"Mirror" gel polish manicure: new designs and tips for its creation

Mirror manicure is one of the novelties of this season. Gel polish with a reflective effect will help to be in trend. It looks great both on its own and as part of the decor.

Modern manicure with a mirror surface performed using several types of coatings:

• metal varnish;
• shimmery varnish;
• sequins;
• foil;
• chameleon gel polish;
• rubbing.

The most effective and high quality is gel polish. It includes particles that reflect light best. In such a manicure, everything is really visible, as in a mirror.

The cover can be combined with any style of clothing and gives the image the most modern look. Nails are an advantageous addition to the chrome details of the handbag and shoes.

• The first thing you need to pay attention to when performing this type of manicure is the quality of the gel polish. Branded manufacturers, as a rule, offer a good product with the required consistency, which must be sufficiently liquid. The thick varnish will take a long time to dry, making it difficult to apply evenly.
• Proper storage of such a composition is also important. The bottle itself comes in matte finish. This protects the product from direct sunlight, from which the varnish can delaminate. The expiration date is also important. Of course, expired gel polish is not displayed on the shelves. But if the date of use is coming to an end, it is better not to use such a composition either. With the date stamped on the packaging, the suitability can also be determined using the sense of smell.A low-quality product will have a sour smell.
• The brush has a great influence on the coating. The hairs in it should be located often (thick brush), snug against each other. In the absence of these criteria, it is best to use a separate accessory of suitable quality.

Mirror varnish requires the smoothest and most even work surface possible. On this type of manicure, minimal irregularities and imperfections in the shape of the nail are visible. Therefore, the implementation of such a manicure must begin with careful processing.

The shape of the nail can be of any shape. The main thing is that all fingers are filed equally. A sanding file is a mandatory attribute here, since after removing the cuticle at home, often small irregularities remain on the surface of the nail. They must be removed without fail.

Before you start staining, it is better to immediately prepare everything you need:

• ultraviolet lamp;
• degreasing liquid;
• base for gel polish;
• colored gel polish with reflective particles;
• topcoat;
• polyester napkins (lint-free).

After thorough surface treatment, it is necessary to remove the remnants of nail dust from sanding. This is done with a degreaser. Then the nails should dry. A base coat is applied to the finished surface, which will help to align the nail plate as much as possible. The base must be dried well under a UV lamp.

Then you can cover the nail with colored gel. It is applied in one layer and dried under a lamp for up to 3 minutes. For the perfect shimmery shine, a second coat is also applied. After that, the nails are placed under the lamp again. Finally, you can apply a top coat and dry your manicure thoroughly. So it will hold on for a long time.

Rubbing is also good for getting a mirror finish. It is a fine powder with metal particles that, when applied, penetrate the varnish and give it an amazing soft shimmer. This method is also good in that the choice of the main color of the manicure is simplified.

The most fashionable trends in this style are nail designs with a mirror shine and metallic effect. Silver and gold coatings look most beneficial on nails. These colors are universal, as they can not only make up an independent composition, but also perfectly complement each other, as well as other shades.

Fully gold plating best emphasizes tanning, therefore it is used mainly for creating summer manicure. Silver metallic will be an appropriate addition to the bow in any season.

This type of coating creates unique combinations with other types of manicure. So, it is actively used as a bright detail of the lunar design. A small mirrored semicircle at the base of the nail or at its tip immediately attracts attention. But when decorating, you need to remember that metallic is better suited to cold colors, and it is better to complement warm colors with gold.

The trendy geometric style provides a large field for creativity. Here you can combine not only a mirror finish with a regular varnish, but also add matte textures. Such geometric shapes on a shining surface (if a mirror coating is chosen as the basis) look expressive and unusual.

Any ornate patterns applied to the mirror coating will also be effectively perceived. A great combination with a classic touch is the additional decoration of one or two fingers.

Unusually and concisely complement even a strict office look with a jacket with a gold or silver strip at the tip, which will become a stylish and simple decoration of the image.

But the design solutions of nail art specialists include not only the most reflective surfaces.Creating a moderate sheen with a small amount of rubbing in is also encouraged. Such a delicate shine looks most beneficial when painting not the entire hand in metallic, but only a few nails. The remaining fingers can be decorated with a different color, as well as supplemented with rhinestones if the look is evening.

However, as in most combinations, in the case of making various additions to the decor from other styles, moderation must be observed. A manicure should not resemble a Christmas tree randomly decorated all at once.

The technology for applying mirror gel polish in the video below.