Simple gel polish nail design for beginners
A high-quality neat manicure is the basis of any image of a modern girl. Today, just groomed marigolds are not enough. The design should be relevant and at the same time unique, distinguishing its owner from the crowd. Manicure based on gel polish has long been loved by women of fashion. A long-lasting, beautiful finish will delight you for several weeks. You can do it not only in the salon with professionals, but also yourself at home. Simple and effective patterns can be created with step-by-step instructions.
Peculiarities
A manicure with gel polish has a number of features. Most of them are quite positive, they can be attributed to the significant advantages of this coating. Probably the only drawback is the somewhat high cost of materials for creating a fashionable design in comparison with the usual varnish. A gel coating is more expensive, and you will need to purchase a special ultraviolet lamp to fix and dry it. But if you calculate how long such a coating will last, and then compare with ordinary varnishes, then the benefits of the gel will be obvious.
Making nails using the gel polish technique looks very impressive, but with all the seeming complexity, mastering the creation of a manicure is not at all so difficult.
Any girl can make a light pattern consisting of simple lines, dots, curls. You can hone your skills on paper or on nails with regular varnish. Step-by-step instructions and materials created specifically to facilitate the process for beginners will help you create beautiful drawings and combinations.They allow you to make clear drawings: these are stickers and stamps, special stencils and scotch tape.
Patterns and designs created on nails with gel polish are suitable for all women, without exception, regardless of age and form of clothing. It is important to harmoniously match the design to your style and the situation in which the manicure will be worn. For everyday life, it is better to choose delicate colors and a minimum of accessories in addition. On the way out or to create, you can decorate the nails with all sorts of combinations of techniques and shining materials. It is worth remembering that modern fashion trends tend to be natural and laconic. Therefore, only two selected nails should be abundantly decorated, and small accents can be put on the rest.
The gel coating provides a wide range of colors. Experts recommend choosing an individual solution for yourself in accordance with the unique color type of skin and the shape of the nail plate. A unique combination can look more impressive on nails than the trendiest colors of the season. Thus, you can create a manicure that sets you apart from the crowd and attracts special attention.
Necessary tools
To create a gel polish manicure, you will need special tools and coatings. Some of them must be purchased. Others depend on the chosen manicure design. Professional tools will help to facilitate the work. They do not need to be purchased in large quantities if you are not going to make creating manicure your profession. One or two types of each instrument are enough. Gradually, you can buy the necessary materials.
You shouldn't save on quality. It is better to buy one good universal type brush instead of a dozen cheap ones. If so far there is absolutely no opportunity to purchase professional tools, and you really want to create a beautiful pattern on your nails, do not worry.
Some of them can be replaced with inexpensive improvised means.
At the initial stage of creating a gel polish manicure, you will need the following materials and tools.
- Base and top coat for gel polish. Top coat with or without a sticky layer (for fashionable matte manicure).
- Gel polishes of the desired colors. You can start with 3-5 common shades, on the basis of which most patterns are built: white, red, pink, black, gold, green.
- Painting brush with natural hair. Better to take the thinnest and medium ones.
- Dots is a special tool with a metal ball at the end, reminiscent of a writing pen. It is used to create various patterns of dots and curls. You can replace for a start with a regular used pen.
- Drying lamp (UV or LED lamp). You can start with an inexpensive Chinese version.
- Manicure correction products: cotton pads, primer, files, cleanser, gel coat remover, orange tree sticks, foil, plain sheets of paper, plastic palette for mixing paints.
To create additional patterns, you may need: rhinestones, microbeads, glitter, shimmer, special foil, stones, broths, kamifubuki, flock, acrylic powder, mass for volumetric modeling, velor sand and other materials.
We master simple techniques
Most of the most complex drawings, if you look at them well, are built on a combination of common elements: dots, commas, straight lines. It is not difficult to fulfill them. To get a neat pattern, you can use dots, tape, stencils. When applying, you should carefully monitor the amount of pigment collected on the instrument so that there is not too much of it.
A simple monochromatic manicure in a trendy color looks attractive. If you add some fashionable little accents to it, you get a unique design. Thus, you can decorate the hole at the base of the nail or the edge with a contrasting color using the French manicure technique. You can shade all marigolds or only accent ones.Adding a strip of rhinestones along the edge of the lunula or in an even row along the nail will look attractive.
If a rather bright shade is used for a manicure, you can try the trendy negative space technique. To complete it, you will need tape or stencils. The bottom line is that part of the nail remains unpainted. Usually the lunula is left untouched by the gel.
And also with the help of curly stencils, they make the fate in the middle of the nail in the form of hearts, outlines of figures, silhouette of stars unpainted.
Gradient is a very popular and delicate pattern consisting of colors flowing into each other. It can be smooth (ombre) or clear, even geometric, consisting of the same stripes or shapes of different colors. Modern technology gives a wide flight of imagination. You can combine not only shades of the same tone, but also the brightest colors.
Flowers and floral designs are popular with women in all seasons, regardless of changing fashion trends. Beginners can make simple drawings from simple dotsom circles or master the simple painting technique on wet gel polish. More complex and naturalistic designs are created with the smallest details with a brush and using volumetric sculpting. If you don't have time to draw a pattern at all, you should use a stamping kit or stickers.
The predatory print is back in fashion. It is not difficult to draw blurry ovals with a dark color on a light background. The zebra pattern of uneven contrasting stripes is also in trend. In the current season, the main thing is the choice of a trendy color. Animal designs should not be exactly the same as the color of the animal skin. It can be a combination of red and green, gray and orange, yellow and indigo.
The circles form the basis of many complex patterns and designs. With their help, you can make any pattern, play with national motives, various textures, create a floral pattern or catchy monograms. Even a few dots of a contrasting color set at the base of the nail will make the usual monochrome coating fashionable. A timeless classic - polka dots also consist of circles and dots of different sizes. Sequins and kamifubuki are a fashionable version of an evening club manicure in circles. Any pattern can be created from dots: butterfly, animal, sun, ladybug.
Monogram is another popular pattern that adorns many types of manicure from everyday service to a luxurious wedding. To create it, you need a brush, dots or an ordinary toothpick, ballpoint pen. A point is placed on the main varnish in a contrasting color, a comma is drawn from it. The next part of the ornament is done in the same way. You can put curls in different sizes and run them in different directions. They create a luxurious ornament or floral decor.
Geometry has been popular for several seasons in all techniques and types of nail coatings. This design looks very fashionable. And making it on your own fingers is quite easy with the help of scotch tape or stencils. You will need varnishes of two or three contrasting colors and a brush.
To create a more delicate look, you can add shiny accents to your manicure using wet glitter.
Glitter and stones can give a luxurious shine to any manicure in a matter of minutes. So that the design does not give off tastelessness, you should learn how to correctly place the decor on the nail plate, choose the optimal size and quantity. The surplus in this case is worse than the effect that something is missing. We put luxurious accents on one nail. On the rest, we glue only small particles of decor or leave it altogether with the base color. Most of the elements are glued to wet gel polish, and then dried together with it under a UV lamp.
Raindrops are an interesting and easy-to-use technique that especially well complements different types of manicure in the spring-summer season, as well as in autumn. Delicate translucent droplets are created using a regular topcoat and a brush or dots.They are placed in different sizes and in a chaotic manner, imitating spreading droplets of moisture or fresh dew. Designs with flowers, fruits, ombre and just plain color will make this method more realistic, lively and fresh.
How to design your nails at home?
Creating a wide variety of patterns on the nails is a leisurely and creative process. Have patience, the necessary tools and get started. Also, don't forget the inspiration you get from looking at the different types of beautiful designs. If you have already chosen a simple drawing for beginners, it is worth preparing the nail plates for creating a manicure.
For this, the old coating is removed and a nail bath is made. The cuticle is removed in the usual way, and the nails will need to be given the required shape and length. Nails saturated with healthy oils will need to be degreased. Then a transparent base is applied under any coating. After drying it, you can independently make a beautiful manicure with decor at home.
With drawings
A neat design will help you create detailed instructions step by step.
- We draw flowers popular with all girls. For this we choose unpretentious forget-me-nots.
- We paint one or two layers of the main tone, you can choose white or pink. Dry each separately under a lamp.
- With the help of a dots or a tool replacing it, set several points in yellow at a distance from each other. These will be the middle of the flowers.
- Around each of the points, put five points of a slightly larger size in a delicate blue color and dry.
- Next to the resulting flowers, as if from under the petals, draw green leaves, pulling them into a triangle from the point set by the gel.
- Dry well again under the lamp and then cover with a clear top coat.
Romantic hearts look original on the nails.
They can be pampered not only for Valentine's Day. Choose delicate white, pink and red colors. If you prefer brighter colors, you will need red and black varnishes.
Apply pink gel on a transparent base through one nail, and white on the remaining fingers. Dry under the lamp and repeat the second layer. Then, on a white background with dots, draw small hearts in pink. To do this, we put two points next to each other and connect them down at a right angle. So we draw on each finger several small hearts in different directions. We do the same on a pink background with white. Do not forget to dry the coating and cover it well on top for strength with a top.
With decor
It is not difficult to create an attractive manicure with decor on your own. To do this, you need small stickers, rhinestones and transparent glitter. Apply stickers with the selected design to the base coat. It is recommended to put them on the side of the nail or at the base. Better to decorate the little fingers, index and middle fingers. Then we apply transparent glitter over the stickers, there should be a little shiny particles in it. On the accent fingers - the ring and little fingers along the base of the nail at the lunula, we glue several rhinestones onto the still sticky glitter. Dry the manicure under the lamp and cover with a transparent top.
Simple ideas for beautiful manicure for inspiration
- Sequins of different colors and sizes, decorated in one line, look fresh and perky. The dewdrop design transforms any simple flooring. Neat points are simply put by dots one after another. The result is an actual geometric pattern that can be completed in five minutes.
- The trendy polka dot pattern is a timeless classic. Depending on the size of the peas and the chosen colors, it can look romantic, extravagant, stylish, luxurious.
- Gradient is a trendy technique in all seasons. It looks good on any length of the nail plate. Choose the color transitions to your liking.
- Black and white manicure always looks elegant and unusual.It is enough to put a laconic row of contrasting points on the accent nail - and you are already in trend.
- Fashionable geometry looks stylish and is easy to do with just strips of tape.
Choose rich colors or add bold accents to trendy sheer finishes.
- Animalistic design in a modern embodiment is in fashion. Zebra stripes don't have to be in natural colors. Enough hints and light strokes. And the shining accents complement the simple drawing aptly.
- Cute hearts and delicate rhinestones will decorate short nails, which have been super popular for several seasons. Choose nude shades and add appropriate accents. Nails will look very neat and feminine, and everyday manicure will sparkle in a new way.
- Classic red always looks luxurious, even in monochrome. Complemented with polka dots in two other popular colors, it transforms an uncomplicated manicure into a stylish and sophisticated retro. Attention is guaranteed to you.
- Yes, the jacket is not the same. The strip runs diagonally, and even black. It is accentuated by a glossy silver accent in the form of a contrasting stripe. Such a bold design solution will delight extravagant lovers of updated classics.
- Who said that ladies don't wear a tailcoat? Very much! Plus an elegant men's shirt with contrasting buttons and a matching bow tie. Of course, we are talking about an elegant manicure! Its owner cannot be denied good taste.
- Good old English classics, time-tested. To emphasize the style of your outfit with a pattern on the nails is a special chic. Choose a harmonious manicure and approach the creation of your image of a flawless lady with light humor.
- Delicate floral decor suits all women without exception, which is why he has so many fans. Go for trendy clean and nude shades. For short to medium nails, a pattern with buds on thin elongated legs is ideal. It makes the fingers visually longer and more graceful. Choose an interesting option for yourself from a variety of bright ideas and feel free to create. Let the process be enjoyable, and the result please and create a positive mood.
For information on how to make a simple design yourself, see the next video.