Delicate shades manicure looks great on tanned hands, so it is most often done on hot summer days. On pale skin, pastels are usually combined with brighter colors or a shiny glitter finish is added. Each color has its own delicate shades. Particularly popular this season are combinations of light gray and pale pink, as well as lilac and peach. Manicure of delicate shades can be either plain or with a pattern. Usually it is a geometric ornament or delicate flowers in Chinese painting. A pastel-colored finish can be combined with an acrylic powder called "sugar".
In the article, we will consider several original ideas for manicure in delicate shades for long and short nail plates. Let us explain the way the work is done, the techniques and technique of applying additional decorative elements that become the accent point of the decor. Before starting work, you need to carefully consider the photos of samples of this typenail art to compare the result with the original.
Peach Solid Studded Manicure
Manicure of delicate shades looks beautiful even in a monochromatic version. A pleasant peach shade gives freshness to the appearance of the hands. You can focus on one selected finger. Often the choice falls on the ring finger.
For decoration in this sample, metal round rivets were used. To keep them shiny and perfectly visible on the nail, try to use a special cosmetic glue with which the masters attach rhinestones. If you don’t have it available, then you can’t get anywhere, you will have to cover the surface with a transparent varnish and place the rivets in the correct order in its thick layer. And after drying, cover the surface with an additional layer of fixer. Of course, the shine will be a little less, but small elements will be securely fixed.
Pink Manicure
Delicate pink gel polish is perfect for long ballerina-shaped nails. The matte finish of most nails is more than complemented by a glittery ring finger nail.
For this purpose, you can use silver glitter with tiny particles. They are applied to the prepared nail with a wide brush on a layer of background varnish, and then only dried under ultraviolet light. Drown the glitter in an even layer, otherwise the nail will scratch and cause inconvenience to the hostess. If the surfaceit still remains prickly, cover the top of the glitter with top gel polish and dry your nails completely.
Geometric Nails
A beautiful manicure of delicate shades can be decorated with simple stripes. To work on the nail on the ring finger, as in the photo below, you will need stationery tape. First, a large triangle is glued at the base of the nail, and the remaining open surface is covered with the main color, in our sample it is pastel peach.
Dry your nails under the lamp for 2 minutes, but do not forget to remove the tape first. The next step in creating a pattern in the style of geometry will be gluing most of the nail. Leave a small isosceles triangle at the base. To cover this area, use white gel polish, which highlights the little finger. After drying, the entire nail is protected with a top coat of fixer.
Multi-stripe variant
Tri-color manicure of delicate shades on short nails, as in the photo below in the article, looks incredibly feminine. Make it similar to the previous sample, but do not leave unpainted surface areas. Thin pink stripes can be painted with a brush or a dots ball.
It is interesting to focus on one selected nail, or you can draw on each finger.
Fashion combinations of gray and pink
Manicure with gel polish of delicate shades can be decorated with at leastexquisite flowers in Chinese painting. This season, light gray is very popular in combination with nude or pale pink shades. To apply fine lines of painting, you will need a brush and dots with a tiny metal tip.
Usually draw three thin stems of different heights with small other details - leaves and rosebuds. Neutral white color was chosen for the colors so as not to cause disharmony of the color scheme.
Using kamifubiks
Delicate shades of manicure can be made from several harmoniously combined gel polishes. Each nail after hygienic treatment and the base layer is covered with a separately selected color.
Adds gloss with the presence of sparkles of different shapes. Kamifubiki are chosen from multi-colored foil. A shiny layer is applied with a brush on the top layer. Looks pretty messy and fun. This nail art is suitable for girls on warm summer days.
Using acrylic powder
Acrylic finest powder, called “sugar” among masters, was loved by fashionistas for its voluminous structure and tenderness. She looks soft and comfortable on the nails. Most often it is used to make a knitted sweater pattern, usually fashionistas do such a manicure in the winter or on New Year's holidays.
However, fluffy flower petals look beautiful on gel polish in delicate pastel colors. Powder is selected eithersame shade or contrasting color. Manicure in the first stages is performed according to the usual scheme. After hygienic treatment of the cuticle and giving the nails a beautiful rounded shape, a base layer is applied. After drying, the selected delicate shade of gel polish is applied and dried under the lamp for 2 minutes. For a deep tone, it is desirable to apply a layer of this varnish again.
When the surface is dry, the next stage of the manicure begins. The pattern of the petals is applied as a base layer. Then it is most convenient to apply powder by dipping the nail into a jar of "sugar" of the selected color. Dry your nails and use a brush to gently brush off excess small particles above the cling film. Attach a rhinestone in the center of the flower. For this, it is best to use a special cosmetic glue. It is impossible to cover the top layer with powder. It should remain voluminous.
Summer manicure for tanned hands
This manicure is suitable for women of any age who want to look spectacular. It will look great both on short square-shaped nails and on pointed long ones. Each nail is painted in its chosen pastel shade. Leave the ring finger for separate work.
Flowers are applied to the dried base layer, using dots tips of different diameters for this purpose. The petals are round, so it is enough to dip a metal ball into a drop of varnish and put an imprint in the right place. The centers of the flowers are made voluminous with the help of small round rivets. After drying the flowers, strengthenthe surface of the nail with top varnish. For the petals, the same delicate shades are used that cover the plates of the remaining fingers. First, large elements are placed on the surface, and the voids are filled with small flowers.
In the article, we examined several varieties of manicure popular this season using delicate pastel shades of gel polish. Try and make any of the samples suggested in the photographs yourself. Step-by-step instructions will help you cope with the task without problems. Good luck!