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

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!

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

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 😣 This is #11 #mynailsandaruler I couldn't find a ruler (despite the fact that I have 3 school aged children 😕) 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 🎥Video tutorial on my YouTube channel, link in bio I use: 🍎El Corazon No423/290, No423/265, Kaleidoscope No. I-12, No. I-06, No. I-08, No. I-03 @el_corazon_art_direct 🍎Kaleidoscope stamping polish stm-08 & st-01 @el_corazon_shop Elcorazon-shop.com 🍎Stamping Plates: FubUrNails FUN6, FUN7, FUN3 @faburnails . . "Снова в школу" 💅🏻 🎥Видео на моем канале YouTube, ссылка в профиле. 🍎Лаки: El Corazon No423/290, No423/265, Kaleidoscope No. I-12, No. I-06, No. I-08, No. I-03 @el_corazon_art_direct 🍎Лаки для стэмпинга Kaleidoscope stm-08 & st-01 @el_corazon_shop Elcorazon-shop.com 🍎Плитки: 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!!!! 😊 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!!! 💕 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!!! 😊 #nailpolish #nailart #nailartcommunity #nailartclub #nailstagram #nailsofinstagram #nails24x7 #pueencosmetics #pueencosmeticslovebox2 #looknailcolor #cuteynails01 #1minutenails #nailitdaily #craftyfingers #mydreampolish

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Hola chicas! Esta noche les muestro un diseño que había hecho para participar en el tema #vueltaalcole del #retoliganailista pero al final decidí no participar, es que estaba atrasando por cosas que tenía que hacer y ya estaba en otros dos retos, más las colaboraciones, preferí dejarlo así pero igual se los muestro 😊. . El color base es #vestfriends de @chinaglazeofficial cortesía 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 apliqué @sechenails #sechevite #fastdry top coat. . #nails #nailart #thenailstory #gorgeousnails #españanails #backtoschoolnails #uñasvenezuela #nailartvzla #nailsvzla #nailespaña #chinaglazenailart #chinaglazenails #chinaglazepolish #chinaglazenailpolish #stampingnails #stampingnailart #nailstamp #nailstamping #nailaddict #nailpolishaddict #nailstagram #instanails #amigasnailistasporelmundo

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🇪🇸 22/52 Regreso a clase 🏫🚃 es el tema para #52weeknailchallenge de @polish_portfolio. Me fascinó la tapa del cuaderno que en algún momento usamos 😁😁 y la típica hoja blanca de líneas la reemplace por la de hojas de color y cuadriculada. Espero les guste como a mi. Un beso y mañana nos veremos con el swatch 💅🏻 de los domingos! – 🇬🇧 22/52 Back to school 🏫🚃 is the theme for # 52weeknailchallenge from @polish_portfolio. I was fascinated by the cover of the notebook that we used at some point 😁😁 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 💅🏻 on Sundays! – – #52weeknailchallenge @polish_portfolio #backtoschool #vueltaaclases #nailschool #nailart #freehandnailartist #diseñomanoalzada #nails💅 #nailobsession #backtoschoolnails #nailsschool #nailsnailsnails #nailselfie #nailfeed

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