What are the options for gel polish manicure?

Every girl dreams of beautifully designed nails. Until recently, few people could afford a gel polish manicure, because it was done mainly only in expensive salons and professional masters. However, today such a manicure is not a luxury, but an integral part of everyday and festive manicure.

Using gel polish to decorate your nails has many advantages over other options because this material:

• beautiful, stands out brightly in the sun or any other type of lighting;
• durable: nails coated with such varnish last longer than regular manicure;
• easily hides small defects of the nail plate;

• does not have a pungent, pungent odor, unlike ordinary varnish;
• does not cause allergic reactions;
• protects the nail from the harmful effects of external factors.

Fashion trends change almost every week: new directions appear, old ones disappear. At the moment, there are several basic techniques for performing manicure using gel polish.

• The most popular today remains French manicure or service jacket... The ageless manicure technique has been gaining new varieties for several years now, for example, some masters began to decorate the nail with not one, but two “smiles”. The color can be completely different, it all depends on you, your mood, taste, or even the color of the lipstick.

• Manicure with marble or turquoise. This type of manicure appeared relatively recently, but has already won the hearts of many women. Nails look as if the work took place not on the nail plate, but on some kind of stone. It looks at least unusual and, of course, very stylish.

• Recently, this type of gel polish manicure, such as lunar... The name of this variety originated from the similarity of the forms with the month. This option is comparable to a French manicure, only the crescent moon is located here in the place of the cuticle. The choice of color is also yours.
• Monochrome gel polish. This is a simple one-color manicure. The varnish can be applied using the casting technique, that is, the glossy varnish will look like a cast from metal. The matte version looks no less interesting.

• Multi-colored manicure. This concept is too general and it will not be possible to single out a specific technique here according to the degree of popularity. Trends in this type of manicure change from season to season, and sometimes even more often. In one season, flowers made with painting are popular, in a couple of months - geometric shapes.

• Aquarium or water manicure. This unusual type of nail design is performed using a variety of additions, in addition to the gel polish itself. It uses a variety of rhinestones, and various figures from special cardboard, and even small flowers. From above, the drawing is filled with gel and therefore looks like under glass. Such a technique has appeared quite recently, but has already managed to find its fans.

Gel polishes differ not only in colors and manufacturing companies. By purpose, they are divided into two main groups:

• standard decorative - simple gel varnishes, the function of which is to cover and decorate the nail;
• medicinal - varieties of gel polish that help solve any specific problem of the nail plate, for example, delamination.

In appearance, varnishes are divided into the following options:

• glossy - a standard gel polish that has a special shine, it reflects any light source;
• matte - gel polish that does not have a characteristic shine;
• mother-of-pearl - "pearl" type of varnish;

• shimmer - gel polish with small shiny particles;
• glitter - varnish with large shiny particles in the composition;
• chameleon - the coating changes color when the direction of illumination is changed;

• fluorescent - lacquer that glows in the dark;
• thermovarnish - the coating changes color depending on the change in ambient temperature.

The bases for manicure are divided into two types:

• leveling - serves to create a dense and even surface so that subsequent layers of varnishes lay down well and stay on the nail for a long time;
• colored - the base, which has a light color shade, is most often used to create a French manicure.

The following products can be distinguished as examples of the most popular nail bases:

• CND Base Coat - the coating has an excellent consistency;
• Nano professional Nanlac Gum - easy-to-use material, suitable even for a beginner;
• Masura vitamin base - one of the most easily removable bases.

Instead of a base, some professionals use special primers, each of which can perform a specific function and have an individual composition.

• Bond (prep-primer) - the lightest kind, it does not use any dyes or flavorings.The function of this primer is approximately the same as that of basecoats.
• Acidic primer - material in which methacrylic acid is present. This type is most effective for bonding gel polish to the nail plate, however, it can harm thin or weak nails.
• Acid-free primer - the most optimal option, since it is safe for nails, but it perfectly fulfills all its functions. It perfectly degreases, perfectly holds the nail and varnish together, and also helps with artificial nail extension.

Examples of the best primers:

• Lady victory - the product has a soft consistency;
• EZ Flow - for the production of this material, only environmentally friendly raw materials are used;
• Kodi professional - differs in quality and favorable price.

In addition to the base and primers, tops are also used as additional materials for creating a gel polish manicure. Top is a special coating that is applied over the colored varnish and helps to strengthen it on the nail plate for a long time.

The summer season is over, many go to work, which means that again - gray days, routine processes and no bright moments. In such cases, you need to look for bright, interesting, joyful colors everywhere, even in manicure.

Consider the main options for autumn manicure.

• Traditional techniques. For autumn, both a standard jacket and a moon manicure in orange, red, gold or red colors appropriate for the season are perfect. You can also apply a drawing on an autumn theme in the same shades on a white or nude base. You can easily do such options at home with your own hands.

• If you do not rely on natural conditions, but proceed only from trends, then abstract ornaments or laconic geometry in a wide variety of color solutions will be suitable as a pattern. In this case, dark colored varnishes can also be used.

• Gradient manicure this and the next season gives freedom to play with contrasts. It is also possible to use a wide variety of options for applying the gradient. This fall also opens up multiple variations for the use of blue. It looks especially great when combined with the gradient technique.

• Matte manicure Is the hit of this season. It is used in different variants and color combinations.
• Broken glass mosaic - an interesting option that will definitely stand out from many others. It is carried out on a single-colored nail plate with special pieces of "broken glass". They can be arranged in the most bizarre shapes, the main thing is that the shades of the glass and the background are harmoniously combined.

• Fashion drawings - an option that suits very creative people. First you need to decide what is currently in fashion. Then choose one or two colors for the background and one or two colors for the drawing itself. And then you can draw anything you want: kittens, birds, tree branches, flowers, leaves, stars.

• Today, the image of geometric shapes of various shapes is very fashionable. The image can be either very simple or complex. Here, too, the main thing is that the colors of the background and the figures themselves fit together and do not merge.

• A very interesting solution is to use black for the background. On top of it, a pattern of white or poisonous color is usually applied, and varnishes with sparkles can also be applied on top of black.

• Glitter design. Another very interesting option is when mosaic rhinestones are glued to a sticky base, and a special gel is poured onto them to fix them.
• This season is very fashionable manicure performed in velvet technique... In this case, in addition to a special coating, decorative rhinestones can be used. Colors for velvet technique should be chosen calm and delicate.

And now we offer several beautiful options for manicure made with gel polish.

• Crystal jacket. An unusual solution for those who are tired of the standard French manicure.

• Unusual geometric manicure. Geometry has been in vogue for several seasons, but if you do this design option, then it is better to choose something original.
• Manicure with fine lines looks especially sophisticated and bewitching on nails.

Today there are a huge variety of gel polish manicure techniques. Some of them are very simple and even beginners can do, some are unrealistically complex and it is better to entrust their implementation to a professional. But the conclusion is still the same: a manicure using gel polish is very beautiful and high quality. Such a manicure is durable and looks incredibly neat and elegant.

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