It takes time, effort and special skills to create a decorative manicure. Sometimes you want not just a plain manicure, but also an original drawing or pattern on the nail plates. This will require certain tools and skills. So that every woman can perform an unusual manicure, special stencils for nail design have been developed. These are blanks for different techniques of coloring marigolds. We invite you to get acquainted with how to use stencils for nails, their types and manufacturing at home.
What are manicure templates?
A fairly new trend in modern nail art has been the use of templates. This is a fairly quick nail design using stencils, widely sold in specialized stores. The main tool of this technique was special plates or stamps with an embossed pattern. There are many such stencils with a finished design applied.types. Some girls prefer metal discs with engraved designs, others prefer plastic or plastic images. Many apply ornaments using special stamps - devices with a small silicone or rubber pad for imprint.
Stencils of monograms for nails, zigzags, hearts, stars, flowers, petals make the drawing process much easier. There are paper, vinyl adhesive bases. For different types of design, certain types of stencils are used. Very simple blanks are produced, as well as complex options.
Adhesive stencils
All the bases for nail art with a pattern are divided into two groups: adhesive and in the form of an imprint. Adhesive templates are more often preferred. They have a certain shape of the edge or an embossed image inside. Adhesive rubber templates allow you to create clear and even lines, zigzags, ovals, elementary patterns on the nails. They allow you to quickly perform a French, moon and geometric manicure.
Simple images: flowers, lightning bolts, butterflies, figurines, stars are placed on a thin paper base, which is removed before gluing. Then the voids of the template are filled with acrylic paints or varnish. Wait for drying, then remove the stencil.
Sticky stencils allow you to create trendy nail art. Such templates have their advantages:
- really inexpensive;
- easy to use, any girl can handle;
- create a chic effect.
So, in place of voids (slits)you can create interesting pictures. With such templates, it is important to calculate the amount of paint or varnish so that they dry on time and do not spread.
Stamps (stamping)
You probably already heard about stamping patterns on nails - stamping? It is performed using a special tool with a rubber or silicone pad (stamp) with a plastic handle. There are also transparent stamps, here they are of the highest quality, they have a soft pad. A transparent pad allows you to clearly see the location of the pattern on the nail plate. You will also need a special scraper with which you can remove excess paint from the plate. Scrapers are metal and plastic. Instead, you can use an old plastic card. It's great for a scraper. In stores, these accessories are sold as a set. It's good to have stationery tape on hand for stamping. It will help to clean the stamps from fluff and dust.
The most important accessories are the picture plates themselves. They come in different sizes and shades. Some records have plastic bases. First, the adhesive tape is removed from the new plate. Acrylic paints and regular varnishes are suitable for stamping, excluding transparent ones.
How to use these stencils for nail design? First, a little varnish is applied to the pattern of the plate you like, the excess is removed with a scraper. In order not to stain the surface on which the template lies, a napkin is placed under it. After that, the stamp easily passes over the drawing. Picture wayprinted on a stamp. The transparent tool allows you to see it well. Next, you need to act quickly so that the varnish does not dry out. So that the skin around the nails does not get dirty during work, it can be protected with a protective film. Stamping should be done only on a dried basis. The brightest drawings are obtained with dark varnishes on a white base, or vice versa - with light colors on a black background. After applying the pattern with a pad, it is covered with top varnish.
How to use adhesive nail stencils
The procedure for using adhesive stencils has its own rules. You don't know how to use a nail stencil? Here is the basic algorithm for gluing them:
- First prepare the nail plate. Remove all remnants of old varnish.
- The cuticle skin is gently pushed back. The nail is polished with a soft buff.
- Apply the first base polish, then the base coat.
- Waiting for some time for the base coat to dry.
- The film is removed from the stencil and glued to the nail. It is not necessary to cover the entire nail with them if you want to apply the image in one corner or edge.
- Lacquer or paint of the desired shade is applied to the sections of the slots of the blanks.
- Waiting for the polish to dry slightly and not spread.
- Carefully remove the stencil.
- Apply a protective coating.
Stencils for french and moon design
French is considered a universal manicure. It comes in different variations, suitable for daily wear andcelebrations. French manicure is very popular among girls for its naturalness and unobtrusiveness. It involves drawing the free edge of the nail plates with strips of white varnish (for classics) or any other shade.
To make this design yourself at home, specially designed templates. These are curved strips on an adhesive basis. To get perfect smiles, just stick stencils on prepared nails. Then paint the tips with the desired color and wait for the varnish to dry. The stencils are removed and the manicure is fixed with a protective layer.
Lunar design is considered a variety of French manicure. The arched hole of this nail art is drawn near the root of the marigold. The size of the holes can be any, just like the color. To create such a manicure, again, use thin strips for a jacket. Special stencils for holes are also sold. The stencil is applied closer to the base of the nail so that the hole of the desired size remains, the free space is painted over with varnish. There are no special tricks in using such blanks, every girl can handle them.
Self-made stencils
Many beauties are interested in how to make a stencil for nails at home? After all, you don't have to spend money to do it. There are two ways to bypass this path:
- Use nail tape. It is considered a real miracle for beautiful nail art. Pieces of adhesive tape are easily glued to the nailplates, and the edges can be cut into any shape. If you stick several ribbons in stages, you get a wonderful geometric manicure. You can also create a french or moon design with tape.
- Using a Band-Aid. It looks like duct tape, the main thing is to apply imagination.
Vinyl stencils
About paper templates, information has already been given above, now more about vinyl ones. The principle of their work is similar to paper. They are also sticky. The template with the selected image is transferred to the nails, the cuts in the plates are painted over, and the overlay is removed. Why are vinyl stencils better than paper stencils? They fit snugly to the surface of the nail plate and are distinguished by a variety of designs. With the use of vinyl templates, the varnish under them is prevented from flowing, and clear and even drawings are obtained. Typically, these templates are sold in sets of 12 pieces. They are inexpensive and attractive.
Stencils for airbrushing on nails
At home, airbrushing is rarely used. It requires a special tool - an airbrush. The simplest is considered a mini-pneumatic sprayer that can spray the smallest droplets of paint. This technique is used to obtain a gradient effect on the nails. Special stencils only give airbrushing a new direction. Such templates are also glued on nails, then sprayed with paint and get a clear, bright image.
Nail art templates in the form of art painting
If you have all the necessary tools, then with the help of stencils you can make a real painting on your nails. Some like Chinese drawings or Gzhel. For this, special complex patterns for stamping are sold. The painting looks great in blue-white, lilac-violet tones. A great combination would be a juicy pink color on a pale lilac. In summer, nails are painted with green, yellow, orange monograms. After all, adhesive-based layouts can be of various styles. Today, girls are less and less likely to cover their nails with plain varnish. For this it is not at all important to draw well, the main thing is to have a rich imagination. It is up to you to turn nail art with various images into an exciting activity or even a hobby.
