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Top 10+ Gifts For Nail Polish Lovers

If you’re shopping for someone who loves a home manicure, but don’t know what to get, you’re in luck. Our list of the Top 10+ Gifts For Nail Polish Lovers is sure to help you find the perfect gift.

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Who does at home manicures? Does someone you know do them … and now you need a gift for them? You’re in luck. Here’s a list of the Top 10+ Gifts For Nail Polish Lovers.

There are a variety of items on the list, from nail polishes to toe separators (really super cute ones!), so you’re bound to find something to give as a gift.

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Top Gifts For Nail Polish Lovers

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A woman wearing a purple nail polish holder on one hand and holding the top of a nail polish bottle in the other.

Wearable Polish Holder

This Wearable Polish Holder is my favorite item on this entire list.

When I’m painting my nails at home, I usually balance the bottle of nail polish between my knees. I’ve done this always, and honestly, it’s a wonder that it has never slipped from my knees and coated the entire floor or couch in nail polish.

But it could. And then your things are pretty much ruined.

So this wearable nail polish holder is brilliant. You put the bottle in, wear it on your opposite hand, and you’re good to go. When you’re ready to paint the other hand, just move it over.

A hand holding a bottle of nail polish in front of a display of nail polish at a CVS store.

Nail Polish

Let’s start with an obvious one. If you don’t know what to buy for the nail lovers on your shopping list, go with nail polish. You can get a bunch of different colors and (hopefully) some are new colors that your friend doesn’t already have.

Personally, I love using a glittered polish as a top coat on color for an accent nail. The one I love is a clear coat with huge chunks of silver glitter on it. It’s a great way to add a little bit of bling to your nails without being over the top.

A three pack of pink and purple nail files.

Nail Files

I’m knocking all the obvious gifts out right away, but a pack of nail files is a great gift idea. Not a plain pack of boring tan-ish ones, but a really cute pack with different designs.

I have so many cute nail files around this house, in the bathroom, in my travel bag, in my office, anywhere I might need one. That way, when a nail file wears out, I always have an extra to replace it.

Package them in a cute bag with some other necessary nail items (like a nail clipper, a nail buffer, cuticle oil, nail polish, etc.) and you have a fun gift.

A pack of colorstreet nail  polish strips with a catalog and business card on a blue background.

Nail Polish Strips

A few years ago, Color Street was one of the bigger MLMs out there. It suddenly disappeared, which is a real shame because I actually loved the concept of nail polish strips. They are so incredibly easy to put on and last so much longer than polish.

Luckily, nail polish strips still exist. And your nail polish loving fan will love them for those in between salon trip times.

A travel manicure set that's open to show the nail tools inside.

Travel Manicure Set

Taking nail supplies on the go is so important to nail polish lovers. You never know when a nail might break or chip, so having clippers and files at the ready are so necessary.

Soa Travel Manicure Set is useful.

My mom bought me one for my travel bag and I use it all the time. Mostly for the nail clipper and files, but I did use the scissors when my hair tie got caught in my hair in Puerto Rico.

A pink box filled with nail art stickers.

Nail Art Stickers

People usually do plain at home manicures because drawing on your own nails is pretty difficult. But it doesn’t have to be, especially with these Nail Art Stickers.

There are a few options when you’re looking at these. Personally, I like the sets that are actually stickers, not rub ons because then, all nail art lovers need to do to is paint their nails, wait for them to dry, then use a tweezer to peel off nail stickers and stick them the nail.

Self-adhesive stickers are so easy to apply. And they’ll make a really big difference on your nail polish lover’s at home manicure.

A box of glow in the dark nail polish on a shelf in the store.

Glow In The Dark Nail Polish

If you want to give your nail polish lover something she most likely doesn’t have, this Glow In The Dark Nail Polish is a really unique gift.

It’s really good for, say, Halloween nails. But, it’s just fun for every day too. It’s something really different that most people haven’t ever purchased before — or even know exists, honestly.

So it’s a really good gift.

Two boxes of gel nail polish and a gel nail kit on a shelf in a store.

Gel Nail Kit With Light

The only time I had a gel nail set was for my wedding. Gel manicures last forever, but they’re not something that you can easily do at home without an entire kit. Because you need things like specific gel polishes and a specific light.

If you know your friend loves gel nails, a Gel Nail Kit with a light and polishes is a good gift idea. You can get different shades of polish, the gel base coat, and the light for a complete gift.

A hand holding a package of nail stamps.

Nail Stamp Set

If you haven’t seen nail stamps in use before, they will blow your mind. They’re basically just small templates that you paint over that leave the most beautiful and intricate patterns on your nails.

Nail stamps are such a cool way to get fancy nails at home. No trip to the salon needed.

A box of nail charms in a store.

Nail Charms

I am absolutely not skilled enough to put on nail charms. And I’m not fancy enough to go anywhere to wear them.

Oh, but when I was in high school, I would have spent so. much. time. applying these to be fancy.

So, if you have a young nail polish lover on your list, nail charms are perfect.

A pink nail brush in a package on a piece of wood.

Nail Brush

Doing your nails is as much about self care as it is about beauty. So, if your friend is doing her nails at home, you still want her to have that self-care experience.

So, this nail brush doesn’t sound too exciting as a gift. But it’s a way for your friend to clean her nails, which is actually so soothing. Add it to your gift and I bet you it gets more use than anything else.

A nail dip starter kit in a box in a store.


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These aren’t all of the gifts for nail polish lovers out there, just the ones that we think would make the best gifts. There are more, like the nail dip starter kit, above that didn’t make our list.

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Which of these Top 10+ Gifts For Nail Polish Lovers is your favorite? Let us know in the comments.