12 Incredibly Intricate Harry Potter-Inspired Manicures

Celebrate Harry's/JKR's birthday the best way possible: by painting symbols and spells all over your talons.

1. Quidditch Nails

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2. Avada Kedavra Nails

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KEEP AWAY FROM ME, YOU SOCIOPATH.

Digging that font, though.

3. Expecto Patronum and Sectumsempra Nails

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Marginally better.

4. Simple Black and Metallic Nails

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5. Character Nails

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You can make everyone try to guess which is Fred and which is George, and then you'll probably annoy all your friends but it's OK because you'll have these nails.

6. You can buy this design as a set of press-ons from Etsy as well.

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Available here.

7. Hogwarts House Sigil Nails

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She's been quite democratic, but feel free to rock one house with pride.

8. Deathly Hallows Movie Nails

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Complete with splatterings of blood.

9. Iconic Harry Potter Symbol Nails

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RIP Hedwig, you will live on in our hearts and atop our nailbeds forevermore.

10. Battle of Hogwarts Nails

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11. Deathly Hallows Thumbnail

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You could do a lot of damage with this baby. (And it might work best as an accent nail.)

12. Harry + Voldy = 4ever Nails

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