In our time, the fashion for short nails has come. This is not surprising, because not everyone can afford long nails. But even small neat nails can complete the look. Many turn to specialists in the matter of design, while others prefer to deal with it on their own. How to make a manicure on short nails? We invite you to familiarize yourself with simple solutions, as well as more complex salon design options.
How to achieve a beautiful manicure on short nails with varnish?
To make short nail plates look perfect, they need to be given the right shape. Experts advise in this matter to focus on the shape of the fingers. Almond-shaped nails or a slightly rounded square would be ideal.
The most suitable design for small records would be a plain manicure. If you make upwith their bright varnish, then it will not look as defiant as on long ones. So a delicate bright tone will do.
French lovers need to remember that short plates require a very thin line of a white smile. Thin lines will give the fingers harmony and well-groomed.
Drawings, stickers, stencils are best used for long nails. For short ones, it is better to decorate only the ring finger.
What is the best way to apply polish on small claws? First, a strip is drawn in the center of the plate from the root, then two more strokes are made on the sides.
How to visually lengthen nails?
Sometimes beauties want their nails to look longer. How to achieve this? First, it is important to monitor the cuticle. Move it more often, and the nail plate will visually lengthen. The cuticle has protective functions, so it is better not to cut it. First, soften the cuticle with a special tool, and then push it back with an orange stick. Unedged manicure has its advantages.
The easiest way to visually lengthen nails is to draw vertical stripes. Paint stripes with varnish in a contrasting color to the base coat. Shades must not be mixed.
Diagonal stripes will also help to slightly lengthen the nail plates. Experiment with rich shades here. Take red, dark green, golden varnish for stripes.
Choosing the right polish
Many girls prefer to use dark nail polishes. Such a stylish manicure for short nailsyou can see in the photo above. There is one trick to painting the nail plate with dark varnish. To make the nails appear longer, leave an unfilled space of 1 mm on each side of the plate. This will make the fingers look thin and elongated.
The texture of the lacquer also plays an important role. Matte and glossy surfaces are considered true friends of short plates. Avoid glitter and mother-of-pearl in this case, they shorten the claws.
Emphasize the beauty of small nails with pink, blue, purple, pale green shades. Owners of fair skin will suit a plum or dark red tone. You will create a kind of contrast and thereby draw attention to the hands. Swarthy and tanned girls can resort to orange, scarlet, coral palettes.
Manicure ideas for short nails for beginners
Short nails have a small surface area, but they are still visible. Therefore, feel free to introduce the most daring and fashionable trends into such a manicure. Here are some ideas on how to diversify the short design:
- Do an ombre. The gradient on the nails is quite fashionable for the last seasons. It is often represented by fashion shows, popular beauty blogs. Perform it with the help of two or three varnishes from the same color scheme or contrast. Also use at home a special sponge for shading shades. If this option is too complicated for you, choose the simplified option. To do this, paint each nail with different tones of varnish of onepalettes. For example: thumb - wine, index - red, middle - crimson, ring - pink, little finger - pale pink. For this, it is not necessary to buy 5 varnishes. You just need to buy dark red and white and mix them in different proportions each time.
- Metal effect - also a simple manicure on short nails at home. Metallic manicure on short plates holds better than on long ones. Today, steel design, mirror, chrome is considered fashionable. Decorate the plates with silver stripes, glue the foil.
- Strict geometric manicure is quite attractive. You can even do it yourself, without involving a nail art master. It is enough to buy a special adhesive tape in the store and show your imagination. You can draw triangles, squares, zigzags, chaotic stripes. Nail decoration with clear arrows is very fashionable. To do this, draw thin lines with a brush from the root of the plate to the tip. They can also be carried out at an angle. Also gaining popularity is a neutral space on the nails, made with adhesive tape.
- The point design is quite simple and does not require any special skills. It is enough with a dots or a hairpin to skillfully put specks on the plate. You can arrange the points in a chaotic manner or in strict sequence, you can do large ones at the base of the nail, and small ones at the tips.
- Space design also deserves your attention. Bright manicure for short nails with various divorces takes a leading position on Instagram. Here you can use black, dark bluestains, monograms with small shimmer.
Do-It-Yourself Manicure
We suggest you familiarize yourself with how to make a gentle and spring manicure for short nails (step by step). Delicate design first:
- For a romantic manicure, start with a base coat. This will prevent the color pigment from penetrating.
- Cover each nail with two layers of nude polish. Allow each layer to dry.
- Use an artistic synthetic brush (the so-called zero). Draw a red heart on the ring finger. On the rest of the plates, make smaller hearts with dark varnish, you can black.
- Fix all art with top varnish.
Spring wants something unusual, light, weightless. What to offer short plates? Here is one of the spring solutions in sky blue colors:
- Degrease the nail plates, cover them with the base base.
- Apply two coats of nude polish on your ring finger. Go for vanilla, creamy pink or dusty rose.
- Paint the rest of the nails twice with sky blue.
- Take a silver sticker, cut it into thin strips. Stick these stripes on your ring finger in a zigzag pattern. Help yourself with an orange stick.
- Apply two coats of fixative to this spring bright manicure on short nails to keep everything looking even.
Colours for short nails
Nail art today is represented by hundreds of options for shades of varnishes. Girls with small nails can choose any of them. On our photos you can see options for different colors.
Let's start with black, brown or today's trendy taupe shades. Don't limit yourself to just light colors. For summer, choose dark cherry, deep purple or khaki. This will perfectly accentuate your golden tan. To emphasize the dark tone, apply one coat of white polish after the base coat.
If you do not dare to go for a dark manicure, then feel free to choose delicate peach, pink, purple, turquoise tones. Pastel yellow or mint is perfect for summer.
If you're tired of a monochromatic design, switch to a combination with juicy shades. You can choose a color for each finger or hand.
Solid white nail art is great for summer. It perfectly highlights the tan. You can complement it with vertical stripes or specks near the roots. If you have pale fingers, it is better not to use white manicure.
Every girl will suit the red design, it is only important to choose the right shade for your skin type. Light-skinned beauties will suit a classic cold tone. Swarthy girls are guided by the orange pigment in red. Blacks choose wine, cherry tones.
Bold fashionistas like dusty rose or fuchsia. Girls with fair skin prefer hot pink, medium - peach pink, dark - hot lilac.
Blue lacquer can significantly affect your entire image. The color of the sea wave makes the hands younger, while the neon blue reduces them.
Today there are many lovers of black lacquer. It has some application specifics. It is a mistake to consider it boring and of the same type. Decorate such nail art with decorative details. If such a manicure is correctly combined with clothes, then you can safely go to an important event.
Pastel design
The best choice for small nails are pastel and nude polishes. With their help, the line of the fingers continues a little, they become thinner and more elegant. If you choose a shade a tone or two lighter than the skin, then you will achieve the maximum effect. Each season brings some innovations to the manicure in pastel colors for short nails. The whitewashed color palette is actually quite rich. Today, milky white in sky blue, grassy green, a shade of tea rose is in fashion. In summer, yellow, coral, peach varnish is diluted with whiteness.
Pastel manicure for short nails allows for a striped or linear design. You can combine several polishes that are similar in color. On one or two fingers, you can diversify the design with the effect of broken glass or use a rub for pearls.
Popular design
In addition to the glossy or matte plain finish, there are so many popular and interesting design options. Many girls with small nails like glitter polishes. Although designers are notit is advised to do this, but you should not refuse a brilliant elegant manicure. It is enough to paint over with a brilliant varnish not the entire nail plate, but only at the tip in the form of a jacket. You can cover only the nameless nail with glitter, and paint over all the rest with plain varnish.
Visual lengthening of nails can be achieved using the moon design. Holes near the roots can be of different shapes and sizes. A fashionable solution would be to paint over the holes with a light varnish, and decorate the part near the tips with a bright contrasting varnish.
Many fashionistas prefer matte manicure. Matte lacquers hold a little less than gloss. It should be noted that a matte effect can be achieved using a special coating that is applied to the base base. This matte finish is sold for both gel polishes and regular ones.
A fairly popular solution for nails of any length is a design with various rubs. The effect of plasma, pearls, "cat's eye" just looks amazing. Many people like the mirror coating, "chameleon", "Maybeetle". It is fashionable today to cover one or two nails with foil, the effect of broken glass.
It is also impossible to completely refuse drawings on short nails. After all, in the spring you really want to depict a flowering twig or a tulip bud, and in the summer - a butterfly or a camomile. You do not have to paint all the nails, select only one nail. If you don't know how to draw, use store-bought stickers (stickers) or stencils, of which there are many on sale.
Using rhinestones, bouillon, pebbles
What could be better than a delicate manicure with rhinestones on short nails? The main thing is not to overdo it with the number of pebbles. One modestly shining pebble on the nail is enough. But the modern beauty industry allows for a whole inlay of nail plates. Rhinestones and broths are applied very simply, and they come in a variety of types and shades. There are jewelry in the form of tiny pearls.
Usually such a festive manicure is done for special occasions, even on small nails. This technique often performs incomparable work. Experienced nail art masters know all the secrets of the correct and long-term wearing of pebbles and rhinestones. They can lay out any decor, pattern, drawing on one finger. Rhinestones lay out the contours and lines. Often pebbles lay out a crown, mesh, honeycombs. The design with rhinestones of different sizes and shades looks very original. After all, crystal rhinestones of interesting cuts and colors are being sold today.
Manicure in white and gold tones
White and gold manicure for short nails is worn by real queens. You can stick gold strips of adhesive foil on white plates. For the New Year, golden snowflakes are painted on a white base. The geometric design can also be golden white. Sometimes a polish with golden glitter is applied only to the tips or near the root. Abstract golden painting on a white background looks great.
