Manicure ideas for short wide nails

Girls with short wide nails can no longer be ashamed of their fingers, because in the last couple of years, short natural nails have been in trend. Such nails look especially beautiful with a round or oval shape.

Before you start styling short, wide nails, read the professional advice of the experts. First of all, they relate to the shape of the short length. It is best to avoid strongly rounded tips, as this will visually shorten your nails even further. Give preference to almond and soft square shapes. And a few more recommendations from professionals.

• A monochromatic manicure looks best on such hands. It looks neat and feminine, especially if pastel, pink, nude shades are used for coverage. Avoid lots of rhinestones, sequins, and other decorative items.
• When choosing a French manicure as a design, cover the nails with a base to match the skin, and draw a very thin white line along the edge. This will visually lengthen your fingers and give your hands a well-groomed and noble look.

• If you really want to include stickers and stamping in your design, then limit yourself to one pattern on each nail. It is better not to perform too bright manicure, it can add childishness to the nails.
• When choosing a drawing, give preference to vertical and diagonal lines, which will create the effect of long, beautiful fingers.
• A simple and suitable manicure for short wide nails can be done at home, and looks like this: from the cuticle to the edge through the center, draw a strip, and then two more of the same on the sides of the main line.

You can style short nails in different ways.

• Solid pink finish - great option! Such a manicure looks beautiful, gentle, natural. One finger can be accentuated by, for example, covering it with white and applying a neat five-pointed star pattern.
• It is quite allowed cover nails with varnish of different colorsbut it's important not to overdo it. So, on one hand, two fingers can be distinguished, on the other - one. Beautiful combinations can come from pink and gray, white and blue.

• The red color will help to visually lengthen the nails. For decoration, you can paint white or pink monograms and apply a couple of rhinestones on one of the red-lacquered nails.
• Don't be afraid of black, boldly cover all your nails with it, decorating each nail with a rhinestone.

• If a jacket is chosen for a manicure, then it is permissible to arrange the ring finger with an image. A neat sticker can be used. If traditional French manicure seems boring, then you can replace the classic white with pink.
• Geometry - a great option for ladies with wide nail plates. It is better to use diagonal and vertical strokes in the design. The advantage of such a manicure is the elegance and ease of implementation - you can cope with this on your own.

• Points will help to visually lengthen the fingers. You can cover all your nails with any varnish and dot along the plates, starting from the root with the thickest and up to the edge with a tendency to narrow. It is better that the dots are of a contrasting color in relation to the main background.
• Metallic design also works well for short nail plates. It looks even better at this length. Mirror, steel, silver options are suitable.
• When executing a gradient the transition from thumb to little finger will look very nice.

For an example of a manicure for wide nails, see the next video.