How to make a moon manicure with gel polish?

Gel polish has been a very popular material for creating manicure for quite some time. Its distinctive advantages are practicality and versatility, due to which, when creating a nail design, you can use various techniques, including a rather relevant direction - moon manicure.

Today, manicure is an integral part of the image of a woman, so every woman seeks to keep up with the times and use only the latest nail art techniques.

The main feature of the technique is its versatility, as well as ease of execution, thanks to which even beginners will be able to decorate nails in this design at home with the minimum amount of necessary materials and some practice. In addition, today there are no strict frameworks regarding color design, so the reverse jacket can be performed in various options and shades.

There are several ways to perform nail art, which will have their own differences.

• Lunar manicure with gel polish can vary based on the shape. Therefore, the holes on the nail plate are in the form of a standard arc, semicircle, triangle, and also an even strip.

• The design is classified based on the color palette of varnishes used, as well as additional decorative materials.In the course of a manicure, rhinestones, powder, as well as foil and a number of other materials can be used to decorate the hole on the nails. In addition, by choosing the most successful combination of two colors, you can make a design in any color scheme. The main task during the selection of shades is their contrast against the background of each other.

• Nail art technique. Today there are several common methods of decorating nails in this design, which differ in the set of tools used. Craftsmen and beginners use stencils for drawing a hole, as well as a thin brush for manually creating a reverse jacket. The third option is foil.

As professionals note, a moon manicure will look equally appropriate on both long and short nails. In addition, the nail plate can have absolutely any shape, which will not affect the final result in any way, and the manicure will look beautiful and neat. There are several secrets that masters actively use when creating such a design. For example, to visually make the nail longer and more graceful, instead of the usual semicircle, clients draw a line at the base of the nail in the shape of a corner.

The advantage of the manicure option under consideration is the absence of any framework regarding the color design, the paramount in this issue is the time of year outside the window, as well as the flight of imagination of the master and the client.

To correctly make beautiful holes on the nails, it is worth choosing contrasting gel varnishes for coating. A successful and very popular option is considered to be in which only the hole is painted over, and the rest of the nail is made out with a transparent varnish, or vice versa - it is left colorless. It is allowed to use saturated colors for coloring, for example, black or red shades, or to perform moon manicure in more soothing pastel colors.

Most often, moon manicure is made out with a base red color in combination with white. Retro options are also in demand, where a burgundy or cherry tone is selected as the basis.

Black has always been and will be relevant, both glossy and matte. Such a coating will look as luxurious as possible, however, working with such a color requires the master to be careful and clearly draw all base lines.

No less advantageous, especially in the spring, will be the design of the moon manicure with white varnish. This color is practical and at the same time versatile, as it can look advantageous in combination with any other shade of the coating. Most often, white is used in conjunction with scarlet; the classics are also popular when black and white tones are used in the design.

Lunar manicure ideas are very popular when there is a metallic shade in the composition.For a summer or spring manicure, it is usually recommended to create designs in blue, pink, yellow or green solutions.

Performing a popular moon manicure requires the following materials and tools for work:

• coating drying lamp;
• two colors of varnish, as well as base and topcoat;
• degreaser for the nail plate;
• cotton pads;
• orange stick for cuticles;
• acetone or nail polish remover;
• your choice: stencils, brush or foil;
• decoration materials as needed.

If you plan to use foil, then you will additionally need glue and nail scissors for it. Drawing an arc with a brush requires a suitable tool. It is important to choose the right thickness of the brush so that the created design looks beautiful, luxurious and neat.

To create beautiful moon nail art using stencils, you must be guided by the following step-by-step instructions.

• After carrying out standard processing of nails, you should carefully move the cuticle away from the nail plate and degrease the nail to ensure maximum adhesion of the material to the surface. Let the product dry and evaporate.
• Stain with a base compound and dry it in a lamp. For this, 30 seconds will be enough.
• Next, paint your nails with one of the main colors in one layer. Send the coating to dry in a UV lamp.

• Then apply a second coat and dry well. The recommended processing time is one and a half minutes.
• The next step is to place manicure stencils on the nail plate, followed by staining along the borders with a second colored varnish. After removing the stencils, the nails must be dried again in the lamp.
• The final layer will be the topcoat, which also needs to be fixed with ultraviolet light.

The next option for nail design is the foil method. To get the desired result, you must first cut out from the material elements in the shape of a semicircle or any other geometric figure as desired.

The technology for creating a moon manicure using foil is as follows.

• First of all, you need to paint the nails in the chosen base color.
• Next, a special glue must be applied to the area near the root of the nail, wait a little until it becomes colorless. Then fix the cuts of colored foil on the composition, press down with a stick or other tool to the nail.
• Then remove the foil, in its place the coating will acquire the desired shade, and the shape of the hole will be similar to that of the foil.
• For a fixing effect, it is recommended to cover the nail plate with a finishing compound and dry it in a lamp.

To make a moon manicure with a brush, you need to follow these instructions.

• The first layer on the nails will be a clear base coat, which must be dried under UV light for about one minute.
• After that, the nail plate should be covered with two layers of gel polish, each drying in a lamp.
• After creating a colored base on the nails, you need to paint a "smile" at the base with a brush, making the drawing carefully and slowly so that all the holes are the same. Next, the nails need to be dried in a lamp.
• The last layer on the nails will be the finish, which is also cured for a few minutes in a lamp for adhesion.

For special occasions, a combination of gold and noble black gloss will become a luxurious option for a moon manicure. Such a nail design is perfect for any chosen image and wardrobe, and the shimmer of gold will accentuate the beauty and set a festive mood.

For those who prefer to always stay in trend, when choosing a moon manicure for any occasion, you should give preference to a composition with a metal steel decor for the nail, where gray velvet powder will act as the base color. One finger is accentuated in matt black.

As a bright and attractive manicure in the lunar technique, you can choose an extraordinary, but very attractive version of polka-dot nails. A manicure is guaranteed to attract attention, and a combination of delicate shades of pink and cold black with accents on several fingers will complement the image and bring playful notes to it.

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