Claudia WilliamsIt can be difficult to find the perfect silver nails for your intended outfit, but that is where we come in. We understand the difficulty in picking the right nail design that will fit several occasions, and we also understand that some nail designs simply don’t work for all occasions, such as french tip nails or matte nails. Some are meant for a single occasion, like a prom or wedding, and some can be altered or used, for both formal or casual outings, like burgundy nails.
Top 50+ Silver Nail Art Ideas for Various Occasions
However, we appreciate the numerous designs that are out there, but a lot of people have been wanting to incorporate silver into their nail designs for ages but always fall short. Keeping this in mind, we have found 50 awesome silver nail ideas that are meant to help fill this particular want and need, regardless if it is for a formal or casual occasion. Most of them are simplistic by nature, and they range from different lengths and tip cuts, and some of them leave room for personal preferences and touches. These ideas are perfect if you are bored of the usual burgundy nails.
1. Snowcovered Nude Almond Nails
These pink and silver almond cute nails are absolutely endearing. They boast glossy pink foundations with dappled silver splotches and white snowflake decals. The almond tips are functional picks for work and play. We love that this festive mani deviates from the typical holiday color palettes.
2. Shimmery Pink Stiletto Nails
This shimmering pink mani will have you feeling extra festive. Every other nail has a pale pink base coat and fine-lined snowflake accents. The other fingernails boast generous amounts of silver glitter. The holographic dust reminds us of ice. On that note, this adorable nail trend is sure to have you reaching for your favorite sweater.
3. Nude Nails with an Icy Touch
These nude nails boast square tips with artfully applied silver embellishments. The drippy, slanted accents use negative space to create an illusion of grandeur. The icy ornamentations pair well with chunky silver rings.
4. Silver Stiletto Nails with Posh Markings
These silver and gold stiletto nails boast a mix of colorful lacquers and glitter. Two fingernails on each hand boast solid silver backgrounds with shimmery topcoats. The other fingernails feature modish black, white, and silver grid designs over glossy white base coats. The silvery details are far from subtle. However, a good nail tech should have no trouble recreating them.
5. Long Square Nails With Black and Chrome Marbling
These long, square chrome nails feature milky nude base coats and black and silver overlays. The multimedia design is a bit more sophisticated than your run-of-the-mill glitter mashup. It’s a perfect look for boss ladies and aspiring superstars.
6. Awesome Starlight Silver Nail Design Idea
These beautiful nails are meant to provide a nice but simple design that can easily go with most outfits. The base polish is dark like the night sky, and then, it is sprinkled with bright silver glitter, which gives you the illusion of stars twinkling in the night sky. The tips of these nails are squared, but this can be altered to any tip that is personally preferred, which leaves plenty of room for individuality.
7. Teal and Glitter Leave Vine Silver Nails
For these silver nail ideas, you will find an exquisite design that utilizes light and cheerful pastel colors. Some nails are painted a solid teal to surround the silver design found on the two middle fingers, which use a clear nail polish coat as the base for the silver tips to sparkle from. On top of the silver polish, black leave vines are then positioned on the tip of the nail flowing up towards the cubicle. Finally, the design is complete with the thumbnail using the same black vined design come from the square-cut tips.
8. Simple Pretty in Pink Silver Nail Art
This is an elegant nail design that can be used for multiple occasions, and it is meant to reveal the bright side of your personality. This design uses a pale and shiny pink base coat of nail polish, and the tips are then sprinkled with silver and cheerful glitter. This is a practical design that utilizes square tips, but it is cut shorter, so it can be utilized for both formal and casual occasions.
9. Pink and Silver Striped Nail Designs
This is a square tip nail design that is both cool and easy to duplicate, and it uses a light pastel pink as the backdrop for all other nails. However, a single nail is covered with a bright and cheerful silver nail polish to add a sense of individuality. On each hand, one nail is also designed with a white and silver stripe, which furthers the overall difference motif of the design.
10. Jingle Jangle Silver Nail Ideas
This is a simplistic nail design, but it will give you a fabulous look. The nails are painted with bright silver nail polish, and two fingers on each hand have two silver ball rings connected into them. This design uses square tips, but they have to be fairly long to allow plenty of room for the rings to be punctured into the nail, and it can be a fun design for a special occasion or just an everyday look.
11. Cute and Easy Silver Nail Designs
This is a pretty nail design that is easily done, and it can also be used for a number of different occasions, whether it is a formal or casual occasion. All nails are painted with a silver glitter nail polish, and it is designed with a clean square cut tip. It is excellent because this design can be used for both shorter and longer nail lengths.
12. Purple and Glitter Silver Nails
This is a unique but beautiful nail design, which uses a dark purple as the main nail polish on each nail except for one. On each hand, there is a single nail painted in full silver glitter nail polish, which helps to add contrast to the design, and although it uses a round-cut, it could easily be adjusted to a square tip if you desire. The best thing about these silver nails is that they can be worn to just about any occasion.
13. Silver Nail Designs with Pink Tips
This is an elegant and fun nail design that is easy to duplicate and can be used on several occasions. This uses an alternate nail design with two different patterns. One pattern is a straight silver glitter nail polish, and the other nails are painted with a clear silver polish from cubicle to the mid nail, and from the mid nail up, it uses a light pink polish. It uses round tips, and it is a shorter nail design that is both beautiful and practical for everyday use or special occasions.
14. Diamond Gems Silver Nail Designs
This nail design has to utilize a longer nail cut, and it has a beautiful square tip design. Every other nail has solid white nail polish, and the other nails are coated with a cute silver glitter nail polish. The center nail on each hand is the home of six small diamond gemstones, that add a sense of elegance to this nail design.
15. Purple Princess Silver Tip Nail Design
This nail design is ideal for those that want a simple but beautiful short nail design. A light pale purple is used for the base coat, and each tip is then shimmered with sparkling silver glitter. This is by far the best silver nails design that can be utilized and done for a basic occasion or a more prominent occasion.
16. Sharp Silver Flower Nail Designs
This is a unique silver nail design, and there is plenty of room for individuality with this particular design. A shiny silver coat of nail polish on each nail and the tips are filed to a sharp point, which gives them a pretty cool aspect. On top of the silver polish, there are different white flowers that add character to each fingernail’s individual design.
17. Subtle Silver Cubicle Pink Fingernails
This is a subtle silver nail design mixed with a beautiful light pink base fingernail polish. Each finger has a small dome of silver glitter paint coming from the cubicle, which gives it a nice elegance. This nail design utilizes a square tip cut, and they are cut short to make it easy to maneuver and wear during everyday tasks or for a more special occasion.
18. Long Round Tipped Silver Nail Designs
This is a classic nail design that utilizes a beautiful silver glitter nail polish. This design can be used for long or short nails, but this particular design has a subtle round tip, and it can be used for everyday outfits or for a special night out on the town. It gives a cute shine and will make your nails the talk of any party or conversation.
19. Gemstone Silvery Clear Pointed Nail Tips
Every nail on the hand is painted a little different on these exquisite silver nail ideas and designs. It uses a mixture of clear base paint, metallic silver base paint, white, and shimmery silver paint. This design also uses beautiful gemstones to add character to one nail, and it alternates clear and silver polish in the teardrop tip design.
20. Metallic Silver Nail Ideas for Everyday
This is a basic nail design that uses subtle and easy replicated techniques to provide acute finished design. Silver metallic nail polish is used on all the nails, and this design can be used for nails of any length. They can also be used with round, teardrop, or square tip nails. The best thing about this nail design is that it can be used for various occasions but formal and casual with the right outfit.
21. Silver Nail Art with Black and White Line Designs
This nail design has a lot to say about you as a person, and this particular design uses a cute metallic silver nail polish as the base. Two nails on each hand are then striped with white and black lines to add contrast to the design, and those nails also have some black and white circles mixed into the design. This design can be used with any length or tip cut to fit your personal preferences.
22. Square Tipped Pink and Shimmery Silver Nail Art
This nail design gives a sense of elegance and difference, and the main coat theme is a cute and shiny pale pink, which surrounds two nails, in the middle of the hand, covered with a shimmery silver polish. The nail size is subtle. It’s not too long and not too short, and the nails have a square tip cut, which is practical for various types of occasions.
23. Tear Drop Meets Square Tipped Diamond Nails
This is an awesome nail design that provides the wearer with an easy but elegant option to basic nails, and this design uses two types of tip cuts. Due to the length, the nails are extended and thinned like a teardrop cut, but the very tip of the nails are squared, and all of the fingers are covered in a dark but shiny red, except for one finger on each hand. That nail is covered with silver gemstones that will catch the eye of others in the room.
24. Light Blue Meshed with Pink and Silver Nail Art
Some aspects of this design that sets it apart from other designs. These nails use light blue and pink as the main color scheme. The middle nail blends the two colors together and another nail uses the shimmery silver glitter nail polish, while others use a solid based coat with either the light blue or pink polish.
25. Silver Marble and Pink Silver Nails
Each nail on both hands has a different theme. You can enjoy the light pale pink nail design on some nails, while other nails have a straight silver color. One nail on each hand is coated with white nail polish and it is swirled with black polish to give the illusion of marble. There is also another nail that ties all of the nails together by painting half with the silver and half with a pinkish gold nail glitter.
26. Metallic Gemstone Rounded Silver Nails
This is a pretty awesome silver nail art design that is meant for different occasions, where each nail is first coated with a beautiful metallic silver, and the nails are cut short with rounded tips. On each hand, a single nail is covered with shimmering gemstones give the design a touch of elegance, and the best thing about this particular design is it can be worn with just about any outfit, formal or casual.
27. Black Stars with Metallic Shimmers Design
This is a very general and simple nail art design. It works well with anyone who uses it. The basis of the theme is a light pale purple, and a couple of black stars on the nail next to a nail that uses silver metallic polish splashed on the purple base polish. The design uses a slightly rounded square tip.
28. Shimmering Short Square Tipped Silver Nails
This is a fun and simple nail design that utilizes a bright and shimmery glitter silver nail polish, and it can be used for short or long nails, and it can also be used for various different shaped tipped nails. Therefore, these particular silver nails can be used for several occasions, regardless if it is a formal or casual affair.
29. Black and Silver Square Tipped Nails
Black nails can be difficult to pull off, but this is a cute and awesome way that will make it possible to show off black nails without feeling dark and gloomy. They are designed with square tips, and a shimmering silver glitter polish is used to add light and contrast to the overall nail design.
30. Melted Silver on Clear Round Nails
This design has a completely unique feel because they will never be done exactly like another nail. They are coated with a clear base nail polish, and then a metallic silver polish is swirled in random ways to give you a nice polish design that is completely different than anyone else around you, even if it is the basic same design.
31. Silver and Pink Gemstone Nail Design
These silver nails will make an excellent talking point at any party or event that you attend. They are flashy with their single metallic silver glitter nail, and then one finger on each hand has three diamonds on top of the soft pale pink nail polish. This can be used for various occasions, which will make it viable and worth getting.
32. Mix Match Purple and Silver Nails
This is a pretty and fun nail design, and it is meant to go with everything light and purple. The design uses light and dark purple combination, and some nails are covered with a bright and shimmery silver glitter polish. They have a rounded tip, but the design can be used with teardrop tips or square tips, which makes it easy to personalize the design to your tastes.
33. Shimmering White and Silver Nails with Gemstones
This particular set of nails is designed to be extremely elegant, and it is the best design that could easily match for any type of formal attire. Each nail on each hand has a slightly different design on it, but they all have the same color scheme. They use a white polish for the base coat and silver glitter that is painted from the cubical and trickles off to the center. Then each nail uses a combination of gemstones and metallic silver paint to provide random designs.
34. Purple Gemstones with Pink and Silver Nails
This is a pretty but simple nail art design, and it utilizes a light pink nail polish as the main theme of the entire design. However, there is a single nail, each hand, with a purple and silver glitter nail polish, and the middle finger on each hand is decorated with diamond and purple gemstones.
35. Pink and Rainbow Silver Nails
This is a two-toned nail design, and it is best done with long fingernails. It uses a square cut tip, and the base coat on each nail starts with a pale pink that transitions into a rainbow silver nail polish that extends out to the tip of each nail. This design can be used for all occasions, which makes it one of the best practical choices.
36. Rainbow Sparkle Silver Nail Ideas
This design offers an array of different nail polish options. Some nails are painted with the solid white nail polish, and finally, a base coat of peachy pink nail polish is used on one nail, with a silver rainbow speckle polish painted over the tip. Then another nail on each hand is painted fully with silver nail polish and the same rainbow speckles are mixed into the polish.
37. Diamond Blast from Abyss Silver Nails
This uses different styles of paint to bring together an entire design. Silver glitter nail polish is used on some nails, and some are painted with a natural base nail polish with white tips on the nails. The design has a square tip design, and the special nails are painted with white nail polish, and there is black paint splattered on the nails with a single silver dot exploding from the black splash.
38. Sharp Tear Drop Silver Nails
These nails are meant to be both elegant and pretty, and it uses a combination of pinks and silver polish to create the overall effect. All the nails are solid paint with either pale pink, a darker maroon pink, and silver glitter polish, but the middle nail is painted with the pale pink and uses the silver glitter polish to paint a slight swirl design on one side of the nail.
39. Metallic Silver Nails with Cubicle Gemstones
This design uses a mixture between the square tip and teardrop tips, and although this design can be any length, it is meant to be longer. The main nail polish used in this design is a metallic silver nail polish, and at the cubicle of each nail, it is lined with subtle and cool gems to accent the overall design.
40. Black Mixed with Silver Nails
This nail design uses a glossy black nail polish as the main basis for the overall design, and on two nails per hand, there is a mixture of metallic silver polish that is drizzled and swirled around on top of the glossy black. Each nail is rounded at the tip, and the length can be determined.
41. Square Tipped Glittery Silver Nails
This nail design provides a more natural look, while still showing off one’s glittery fabulous side. The base nail polish is a natural-looking color, and each tip is shaped into a square being painted with glittery silver nail polish with large speckles laced throughout to give a random feel to the design.
42. Black and Silver Scales Design
If you enjoy animal skin designs, this is the best choice that you might be able to find. It starts with glossy black nail polish as the base, and then some silver specs are added on top to look like different scale patterns on each nail, and the best thing about this design is it is always unique, based on the pattern that you use for the silver specs.
43. Clear and Blue Swirl Design Mixed with Silver Nails
This uses a square-tipped nail design, and it uses a clear nail polish as the base coat, while each nail is stripped with a mixture of dark blue and silver glitter nail polish. On each nail, one section has a beautiful blue swirl design between one of the stripes.
44. Pointed Round Tipped Silver Nails
This is an awesome silver nail design that is capable of going with a variety of different outfits, which makes it viable for both formal and casual events. The tips have a rounded pointed tip, and it is meant to be a little longer than most design, and it is easy to duplicate because it only requires a bright shiny silver nail polish.
45. Long Jeweled Silver Nails and Gemstones
The design is meant for longer nail cuts, and it is simple to be creative with the gemstone work to show a bit of individuality. All of the nails but one on each hand are coated with solid white nail polish, while the other two nails are covered with a light shimmery silver nail polish. Two of the white nails on each hand then have some gemstones positioned on the white polish for the final elegant touch.
46. Short Round Tipped Maroon and Silver Nails
The basic nail polish that is design is centered around is a dark maroon, and each pinkie fingernail is covered with a silver glitter nail polish. To tie the two colors together, one nail on each hand uses a combination of the maroon and silver glitter nail polish, and it is cut short and round-tipped to make it practical for both casual and formal occasions.
47. Natural Beauty Pointed Silver Nail Ideas
This nail design is shaped into a point, and it uses a mixture of natural nail polish and silver glitter nail polish. Each nail has a slightly different design, while some are fully painted in the natural polish. However, some are fully painted in the silver glitter polish, and one nail on each hand utilizes small gemstones to provide an elegant touch.
48. Glossy Black and Silver Nail Ideas
This design uses a bright glossy black nail polish that is complemented by a nail that is covered with a bright silver glitter nail polish. This uses a rounded square tip to provide an elegant and smooth look that can match any occasion.
49. Black, Grey and Silver Nail Art Designs
This is an easy design that is able to be duplicated with the use of three different nail polishes: a bright silver glitter nail polish, a dark grey nail polish, and shimmery black nail polish. You will use the black and silver polish on each hand, and the other nails will be painted with the solid grey polish to add contrast to the design.
50. Pink, Purple, and Silver Nails
This is a shorter cut nail design, and it uses a light pale pink base coat, where each pinkie is painted with a silver glitter nail polish, and the middle finger on each hand is covered with silver and purple gemstones. Two other nails have a small line of gemstones that make this perfect for all types of occasions, while still being practical for a day at the office.
51. Multiple Colors and Silver Nail Ideas
This is a simplistic design that uses three general colors in an alternate pattern, and each hand will have different fingers painted with pale pink nail polish, a dark glossy purple nail polish, and silver glitter nail polish. It is also a practical design that can be used at work, because the length of the nails can be altered, as desired.
52. Alternated Pink and Silver Glitter Nail Designs
This design uses pink nail polish and a silver glitter nail polish. The other nails are painted with a solid coat of either polish, and the design can be used on nails with any shaped tips or nails of any desired length, which makes them perfect for any type of occasion, formal or casual.
53. Bright Neon Pink and Metallic Silver Square Tips
This is an easy design to duplicate. It requires a neon pink nail polish, pink glitter nail polish, and silver metallic nail polish. Each polish is used on different nails, except for the neon pink nail polish, used to help tie the overall color scheme of the design.
54. Goldish and Silver Glitter Nails
This simplistic nail design uses a goldish silver glitter as the base coat, and it is viable for various occasions, whether it is formal or casual. It can be used with a shorter or longer nail cut, and you can use whatever tip style you prefer, whether it is square, teardrop, or rounded tips.
55. Light Pink Silver Glitter Gemstone Nails
The base nail coat is a light pink polish, and it uses gemstones and other silver speckles for this fabulous design. It can be used for elegant formal parties or a casual night out on the town, and it has a rounded square tip, and it utilizes a medium length nail cut for practicality.
50+ of the Top Silver Nail Ideas
Overall, it is important to remember that any nail design can be altered to make it your own, and many of the mentioned designs can use substituted colors to match any particular outfit, but they are centered around a silver theme, which will work best with silver accessories. It is important to make sure that you consider the length of the nail design before getting it to make sure that you will be able to get the most out of design, even if its main purpose is for a specific occasion.
