shades
Minimalist manicures are among the top trends for spring 2026. Airy whites, nudes, and powdery pinks remain timeless favorites to enhance the nail with an understated look, true to the clean nails aesthetic.
Our best-selling Milky White is a milky white polish that is sheer and gorgeous. A light, delicate polish like a veil of mist, in true Cloud Dancer style.
The rosy nude for clean girl nails is Pale Rose, a sheer pastel pink polish with a touch of beige.
Subtler with its orange undertones, Pink Sand is a reinvented beige with a quiet luxury touch—soft, elegant, and comforting, available in Green Flash™ from April 10, 2026.
For perfect clean nails, you can count on Milky White, Pale Rose and Pink Sand.
Nail art ideas to celebrate Easter
While colors set the mood, designs make Easter nail art truly unique. Here are a few easy-to-try ideas for fresh, original Easter nails.
Nails inspired by decorated eggs
Fine stripes, polka dots, or colorful confetti recall traditional decorated eggs. To create these simple, graphic designs, grab a liner brush (for stripes and confetti) or a dotting tool (for dots).
For Easter 2026, we're crushing on:
- Tangerine orange stripes on a sparkling Nebula white base.
- Ultramarine polka dots on a Pale Rose base.
- Pop, Bubble and Pistachio multicolor confetti on a Milky White base.
This Easter, go for a playful, creative manicure using a single pattern or mixing motifs and colors from one nail to the next.
(@elizabethm, @mani.minimalist)
Multicolor pastel manicure
The multicolor manicure is one of the most popular, easy Easter nail arts. The concept is simple: each nail is painted in a different pastel shade. It delivers a fun, modern look while staying minimalist. We created a mini French manicure version featuring Candy, Bubble, Abricot, Lisa Lilas, Mint on a Pale Rose nude base. Cute, right?
Spring floral patterns
An iconic spring motif, flowers bring a romantic, delicate touch to Easter nail art. With a dotting tool, creating a bouquet of daisies on your nails couldn't be easier. On an Hortencia base, dot the petals using Snow, add the centers with Gold Button, and draw the leaves with a fine brush using Artichaut. For a bolder graphic finish, pair floral designs with a micro French.
Pastel rainbow, floral designs, and French manicures—have fun combining spring nail art styles.
(@shanivynails, @look8thenails, @matejanova)
Inspiration for chic, minimalist manicures
For those who prefer a more understated style, these manicures let you embrace the Easter spirit while keeping it refined.
Reinvented pastel French manicure
Put a twist on classic nail art with a reverse French manicure with a subtle chrome effect. On a nude Pale Rose base, highlight the base of the nail with a fine line using one of our metallic polishes like Disco or Bronzé. Subtle and festive without overdoing it!
Subtle details on nude nails
If you love a less is more vibe, go for a nude manicure elevated with a subtle detail: a mini flower, a pastel dot, or a single graphic line. Here is some inspiration featuring a Milky Pink base topped with a delicate dot at the center of the lunula in Mist Grey. A minimalist manicure for an ultra-sophisticated look.
Refined pastel gradient
The pastel gradient is one of spring's most chic manicures. Blending two or three soft shades creates a subtle, radiant finish. Here is a pink and white Baby Boomer nail art that gives your nails unbeatable freshness. To achieve this ombré gradient technique, apply Milky Pink as a base, then use a sponge to gently dab Milky White and Snow onto the upper half of the nail.
A reverse French, a subtle dot, or a soft pink Baby Boomer for a simple, chic Easter manicure.
(@shanivynails, @matejanova, @m.o.n.a.j)
Easter is the perfect excuse to let your creativity shine with fresh, radiant, and soft nail art. From delicate pastels to floral designs, minimalist manicures, and decorated egg inspirations, the possibilities are endless for creating on-trend, personalized Easter nails.
