Many women have long since switched to nail plates with gel polish and try to master this technique at home. Now it’s easy to get everything you need to work in nail aesthetics stores or on Internet sites. How to make a simple manicure, which even an inexperienced girl will cope with, will be described in detail below.
Before you begin, listen to the advice of masters and purchase materials for work and a UV lamp. Pre-carry out hygienic treatment of the cuticle with scissors and give the nail plates a beautiful shape with a nail file. To even make a manicure with a simple pattern, you need to know the basics of applying gel polish, as well as have basic tools for work. Gel polish is not applied immediately, but after preliminary cleaning of the nail of fat and bacteria.
In the article we will tell in detail how to proceed step by step with self-applying tonal gel polish, imagine the design of a simple manicure, consider what improvised means to do the work, what you need to know for beginning masters who want to make a beautiful and original manicure. The photographs presented will help to understand the principle of drawing a picture and compare the result with the original from an experienced master.
Instructions for beginners
Even the simplest manicure for beginners at home should be done in accordance with all the rules. After preparing the nails, you need to wipe the surface with the smallest sponge with emery spraying. This will remove all the irregularities of the plate and the remnants of the previous varnish.
The next step will be the degreasing of the nail. The substance is applied with a brush and contributes to a better attachment of varnish to the plate. Wipe the nails further with prime. It is a liquid with a pungent odor that kills all bacteria and microorganisms. This must be done, as gel polish covers the plate in a dense layer and does not allow air to enter. Under it, harmful microorganisms can develop, the effect of which will affect the health of the nails.
After processing, the first base coat is applied, which already requires drying under a UV lamp. Just set its timer for 2 minutes. Then a background layer of the selected gel polish is applied. You can cover your nails with not one color, but several. Usually, the ring or middle fingers are distinguished by a different shade.
The surface is dried again within 2 minutes. Further work is done on the drawing. The creation of a different design of a simple manicure will be described later. After drawing the picture, the nails are dried again and finally covered with a top layer or fixative. After the final drying under the lamp, it will remain to remove the sticky layer with a wash - and the manicure is ready!
Using Dots
It is hard for an inexperienced master to perform a complex drawing. It is easiest to act with dots. This is a metal stick with a spherical tip. It is simply lowered into the selected varnish and applied by priming the points, placing them in the selected order. A simple manicure, the design of which is made by dots, can be completely different. On a metal stick, the balls at the ends have different sizes, and the acquisition of a whole set of dots will make it possible to cover the nail with points of different diameters.
You can apply them on a semicircle at the base or on the outside of the nail like a French manicure, draw a strip in the center, as in the photo above, make a full cover of the plate with a decrease in their number up. In addition, simple patterns are painted with dots instead of a brush, especially if the ball is very small.
Simple dots manicure design
Consider carefully the photo of the manicured nails below in the article. Background varnish is chosen immediately in two colors. Three nails are covered with peach, and only plates on the ring and index fingers are covered with white. After drying the surface under the UV lamp, dot scatter points are applied by the dots, alternating small and large elements with each other. The main pattern is made on the white surface of the nail on the ring finger.
A semicircle is drawn with a brush in the upper corner of the plate and its entire inner part is accurately painted over. Large dots complement the bear's head with ears and a muzzle. A smaller ball is applied to the eyes and nose. If the varnish has a liquid consistency and the pattern is greased, then wipe it off with a wash and perform the pattern in stages, drying each layer separately.
Drawing kamifubikov
Manicure with a simple varnish for short nails can be supplemented with silver powder. To do this, purchase a small jar of kamifubiks of your favorite shade. They are sold in both mixed and solid colors. You can choose any color and size of the elements.
Even a simple black manicure looks festive and elegant, if you add brilliant particles to it. To decorate the nails on the ring fingers, as in the photo above, it is enough to lower the dry brush in a jar with kamifubikami and blot it at the base of the nail. When the desired layer is applied, sweep several times with a brush from the cuticle to the top. They do not completely grind the shiny powder, lifting the brush from the middle. So that the spiky parts do not interfere with the wearer of the manicure, they can be pressed with your finger so that they lie flat on the surface of the nail. On top of the powder, a top fixer is applied and the nails are dried under the lamp.
Sticking strips
It is simple to realize the ideas of gentle manicure, it is enough to purchase a roll of duct tape of the selected color. It is sold in nail aesthetics stores in various colors. With its help, you can make geometric ornaments, perform the division of the nail into zones for staining with various colors. Simple manicure using adhesive strips is incredibly fast and easy.
It is enough to unwind the roll and attach the tape with the adhesive side to the surface of the prepared nail. Press it down well from all sides, especially in places of lateral tubercles. If then you will remove the tape, then leave for convenience 1 cm on each side of the nail. Then for the extra part it is easy enough to pull and remove the strip. However, the nails on which the tape performs the pattern look great. You can make one strip vertically or horizontally, or you can lay out a grid or crossed lines. After checking the correctness of their location on the plate, apply a top coat and dry the nails under the lamp. The strips are so flat and thin that absolutely do not interfere with manicure and remain intact until the end.
Easy brush drawing
Next, we will share with readers another interesting idea of gentle manicure. A silver brush is applied on a dark base with a thin brush in a few strokes.
For this picture, put a dot in the center of the nail near the lateral tubercle. From it in different directions draw thin lines resembling willow leaves.
Ombre sponge
Ombre-style manicure is characterized by gradual overflow of colors or shades of gel polish. Apply it with a special dense sponge. First, cover the nail with a basic tone and dry the surface with a lamp. Then, brush strokes of the selected varnishes are applied to the sponge in the order of their location on the nail.
It remains only to wet the sponge on the nail. This can be done a couple of times to remove all air bubbles. Wipe off excess varnish with a napkin. It turns out the original image, which will make even a novice master.
Useful Tips
In order not to stain the skin around the nail, you can pre-cover it with a layer of PVA glue. After drying, it is easy to remove by pulling off the film. Many advise a sponge to be soaked in water before applying varnishes and squeezed so that it is moist. This will remove air from the voids of the sponge, and there will be no bubbles on the nail.
In the article, we examined the simplest manicure options that even inexperienced masters can do on their own at home. Try it and you will surely succeed!