Lunar manicure is considered by many girls to be as classic as the French one. It looks neat, well suited for both long and short nails. In order to create such a design, you do not need to have special skills. In this article, we will talk about interesting variations of the moon manicure.
Fashion interpretation
Lunar manicure is a design in which the hole near the cuticle remains unpainted. But this design does not look unfinished. On the contrary, emphasizing the natural pattern of the nail, the girl makes her hands neat and attractive. In the new interpretation, nail art masters advise the fair sex to try to do a manicure, in which the unpainted space near the cuticle creates not a semicircle, but a triangle. How to replicate this design? To do this, you will need nail tape, or you can immediately purchase triangle stencils from the store. Let's get to work. We degrease the nails, file them with a buff and apply the base. Now we attach the stencil at the cuticle, and on the rest of the space we apply color in twolayer. When the polish is dry, you can peel off the tape and cover the design with a coat of finish for a smooth, glossy finish.
Delicate manicure
This design looks cute and feminine. It is great for both daily wear and special occasions. Lunar manicure can be done before a date, study or an important interview. To play up a simple design, you can choose a pastel color scheme and add a French manicure. Thus, you, as it were, limit the nails on two sides, on one side - a semicircle, and on the other - a strip. How to make a moon manicure with gel polish? Everything is very simple. The first step is to prepare the nails for work. After you have washed them down and degreased, you can apply the base. You can take both transparent substance and colored camouflage. It is advisable to give preference to beige or pink colors. Dry the base coat in the lamp. Now you need to apply color in one thin layer. We dry our nails. We take a thin brush and white paint. We draw a hole and a smile-stripe. If your polish flows a lot, then you need to dry the design every two nails. We fix the manicure with a finish, hold our fingers in the lamp, and then remove the sticky layer from the nails.
Classic
If you don't like elaborate designs, opt for a simple moon manicure. Classic is always in fashion. Don't know which color to choose? Give preference to red. It matches all outfits. How to make a beautiful manicure? We prepare the nail plates and apply onthem base. Now we take a thin brush and on each nail draw a semicircle near the cuticle. With the help of a wide brush, which is attached to the lid of the jar of varnish, we paint over the nail, trying not to go beyond the contour allotted in advance. When the first coat is dry, apply the second coat of varnish. If this is your first time doing this kind of design, you should draw a fairly large semicircle. If in the process of work you accidentally go beyond the boundaries, at the final stage it will be easy to correct the position with a thin brush, simply by refining the contour of the semicircle. Don't forget to cover the finished manicure with a finish.
French + moon manicure
If you like non-standard solutions, then you will probably like this design. To perform such a manicure, you do not need to grow nails. Although the design will look good on long plates. If you decide to quickly grow your nails, you can use the lunar manicure calendar.
How to design? Varnish for this manicure is not required. Let's use glitter instead. But you still have to process the nail. We saw down the plates and degrease them. We apply a transparent base and dry it. And now we immerse a thin brush into the base and draw a semicircle at the cuticle, and then a strip at the free edge of the nail. Dip your finger in a jar of glitter and then upholster it on a piece of paper. All this must be done carefully so that the sparkles do not scatter much. When all the nails are decorated, cover them with a top coat and dry.
Fashion trend
Many girlsthey like to highlight one nail with an unusual varnish. Shiny or bright finishes are often used for this purpose. You can’t apply them to all nails, otherwise you will create an opinion about yourself as a lady who has no taste. How to make a trendy design for every day? Lunar manicure is done according to the standard scheme. Only in this design, not all nails stand out to them, but only two. The first step is to file and degrease the nail plates. Now apply the base and color in two layers. One finger is left without color coating. Armed with a thin brush. We draw holes on the index and middle fingers with shiny varnish. The same varnish should be painted over the ring nail. Dry the result and cover it with a finish. For more effect, you can cover the pink polish with a matte top.
Golden moons
If you like shiny textures, you will love this design. Today, a similar manicure can be seen in many fashionistas. What can explain such popularity? The fact is that the moon manicure, the photo of which you can see above, is done very simply, but it looks stylish. A similar design will fit well both in a business look and in a festive bow. How to create a similar manicure? We process nails and prepare them for further work. We apply the base, and then the color coating. Light shades should be preferred. Suitable white, pink, beige, peach and cream tones. Why not use a bright varnish? Do not focus on two details at once - bright color and shiny texture. This willlook not stylish, but vulgar. When the color coating is ready, you can proceed to the design. Cut out half circles from nail foil. We cover the nail with a finish and glue the blanks on the sticky layer of this coating. Dry the result and fix it with a double layer of top.
Pastel shades
Very interesting nails with moon manicure are presented above. The design is unusual and attracts attention. But it is interesting not due to the color, but due to the stylistic decision. A similar manicure can be created in any pastel combinations. The main thing is to take colors that look good on the nuance. How to repeat this manicure? We prepare the nails for work, and then cover them with a base. You can use camouflage as the first layer. We cover the nails with color. On all plates, except for one, we apply beige varnish. On the ring nail, draw a semicircle near the cuticle, and then paint over everything above this hole with a soft blue color. We repeat the procedure twice. Now you need to draw and paint over the semicircles at the cuticle of each beige nail. We arm ourselves with a thin brush and make a drawing. When this work is finished, duplicate the semicircles with a white thin line at a distance of 1 mm from the blue shaded part. We paint over the hole of the nail on the ring finger with white color. Optionally, you can complement this manicure with white smiles. To do this, carefully circle the free edge of the nail with a thin brush. The finished design is covered with a finish.
Wedding Manicure
If you're leaving soonmarried, but have not decided on the design of nails, pay attention to the picture above. It is very easy to make a similar moon manicure with gel polish. No need to make a titanic effort to achieve a good result. How to repeat the manicure from the picture? We prepare the nails for work and apply the base on them. Now we cover all the plates, except for the one on the ring finger, with pink. We take a thin brush. Using it, with white gel paint, draw a semicircle near the cuticle on the ring finger. Duplicate this line, retreating 0.5 mm upwards. We paint over the hole and the free part of the nail. We cover the finger with a finish and glue a large rhinestone in the middle of the transparent strip. Dry the result and once again cover the nail with a top. Now we move on to creating smiles on pink nails. We glue the stencils on the nails so that all free edges are the same length. We paint over the strips with white varnish and remove the stickers. It remains to cover the nails with a finish.
Non-trivial gradient
Do you like smooth color transitions? You can modernize this design by adding white semicircles at the cuticle. Lunar manicure with varnish can be done in an hour and a half. If you have done a gradient more than once, then you know how it works. If you are creating such a design for the first time, you should be patient. We repeat the manicure presented above. We file the nails, degrease them and apply the base. Now you need to paint over the nail plate with the main color. In our case it will be brown. When the first layer is dry, apply on one partcoffee-colored nail polish, and white on the other. Take a synthetic brush and make a smooth shading. If this way of creating a gradient seems too complicated for you, you can do it differently. On the palette, mix white and brown and achieve a smooth transition. Now blot the result with a sponge and transfer the print to the nail. Dry the result. It remains to create a semicircle at the bottom of the nail. Draw it with a thin brush and carefully paint over it. We apply the top coat, and the manicure is ready.
