A sick set of nails is the finishing touch to every outfit, so why not acquire handmade press-ons that can be worn and reused time and time again? Not to mention the benefits for your nail health as opposed to getting acrylics! Save your nail bed from getting ground down again and again, while still looking as stylish as ever.
Despite wearing black all day, every day, if someone were to ask me my favorite color, I would always say purple. I mean, hell, look at my website design 😂 My nails as I'm typing this are a super dark purple chrome! I simply can't help myself.
Purple is the color of royalty, which we all deserve to live that fantasy. These nails incorporate dreamy elements of dark fairy, dragon slayer, vampire queen, and so much more. I hope you find the ideal set for you!
Black and Purple Gothic Nails
Whether you're looking for a new set of press-ons for a night out or searching for the perfect gothic nail inspiration, this edit has all the edgiest designs available. All are made by small businesses on Etsy!
1. Devil Eye Stiletto Nails
These are not subtle, and thank god for that. A deep purple cat-eye base catches the light, while 3D devil eye charms, rhinestones, bows, and pearls pile on the drama. It’s giving possessed heiress, of course.
Intovibess built a full fantasy here: ornate, chaotic, and impossible to ignore.
2. Cathedral Window Ombré Nails
If Gothic architecture could claw, it would look like this. A moody purple ombré fades into black, overlaid with embossed patterns reminiscent of iron gates and cathedral doors. DarkNailzStore nailed this sleek design that fits with nearly any goth outfit.
3. Gothic Lunar Nails
These nails encompass all lunar elements, from the crescent moon to the opal-esue moonstone effect that flashes before your eyes.
A base of milky white and mauve purple provides the perfect background for the silver chrome accents to stand out from: a masterpiece created by BuddyNailBox.
4. Batty French Tip Nails
A nail design popularized around Halloween 2024 is these bat-wing French tips, and I absolutely rocked my own version of them at the time.
I love this press-on option; they look so clean and elegant while still giving dark and spooky vibes. SeraphineDesignsCo knows what they're doing with this set, for sure.
5. Mauve 3D Floral Nails
The muted color palette of this next set of nails speaks to me as accompanying the gloomy, Tim Burton-esque character as she walks through the cemetery, created by ArtdsFinds.
Like Belladonna, a stunning but dangerous flower, these 3D elements evoke the beauty in darkness, accented with white and silver beads.
6. Icy Black & Purple Shift 60mm Claws
These nails are giving gothic White Witch from Narnia, and I love it. I've never seen a set of press-on nails with this unique shape, with a raised base and a point tapered from the center.
TalonTheory is a master in their own right in the creation of these claws, and I need a pair ASAP.
7. Beetlejuice Nail Art
You can't have a purple and black goth nail rundown without including some Beetlejuice nails! This set includes details such as a stitched-on striped French tip with a bow, 3D-modeled sandworms slithering across a purple, glittering landscape, and green chrome-accent nails with text from the movie.
The beauty is in the small details with this set, and you can tell NaildatebyDilacy really worked hard to provide the spooky girlies with something befitting the undead.
8. Amethyst Eclipse Stiletto Nails
These violet-to-lavender-to-white stiletto nails are sharp, hypnotic, and dangerous. The glossy ombré base melts from smoky lilac into deep purple, while inky black abstract detailing snakes across each nail in shapes that evoke hearts, flames, and ancient symbols, all hand-painted by EarthwovenCrafts.
9. Purple Spiderweb Nails
Spiderwebs are an essential gothic pattern, and I swoon over these painted in a glossy purple over matte black, making them stand out even moreso when the light hits.
Back2Beauty nails knows exactly what gets a creepy girl to tick!
10. Purple Glitz Nails
This set is easily one of my favorites of the list, made by DeadGirlClaws who always comes through. Understated in design with alternating nails of full purple glitter and glossy black to purple glitter ombré, they still pack a massively dramatic punch with their depth of color, length, and shape.
A vampiress is sure to take one look at these and know she needs them for her next gala.
11. Dragon Queen Nails
For those who love a bit of fantasy, behold these intriguing Dragon Queen nails by BigWindCo. Elements featured include dragon eyes, eggs, and scales, snakes, and landscapes wherein the dragon might reside.
These would be perfect for the Renaissance fair, a Halloween party, or, of course, any day that a gothic fairy flutters through the world.
12. Ombré Cat Claws
As a kitty cat lover, I've had the thought many times that I'd like to come back in my next life as a cat. Who wouldn't? A good human's home is heaven on earth. But in the meantime, I might as well cosplay.
These excellently shaped acrylics provide the wearer the true cat claw experience, and are more durable than traditional stilleto nails, so built-in weaponry? Maybe 😉 LukeArtMuse adds a cheeky purple cat eye design accented with small rhinestones, all blanketed in a thick, glossy overcoat. CUNTY!
13. Metallic Alien Gothic Nails
HudiNails created a nail set that is truly out of this world. They remind me so much of the Mugler Alien aesthetic, and I feel like this set would certainly fit right into one of his older runway shows.
These nails combine several intriguing elements, such as metallic chrome drip, matching piercing bars and balls, a silvery glitter base with a gorgeous purple sheen, and 3D art of an encapsulated heart and star. Truly art on each fingernail.
14. Swirling Cat Eye Nails
This set reminds me of images JWST has recently sent back of our universe: swirling purples, blues, and silvers, each dot a different galaxy. DawnWitchDesigns expertly crafts each nail meticulously, creating uniformity within the simple pattern. How perfect would these be for date night?
15. Purple Chrome Shift Black Drip Nails
Have you enjoyed certain elements of all prior nails but still haven't found the perfect set yet? These might be your winner, as TrongNhuanAICO created a gothic nail set that includes many of the themes we've covered, but altogether in one.
We've got purple chrome, matte and glossy black, dragon scales, spider webs, rhinestones, and snakes. What else could you possibly need?
16. Gothic Fairy Nails
We have reached the finale of our purple and black gothic nail roundup, and I savedthese milky, dreamy fairy nails for last. Details include amorphoius lakes of silver and purple chrome, 3D fairy wings, flowers you could see only in Wonderland, with a swirling portal to transport you there.
14NailsArt creates a set worthy of a fae trap...I know I might get stuck if these were waiting for me at the entrance!
~With Love, Beatrix Devine
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