These back to school nails will make you want to hit the books! #backtoschool #nailart

46 Cute Back to School Nail Ideas to Make You Stand Out in Class!

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It’s time to start planning (and practising) those back to school nails! So today we have a ton of ideas to inspire teachers and students alike!


These back to school nails will make you want to hit the books! #backtoschool #nailart

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Back to School Nail Ideas

It’s almost time for classes to start again which means it’s time for some cute back to school nail ideas!

Your students won’t be able to hold back their smiles when they see their teacher’s nails all painted and ready for lessons to begin!

There are some neat ideas here for teens too. Just remember to check your school policy on nail art… we don’t want anyone getting a detention do we!


So many cute back to school nail art ideas here! All the inspiration you need to go back to class in style! #nailart

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Here's my #nailscavengerhunt mani for yesterday…sorry I'm late but I just learned about the scavenger hunt yesterday ๐Ÿ˜ฃ This is #11 #mynailsandaruler I couldn't find a ruler (despite the fact that I have 3 school aged children ๐Ÿ˜•) so I used a measuring tape..but hey – Desperate times call for desperate measures…pun intended lol!! Credit to @cutepolish for the YouTube tutorial for the crayon. I also found the ideas for the others online but no names to give credit too…sorry. I used @chickpickpolish Blow Job as my chalkboard base with acrylic paint for the chalk no top coat because both finish matte like a chalkboard. I used acrylic paint for the crayon and a top coat over the bottom but not the top so it would resemble paper. And matte top coat for the pencil eraser for that true eraser look lol!! @huggles_and_snuggles @indigo.inspiration #backtoschoolnails #backtoschoolmani #schoolnails #pencilnails #crayonnails #chalkboardnails #chickpickpolish #nailsnailsnails #nailsofig #nailswag #polishperfection #nailartjunkie #nailart #notd #nailsoftheday #manioftheday #instanails #polishlicious #polishaa #nailpolishnerd #nailstagram #nailpromote #nails2inspire #showmynails

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"Back to school" nails ๐ŸŽฅVideo tutorial on my YouTube channel, link in bio I use: ๐ŸŽEl Corazon No423/290, No423/265, Kaleidoscope No. I-12, No. I-06, No. I-08, No. I-03 @el_corazon_art_direct ๐ŸŽKaleidoscope stamping polish stm-08 & st-01 @el_corazon_shop Elcorazon-shop.com ๐ŸŽStamping Plates: FubUrNails FUN6, FUN7, FUN3 @faburnails . . "ะกะฝะพะฒะฐ ะฒ ัˆะบะพะปัƒ" ๐Ÿ’…๐Ÿป ๐ŸŽฅะ’ะธะดะตะพ ะฝะฐ ะผะพะตะผ ะบะฐะฝะฐะปะต YouTube, ััั‹ะปะบะฐ ะฒ ะฟั€ะพั„ะธะปะต. ๐ŸŽะ›ะฐะบะธ: El Corazon No423/290, No423/265, Kaleidoscope No. I-12, No. I-06, No. I-08, No. I-03 @el_corazon_art_direct ๐ŸŽะ›ะฐะบะธ ะดะปั ัั‚ัะผะฟะธะฝะณะฐ Kaleidoscope stm-08 & st-01 @el_corazon_shop Elcorazon-shop.com ๐ŸŽะŸะปะธั‚ะบะธ: FubUrNails FUN6, FUN7, FUN3 @faburnails

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So I always wanted to do chalkboard nails and the Geo lover 02 stamping plate from @pueencosmetics Love box 2 made it possible!!!! M so lovin this mani and everybody in my college too!!!! ๐Ÿ˜Š I used the squishy stamper and scraper set that comes in the box!!! The box is available at www.pueencosmetics.com and amazon.com right nw!!! ๐Ÿ’• The base color is @looknailcolor black and the stamping polish is @konadnail white!!!! And I topped it all with my fav Ultra wax top coat from @mydreampolish!!! ๐Ÿ˜Š #nailpolish #nailart #nailartcommunity #nailartclub #nailstagram #nailsofinstagram #nails24x7 #pueencosmetics #pueencosmeticslovebox2 #looknailcolor #cuteynails01 #1minutenails #nailitdaily #craftyfingers #mydreampolish

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Chalkboard mani ๐Ÿ”ฒ for the #glamnailschallengeaug Details: ๐Ÿ“ Base: two coats of Essie Licorice ๐Ÿ“ Stamping polishes: Moyou London White Knight, Esmaltes da Kelly Bee, Lisa and Ringo ๐Ÿ“ Stamping plate: @moyou_londonn Scholar Collection 01 ๐Ÿ–‡ Top coat: @glistenandglow1 HK Girl ๐ŸŒซ Matte top coat: @essiepolish Matte about you #blackboard #blackboardart #backtoschoolnails #schoolnails #nail #nails #nailart #nailpolish #nailswag #nailstagram #naildesign #nailsofinstagram #prettynails #cutenails #nails2inspire #nailsoftheday #nailedit #nailsart #nailartaddict #nailpromote #naildesigns #nailartclub #nailpolishaddict #instanails #notd #ignails #nailsdid #nailstamping #whatsupnails

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๐ŸŽฅTUTORIAL๐ŸŽฅ โ€ข โœ๏ธBack to School Nailsโœ๏ธ โ€ข Hope yโ€™all like them:) xx ๐Ÿ˜˜๐Ÿ’ž โ€ข Polishes Used: -UNT Peel Off Base Coat โ˜๏ธ-โ€œ#GoalDiggerโ€ Serendipity โ—พ๏ธ-โ€œBuilding My Empireโ€ Serendipity ๐Ÿ—„-โ€œOn the Runwayโ€ Ella+Mila ๐Ÿ“-โ€œGrey Skiesโ€ Ella+Mila ๐Ÿ’›-โ€œLimoncelloโ€ Ella+Mila -Acrylic Paint -Ella+Mila Matte Top Coat โ€ข QOTD: When do you go back to school? – AOTD: August 20th ๐Ÿ™ โ€ข #backtoschoolnails #backtoschoolnailart #backtoschool #backtoschool2018 #freehandnailart โ€ข ๐ŸŽถโ€Why do you feel so downโ€ Declan Mckenna

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Hola chicas! Esta noche les muestro un diseรฑo que habรญa hecho para participar en el tema #vueltaalcole del #retoliganailista pero al final decidรญ no participar, es que estaba atrasando por cosas que tenรญa que hacer y ya estaba en otros dos retos, mรกs las colaboraciones, preferรญ dejarlo asรญ pero igual se los muestro ๐Ÿ˜Š. . El color base es #vestfriends de @chinaglazeofficial cortesรญa de @kapaluatrading, el estampado es con el color blanco de y negro de @beautybigbangnail y la placa es @bornprettyofficial #BPL065. La base blanca es @wyniebeauty #jumbo y para finalizar apliquรฉ @sechenails #sechevite #fastdry top coat. . #nails #nailart #thenailstory #gorgeousnails #espaรฑanails #backtoschoolnails #uรฑasvenezuela #nailartvzla #nailsvzla #nailespaรฑa #chinaglazenailart #chinaglazenails #chinaglazepolish #chinaglazenailpolish #stampingnails #stampingnailart #nailstamp #nailstamping #nailaddict #nailpolishaddict #nailstagram #instanails #amigasnailistasporelmundo

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#Repost @lluvia_stampingnail โ€ข โ€ข โ€ข โ€ข โ€ข Mi participaciรณn para el reto de este mes, tema โ€œregreso a clasesโ€ para este diseรฑo use … ๐Ÿ“ Esmalte โ€œSnow Me Whiteโ€ de @sinfulcolors_official โœ๏ธ Placa โ€œValentineโ€™s Day BP-L002โ€ de @bornprettyofficial โœ๏ธ Placa โ€œTypography 07โ€ de @moyou_london ๐Ÿ“ Tintas โ€œSky Blueโ€ y โ€œBlackโ€ de @mundodeunas #retoliganailista #liganailistachallenge #regresoaclases #sinfulcolors #bornpretty #bornprettynailart #lookmoyoulondon #mundodeunas #lluviastampingnail #stampingnailart #nailistasmexico #nailistasgdl #mexicannails #backtoschoolnails

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๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 22/52 Regreso a clase ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿšƒ es el tema para #52weeknailchallenge de @polish_portfolio. Me fascinรณ la tapa del cuaderno que en algรบn momento usamos ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜ y la tรญpica hoja blanca de lรญneas la reemplace por la de hojas de color y cuadriculada. Espero les guste como a mi. Un beso y maรฑana nos veremos con el swatch ๐Ÿ’…๐Ÿป de los domingos! – ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง 22/52 Back to school ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿšƒ is the theme for # 52weeknailchallenge from @polish_portfolio. I was fascinated by the cover of the notebook that we used at some point ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜ and the typical white sheet of lines replaced it by the one with colored and squared sheets. I hope you like it like me. A kiss and tomorrow we will see each other with the swatch ๐Ÿ’…๐Ÿป on Sundays! – – #52weeknailchallenge @polish_portfolio #backtoschool #vueltaaclases #nailschool #nailart #freehandnailartist #diseรฑomanoalzada #nails๐Ÿ’… #nailobsession #backtoschoolnails #nailsschool #nailsnailsnails #nailselfie #nailfeed

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