Leaf Manicure - 5 Nail Art Ideas for Fall

One of the most favorite topics in autumn nail design is painting in the form of beautiful yellow-red leaves. For experienced craftsmen, these drawings are easy. Beginners, on the other hand, use all kinds of improvised means for quickly decorating nails. For example, water stickers are very popular now, which are very easy to use, and the design turns out to be very beautiful. Such stickers are inexpensive, and it takes a little time to complete the design. The most impressive look is a white manicure with leaves. For simpler and more minimalistic options, you can use stamping.

For those who love and know how to draw on nails, this collection of photos with interesting manicure ideas with leaves has been collected.

Fall foliage manicure ideas

The leaves on the nails are most often painted maple, oak and birch. You can also find whole sprigs of mountain ash in the autumn manicure. Manicure with autumn leaves is often combined with fruits, raindrops or drawings of animals and birds (hedgehogs, chanterelles, etc.). The result is full-fledged compositions on the theme of autumn. You can see examples of manicure with drawings on the theme of autumn in the photo below.

Cat eye gel polish design

Recently, painting nails with gel polishes with the “cat” effect is gaining popularity. The drawing is created in stages with a highlight on each leaflet. It is best done on a dark substrate - gray, brown or black.

Metallic drawings

With the advent of various chrome-effect rubs and coatings on the market, metal designs have become insanely popular or in demand. They are fairly easy to do. In the version with rubbing, a colored gel polish and a top without stickiness are applied to the nail, then a drawing is made and carefully covered with a mirror pigment with an applicator, at the end it is fixed with a top. Chrome gel polish is also quite easy to work with. First, the drawing is applied with a thick gel paint, and then it is covered with a metallic gel polish, which dries in the air. It is also fashionable to draw leaves on nails with shimmering gel paste. A black manicure with silver or gold leaves looks especially beautiful, as well as a design in pastel colors.

Autumn watercolor

And, of course, now there is nowhere without a beautiful watercolor manicure with autumn leaves. The photo below shows all the lightness and airiness of this design. It is also not very difficult to perform. When creating a pattern directly on the nail, the colored gel polish is mixed with the top. This results in a translucent shade (underpainting). Thus, the tone of the picture is created, and contours are applied on top with a thin brush.

Landscape “Autumn”

The most beautiful autumn-themed manicure can only be performed by experienced craftsmen. Similar drawings on the nails are created using the thinnest brushes. They are applied with gradual drying and smooth shading of lines.

Beginner Design

Beginners can do a simple manicure with a sprig of leaves in a minimalist style. Such drawings were very popular in the summer. If you change the color scheme to a warmer one, you will get a stylish manicure for autumn 2019. In order not to overload the design, a twig with leaves is usually made in one or two colors.

The most popular maple leaf manicure

This is not a novelty, but without it there is no way in the fall. Every beginner nail-master should learn how to do a manicure with maple leaves this fall. In a simple version, you can draw a contour. More complex drawings are created using several shades of gel polishes. First, a "fill" of the pattern is created in the shape of a maple leaf, and then the veins and outline are applied. For a 3D effect, top drops can be placed on top of the picture. Below you will find a photo of a beautiful manicure with a leaf design. Such drawings look great on a light background. If you want to make a drawing on a dark or black gel polish, then it is better to make a substrate with white gel paint before applying the drawing.

Examples of photos of manicure with maple, oak and birch leaves