The snake pattern has long become fashionable and is not losing ground. This unique design is used not only in clothing, accessories, but also in the nail industry. To perform the original and unexpected manicure "Reptile" with gel polish or with the help of other coatings, the masters came up with many ways. After all, today there are tools on sale that facilitate the creation of a design for snake skin.
Today it is popular to borrow ideas from nature. The coloring of animals serves to create inimitable masterpieces on the nails. The “snake” print replaced the famous leopard design. Claws, beautifully decorated "under the snake", make an indelible impression. Manicure "Reptile skin" can be performed both in neutral and in bright colors. We invite you to get acquainted with the main ideas for applying this nail art.
Using genuine reptile skin on nails
Even such creations of nature as snakes amaze with the beauty and originality of their coloring. This animal is horrifying for timid girls, therefore only the most daring agree to the "snake" design.
What is the most effective way to create a Reptile manicure? Photo articles prove that this is not an easy task. Wealthy fashionistas abroad make an exclusive nail design. They apply real snake skin to the nail plates, which the reptile dumps in the spring. In the salons, they cut it into pieces, paste it on the nails of clients and take a lot of money for it. Some craftswomen even manage to perform a similar design at home. It’s not difficult to do this. First, pieces of skin are glued to the claws, and on top they are covered with a reliable fixing agent.
Manicure "Reptile" gel polish
The effect of a snake on the nails can be made with modern gel polish. To do this, use a file, buff, dehydrator, bond, base, orange and black varnish, LED-lamp, fixing agent. Then they do everything in the following sequence:
- Using a nail file and buff process the plate.
- It is treated with dehydrate and then with a bond.
- The base is applied and dried in a lamp.
- Apply black varnish and dry. Then cover with another layer.
- A thin layer is applied orange varnish, dried in a lamp.
- With a brush, lightly make droplets from the fixer on top of the varnish.
- Dry the result in the lamp.
After crystallization, orange varnish from under the droplets of the fixative is visible in the form of peculiar scales. Instead of black varnish, you can use any other dark varnish, applied by the principle of gradient.
Drawn design under the skin of a snake
Those who draw well can show art and paint the skin of a snake with a brush. It only takes a lot of time and patience. First, black gel polish is applied to the nails, dried in a lamp. Then with a brush spend oblong ovals of three natural shades. The result is similar to a kind of mesh with elongated loops. The result is dried and coated with a finish. In the middle of the colored ovals, small volumetric drops are applied with a modeling gel. The finished design is dried in a lamp.
Volumetric snake design
To create a voluminous manicure "Reptile", you will need the Cat Eye gel polish. The main color will be emerald or green, and the complementary color is black. First, an emerald layer is applied to the nails, a magnet is brought to it to create a beautiful highlight. Then the varnish is dried under the lamp. A fixative layer is applied on top, polymerized, and the sticky layer is removed.
Using a thin brush, small oblong rhombuses, like the skin of a snake or lizard, are painted with black gel polish. The resulting pattern is dried in a lamp. Then, with a piece of transfer foil, the gloss effect on the plates is formed. It is enough just to press the foil to the nails, they will leave a sufficient amount of it.
Then carry out the final stage. With a brush, a transparent modeling gel or fixative is dripped carefully into each rhombus. The droplets will dry out, but gel polish and shiny foil elements will be visible at the borders. That's how they gradually form a voluminous unusual design for snake skin. You can observe the execution process in the photo above. Such a three-dimensional pattern is enough to do on one or two fingers.
Using a special mesh
Specialty stores for nail nails are sold in specialized stores for the nail industry. She will just become a good helper for creating a "snake" print on the plates. "Reptile" using the mesh is performed according to the following plan:
- Prepared claws are stained with gel polish of any bright color. Dry in a lamp.
- Then cover the plate with a piece of mesh, gently press.
- On top of the grid, dark varnish is applied: black, dark blue or dark green. Do it with a sponge or sponge.
- Lightly dry the varnish in the lamp, so that it turns out to remove the mesh.
The effect will look like small cells or reptile skin. After final drying, a fixative is applied to the lamp. The result will be the maximum resemblance to snakes.
Stickers to help craftsmen
On sale a lot of special thermal films with patterns under the skin of a snake. They look very realistic on records. Such a film is simply applied to the fingernail, gently leveled and dried under the lamp. Excess film is removed with a nail file. To keep the effect longer, a fixative is applied over it and dried. Sometimes they use not thermo, but water films. The pattern can be made even more realistic by applying droplets of gel directly to the cells on top of the film.
Still on sale there are special stamps for applying a similar pattern. Whichever of the above methods you use, others will definitely notice the exclusivity of the Reptile manicure. Each design is distinguished by its originality.