Spooky season is here, and it’s time to slay your Halloween nails like the trend-setting nail girlie you are. Forget the basic designs – this year, we’re bringing the drama, the fun, and all the iconic Halloween themes straight to your fingertips. Whether you’re channeling vampire vibes, spooky-cute pumpkins, or horror-movie legends, these 33 Halloween sets are about to take your October mani to the next level. Let’s go.
1. Devilish French Tips
Red French tips with a tail-and-horn art? Yeah, this is The Devil Wears Prada energy on your hands. Red is always huge for Halloween nails – vampires, demons, Carrie-prom core – so this is a genius way to turn Frenchies into something fiery and theatrical.
2. Spooky-Cute Pink
Not every October mani has to be all blood and bat art. Milky pink base (very clean-girl of you) with baby pumpkins, blushy ghosts and itty bitty spiderwebs. For my girlies who refuse to drop their “cute nails only” policy just because it’s spooky season.
3. Witchy Gradient Mani
Black-to-red ombré or aura with zero extras? This is the mani you wear to the Halloween party and show up the next day like nothing happened. It’s witchy without being too costume-y – dark, dramatic, and CLEARS in or out of spooky szn.
4. Ghostly White Chrome
These milky chrome nails with smiley ghosts are SO cute. Like why are the ghosts BLUSHING? Why are they SHINY? Because it’s 2025 and even our Halloween-themed manicure needs to be reflective and expensive-looking. Works whether you’re rocking shorties or full-on claws.
5. Spider Nail Art
Tell me this doesn’t look like Morticia Addams got her nails done at a boujee salon?? Black base, gray aura, spiders, cobwebs, baby bats – if you’re doing black nails for Halloween, commit to the bit. Creepy, chic, and slightly threatening.
6. Colorful Spooky Accents
If you’re a colorful mani girlie, Halloween is not about to stop you. Load it up with bright pinks, blues, and oranges, then ground it with black-and-white checkerboards, goofy pumpkins, and tiny bats. I just love this campy, trick-or-treat bucket energy. 🤩
7. Chrome Mummy Nails
Not chrome making mummies trendy. Pearly white base, then pink accents with mummy wraps and lil’ eyes peeking out. They’re watching you, but they’re shiny about it. Plus, pearl-core is still going strong in 2025, so this is the perfect way to make it Halloween-coded.
8. Classic Black & Orange
Respect your elders because black and orange created Halloween – they’re literally the visual blueprint of the holiday. Alternate the colors, mix in some French tips, then throw on stars and moons for a celestial look that still hits every October.
9. Ghost French Tips
I call this “French tips, but haunted.” It’s the classic white tip, but with a little Casper-like ghosts popping out like 👻. If you want something festive but still wearable to work or school, this is one of the cutest low-key Halloween nail sets you can do.
10. Mismatched Halloween French
Let your nail tech go off on this one. Keep the set Frenchie-style and go mismatched: ghosts, bats, pumpkins, webs – all in saturated colors, because some of us are Enid not Wednesday, and that’s okay. Playful, fun, and every nail’s a new little treat.
11. Bat Wing Details
Glittery black (the sparkle is NECESSARY) on most nails plus one sheer accent with the tiniest lil bat doodles. It’s giving moody-cute because bats aren’t even that scary – they’re just goth butterflies. I said what I said.
12. Micro Halloween Art
This set is basically Halloween in fun-size. Milky sheer base, then hit it with the festive details – baby pumpkins, black cats, mini fangs, moons, all micro and adorable. Perfect for the grid and my girlies who want Halloween cute, not horror-film extra.
13. Black & Purple Combo
If black and orange are the OG, black and purple combo is the mystical cousin. Purple’s been witchcraft-coded forever, and with black it’s pure dark feminine slay. Add spiderwebs, snakes, drippy tips – suddenly you’re the glam witch of 2025.
14. Blood-Drip Nail Art
Milky white base with blood-red drips that look straight out of a horror flick – or, you know, a Twilight rewatch (Team Edward forever, don’t even START). Do an accent nail if you’re shy, or cover every nail for full vamp-core. Either way, this is a certified Halloween party nail.
15. Halloween Mix & Match
This is the “throw it all on there” set – pumpkins, ghosts, bats, webs, flames, even hearts. It works because the black-and-white palette keeps it grounded. You’ll 100% be showing people your nails like “sorry, did you see ALL of them?”
16. Disney Halloween Nails
Let’s be real, Disney basically owns Halloween at this point. Ghost Minnies, pumpkin Mickeys, cobweb accents – all done on a sheer base with black, burnt orange, and white. It’s a Disney Halloween nail classic by now and a total crowd-pleaser.
17. K-Pop Demon Hunter Nails
Halloween thrives on pop culture crossovers, and in 2025 it’s Netflix’s K-Pop Demon Hunters. Recreate the aesthetics with a milky base and metallic demon marks layered on top. If you’re a fan, this mani is such a fun nod to the movie – and yes, I’m tempted to book it myself.
18. Ghostface Nail Art
Ghostface from Scream IS Halloween pop culture royalty at this point – the man has been terrorizing us since ’96 and we LOVE him for it?? Black French tips with his iconic mask on the accent nail giving full “WASSUP” energy. Throw in a spiderweb because we love a detail moment
19. Black & Red Combo
Black and red together is instant vampire energy, and The Pink Issue has a whole roundup dedicated to this nail combo because it’s THAT powerful. But since it’s Halloween, we’re going off – blood drips, spider art, stitch Frenchies, and tiny ghosts photobombing the whole situation.
20. Black Cat Nails
Black cats have been spooky mascots since forever and their silhouette is ICONIC – you see that arched back shape and your brain immediately goes “October.” So let’s do it justice: abstract black French tips with a cat art on one nail and silver chrome stars on another.
21. Pumpkin Orange Mani
Orange French tips, aura shading, and shiny pumpkin doodles – cozy, festive, and the orange color is EVERYTHING for fall. And the way this set works for both Halloween and Thanksgiving? In this economy? We love a cost-per-wear queen.
22. Skeleton Hand Nails
Skeleton hands crawling up your nails? Yeah okay, spooky queen. The black base keeps it moody, and the bone art gives full haunted chic. PERFECT if you’re going to a Halloween party where you plan to dramatically hold drinks all night and make everyone look at your nails.
23. Minimal Halloween Set
For the clean girlies who still want to participate. Milky pink base with a tiny black spider hanging by a thread on a couple of feature nails. Barely there but still in the spooky spirit – this is THE minimalist nail art for Halloween.
24. Freddy Krueger Nails
You know stripes are trending when Freddy Krueger gets a nail feature. Do the red and olive green stripes from Nightmare on Elm Street and add some blood-red accents. It’s niche, it’s slasher-core, and for the girlies who’ve had enough of all the Scream references this year.
25. Jack-O’-Lantern Mani
Fun fact: Jack-o’-lanterns come from the legend of Stingy Jack who wanders earth with a carved turnip lantern (Americans said “Turnip? Nah, pumpkins”). Enter: THIS Halloween mani. Bright orange with that sly carved face on feature nails – simple, cheeky, iconic.
26. Hocus Pocus Nails
Disney’s Halloween catalogue is endless, but Hocus Pocus? Iconic. Green, purple, gold chrome, sparkly swirls – If the Sanderson sisters were on Insta, they’d lose it over these. If your spooky season vibe is more whimsical witch than scary witch, this is your Halloween nail inspo.
27. Halloween Skittle Set
Inspired by @lolo.nailedit, I DIY’d this Skittle mani and, yeah, I’m insufferable about it. Orange and black for Halloween tradition, purple for a witchy nod, teal for a little something contemporary, and chalky white for ghost-core. It’s stupid easy, but the impact is 10/10.
28. Monster Green & Black
Tim Burton’s influence on nail culture cannot be overstated. Neon green and black for that Oogie Boogie aesthetic, but honestly use it for ANY monster/ghoul-inspired set. It’s giving “toxic waste” and “radioactive creepy” – very much retro Hollywood Halloween.
29. Stitch French Tips
Frankenstein’s monster but make it a French manicure. White smile lines with black stitch art and it’s actually genius. You get that classic French structure PLUS instant monster-core recognition. Sophisticated spooky is a GENRE now.
30. Beetlejuice Manicure
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice (sorry, I had to). Purple, green, white, and black with stripes, swirls, and drips because the ’90s cartoon color palette is immortal. The combo screams “spooky but fun” and I’m here for the nostalgic Halloween energy.
31. Black Ombre Nails
For when you need a Halloween mani that can survive past October 31st without looking crazy. Black to nude ombre is dramatic but not in the I’m-in-a-costume kind of way. You can rock this into November and nobody will question it.
32. Bloody Cuticle Art
This one is unhinged, and I love it. Milky base with photorealistic blood-art dripping from the cuticles – you’ll look like you came from a horror movie set. Conversation starter? More like conversation ENDER because everyone will be too shook.
33. Colorful Micro Designs
Black nails with pops of orange, purple, green, yellow – a full-on Halloween glow-up. The black base just makes every color look electric, and the little micro Halloween motifs? Y’all, the contrast is doing the work and I love that for you.
34. Creepy Crawlies Art
If you’re here for full jump-scare energy, this one’s for you. Neutral base with realistic creepy crawly art – raised black lines, thin legs, THE WORKS. I actually hate looking at them and that means the vibe is correct. These are not cute. They’re horrifying. I respect you.
And that’s a wrap on Halloween nail inspo for 2025. Now, tell me: What’s your fave? Drop it in the comments and show The Pink Issue some love on socials by sharing this post. Go have the spookiest mani season, nail fam!
Billie Menefee
Sunday 21st of September 2025
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