16 Fall Leaf Nail Art Designs That'll Put You In An Autumnal Mood

You can’t go wrong with an autumnal take on a French manicure. Instead of opting for a classic white or black tip, you can get creative with brown and green maple and oak leaf motifs on the ends of your fingers. It’s a fun way to continue your love of the French design into the fall.

Channel your inner child and get inspired by the leaf piles you would jump into as a kid by decorating your nails with a plume of fall foliage details. This one features mini leaves, metallic flecks, and flower petals in browns, reds, and golds.

Now that it’s cool enough to wear layers, you can start matching your mani to your go-to denim jacket by incorporating darker details, like blues and greens. The muted slate blue of this design helps the white fall leaves really stand out.

Hot chocolate-inspired brown nails are always a good idea, especially if you love to keep things minimalist. For the perfect autumnal touch, choose one nail to decorate with branches, twigs, and leaves in the same color palette. Très chic.

Proof that you can still wear pink nails with this trend: This set uses a pale bubblegum base to showcase its foliage design, which is even more eye-catching with its use of ombre-style fall hues.

Chrome nails have been in style all year long, so why stop now? If you loved wearing the glazed mani trend in the spring and metallic French tips in the summer, then continue right into fall with chrome leaf details.

Turn your manicure into a full-on platter of fall staples with plaid details, pumpkins, and colorful foliage. Add in a few rhinestone details for a hint of glam, and you’ll have yourself the cutest set. This one works for Halloween, too.

To rock the look in a more abstract way, pile on some gold foil and pretty polish in an array of colors that bring to mind a swirl of fall foliage. The end result will be glitzy, glowy, and perfect for a visit to an apple orchard.

Once October rolls around, you can never go wrong with an autumnal shade of orange polish. To show your love for all things leafy, get a botanical print on one or two nails in a contrasting color, like white.

Clear nails are in right now. To update yours for fall, add flecks of gold and a couple of leaves on your tips. The simple base lets the foliage have its main character moment.

For more minimalist girlies, opt for a white nail polish as your base. From there, paint on a collection of teeny leaves in different shapes and colors. This one features maple, oak, and birch.

You could also go for a cartoony manicure featuring crunchy fall leaves, tiny toadstools, and a little smiling mushroom man. It’ll make your nailscape look like a scene out of a storybook.

For a fun manicure that has all the best things fall has to offer, consider mixing gold details, shiny gemstones, foliage, and the coziest color of the season: caramel latte orange.

Short nails are also trending, but that doesn’t mean you have to keep things simple. To decorate your nail beds, go for a neutral background with pops of gold, autumnal auras in shades of burgundy and brown, and botanical designs.

This mani brings to mind cool fall evenings with its matte black background and all-over leaf design in bright shades of yellow, red, and orange.

This elegant manicure features dark green accents, French tips, and small leaf details that decorate each nail in unique ways. The result is autumnal artwork that’ll get you in the mood for fall.