17 Coffin Nail Designs That Are To Die For (2024)

Coffin nail designs are for anyone who loves a nail shape that’s (typically) long and tapered towards the tip, with squared-off ends. If the name is too macabre for you, they’re also known as ballerina nails. Which is almost scarier. We re still getting nightmares from Black Swan.

Regardless of what you call them, this nail trend creates a lot of real estate for creativity. Finally, something to do with all that nail polish you’ve been hoarding!

1. Peach Coffin Nail Design

French tips, but like all good things, they’ve evolved. These diagonal, two-toned, peachy French tips are the nails of the future. At least until they start chipping. What’s next, walking on land?

2. Yin and Yang Rainbow Coffin Nails

Just like yin and yang, we’re all about balance here. Same goes for cake: equal parts icing and more icing.

3. Sunflower Coffin Nail Art

We’ve found a new take on pressing flowers. We kept forgetting which books all our flowers were in.

4. Coffin Skittle Nails

For this look, just ask your nail artist to create a skittles manicure, this one inspired by the Simon Cowell’s deep v-neck shirts.

5. Neon Coffin Nails

Neon polish and animal print smash do it like mammals in this manicure that’s perfect for your next forest rave.

6. Unicorn Coffin Nail Art

These unicorn nails are in case you want your coffin nails to match your unicorn mug. And house.

7. Lisa Frank Coffin Nails

With the return of French tips, halter tops, and Lisa Frank-inspired everything, 90s kids are living in nostalgic heaven. BRB, we gotta go feed our Tamagotchi.

8. Powder Blue Coffin Nails

Season 2 of Bridgerton is coming to Netflix this spring. Which gives us just enough time for us to paint our nails this Daphne-approved shade of blue. Can someone please bring us the pearl embellishments?

9. Two-Toned Rainbow Coffin Nail Art

When you have more than 10 shades, just start painting the other half of each nail. When you have more than 20 shades, it’s time to open your own nail salon. And that’s our business plan!

10. Black and White Mismatched Nails

Smiley faces, hearts, cow prints, yin and yang…you really can have it all with this black and white nail mani. Except for the window seat on a plane.We already called it.

11. Mint Green Long Coffin Press-On Nails

These mint press-on nails are not for snacking. Unless you mean to scoop up more snacks. In that case, yes.

Available on Etsy.

12. Abstract Coffin Nail Art

If your head is in the clouds, and also in Barbie’s house and an abstract art museum, try out this abstract art idea. And then tell us how you figured out to be in so many places at once.

13. Green Coffin Nail Design

Pair these matte kelly green nails with an accent nail to create a look that says, “St. Patrick’s Day is every day.” (Your liver agrees.)

14. Tapered Red Coffin Nails

It may seem amazing to paint your nails like this, but the real test of your abilities is chipping them perfectly into this design.

15. Wavy Yellow Coffin Nails

Because of this look, they don’t let us bring highlighters to the office meetings anymore. Just wait until they see what we can do with staples.

16. Weather Radar-Inspired Coffin Nails

According to this weather radar, it will be sunny today. Doppler, call us.

17. Gold Foil Coffin Nails

We’re on the pay-as-you-can gold foil plan, and we already had five too many coffee runs this week.