Fall Leaves 🍂 Nail Art Recreation

Hello lovelies & Happy Friday!

Today I have a fun nail art look to share with you that is a recreation of an old favourite: this Fall leaf design. This design was one of the first designs I ever posted on Instagram that I was the most proud of. So while browsing through my old designs, I decided it was definitely long overdue for me to recreate this design!

For this manicure, the polishes I used were:

• Base Coat: Gel overlay
• Top Coat: Essie Gel Setter
• Top Coat: Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Matte Top Coat {PR sample}
• Quo by ORLY Breathable Heaven Sent {PR sample}
• Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Good Cheer-y {PR sample}
• Wet N Wild Blazed
• Rimmel 60 Seconds 830 Camouflage
• Mariposa Nail Polish gold shimmer (no name)
• Black Acrylic Paint
• Nailstuff.ca Dotting Tool Trio

• Nailstuff.ca Mermaid Tail Brush Brush Trio (I used the 11mm liner brush)

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So obviously with it being five years since I first painted this design, I wanted to change things up a little bit & play around with the look. Instead of black polish, I used acrylic paint because I knew it would make it easier to start over if there was any mistakes. I also used my 11mm mermaid tail brush from NailStuff.ca, but looking back I should probably should have went with a small size for thinner lines.

Also this time I decided to add some matte top coat over my design, & it really made the design & colours pop! I’ve been absolutely loving the Sally Hansen Miracle Gel matte top coat.

Just for fun, a couple shots of this design before I added my matte top coat.

Obviously I think both versions of this design are fabulous, but I’m just slightly more in love with the matte version. Something about this time of year just has me craving matte-ified nails more often, & honestly I feel like metallic nails (which I also craved more often during Autumn) pop so much more when they are matte.

So what do you think about my updated version of this design? Which do you prefer: matte or glossy? Share your thoughts down in the comments below & let me know which version is your favourite!