Kylie Jenner's Best Nail Looks Of All Time

TV personality Kylie Jenner has long been a trendsetter, helping to popularize fads like the pouty lip look. She's been similarly influential when it comes to nail art, with her Instagram-posted manicures serving as the perfect source of inspiration. "I've recently been embracing a 'less is more' philosophy when it comes to glam," Jenner told Elle in October 2024. "But I've always seen make-up as a way to show self-expression, and am inspired by my moods or cool visual designs, so I still like to switch it up with my hair and nails."

While Jenner's lip kits are definitely more known, the California native has dabbled in selling nail products, having multiple collaborations with Sinful Colors and releasing nail lacquers through Kylie Cosmetics. She's also been known to work with high-profile, celebrity manicurists like Zola Ganzorigt and Chaun Legend, who are behind some of Jenner's best nail looks of all time.

Avid nail lovers know trendy chrome nail variations can make for magical manicures, which is why this simple, yet sleek chrome design from Kylie Jenner ranks so high among her nail looks. The dark fuschia shade is both feminine and fun, while the metallic shine gives the entire manicure a slightly futuristic vibe. Jenner opted for a medium-length, squared cut for this 2018 manicure — a go-to choice for the trendsetter — but this color and finish would work with most any nail shape.

Kylie Jenner isn't afraid to go colorful with her nail designs, as this sunset-hued set from 2021 demonstrates. Not only are we big fans of the red, orange, yellow, and white shades incorporated into this look (which give major sunset energy), but the dotted design over the mixture of French-tipped and solid-colored nails makes for a really artsy vibe. This nail look was executed by celebrity nail artist Chaun Legend, who's responsible for many of Jenner's eye-catching designs.

This drippy nail look from 2021 is another standout from Kylie Jenner, with the TV personality revealing that it was inspired by her own Kylie Cosmetics makeup when sharing the set to Instagram. The coffin-shaped nails boast a layer of solid pink polish topped with unique, 3D drips in a darker, more saturated shade of pink. Not only is it a really cool design by itself, but it does successfully channel the drippy look featured in the iconic Kylie Cosmetics packaging.

Kylie Jenner has sported a lot of square nails shapes, occasionally switching it up with almond or coffin styled sets, which is why her foray into sharp stiletto nails makes for a notable look. While we know that Jenner can sport vibrant colors and creative designs, the choice to keep it simple with a rich chocolate brown nail shade lets the spiky shape take center stage here. "[H]ad to get these for a shoot," Jenner wrote back in 2020. "[K]inda love em. might stay."

Kylie Jenner's 2021 nail set is just another example of how pearl adornments can bring a timeless glamour to a manicure. This design sees the socialite sporting classic French tips with three to four raised pearls placed alternately across the nail bed. The combination of simple charms with the almond shape of the nails elevate the classic design while still keeping it elegant and timeless. In this way, we think this pearly and girly look is super wearable.