A neat manicure is not only a pleasure, but also a necessity for creating the image of a modern well-groomed girl. The nail art industry (from English nail - “nail”, art - “design, art”) has stepped far forward, because lovers of decorating their nails have a huge scope for imagination.
Length and shape of nails
The possibilities of nail art are certainly wide. They are limited only by the length and shape of the nail plate: on short nails it makes no sense to make a chic multi-color painting, and on the “stiletto” shape, some designs may look too aggressive.
In any case, the choice is made based on your preferences and convenience in everyday wear. This is especially important for those who build up the nail plates.
Beautiful nails are a combination of the right choice of length, shape and design.
Classic
Timeless types of nail designs are a monophonic coating and French manicure, which is also called "French".
The first option is suitable for absolutely any length and shape of the nail. Can be coated with both glossy and matte varnishes.
A beautiful jacket on nails is performed inif there is a free edge of at least 1-2 mm. The classic option is to cover the free edge with an even white stripe, and the rest of the nail with varnish - either colorless or imitating the color of the nail plate.
French variations
In recent years, the French manicure has seen many variations, ranging from choosing different colors to complementing it with different designs.
Often French is the basis for any painting or design with rhinestones.
It can be used to soften a complex and pretentious pattern so that the design does not look vulgar: make a painting on only 1-2 nails, and do a French manicure on the rest.
Simple design
Even if it is not possible to visit a master who specializes in complex nail art, you can find options for the simplest designs that look very impressive. Many of them can be repeated at home.
An interesting option would be a cat-eye manicure. When covering the nail plate, the varnish looks completely standard, albeit spectacularly, due to shimmering particles. If you bring a special magnet to a nail that has not yet dried up, then the varnish begins to shift and forms a beautiful strip. As a result, the plate begins to shimmer, imitating the reflection on the cat's eye stone. With the help of different types of magnet, you can create a different direction of the strips, make them rounded or geometric.
By the way, geometry is also considered an easy design style. All,what you need is to draw a few even and neat stripes on the nail plate, and the manicure will look unusual, especially in combination with a jacket.
Rhinestones are another option on how to quickly and easily get bright and beautiful nails. With rhinestones, you can both place accents on some drawing, and lay out the entire nail with them. The main thing is not to overdo it. Inlays (drawings from rhinestones) are best done on gel polishes, since they hold well on them.
A beautiful nail design can be created using sparkles and glitters, which come in both varnish and dry form. The former are convenient in that they can be applied to the nail plate easily and quickly, like regular varnish. The latter allow you to adjust the density of application, due to which you can make the nail only a little shiny, or vice versa - completely shining.
Beautiful nails and gel polishes have long been more than compatible concepts. Girls refuse designs with regular polishes, as they last no more than a few days, while gel polish allows you to keep manicure for 2-3 weeks.
Intricate Designs
More interesting options for beautiful nail designs are drawings.
Stamps allow you to transfer the finished pattern silhouette to the nail. To complete this design, you will need to have several special devices: stencils with drawings, a scraper, and the stamp itself. You also need to practice to get used to accuratelytransfers the pattern to the nail. Fantasy is limited only by a set of stencils, and even in this case, if desired, you can get beautiful nails. The pattern is placed almost anywhere on the nail plate. You can use a varied palette of varnishes or decorate the drawings with rhinestones, sparkles, stickers.
Nail stickers work on the principle of decals familiar to many. You need to hold the sticker in hot water, remove it, carefully separate the film with the pattern from the paper, transfer it to the nail and fix it with a clear varnish or base.
Sliders are very similar to stickers. The difference is that they cover the entire nail plate.
Many masters offer literally mini-paintings on the nails thanks to different types of paintings, complex inlays, acrylic modeling or nail piercings.
Basic mistakes
For those who get a manicure from a good specialist, it is much easier to decide on a nail design, since the master usually gives his recommendations and often offers options.
When designing nails on their own, girls often make mistakes, and as a result they get not beautiful nails, but a poor-quality parody of nail art.
- Excessive pretentiousness. When making your own nails, it is important not to overdo it. The use of rhinestones, stickers, stamps, glitters and bright varnishes is available at home, but the principle of "all the best at once" leads to the opposite result.
- Sloppiness, carelessness. WhateverWhatever design you choose, it is important that it is done neatly. It is better to give preference to minimalist geometry, stickers or a jacket than to paint smeared and lopsided flowers. In the same way, it would be more correct to cover the nails with a solid varnish, both simple and with cat-eye effects, instead of drawing curved stripes - a parody of "geometry" - or making a poor-quality jacket.
- Mismatch between the length and shape of the nail design. For nail plates with a noticeably regrown free edge, aggressive colors of varnishes are not suitable. Beautiful short nails will not work if you overload them with many decorative elements
- Inconsistency of the situation. For those who work in a company with a very strict dress code, bright and varied designs on the nails are unacceptable.
- Poor quality coating. When working with gel polish, you need to follow the instructions exactly and select the base, varnishes and top of the same company. Thus, the manicure will last much longer.
- Too much matte finish. It looks cheap, especially when paired with crooked designs.
What's hot in 2018
According to many women's magazines, the most fashionable nail design options are recognized:
- Beautiful design for short nails that is coming into fashion this year. It is created using minimalist discreet designs and nude polishes.
- Oval shape at the peak of popularity. Manicurists recommend combining it with dark colors of varnishes. It won't look gloomy or vulgar as the oval softens the harshness. Cancover four nails with color, and decorate one (usually on the middle or ring finger) with rhinestones, sparkles or painting.
- Delicate white and pink design colors will be appropriate in many situations. They look cute and neat. In this combination, both beautiful short nails and impressive long ones are obtained.
- "Marble" manicure will look original and luxurious. It is a pattern that imitates the surface of marble.
Another interesting option is to cover each nail with different shades of polish of the same color.