How to make a beautiful manicure with patterns on your nails?
These days, a beautiful, neat manicure is no longer a luxury. This is rather a part of good form. Any image is successfully complemented by the original pattern on the nails. It reflects the mood, matches the season, matches an outfit or repeats a fashion trend. Ideally, when creating a picture, several aspects are taken into account. Every woman strives to look well-groomed and at the same time stand out from the crowd, to be special. A well-chosen pattern on the nails will help to attract interested glances.
Varieties of painting
Modern designers and nail art masters do not get tired of delighting us with new trends every season. Sometimes they update timeless classics. Often they also create something fundamentally new in the field of technique for making patterns. The manicure made by the hand of the master is a real work of art. However, to get an impressive effect, it is not at all necessary to regularly use the services of a manicurist.
Fashion provides many opportunities for creating simple patterns and ornaments on your own.
Step-by-step instructions for creating a particular drawing turn the process into a pleasure. Most of the new techniques look very impressive, but are actually not difficult to perform. Now every woman can indulge herself with a new original decor at home as often as she wishes.
The patterns on the nails are made using various classical techniques. The most original types of manicure are obtained by mixing different techniques. Drawings in the form of a variety of monograms are always relevant.Moreover, they can be used independently or as additions to other techniques (ombre, french, broken glass). Often, only accent nails are decorated with complex ornate patterns. The rest are supported only by color or similar themes.
Openwork or lace paintings always look very delicate and feminine. It is not so difficult to execute them. Beginners use tulle or guipure with a fine mesh for this. Such a pattern is in demand not only in the bride's wedding manicure. They are often complemented by everyday French manicure. A hint of piquancy is created by black lace on a red or natural beige finish, evoking lacy lingerie.
Drawings with dots have not gone out of fashion for several seasons. This can be painted with dots, using sequins, kamifubuki or rhinestones. Using simple dots, you can create patterns of different colors, spectacular, colorful or more delicate. Sunflowers from dots, fantastically beautiful branches of blossoming sakura, openwork ligature bloom on the nails.
Patterns imitating knitted items with a large convex knitting pattern or knitwear are at their peak of popularity in winter. Even marigolds would be desirable to wrap in cozy warm yarn. At the same time, a matte finish or the use of acrylic powder to highlight knitted braids on a glossy background is encouraged.
You can very successfully emphasize the elegance of the outfit by repeating its ornament on the nails. This is how they draw a chicken foot, herringbone, polka dots and other simple patterns that are on your dress, blouse or suit. In this case, you should not repeat the drawing literally and select varnishes to match.
It is enough to put only appropriate accents on a few nails.
Indian motives in the technique of painting with henna mehendi are triumphantly returning to the fashion of nail art. Unusually subtle, beautiful and delicate patterns are obtained using milky, gold or brown coating colors.
Popular oriental motifs consist of monograms, cucumbers and rich decoration of liquid stones, rhinestones with liquid sparkles for framing. They are most often painted in black or gold on rather saturated contrasting varnish colors. It can also be a volumetric application. In such a manicure, unlike the rest, you do not need to be afraid to overdo it with the luxury and splendor of decorative elements.
Methods for applying ornaments
Manicurists most often use brushes when performing a variety of drawings. A quality tool with natural bristles gives a wide scope for creativity. You can write out the finest details, create complex patterns and whole plots on the nails. At the same time, professionals use a wide range of brushes of different sizes and bristle shapes. If the hand is not yet so precise, or you doubt your artistic abilities, it is better to refuse the brush.
With a strong desire, you can start assembling a professional set of two brushes: the narrowest and thinnest and medium thickest. You can practice drawing drawings on special sheets, paper. Gradually move on to tips, drawing on them with acrylic paints. After that, you can start drawing simple patterns on your nails.
Dots are often used by professionals. This is a stick with a ball at the end of wood or plastic. Such a tool is often used by novice manicure masters. It greatly simplifies the work of applying a pattern in the form of dots, smooth lines and monograms. You can also create pictures from these elements in different combinations.
Plain duct tape or special duct tape available at nail supply stores can help you complete popular designs in a geometric manner. Rhombuses, triangles, squares, a complex combination of shapes and colors are actually done with scotch tape. Even a three-color manicure can be done in this manner. For this, the nail plate is first varnished with a base.
After complete drying, strips of adhesive tape of the desired shape are applied to the nails and the remaining free spaces are drawn in a different color.
A regular rubber or foam sponge with fine pores is an excellent tool for creating a spectacular gradient on your nails. At the same time, a three-color gradient is rubbed onto the not completely dried main tone with a sponge. To do this, draw three stripes next to it with paints or eye shadows, carefully shading the boundaries between the tones. After that, everything is fixed with a transparent finish.
At home, students often use improvised tools. It is quite economical and convenient. Even experienced craftsmen usually modify the best tool for themselves. So, from an old brush in varnish after cleaning, you can make a brush for drawing the desired shape. To draw thin patterns, use a needle or toothpick. Instead of a dots, you can use an old style hairpin with a round tip or a used ballpoint pen.
You can take stencils to complete the pattern. The shops sell ready-made. If it is difficult to find the required pattern, then the stencil is cut out independently. This way a neat symmetrical pattern is obtained on all nail plates.
When there is very little time to draw complex patterns, and you want to pamper yourself with an interesting manicure, they use the stamping technique (printing a pattern on the nails using a special plate) or a variety of stickers. Such a pattern must be fixed well at the end so that it lasts for several days.
Required materials and tools
Depending on the pattern you choose, you may need a variety of basic and auxiliary tools. The main ones are: various forms of a brush, dots, scotch tape, a transparent base coat and a finish with the required effect (sticky, shimmery, matte, glossy), scissors, a manicure corrector, cotton swabs and discs.
You can also use rhinestones, rubbing, sequins, stencils, stickers, a needle, and wooden toothpicks. Do not forget to choose the coating of suitable colors. It can be classic varnish, shellac, gel for long-lasting and acrylic paints for creating patterns.
If you are just starting out with manicure, but plan to make an income, it is better to start with a small number of good quality professional tools. For a start, a couple of brushes of different sizes and dots are suitable (it is better to choose with different balls at both ends). Auxiliary tools are also always of great help. The collection of coating shades is also gradually gaining.
First, they take several basic colors (white, black, red, golden, peach, pink), and add a couple of shades that are fashionable in the season (for example, Marsala or mint).
How to do it at home?
Anyone can perform elementary types of manicure with a simple pattern without going to a beauty salon. For this, special instructions have been created that allow you to create any pattern step by step. Whatever type of pattern you choose to create with your own hands, it is worth remembering the important rule of well-groomed nails.
When performing the decor in stages, the first step will always be the actions to bring the nails into proper form. First, carefully remove the remnants of the old coating. Make a warm bath with salt and herbs. After that, a hygienic manicure is performed with the removal of the cuticle and giving the nails the desired shape. A transparent base is applied to a dry and clean nail plate to match the main tone. Only then can you cover your nails with varnish and draw patterns on them.
Simple design ideas for beginners
A spectacular manicure is not always difficult to accomplish. Even beginners can find many ideas for self-implementation with affordable means. It is better to make patterns from the simplest techniques, moving on to more complex ones, requiring experience, perseverance and subtle artistic taste.
With the help of scotch tape or special adhesive strips, they are now making a drawing in the form of checkerboard cells with alternating black and white squares. If you don't take a manicure very seriously, but connect some humor, then you can make a cute design with a ladybug on a sheet, balloons, sweets. All of these drawings contain small ovals or dots as a basis. Even those girls who took a brush in their hands for the first time since drawing lessons at school can do such a pattern.
It is very fashionable to wear stylish one-color inscriptions in the form of names of popular brands, brands of cosmetics and so on on your nails. They usually complement manicure on short or medium length nails in beige or pink, coffee tones. The inscription itself is made in black. The background of the coating can be glossy or matte. You can copy the brand abbreviation, or make an original drawing with monograms, leaving only a recognizable name.
Beginners should use stickers or stencils to complete this pattern.
Simple drawings are performed using the technique of drawing dots. You can make a floral manicure from them, a polka-dot pattern, lay out a whole ornament from a dotted mosaic in the form of the sun. You can draw with dots of one or two colors, combine several contrasting or similar shades. Whole patterns in ethnic style and images of hearts, animals and so on are made using dot technique. This type of application is also used in a fashionable version of manicure with the effect of raindrops on the fingers.
Gentle manicure using the french technique has found a second wind today. On the nails, not only the edge is now distinguished, but also the lunula (cuticle growth zone). For isolation, both classic milky white and silver, red, gold, black and other colors are used. The contrasting border itself has ceased to wear the strict direction of a smooth line along the border of the nail plate. It can now be beveled, wavy, covered with contrasting patterns. The jacket itself is often complemented by a delicate mesh, rhinestones, metallic or monograms on accent nails.
A manicure with a twist will turn out if you make several black dots one below the other on the main nude color. At the same time, along the edge of the nail, draw two black triangles as symbolic tips of the collar. You will get a manicure in the form of an office shirt. Individual nails can be replaced with gold or black rhinestones.
Drawing in the form of geometric shapes is very relevant in all the latest collections. Clear lines are easy to follow with tape. The most advantageous are three-color combinations: beige - burgundy - emerald, black - red - white, mint - gray - lemon, turquoise - raspberry - brown.
A simple yet interesting design can be created with a needle. For this, a few drops of a contrasting color are applied to the dried base coat, which are quickly distributed in chaotic movements in the form of straight lines over the surface of the nail.
If you have a solemn event or a noisy party, you can make a bright drawing using stamping or stickers. You just need to choose themed patterns. So, for Valentine's Day, red hearts are pasted on a pink delicate background. For the New Year, it is appropriate to make patterns of white or gold snowflakes on bright red using stamp prints.
A good idea if you are pressed for time would be a simple transformation of a day manicure into an evening one. To do this, you need to take a little varnish of the main color with which the nail is painted, and use it instead of glue to insert rhinestones into the drawing. You can make a rim or lunula of the nail with a gold glitter.
Decorate two accent nails in a metallic style or create a rich pattern with a sticker.
More complex options
If you already have some experience in painting nails, you can choose manicure options with glitters in a voluminous frame of curls or liquid stones.When making a complex pattern with many details, it is better to use a stencil. You can do it yourself for the largest elements that are most conspicuous. The rest, small or thinner, can be finished with a needle or brush.
To create a volumetric pattern, it is better to use gel. He will keep his manicure for at least two weeks. And the result will be worth the time and effort. Apply patterns in a contrasting color to the main background. These can be flowers, monograms and any other designs. It is better to perform them in the most saturated tone: burgundy, dark blue, emerald, chocolate, black. After the pattern has dried, another layer of gel or varnish of a dark, highlighting color is applied on top of it, repeating the pattern exactly. For this, gold, silver or dark scarlet are most often used.
A popular delicate pattern in the form of an openwork mesh is performed using tulle or guipure with fine mesh cells. When creating such a design, you will need a varnish of two delicate shades. Milky white and pink or peach are usually chosen. On a transparent base, a white background is applied to the entire surface of the nail. After thorough drying, it is completely covered with a layer of varnish with rather saturated pigments (pink). Until the top layer has hardened, a net of tulle is quickly pressed against it, held for a few seconds and removed. Thus, in place of the removed varnish, a pattern of delicate white color appears from the lower background.
A complex pattern made of a large number of rhinestones involves multi-stage drying. Each nail will have to be dried and fixed immediately when it is ready for execution. To mask irregularities from the base varnish, connecting lines are often drawn around the rhinestones in the form of fancy monograms. They are painted with gel with fine golden sparkles.
In addition to rhinestones, it is also good to use a metal rub. At the same time, it is worth remembering the appropriateness of a manicure for a particular event. If you have to go out in the evening, then limiting yourself in luxury and splendor of details is highly unnecessary. But when you want to slightly revive the usual boring office manicure, the emphasis should be on only a couple of nails.
It is not recommended to mix more than two techniques.
So, you can choose lace and a few modest rhinestones on the ring finger and little finger, accompanied by a classic jacket. If you are decorating a monochrome manicure, you can perform geometric elements with strict lines on two fingers. This pattern has not gone out of fashion for a long time and corresponds to a strict work environment.
Feel free to experiment, listen to expert advice and use the secrets of nail art masters. At the same time, try to find the perfect color scheme for yourself. Complement ready-made mural solutions with your own ideas. So you can make a beautiful individual manicure right at home at no extra cost.
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