17 Flame Nail Art Ideas to Set Your Fingertips Ablaze

The best nail art designs seem to have a few things in common: Easily adaptable to the season, beautiful in a variety of color palettes, play well with others, etc. Checkerboards, French tips, and auras are just a few of the motifs that belong to this elite group. And we’d like to make the case for adding another design to the list: Flames.

Yes, we know they can be polarizing. After all, for many years flame designs were almost exclusively spotted on t-shirts and race cars. But lately, many talented nail artists have been incorporating flames into all sorts of manicures—and with stunning results. Need proof? Scroll on for 17 of our favorite flame nail art ideas.