For Mardi Gras, it’s bold colors, festive vibes, and over-the-top flair. Glittering beads to elaborate masks, every detail counts-including your nails! If you’re going to a parade, hosting a party, or just embracing the spirit of Fat Tuesday, your nails are the perfect canvas to show off your love for all things Mardi Gras.
In this post, we’ve rounded up 29 Mardi Gras nail ideas that will bring the party to your fingertips. Ready to steal the show? Let’s dive into these festive designs!
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1. Green and Purple Glitter
Get your glam on! These green and purple gradient nails with chunky glitter are like Mardi Gras in nail form—bold, sparkling, and full of fun!
2. Pastel Perfection
Why choose between soft and festive? These purple pastel French tips with colorful cross designs over a nude base are the ultimate Mardi Gras celebration nails—elegant, playful, and totally party-ready!
3. Sat It Loud and Proud
Why yell when the nails can speak for you? Here’s a colorful take of a spelling nail design in an abstract of Mardi Gras with a nude base finish decorated with gorgeous pearls.
4. Big and Sharp
Turn your nails into the ultimate accessory! This stiletto-shaped, eye-catching look combines swirling colors with 3D designs for a vibe that’s equal parts playful and posh.
5. Polka Dots Meets Mardi Gras Chic
Playful polka dots meet Mardi Gras glamour! These ombre nude and white nails are decked with festive green, yellow, and purple dots, coupled with a stunning mask design to complete the look, making it fun and fabulous!
6. A Pop of Color
Make a statement with this stunning nail design! Nude base, colorful tips, and a metallic accent nail—this is the perfect choice for anyone craving a mix of elegance and fun.
7. All About the Details
Intricate designs meet Mardi Gras magic on your fingertips. These gorgeous green and purple nails done with gold detailing are just chic and stylish ways to celebrate the flair of carnival. Perfect for those who love bold, detailed nail art!
8. All Out in Color
Simplicity with a festive twist! These chic nude nails get a bold makeover with green and purple tips, topped off with gold dots scattered across for the perfect Mardi Gras colors. It’s the ultimate way to keep it stylish while still celebrating the season in full color!
9. Marble Makeover
Bold colors and marble magic coming together just like this beautiful nail art. A nude base comes so well together with the swirling of bold-colored nail art and with the gold accents for that luxury touch it is as chic as it appears.”
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10. In the Mood for Celebration
Get ready for Mardi Gras with this fun and elegant manicure! A nude base gives a place to create those creative yellow, green, and purple French tips. Dots in black add just the pop of fun!
11. Party on Your Fingers
These Mardi Gras nails are all about color and charm! The nude base on square nails is enhanced by bold green, purple, and yellow designs, with charming yellow accents adding the perfect touch for a truly festive look!
12. Fat Tuesday Fun
Let the Fat Tuesday festivities kick off with these gorgeous nails! These yellow and purple hues are so beautifully accented with a pop of gold polish, bringing Mardi Gras colors to life in the most glamorous way. Perfect to celebrate in style!
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13. Make the Whole Place Shimmer
Shine bright with this dazzling nail look. Yellow and purple nails come to life with accent nails featuring a mix of colorful glitter in different sizes. This festive design is all about adding sparkle and fun to your fingertips!
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14. Swirly Fun
This swirl nail design is a popular choice for a reason! A chic nude base sets the stage for vibrant green, purple, and gold swirls that create a mesmerizing festive look.
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15. Bourbon Street Style
Get ready to hit Bourbon Street with nails like these! A nude base sets the stage for vibrant green, purple, and yellow nail art, complete with glitters, French tips, heart-shaped glitter, and a playful theatre mask. Perfect for celebrating Mardi Gras in style!
16. Artistic Flair Fingetips
Bold, artistic, and totally unique. These green, blue, and yellow nails are elevated with accent nails that resemble contemporary art, with brush-like strokes and dramatic black nail polish drips. A true celebration of different patterns, perfect for anyone who loves to stand out!
17. Steal the Spotlight
This nail design is a real piece of art by the skilled nail artists! Bold green, yellow, and purple with intricate charms, confetti foil, and fun polka dots create a bright and playful look for any celebration!
18. Swirly Magic
This fabulous bright design will add some whirl-tastic fun to your nails! The nude base serves as a chic foundation for the beautiful yellow, purple, and green swirls in different shades, creating an overall look that is stylish, playful, and perfect for the streets of big easy.
19. Dazzling Teal
This nail art takes the uniqueness of combining colors and textures to a whole new level! Teal base with purple and gold foils for that bold luxurious look that’s sure to shine!
20. Big Charms, Bold Colors
Step up your nail game with a design that’s all about vibrant colors and elegant charm! This rose blush base is paired with unique French tips, festive Mardi Gras swirls, and eye-catching purple and gold charms. Gold footprints add the perfect finishing touch to this bold and beautiful look!
21. Bright Colorful Splatters
Create the wow factor at your next special occasions using these bright nails! Red and green French tips with boisterous Mardi Gras inspired paint splatters create that perfect festive look guaranteed to cause all the attention to be put where its deserved.
22. Two-Toned Sparkle
Why settle for just one color when you can have two? In these multicolored glitter nails, each has the pairing of two bright colors that gives you that shining appearance. This is a must try for people who sparkle well and love standing out in the crowd.
23. Swirls and Sparkle
Bring on that traditional Mardi Gras feel with this luxurious nail art!
A chic nude base sets the scene for purple, green, and yellow swirls of heart accents and dazzling gold glitter French tips. The gorgeous face of festive elegance!
24. Celebrate New Orleans Style
Nails that capture New Orleans charm are what you’re looking for! A creamy nude base with purple, green, and yellow nail polish, featuring whimsical hearts and abstract patterns. Perfect blend of fun and elegance for any celebration!
25. Festive and Flirty
Love is in the air with a Mardi Gras twist! These light nude nails feature intricate Mardi Gras bead designs, bold red and purple hearts, and a chic red outline for that Valentine’s Day flair. Nail art designs that bring the best of both celebrations to your fingertips!
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26. Swirl into Mardi Gras
This is the Mardi Gras nail art that will take your nail game to the next level! A nude base color is brought to life with swirling French tips in festive purple, green, and gold hues—classic Mardi Gras vibes with a modern twist!
27. Glam Meets Festivity
Go all out for one of your favorite holidays with these show-stopping nails! Long and luxurious, this nail salon masterpiece features vibrant green, purple, and gold colors, sparkling gems, intricate 3D beads, and mini Mardi Gras masks for an unforgettable look.
If you’re looking for more inspiration, check out 27 3D Nail Designs: Your Ultimate Inspiration Guide
28. Different Shades of Mardi Gras
Add some magic to your Mardi Gras look! ✨ Cat’s eye nail polish in different shades of green, purple, and gold creates a dazzling effect; perfect for Ash Wednesday and beyond.
29. Finish with Flair
When bold meets beautiful! Vibrant green, yellow, and purple shades come alive with fun polka dot patterns, dynamic swirls, and trendy checkerboards, all polished off with a high-shine top coat.
