Heart nails are having a moment – actually, they’re always having a moment because hearts are the superior nail art. Whether you’re going full Valentine’s Day energy or just want to add some cuteness to your everyday mani, hearts work year-round and on every nail shape and length. From subtle micro art to full crystal-encrusted moments, I’ve rounded up 30 heart nail designs that’ll make you want to screenshot immediately. Let’s get into it.
1. Hearts & Rhinestones
Alternate burgundy and white across your set, decorate the white nails with burgundy hearts and rhinestones. Heart nails but make it elegant.
2. Sheer & Glossy Mani
One coat of sheer white, drop a red heart on each nail, seal with gloss. The minimalist heart mani for clean-girl aesthetic stans.
3. Cherry Red & Pink
Alternate between solid cherry red and French tips, throw in one pink Frenchie accent, and hit it with red hearts. Peak cute-girlie energy.
4. Light Blue Nails
Cool-toned cuteness moment. Combine full coverage light blue with French tips, add tiny hearts to your feature nails and call it done.
5. Crystal-Encrusted Hearts
Paint most of your set milky white, do a negative space heart on your accent nail (sticker method works for me), then stack rhinestones on that heart outline.
6. Red Heart Manicure
The best canvas for heart nail art will always be classic red mani – I’m not taking questions on this. Add hearts to your accent nails and you literally cannot miss.
7. Milky Pink Design
Semi-sheer milky pink base with micro red hearts on each nail – the easiest way to turn a clean pink mani into something actually cute and girly.
8. Hearts & Glitter Combo
Lavender base + glitter + hearts = Valentine’s Day mani perfection, spring nail goals, or just your vibe when you’re feeling extra cute and sparkly.
9. Cat Eye Effect
Cat eye is massive right now, so we’re absolutely doing it in red with bows, aura fades, and micro heart accents. The trend-on-trend energy is unmatched.
10. Heart Outline Art
Love a classic white French tip but need a nail art moment? Go for silver heart outline art. Keeps the elegance, adds the cute, doesn’t fight for attention.
11. Pink French Tips
Pink French tips stacked with red hearts and outlined in red. This is what happens when you take the cutest color combo ever and decide it needs to be even cuter.
12. Neutral Heart Mani
Here’s how neutral queens are doing heart nail art: pick a neutral that melts into your skin tone, add sheer nails with a neutral heart in the middle.
13. Purple Velvet Effect
Velvet finish is huge this season – shimmery, pretty, catches light with slightly less depth than cat eye. Do it in purple, decorate with hearts, and prepare for compliments.
14. Black & White Hearts
Sheer nails with black, white, and silver heart symbols clustered at the tips. A monochrome set for the girlies who want heart nails without the saccharine sweetness.
15. Heart-Shaped Cherries
Hearts and cherries are both cute nail art staples, so why not combine them? Mix solid pink with French tips, decorate everything with red heart-shaped cherry art.
16. Black Heart Nails
After classic red, black polish is my favorite base for heart nail art because it’s moody cute perfection. One accent heart and you’ve changed the entire energy of the mani.
17. White Chrome Ombre
Chrome white ombre with heart art on your accent nail – perfect manicure for weddings, Valentine’s Day, or literally anywhere you want to look classy cute.
18. Red French Tips
Most of your set gets red French tips (add white micro hearts to one tip), then flip it – accent nail gets white smile line with red hearts. V-Day Frenchie moment achieved.
19. Bubblegum Pink
Bubblegum pink – the queen of spring and summer pink manis – now decorated with hot pink and white hearts because you can never have enough cuteness. This is the law.
20. Brown Manicure
Not into cutesy colors? Try brown nails with swirl art and tiny hearts. This one’s more classy than cute but that flirty heart energy is still there. Your fall and winter go-to.
21. Mix & Match Design
White and red base, then add kissy lips, bows, stripes, hearts, and lace art because we’re doing ALL the trendy motifs at once.
22. Gold Chrome Set
For the girlies who need their manis to look extra and expensive: gold chrome ombre stacked with black hearts. The contrast, the drama, the absolute SERVE of it all.
23. Blue & White Combo
Combine royal blue and white French tips, add blue hearts to the white ones, and you’re done. These are perfect for spring and summer and honestly just make me happy.
24. Burgundy Heart Nails
Burgundy mixed between solids and Frenchies, heart cutout on your accent nail. The queen of cold season colors just got a cute upgrade and she looks FAB.
25. White French Tips
Red micro hearts scattered across white tips – a V-Day classic. And yes, totally DIY-able if you can paint two generous dots side-by-side and drag them into a heart shape.
26. Rainbow Heart Art
Sheer base, each nail gets a cluster of hearts at the tips in different color combos. For your colorful era or when the dopamine mani trend calls your name.
27. Negative Space Heart
Blush red base, negative space heart and swirl lines on feature nails. The best part? You can do this in literally any color and it’ll look stunning every time.
28. Bright Green Mani
If you’re doing heart nails but refuse to be predictable about it, bright green nails with accent Frenchies and heart art is the answer.
29. Abstract Heart Symbols
Swirly white French tips with the swirls forming abstract hearts on accent nails. This is for my artsy girlies who refuse to settle for boring nails.
30. Black & Pink Nails
Pink base (neutral pink if you’re aiming for classy, saturated if you want cute) and one black heart per nail. Simple but stunning – sometimes that’s all you need.
And that’s your heart nail inspo for 2026. Comment your faves, share this to show The Pink Issue some love on socials. ❤️
