starting taking over Instagram and has yet to slow down well past the holiday itself. It's probably not the kind of Easter nail art you'd expect: little drawings of actual eggs with chicks hatching out of them. The nail-art fans of Instagram have decided instead to paint their nails just like those little pastel chocolate eggs. You know the ones: coated in pink, purple, and yellow shells with little brown and black speckles.
from the safety of your own home, we're making the argument that it'll stick around as one of the season's best nail-art trends. Below, see just a handful of our favorite takes on the trend from Instagram, just a little bit of proof that this trend's potential totally exceeds a single holiday weekend.
Just two pastel nail shades and one black polish can help you pull off this speckled trend, as proven by . You can create those uneven little speckles in a lot of different ways, but these ones were created with one small nail-art brush.is proof that candy-egg designs look great on short nails, too. She opted for light-brown polish to create her speckles, making them just a little bit more subtle.
Don't fret if you don't already own a lot of pastel nail polish shades — slightly darker, muted shades do wonders with this trend. Just look to this custom-painted press-on set fromBrighter shades also work for the Easter egg nail-art trend. A mix of vivid yellow, pink, turquoise, and purple hues come together on this egg-themed manicure by