How to choose the shape of your nails?

Correct nail design is the key to a successful manicure. If you choose the right option, your fingers will look beautiful and graceful. In addition, a harmonious solution will allow you to hide the imperfections of the hands and fingers. Based on the recommendations of nail service professionals, let's take a closer look at this issue and find out how to choose the right shape of nails based on their individual characteristics.

Regardless of what specifically you want to choose, there are certain rules by which professionals are guided, offering clients the optimal nail shape.

1. First landmark - this is the length: if the nails are very short, then they choose the option for which there is enough length. When the length is sufficient, the desired option is selected based on the characteristics of the nail bed.
2. The second landmark there will be the side walls of the nail plate. Conventionally, they can be divided into three types: parallel, trapezoidal, that is, expanding from the base, and arcuate - rounded, looking towards each other. Moreover, each of the forms may have its own characteristics. For example, the walls can be asymmetrical. However, in general, craftsmen rely on one of three original forms.
3. The third landmark will be the type of the hole itself. The shape of the nails often depends on it. At the same time, the masters note that it is necessary to evaluate the holes of four fingers with the exception of the thumb, since the hole of this finger is almost always angular.

To choose the really best option, the master starts from one of three types.If the sidewalls of the nail bed are parallel, it may suggest a square, rounded square, oval, and almond shape. Owners of this type of nail bed are allowed all options, such marigolds will look beautiful, even if you sharpen their tips, make stilettos, svord or pipe. You don't have to limit yourself in choosing a shape.

If the lateral sides of the nail bed expand from the base, this will have to give the shape a visual alignment effect. Regardless of our desire, we immediately need to file the sides in the regrowth zone for narrowing. After that, you can draw the edge of the soft square. This trick will help balance the expansion of the nail plate.

Subsequently, the coating should be applied with practically parallel lines on the sides of the nail, retreating from the expansion. This technique will allow you to get beautiful parallels and an even soft square.

If the sides are barrel-shaped, here you need to balance the rounding, which is possible by choosing between an oval and an almond. In this case, the length of the marigolds should be at least average. This will give your hands a graceful look. The square is inapplicable here, since, regardless of the length, it will expand the plates and give the nails visual heaviness.

This item is relevant for marigolds with side walls. In order to choose the right shape of the nails, one cannot ignore the cuticle line, which can be square (with corners), round and narrowed-oval. Here it is worth adhering to the golden rule: the line of the upper edge should be a mirror image of the cuticle line.

Accordingly, if the line:

• square, a soft square will become an ideal shape;
• oval, then you should choose an oval;
• narrowed, it is better to choose almonds, but with sufficient length of nails.

Female fingers also differ in shape, which cannot be ignored when choosing the best option for nails. Therefore, the same shape can look completely different on thick, thin, long or short nails.

When correlating the selected option, taking into account the characteristics of the nail plate itself, it is worth considering the following features.

• The rounded shape is good for a visually narrow nail bed. She is chosen when the fingers are short and wide. In addition, this option looks better than a straight and square shape with a short length.

• Oval nails are almost universal. This option will be a salvation with a short nail bed, due to the slightly elongated upper edge, in this case it will be possible to create the effect of balancing the plate and giving it an aesthetic look. The oval is suitable for nails of any length.

• Almonds and stilettos can be afforded if the fingers are wide or short. These options will allow you to draw out the shortcomings of a short nail bed, they will visually ennoble such nails, and the fingers themselves. They are good in that, with sufficient length, even trapezoidal side walls will look almost even. However, in this case, there is also one significant drawback: pointed and long nails are characterized by increased fragility.

• The square and soft square is suitable for long and thin female fingers. This form visually shortens the fingers, and therefore it is categorically contraindicated for the owners of chubby hands and short fingers. In addition, wide fingers with such a shape seem rather rough that even the most sophisticated manicure cannot stretch them out.

As for the shape of the hands, there are also some nuances here. For example, for those who have thin not only fingers, but also the brushes themselves, you can choose a pointed shape of nails for manicure, but not too long.

For plump hands, this shape can cross out the proportions of the brushes. In this case, the oval option would be the best solution.

In addition to the oval, these can be almond-shaped nails. If the palms are too wide, you need to level out the angularity, although even an elongated soft square will not be harmonious here. Small and short palms need to be extended. Graceful handles need a tapered option.

You will learn more about how to choose the shape of your nails by watching the following video.

It is worth taking a closer look at your hands and answering the question: are your fingers short or long. If they seem short, the small length should be discarded immediately. Then they look at the nail plate, noting whether the nail bed is wide or short. In the first variant, preference is given to almonds, in the second - to an oval.

If the fingers are long, the length may be natural or short. Depending on the length of the nail bed, you can choose an oval and a rectangle (for a long nail bed), as well as almonds and a square (for a short one). If the girl has a narrow nail bed, preference can be given to a circle, oval or soft rectangle.

Having chosen the best option, you can first draw a template of the desired shape, cut it out and attach it to the marigold, slightly bending it at the sides.

The choice of the desired shape is a task within the power of each of us. It is not as difficult as it might seem at first glance. Longer length is good for small and short fingers, long and thin ones are better to strive for naturalness and naturalness.