A three-color manicure can be gentle, combining pastel colors, or bright, screaming, drawing everyone's attention. It all depends on its relevance, the nature of the bearer and, of course, the combination of colors. There are shades that look great together, but there are incompatible with each other. Such a three-color manicure will look tasteless and nakalyupisty.
To prevent this from happening, you need to carefully consider the color combinations before applying gel polishes and drawing on the nails. You can make a manicure from one primary color, for example, white or black, and add two shades of another, for example, pale blue and blue. It is interesting to paint each nail separately with monophonic varnish or to combine them on the same plate with strips, using the ombre technique or in a picture.
The article will discuss interesting ideas of a three-color manicure with photos and a detailed description of the work. The reader is presented with an approximate color combination scheme in order to achieve the correctness and compatibility of the color scheme. Even a bright and flashy manicure should be created in style and taste.
Nail color compatibility chart
The combination in a three-color manicure of colors and their shades is shown in the approximate diagram below. These are all bright colors that should be used with care. Smooth transitions from one color to another in an ombre manicure will look interesting. It can be horizontal and vertical.
Use these examples to stylishly apply gel polishes to the surface of one or all nails at once. It is possible, as in the sample above, to add the main color, in our case white, and already make the picture from compatible gel varnishes.
Gentle manicure
For manicure, pastel shades of the same color are suitable for every day. A vivid accent can highlight one of the nails, for example, on the ring finger. For warm tones, golden glitter varnish is best.
Such a three-color manicure will look great on both short and long nails. Make it easy even on your own at home. After hygienic processing of the plate, cutting of the cuticle and shaping with a nail, it is enough to apply varnishes of the selected colors. For juiciness and depth, you can paint your nails twice.
Classic manicure
A tricolor manicure with sparkles, having two main colors - black and white, is considered a classic. A bright accent nail of golden color is covered with a rub. This is the smallest powder that you need to pour on the prepared nail, smeared with a base layer of varnish, and carefully rub the powder into the depth of the layer. This can be done with either a wide brush or just a finger.
The combination of shiny white varnish with matte black looks interesting. Solemnity is added by large-sized rhinestones attached in descending order of the diameter of the pebbles. At first glance, such a manicure looks simple, but it looks incredibly impressive and festive.
Manicure dots
Three-color manicure for short nails is easy to do with the help of a dots, a metal stick with tips from two ends in the form of balls. They have different diameters, so you can use them for applying large and small dots. In our sample, all nails are covered with a plain primary color. For a beautiful combination, black and red varnishes are selected. Using the dots is easy, just dip the end of the stick into the varnish and touch the selected spot on the nail plate.
To use a different color, wipe the ball with a napkin and dip it further into a drop of the selected gel polish. All that remains is to dry the drawing under the UV lamp and cover with a fixative. From the points you can make a very different geometric pattern, placing them in a triangle or rhombus, broken lines or simple stripes, as in our sample. You can cover the nail completely or only one part of it.
Strip making
The original idea for a three-color manicure will be the arrangement of flowers in horizontal stripes, and the junction of flowers is covered with strips of duct tape. It is sold in reels of any color. There are silver and gold, black and white, you can pick up any ribbon. Apply strips on the nail in layers. First, the entire plate is covered with a pale pink color, which is visible at the base of the nail. After drying, you need to glue the first strip with tape, and cover the remaining nail with a pale lilac gel polish. Before drying, remove the adhesive tape, and only then dry your nails under ultraviolet rays.
To add a blue color, tape over the rest of the nail with tape. When the strips are dried and the nail turns striped, you need to cover up small bumps at the joints of the flowers with duct tape. Stick it on the side on which the sticky layer is located. Gently smooth it with your finger, especially along the edges of the nail. Cut off excess with scissors. To keep the strips well, cover the surface of the nail with top-coat varnish and finally dry the manicure under the lamp.
Geometric pattern
This stylish manicure is created from triangles using stickers cut out of adhesive tape. First cover all the nails with different colors. For those nails where the drawing will be placed, the background color is best to take the main white.
Stickers for creating triangles attach several times, for each color separately. When removing adhesive tape, proceed carefully. If the gel polish spreads a little, trim the edges of the triangles with a wipe with a napkin or draw straight lines with a brush. Then dry and start work on triangles of a different color. This is a bright, summer manicure, but a similar one can be done in the cold season, picking up other shades of varnish.
Ombre manicure
Ombre implies a smooth transition of selected varnishes. To choose the right combination of colors in a three-color manicure will help the shade compatibility table presented above in the article. If there are no necessary colors in it, then you can safely combine any varnishes by choosing between them the main white or black color.
A smooth transition of varnishes is achieved by blotting. In the stores of nail aesthetics, purchase a special sponge, smear on its surface three strips of different varnishes in the correct order. It remains only to wet the sponge on the prepared nail. Make a print several times so that air bubbles do not remain in the varnish layer. For each nail, strips on the sponge are applied repeatedly. Wipe off excess with a napkin, only then dry the varnish under the lamp. Fixer will add smoothness and shine to manicure.
Stylish manicure
The combination of black, yellow and white varnishes looks elegant and beautiful. All nails are made in one color, only the ring finger is selected. This pattern is made in the style of geometry. To apply the pattern used a thin brush.
The pattern looks beautiful both on short nails and on long ones. It will be difficult to make such an ornament on your own. It is better to use the help of a master in the salon or at least an experienced girlfriend.
Extravagant combination
For such a manicure of three-color nails, bright saturated shades of gel varnishes are selected. Three fingers are made monophonic, the main work is carried out on the middle and nameless. First, a blue gel polish is applied and dried under ultraviolet rays. Then, thin strips of adhesive tape or masking tape are placed diagonally on the ring finger, located diagonally towards each other. Void ticks are painted over with bright white gel polish. It should have a thick consistency, and be applied with a thin layer so that after removing the stickers leaks do not turn out.
After drying, a base layer is applied near the base with drops, rhinestones of different sizes and colors laid out in triangles are placed in them. So that the pebbles do not fall out, you can cover them with a fixative on top, applying it abundantly directly on top of rhinestones. Then they will be drowned in gel polish and will not fall out quickly.
The article presents several interesting options for tricolor nails. Choose your favorite and try to do manicure yourself. Good luck