The classic red manicure is popular with women all over the world. Since ancient times, people have called any beautiful things or good deeds red. Such a manicure has long been considered a classic, since it is this color and all its shades that attract everyone's attention to a woman. Ask any girl what color she would like to get a manicure. The answer will be unequivocal - red.
However, not all women dare to apply such bright nail art, considering it too defiant and extravagant, although you can choose calmer shades for indecisive and shy ladies.
If you are happy to do a classic red manicure, then you are a successful and strong woman, firmly confident in her irresistibility, courageous and knowing her own worth. In the article, we will introduce the varieties of this nail art, how you can diversify the patterns on the nails, using the latesttechniques for applying gel polish with improvised means. Photographs will help you imagine what the result of your efforts should look like.
Shades of red
In nature, you can find a huge number of shades of this bright color. There are calm and gentle colors, for example, light coral and geraldine. A range of dull and muted colors are available, such as deep pink, terracotta, and fret. Saturated deep colors look beautiful on the nails - burgundy, Indian red and cardinal. For fashionistas who want to attract everyone's attention, it is better to choose bright and provocative shades, such as carmine red, partridge eyes, coral.
Classic red manicure is a capacious concept that includes absolutely all varieties of colors. When buying varnish, be sure to attach a sample to your fingers to understand how nail art will correlate with skin color, outfit. You also need to know how many times you have to cover the nail for the saturation of the selected color. There are varnishes of a thick consistency, which, even after a single application, cover the plates with high quality, without gaps. If the varnish is more liquid, then you will have to apply an additional background layer after drying. The hue may change. All these little things are thought out in advance, especially if you choose the same tone of varnish and lipstick.
Golden moon manicure
Classic red manicure can be complemented with golden arcs at the base. Any shade for such a combination is suitable, but it will be more effective.a combination of shiny stripes with dark red or burgundy.
Even a novice master can do it on his own. After preliminary preparation of nails for staining - hygienic removal of the cuticle, filing the edges to give the selected shape to the plates, treatment with a degreaser and antiseptic - apply a base coat of gel polish and dry the nails under a lamp with ultraviolet rays. Enough 2 minutes. Then part of the nail at the base is covered with gold varnish.
It is advisable to choose a varnish rich in sparkles so that one application is enough. Dry the surface and then work is already carried out with red varnish, filling the rest of the nail. At the base, leave only a narrow gold strip of a rounded shape. Masters call it the moon, as it resembles a young month in shape. It remains to fix the manicure with top gel and finally dry the top layer of varnish under the lamp. To prevent the surface from remaining sticky, wipe all nails with a remover.
Manicure with lines
Making a classic red manicure, you can focus on one of the nails. In our sample, this is the ring finger, on the nail of which contrasting white stripes are drawn. It is most convenient to do this already on painted and dried nail plates with a thin brush. One of the lines is drawn wider, as rhinestones will later be attached to it.
For a strong fixation of small pebbles, craftsmen usually use a specialcosmetic glue. If you do not have it available, then apply a base adhesive layer on the smooth surface of the dried strip. Lower all the rhinestones into it one by one, carefully adjust them so that the strip is perfectly even, and then dry your nails under the lamp. For reliability, you can cover all the stones on top with top gel and dry again. However, in this case, the pebbles will turn out to be slightly recessed in the transparent layer, and they will shine less. So, if you like to decorate your nails with pebbles, rivets or rhinestones, then you better buy glue to attach them.
Original version
Classic red manicure (photo below in the article) can be done using glossy and matte varnish. It will be interesting to look at the option in which some nails are made shiny, while others are dull. However, their combination on one nail plate looks original.
Part of the nail at the base of the arc is painted with a glossy gel polish, dried, and then the manicure is finished with a matte finish. The strip at the junction of different structures is covered with shiny rhinestones. This nail art looks very solemn, suitable for both a bride for a wedding and a mature woman for an anniversary.
Using multiple techniques
Recently, fine powder for nails has become popular. This is acrylic powder, which the masters called "sugar". To cover the nail with these tiny particles, smear its surface with base gel. Due to the too fine structure of the particles, it is inconvenient to apply the powder with improvised means,since most of it can be scattered along the road.
It is best to lower the nail with a sticky layer into a jar of "sugar", the excess will fall back. You can lightly press the powder with your fingertip so that it sinks into the base. Then just dry the nail under the lamp. Additional coverage is no longer required.
The nail on the ring finger also looks interesting, on which an unpainted "moon" is left at the base, the contours of which are pasted over with rhinestones.
Geometry Manicure
Classic red manicure for short nails can be varied with a geometric pattern on a separate finger. Apply it according to a previously drawn sketch with thin brushes.
To prevent gel polish from spreading, after each color, dry your nails under the lamp, and then use the next one. Fill the joints between shades of red at the end with thin contrasting lines of white.
3D effect
Classic red manicure for short nails (photo below) looks voluminous due to a few interesting touches. After covering the nails with the main background gel polish, dry them under the lamp. Next, with a thin brush, paint around the entire perimeter of the nail with black varnish.
3D-effect is achieved by applying white varnish with small highlights on one side on all nail plates. Consider this technique carefully to surprise your friends with a unique masterpiece.
Stamping
Very impressivelook like nails decorated with a silicone print. You can buy a stamping kit on the Internet and try this technique in action yourself. A special varnish for stamping is applied to the metal plate with a pattern (gel polishes are not suitable), then the excess varnish is removed with a silicone stack from the set, the seal is dipped into the prepared place and touched with the nail.
Leaves an imprint that needs to dry on its own. We'll have to wait, since the lamp cannot be used in such a technique. When the design is completely dry, cover the nail with a top coat and dry the top coat of polish under a UV lamp.
In the article, we introduced readers to several interesting options for red classic manicure, with the design of individual nails in different techniques. Try, learn, create for your pleasure!
