There are so many different nail art trends it’s hard to keep up with all of them. Do you need to try matte nails? Glitter nails? Gel? There are too many to choose!

Luckily for you, we here at CF have the answer for you. Tell the world a little bit about what you do in your manicure – incorporate your major into your nails!

We chose some pretty easy nail art styles to get you started, but they can definitely go up in difficulty from here! (And be sure to see our guide to simple nail art for some easy tutorials if you haven’t done nail art before.)

Without further ado:

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Art and Art History Majors – Splatter Nails

This is the most literal translation of a major into nail art of the set. Display your artistic background with a Jackson Pollock reference! Your nails are your canvas. (And if you’re feeling like showing off, choose the same colors he did to make it more authentic!)

For anyone who’s spending time in studio, the hectic look of these nails is only helped by any addition of artistic media.

How to:

1. Paint your nails a base coat of whatever you want your background to be. Obviously our base/background was white.
2. Obtain disposable straws, disposable plates, newspaper/background scratch paper, and several colors of nail polish.
3. The way we attempted originally was to put some of the paint on the plate, dip the straw, and blow gently through the straw to splatter it on the nail. This gives a very light, speckled, subtle color. If that’s enough for you, this is the perfect place to stop.
4. It was not enough for us. We did not stop. We ended up taking the brushes out of the nail polish entirely and dipping the straw straight into the bottle before blowing. This was very effective at transferring a whole lot of paint. Quite a lot. So much paint. I would highly recommend putting down some sort of newspaper/scrap paper on any surface you’re painting on top of.
5. Clean up your nail bed with polish remover and a small brush or pointed Q-tip.

STEM Major – Glitter Ombre Nails

For our STEM majors, we recommend a simple glitter ombre manicure. Doing this on top of blank nails makes it hard to see chips and helps keep the look a little more professional.