Design and decor of dark manicure
When in the design of manicure preference is given to dark tones of the color palette, the issue of decoration has to be approached thoroughly. This is due to the fact that excessively light and catchy contrasts can create a visual imbalance, simplifying the nobility and status of a manicure. Read on to learn how to achieve harmony in the design and decoration of a dark manicure.
Nuances of color solutions
Dark shades of the color palette differ in perception from light counterparts. If the latter fill the image with lightness and airiness, and also suit almost all wardrobe items, dark tones oblige you to certain images and style. They especially need expressive design, because even the slightest overkill of decor will affect not only the appearance of nails, but also the bow as a whole.
These tones are not suitable for all age categories of women. As a rule, they are chosen either for evening additions to the image, or as a way to attract attention. It is difficult to call them suitable for very young girls. Of course, it looks beautiful on models and covers of fashion magazines, but in everyday life it is perceived differently.
These are mature, juicy and sensual colors that are difficult to fit into a teen's bow., even if there are related tones in their outfits. This palette includes black and blue, purple, chocolate, maroon, maroon, emerald black, dark gray tones of the color palette. Moreover, each color can differ in temperature, giving off warmth or cold. To rid the tones of the visual effect of gravity, you have to play with the design with different techniques, complementing the appropriate contrasts and decor.
Execution techniques
Consider the possibilities of visually ennobling a dark manicure, due to which it can be made more appropriate in the images of women of different age groups. It is important to understand that these will be some kind of brighteners or softening paints, due to which the dark color will be perceived softer and softer.
If we consider a classic manicure, then more than others it needs accents that distract attention from a dark background. To make a dark base more expressive, you can use rubbing, for example. It will allow you to take a fresh look at the depth and beauty of the color used, making it play with different tints. A metallic finish will look no less interesting if you decorate accent nails of a dark manicure with it.
The design in the gradient technique looks softer, made with a smooth stretch from dark to light. This design will suit all modern women without exception. It looks especially harmonious if it is made in related shades of the color palette. Filled with femininity and harmony, the designs of the snowy type, which use acrylic powder.
In addition to the usual sprinkling, this powder allows you to create various decorative elements. It is often used for classic manicure, performing lace patterns and imitation of frosty patterns, snowflakes on the surface of accent nail plates. And if this pattern is also silvered on top, then the gloomy base of the manicure will look completely different, acquiring the missing lightness.
One of the best techniques for dark tones is the veil or nylon design. Not a single light coating is capable of conveying the beauty and airiness of a translucent design with a delicate pattern, as black, purple, dark blue and velvet-burgundy tones of the color palette do. Moreover, this design is suitable for both mature women and young girls.
Decorating nuances
Decorating a dark manicure is a creative task that allows you to show your sense of taste and style. If someone says that nothing is better than rhinestones and stones for dark pigmented coatings, then this is a deep misconception. There are many ways to decorate accent nails to make dark tones more expressive and elegant.
However, it should be noted that both rhinestones and crystals can contribute to the decoration of a dark manicure. Only if they are not dosed, then they can make even an expensive and spectacular design cheap and vulgar. Any compositions consisting of a scattering of stones and rhinestones covering almost half of the nail have long been considered a sign of bad taste.
If you want to decorate your nails with rhinestones, it is better to make a small bow near the cuticle area with them, or to mask the joint of two contrasting tones. Alternatively, you can use them as single accents. An alternative to rhinestones are kamifubuki, with which you can give a different emotional color to a dark manicure.
One of the best decorating techniques is hand-painting. Against a dark background, it looks especially expressive, adding shades of tenderness and grace to the design. This is what changes the perception of design and allows you to decorate the nails of young women. The best designs on a dark background are lace, as well as flowers made in a shade several shades lighter than the original background color.
By the way, the middle of lace flowers are ideal places for fixing small crystals. The main thing is that there are not many of them (two tiny sparkles will be enough for one accent nail). In addition to floral motifs, you can decorate a dark manicure with geometric patterns. At the same time, you can choose different shapes, perform a jacket with them, a lunar design.
A pattern on a dark background made with silver lines with white contrast will look beautiful. Light contrast can be added to silver in a tone related to the base pigment. For example, a chocolate manicure can be decorated with beige stripes or peas, straight and hollow triangles. Marsala color can be decorated with light powdery contrast and silver.
Manicure using foil tape is considered no less expressive. This decor allows you to carry out a traditional jacket, decorate accent nail plates with transverse or vertical stripes, and create complex geometric patterns. Even one strip on a dark background is enough for a design to look more impressive and expressive.
Alternative to drawings
Dark manicure can take on a different look if you decorate it with stamping. This type of decoration represents ready-made metal plates with engraved patterns of various themes. As a rule, stamping is distinguished by the accuracy and clarity of the lines of the drawing, often it consists of the smallest details collected in a single composition. In contrast to the pattern, this decor is flat and more subtle. On nails, it looks gentle and beautiful.
Remarkable is the fact that stamping can significantly reduce the time for drawing a pattern. It is applied using a contrasting varnish and a roller, which is rolled over the accent nail. As in the case of hand-made prints, stamping also provides for decorating the pattern. To do this, you can use the smallest kamifubuki, rhinestones or just dots drawn in gold or silver.
Decals for dark colors have to be chosen with particular careso that they look harmonious and appropriate against the background of the main varnish. Beautiful options in related colors that adorn design accents. Such decoration of manicure is one of the best today. Recently, roll-type sliders have appeared, which have a transparent backing. They fit perfectly on the pigmented layer and allow you to add lightness to the design of your nails.
Tricks of the masters
There are techniques that allow you to draw out even the most laconic manicure. It is also important to know the mistakes that are made when making dark nails. For example, any design stands out against a dark background. But if there is a lot of decor, even a stylish solution with a noble texture of the coating will turn into variegation without expressiveness and taste.
You cannot decorate the dark coating with all the colors of the palette at the same time. It is important to dose the amount of contrasts, as well as to avoid unacceptable color combinations (for example, combinations with acid and poisonous tones, literally cutting the eyes).
If you want to create a special and status design, you can experiment with the contrast of matte and glossy textures. For example, middle and nameless nails can be painted with matte pigment, and the rest with gloss. On two accents with a matte finish, you can depict stripes: say, on the middle, several vertical ones on the side. On the ring finger, it is worth drawing stripes crosswise and decorating the place of their connection with a rhinestone or crystal in the form of a small rectangle (imitating a buckle).
When designing a manicure, try to take into account one rule: the design of accents on one hand does not have to be completely the same. This is not only ugly, but also deprives the decor of its status, because everything that is unique is inimitable. Yes, the theme of drawings or other decor can be similar, but not copying each other.
Based on the classic design, you can create just one accent on each hand by performing two nails, for example, using the diagonal gradient technique. By adding white to the stretch of tones, you can get an elegant and stylish design. At the same time, no other embellishments are needed: white color will bring premium notes to the design better than a complex print.
Even a contrasting moon polka dot pattern dots on the ring fingernails will "pull" the dark base, adding sophistication to it. If you want a knitted texture, you can use a modeling gel or flock powder. Whatever decor is chosen as the basis for decorating nails, keep in mind: what is not so noticeable on a light background will be conspicuous on a dark one. Before fixing the decorative element, attach it to the dark background of your manicure. Sometimes it helps to avoid design mistakes.
Choosing a darker contrast to the dark color of the varnish, do not forget to soften such a combination with a light shade. There shouldn't be much of it, but two dark colors can make the design visually heavier. Sometimes even three rhinestones or kamifubuki circles can change the perception of dark duets for the better. Tones must be matched to each other so that they do not compete with each other, and therefore it is worth shading one from the other with texture, combining, for example, gloss and matte, shimmer and matte, powder and gloss.
For information on how to make a dark manicure with your own hands, see the next video.
