A manicure, like a hairstyle, makeup, and clothes, should be perfect, because it makes a woman beautiful. Well-groomed hands - a business card by which you can judge a person, status, lifestyle. Therefore, it is important that they always have an aesthetic appearance. Let's talk about this and consider options for black and gray manicure.
Let's plunge into the history of occurrence
For many, it will be a discovery that it originated in ancient times, 3 thousand years ago, when soldiers painted their nails with multi-colored varnishes before the battle. In ancient Egypt and China, only noble people were allowed to apply a red tint, while ordinary people were content with a dim palette. Women used herbal dyes, among which the most popular was henna. Evidence of this was found mummies with nails stained with it. Even then, people used special manicure devices.
The ancient Chinese learned to make varnishes from yolk, gelatin and wax. About 600 years ago, the nails of the beauties were covered with gold and silver, and then they came up with special elongated tips - nozzles in the form of nails in the same precious colors.
And only in the XIX century began to do manicure in Europe, in particular Russia. By the way, it was popular among both women and men. A word came from the Latin "manus" - brush, and "cure" - care. Even the great Russian poet S. A. Pushkin himself carefully watched his hands, which was confirmed by the lines from the famous work “Eugene Onegin”: “You can be a real person and think about the beauty of nails.”
So, before we start talking about the popularity of black and gray manicure, we will touch on the question of its importance.
Why is constant hand care necessary?
Firstly, this is the aesthetic side, and secondly, it directly affects our health. Both aspects are important. Because irregular care leads not only to a poor state of the nail plates themselves, but also the skin around them. On the brushes appear:
- Minor abrasions.
- Terrible barbs that create a monstrous feeling of discomfort, and sometimes pain, and even contribute to inflammation.
- Various injuries in the form of allergic spots and cracks.
Not only the skin of the hands suffers, but also the nails, which break due to untimely processing and exfoliate. Therefore, it is necessary to systematically do a manicure. If the funds do not allow visiting expensive beauty salons, the procedure can be performed at home, and no less efficiently. And now let's talk about the fashionable combination in black and gray colors manicure.
Black in trend
He firmly entrenched in the wake of fashion trends and is very popular. To many it will seem gloomy, boring, uninteresting and even mourning. But this is not so. After all, today there are thousands of options that allow you to dilute deep darkness, this is the addition of stones, rhinestones, stickers, moldings in the form of wires, gold and silver casting, painting and so on. Here is a variety of colors and shine gives us a black base.
Useful Tips
You need to know that black varnish does not always look beautiful and aesthetically pleasing on nails. Let's give some tips:
- It must be applied on medium or short square-shaped nails.
- Mother of pearl and gloss demonstrate the flaws, but the matte texture hides everything.
- When the black varnish begins to chip and peel, it immediately catches the eye, so you can use the fashionable craquelure technique, which gives the effect of a cracked nail. And then the appeared gaps will not be so noticeable.
- To hide irregularities, before painting it is necessary to polish the nail plate and apply the base coat, and on top of the varnish one more protective layer so that the picture does not erase for a long time.
Now let's talk about the direct application of varnishes on the nails, see how the black-gray manicure looks in the photo. And yet, remember that hot water is the enemy of manicure, so you need to wash your hands under a cool or slightly warm stream.
Manicure options in black and gray tones.
Just note that these shades are suitable for both everyday and smart look. The main thing is to apply the correct pattern and decor. Let's say we wanted to decorate our nails with rhinestones, but this will be a daily option. In this case, we take gray as the basis, and then we apply any subtle black hint in the form of a light touch of the brush. And on one of the nails we paste a rhinestone, two stones are possible.
A chess manicure looks spectacular. The nail plate is divided into four equal squares, and contrasted with black and gray, and the latter can be glossy, and the first matte, and vice versa.
Velvet manicure
This material is now in trend, why not use this effect on nails. Thanks to this style in nail art, the nails look like plush, and more, of course, are suitable for the summer season. An extraordinary texture is given to the nails, which is full of true luxury and sophistication.
Patterned Options
The manicure in black and gray is unique, because these shades, firstly, are basic, and secondly, are suitable for any bow. You can take as a basis one and the other tone, on which to apply any pattern in the form of small strokes, droplets, stains or geometric prints. In this case, you can decorate with stones or rhinestones. The main thing is to observe the measure so that the bust does not work out.
Suppose a white pattern in the form of lace on a gray-black background looks spectacular. In general, nail art masters work wonders, not only reproduce drawings of familiar colors, but also apply holographic pictures, illustrate animals, transfer photo images. Fashionable directions are images in the form of volumetric knitted products.
Matte manicure
Also very popular. You can take black as the main color and gray out any two nails on each brush, while making the coating matte. Today, different images are trending, for example, on a gray basis, you can draw matte black stripes, a minimalistic pattern in the form of a twig or a neat flower decorated with a pebble.
If you want to draw a large pattern on the entire nail plate, you should choose one or two fingers. Matte black and gray manicure is suitable for special occasions, as well as for going to work.
Another option matte manicure
You can achieve an unprecedented effect by adding glossy elements. For example, we select a matte gray tone as a basis and apply a black gloss, for example, an extravagant mesh. You can make a black jacket on the same matte canvas or apply droplets that are fashionable this season. If we take a black base, they will be glossy gray. This option is successfully used for everyday manicure.
Add white color
This trinity looks great. Black and gray manicure with white is an extravagant combination, classic. So, consider the options. For example, you can make a simple concise manicure by painting the nails of the ring and thumb — black, the index and the little fingers — gray, and the middle one white.
A winter fairy tale will look good on nails, for example, take gray varnish as a basis, draw black trees with a thin brush, and apply white snowflakes to white, which can be partially decorated with rhinestones.
And also you can succinctly beat trend peas. Suppose we put gray and white glossy round circles on a black mat, you can have different diameters. There are many variations of gray-black and white manicure.
If we decided to choose the dominant white color, which is not bad for an everyday look, but the nail plate does not allow this (wide and short) there is a way out. The outer contour is painted black, and the middle is filled with white. On top of two fingers, you can draw a neat element with thin gray and black lines.
With a pink tint
Black-gray manicure with pink looks great. The conservative duet will make the latter more vivid and extravagant. Suppose that the nails of the little finger, index and thumb can be covered with pink gloss, and a gray-black holographic pattern can be applied to the middle and ring fingers.
You can paint the nails of all fingers except the nameless one with black gloss, and cover the nameless one with pink varnish, and draw a gray heart in the center of the nail plate.
About black and pink manicure
In this duet, the main thing is to adhere to the golden mean, otherwise you can come to vulgarity and carelessness. Tandem is used for different lengths of nails and is suitable for women of any age. You can select two nails and paint them, for example, pink, the rest black, and vice versa.
Let's move away from the conservative classics and paint the nail holes pink, and the rest of the surface black. Or cover the tips of the nails with black on a pink base. For example, we will draw geometric prints, but at the same time, if the nail is short, they should be miniature, applied with a thin brush.
Black glossy lace on a pink matte base will look extravagant. In this case, you can draw two nails on each hand. There are many options, or cover your nails with black gloss and apply a matte pink semicircular sphere on top.
Add silver and gold
The black and gray palette can be freshened up with sparkles. For example, we apply a gray base, paint the tips of the nails with black gloss, and cover the halo of the marigold with gold or silver.
Black-gray manicure with sparkles looks very elegant. As a silver element, you can use dry spangles that are applied by the applicator, broths, foil, shiny strips. The latter are simply glued to the nails, a geometric pattern is made, and then they are removed. Gray-black manicure with silver is incredibly popular today. Its variations are also many.
For example, you can draw half of each nail in black and gray, and mark the border with a thick silver or gold stripe or with dots in the middle of which you can stick pebbles or rhinestones.
Important Tips
Whatever the manicure, it will not look on untidy hands. Let's reveal some secrets:
- Before applying varnish, degrease the nail plate.
- It should be applied in two layers to the protective coating - so the manicure will last longer.
- The layers should be thin, the second is applied after the first has completely dried.
- Stain the ends of the nail well.
- They should dry naturally, in no case with a hairdryer or under a stream of cold or hot water.
- The bottle can not be shaken, it is necessary to roll between the palms so that bubbles do not form, which then appear.
- Be sure to use a nail polish fixer.
And yet, file nails should only be in one direction to avoid delamination. It is important to be able and properly remove the varnish. It is necessary to moisten a cotton pad with liquid to remove it and attach it to the nail for a few seconds, and then carefully remove the coating.
Moon manicure
Still popular. 3 at the base of the nail, which is called the moon, traced in a contrasting color or remains unpainted. It is important to consider the length of the nail plate, if it is short, a narrow strip of the moon is performed, if long, it can vary.
This manicure will not be combined with the square shape of the nail. But as for the moon itself, it can be different: narrow, wide and even triangular.
You can use double and triple lines. For example, we take as a basis a gray matte varnish, and black draw the moon, and after it, in parallel, a thin black line, you can contrast white.
You can make a triangle at the base of the nail, again gray, paint the rest of the nail with black, and paste the outside of the figure with rhinestones or apply a thin silver edging.
A manicure with a transparent moon is very popular. A stencil is glued to the moon, and varnish is applied, and then, if desired, any decor.
You can combine several moons on one nail plate, varying with colors. To make the lines smooth and accurate, you can use stencils.
We examined many options for black and gray manicure. Learned to dilute the tandem with white and pink, add decor. The main thing is to take measures in any business, otherwise everything can be ruined.