How to paint an adorable Santa Claus nail in 9 steps

Paint the entire nail with grey gel polish and cure.

Paint Santa's beard using white gel polish. Cure.

Paint his nose using nude gel polish and cure.

Paint the nose contours using brown gel polish and begin shading to the centre, using a shading brush. Next, use white gel polish to paint Santa's hair and cure.

Use red gel polish to paint Santa's hat and coat, then cure. Apply a dark grey gel polish to the edges of the beard and start shading it from the centre, before curing.

Paint detail and depth on the beard with black gel polish, and gently shade this. Paint the nose with brown gel polish, shade it, then outline with black gel polish. Cure.

Using white gel polish, paint the edges of Santa's hat, then cure.

On the hat, add detail by painting lines using black gel polish. Shade these and cure.

Using white gel polish, paint thin lines on the beard and hat to create depth. To add thickness to the hat, add dots. Cure.