Now that it’s September, the world’s ready to turn a new leaf, and so should your nails! Say sayonara to summer and hello to fall nails by opting for some of butter LONDON’s favourite seasonal designs that are a glamorous intro to autumn and will take your nail art to the next level.
Smart plaid trousers, flannel-scented candles, bold trench coats—it’s safe to say that plaid is having a proper reboot, and we’re loving it. Recreate your favourite flannel on your nails for a chic and cozy fall nail look.
To get these fall nails:
1. After your butter LONDON base coat, begin by painting on two coats of Knees Up, a metallic red nail lacquer, onto each nail.
2. Then, using a thin nail art brush, paint a vertical and horizontal line of Union Jack Black onto each nail. The exact location is up to you as long as they overlap at one point to create a crosshatch effect. For best results, switch up the locations of the lines on each nail.
3. Next, with your thin nail art brush, paint on a vertical and horizontal line of Cotton Buds white. Again, choose your desired location, making sure that the white clearly overlaps the black nail lacquer.
4. Once dry, repeat once more with Yummy Mummy, a cool beige nail lacquer, to create a multi-dimensional design.
5. Finish off with Hardwear Shine UV Top Coat for a high-gloss shine, or with Tickety Boo, the iridescent sparkly pink overcoat for a glittering manicure finish.
Play it up and dress it down with negative space nail art squiggles that embrace the au natural, minimalist feeling of fall and pair it with warm pops of fall nail colours for classy nails with a brill, imaginative twist.
To get these fall nails:
1. Paint on the award-winning butter LONDON Horse Power Nail Rescue Base Coat to help condition and strengthen nails. This is especially important in recreating negative space nails because parts of your natural nail will show through in the finished design—a base coat will help protect them against breakage or future damage.
2. After the base coat, decide on your squiggle shapes! You can go for the canyon look, with a negative squiggle dividing the coloured ends of the nail; alternatively, you can choose to squiggle a French Tip or side of the nail for a mostly negative space look with a burst of colour. While this look uses Knees Up, you can customize the look with any color, like Proper Do, a rich purple crème, or Toff, a dusty rose crème nail lacquer. Paint on your desired shape with the edge of the included nail lacquer brush applicator for a sleek, defined line.
3. Finish with best-selling Hardwear Shine UV Top Coat for a high-gloss shine that helps preserve colour and prevent chipping and UV damage for up to 10 days of wear.
Live like every week is fashion week with sophisticated peek-a-boo French Tips that showcase your sharp and polished manicure. A colourful twist on the classic French Tip is all the rage right now, and this trend transitions perfectly into fall for endless nail art looks.’
To get these fall nails:
1. After your butter LONDON base coat, choose a neutral nail lacquer, like Steady On! to use as your foundation. Whichever colour you choose, make sure it’s distinct enough from your French Tip colour so you get that complementary manicure pop effect.
2. These French Tips are thin at the center, then curve out on either side to create longer-looking nails. Using a thin nail art brush, start at the center of the nail and paint out towards the edge in a crescent shape. Repeat to the other edge and connect the crescents together for a half-moon shape. This look uses Proper Do, but feel free to go bold with Bang On!, a deep teal crème nail lacquer, or glitz out with All You Need is Love, a rainbow glitter overcoat for cheeky glitter nails.
3. Finish with Hardwear Shine UV Top Coat for a high-gloss shine that helps preserve colour and prevent chipping and UV damage for up to 10 days of wear.
Can’t decide on just one nail lacquer? Geometric nails let your posh and playful side shine through with whimsical, customizable nail art designs. Experiment with overlapping fall nail colours for unique shade combinations.
To get these fall nails:
1. After your butter LONDON base coat, apply two coats of Tickety Boo, the iridescent sparkly pink nail lacquer for a glittery natural nail.
2. Using a thin nail art brush, outline oval shapes at various parts of the nail. Fill in with the nail colour of your choice. This look uses our NEW Fall Release Proper Do, but you can also create show-stopping nail art looks with Bonkers, a cool magenta crème, or Flusher Blusher, a fuschia pink crème nail lacquer, for glamorous pink nails.
3. Finish with Hardwear Shine UV Top Coat for a high-gloss shine that helps preserve colour and prevent chipping and UV damage for up to 10 days of wear.