33 Butterfly Nail Ideas. Get Ready For Spring 🦋

Here are some fabulous butterfly nail art ideas and butterfly nails designs for you to try. Butterfly nail art is a beautiful and feminine way to show off your style. Whether you choose delicate and dainty designs or bold and bright colors, butterfly nails are sure to turn heads.

If you’re looking for some fluttery inspiration, check out these butterfly nail art ideas. From pretty pastels to vibrant 3D holographic butterflies, there’s something for everyone. 

There’s many ways to create your very own butterfly nail art manicure with the right nail art tools.

Play with a subtle butterfly nail art look with polishes, or try using a polymer clay butterfly embed for butterfly nails that look like they are encased in glass.

You can even create your very own garden themed butterfly nails with dried flowers too.

With a little bit of creativity and some butterfly stickers, press on nails, gold metal butterfly charms and more, you can create stand out nails that show off your love for butterflies.

Check out the ideas below to get started!

Best butterfly nail ideas

1. Hand Painted Gel Butterfly Nails

With gel polish, you can paint your nails with beautiful butterfly designs that will make you stand out from the crowd. The colors are bright and vibrant, and they last for up to two weeks or more.

One of the great things about painting your own butterfly nails is that you can create the perfect design for short nails or long nails.

2. Abstract Butterfly Nails

Again, with gel polish, you can create amazing abstract butterfly nail art by layering colors. Just be sure to apply a no wipe top coat so that your manicure will last as long as possible.

You can also try using watercolor paints for nails on nail tips to create watercolor butterflies.

3. Nail Decal Templates

Nail art is a fun and creative way to express your personality, and there are endless possibilities for design. If you’re looking for a creative way to jazz up your nails, why not try using nail decal templates?

Then go over with a fun confetti nail polish for extra whimsy.

With downloadable templates, you can create your own nail art designs that are unique and stylish.

4. Floral Butterfly Nail Wraps

Whether you’re going for a shabby garden look or something a little more whimsical, this floral butterfly wrap set is perfect for you.

Plus, it provides full coverage for your nails. Great for those times when you feel like playing around with different nail art supplies

5. Butterfly Gold Metal Decals

Looking for a fresh, new way to make your nails stand out? Look no further than these beautiful gold metal decals.

Whether you want to go for a classic look or something a little more daring, these metal butterflies will help you achieve your perfect manicure.

These would go amazing with orange nail polish as a base.

6. Lacy Butterfly Nails

If you are good at detailing and fine lines, these lacy butterfly nails are something you might love to try. Adding some nail art decorations can make them glittery and shining.

7. Watercolor Butterfly Nails

Watercolor nails are one of those nail art designs that takes lots of practice to get them perfect. Once you know how to use watercolors on nails, the sky is the limit to what you can do.

8. Summer Butterfly Nails

Cute hand painted butterfly nails in orange and black.

Whether you’re dressing up for a party or just accenting an everyday look, these nails are the perfect way to make your style shine.

9. Fall Inspired Butterfly Nails

Make your nails pop with custom fall themed butterfly press on nails by Ami House Nails! They’re hand-made, so you know they’ll be a perfect fit for your nails.

Plus, they add a touch of warm flair to any outfit.

10. Builder Gel Butterfly Nails

Pretty butterfly nails that are covered with builder gel.

11. White Polymer Clay Butterflies For Nails

With these beautiful white polymer clay nail butterflies, you can add some extra flair to your nails with ease!

They’re what many nail artists are using for embedding with builder gel, so you can make them really come to life. These embeds would look great with yellow nails too.

12. Clear Butterfly Nails

These handmade press on nails are perfect for giving your look an extra bit of pizzazz, and they’re easy to apply because they are press ons.

Plus, they’re made from high quality materials, so you can be sure they’ll last.

13. Coffin Butterfly Nails

How absolutely gorgeous are these handmade coffin nails that feature delicate little butterflies and flowers. These nails make you feel like summer just arrived.

Whether you’re going out on the town or just want something different, these nails are sure to turn heads.

14. Long Coffin Butterfly Nails

Looking for an easy and fast way to have perfect nails? Look no further than these butterfly press on nails! These nails are easy to apply and will last up to a week.

The baby blue design is great for those days at the beach house or out for lunch with friends.

Plus, they come in a variety of colors and styles to suit your every need.

15. Black Butterfly Nails

Born Pretty makes a really fabulous butterfly nail using their gel polishes and rhinestones for extra accents.

16. blue butterfly nails

17. Butterfly Gel Nails

18. Watercolor Butterfly Nails

A hand painted butterfly nail using handmade watercolor paints. When using paints for nails, always use non toxic paints and go over with a top coat for protection.

19. Whimsical Spring Butterfly Nails

These fun and flirty butterfly nails have been hand painted with gold splatter accents.

20. Butterfly Nail Ring Charm

These nail rings are the perfect way to show off your butterfly manicure! They are delicate and dainty, and make your nails look effortlessly pretty.

The rings are adjustable so can fit on any sized hand or finger, making it a must have accessory that you can wear again and again.

21. Butterfly Dangle Nail Charms

Add some whimsy to your nails with these beautiful butterfly nail charms! They are great for showing off a fresh, new manicure when you want to go all out.

22. Butterfly Themed Nail Gels

These gel polishes are great for when you need a base for stamping your butterfly nail art onto. You can also use these gel polishes for butterfly stickers and to paint on your own designs.

23. Dried Flowers For Butterfly Nails

Sometimes you might want to combine some butterfly stickers with real dried flowers. You can create some stunning garden themed nail art with this dried flower kit.

You can see how we combined some dried flowers with holographic butterfly stickers for this look.

24. Gold & Rose Gold Butterfly Nails

These stunning butterfly nail sequins come in a pack of 6 different colors. You get rose gold, gold, silver, pink, holographic & light gold.

25. Butterfly Nail Art Sticker Sheets

These sticker sheets can be used with gels, acrylics, polishes and builder gels. These pretty little stickers transform your nails into delicate butterflies, perfect for fluttering across any occasion.

26. Butterfly Wedding Nails

There are those times when you need a little extra. That’s where 3D nail decorations come in. This set has everything you need to create a gorgeous white butterfly garden right onto your nails.

27. Butterfly Nails With Nail Polish

If you prefer to use nail polish for your butterfly nails, here’s a super easy design to try. All you need is some pink, black, white and silver nail polish.

Step 1: Paint the entire nail with white polish, depending on your nail you might need two coats.

Step 2: When the white polish is dry, paint on the pink nail polish to make the wings. Let dry.

Step 3: Take a fine liner brush and paint the border of the butterfly. Let dry.

Step 4: Add some silvery accents.

Step 5: Apply a top coat and you are good to go

28. Butterfly Nail Transfers

How absolutely stunning are these long coffin butterfly nails. You can easily get this design with this shop’s sheets of butterfly nail decals.

They specialize in creating unique vinyl’s. All of their decals come in cute packaging with pictures and instructions!

29. black butterfly nails

30. Clear Butterfly Nails

These handmade nails are a unique combination of sparkle and nail art stickers.

31. Butterfly Embeds

You can incorporate these butterfly charms into your manicure ideas by either gluing them on top for a bold look for your IG photos. Another way to use these is to place them on top of a ombre design.

These acrylic resin butterfly nail art decorations are have a 3-dimensional loom that goes great with use with sequins or rhinestones.

32. Hand Painted Butterfly Nails

Hand-painted butterfly nails showcasing a unique blend of artistry and style.

33. Cute Butterfly Nails

why butterfly nails are popular

Butterfly nails have become a huge trend because they combine elegance with a playful, whimsical touch.

The designs often feature vibrant colors and intricate details that make each set feel like a tiny work of art.

They’re versatile, too—you can go for bold, colorful wings for a statement look or subtle, minimalist accents for a chic vibe.

Butterfly nails also symbolize transformation and beauty, which resonates with many people looking to express themselves creatively.

Thanks for reading this butterfly nail art ideas article. We hope you found some really pretty fluttering ideas for your own nails and manicures.

Next, see the list of some cute ladybug nail ideas.