15 Holiday Nail Ideas You’ve Never Seen

holiday penguin nail art

Penguins on Parade

We looove this cute take on the South Pole’s cutest animal. We’re pretty sure he has happy feet, too.

Get the look:

1. Start with a base coat.

2. Once dry, apply two coats of a periwinkle nail polish (try China Glaze’s Secret Periwinkle, $5.99).

3. Now it’s time to “build” the penguin. First, apply two coats of white nail polish — or use a white nail pen — in a rounded rectangular shape; the periwinkle should look like a border around the white.

4. After the white dries, use a black nail art pen to make two dots for the eyes of the penguin.

5. Use another nail art pen, preferably in neon so it pops against the white, to apply larger dots for the nose and feet (try Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen in Neon Pink, $7.49).

6. Finish with a top coat.