Any girl feels confident, if she is well-groomed, with a hairdo on her head and leaves a trail of delicate aroma of toilet water behind her. Not the least role in creating a complete image is played by the condition of the hands and nails. This is the part of the body that is visible to everyone and can affect the overall impression of a person.
Girls differ among themselves not only in appearance, but also in tastes and preferences in styles. This implies a wide selection of design solutions for the design of nails, ranging from shape, thickness and ending with color solutions.
Distinctive moments in the design of nails
In fact, nail design depends on many factors. The most significant are the following:
- fashion for the shape of the nail;
- fashion trends of the season regarding color schemes;
- popular drawings and accessories;
- the mood of the girl;
- place of work or the presence / absence of any specific activity (work with products, chemicals, medical instruments, etc.);
- the state of their own nails and their nature (evenness of the nail plate).
When choosing a particular type of nail design, ladies, as a rule, consult with the master. To change the nuances of the natural state of nails (the shape of the plate, its evenness, length), if necessary, use materials such as gel or acrylic. This allows you to prepare the basis for the implementation of the design.
Types of coatings for ladies who like to stay stylish
What mood to give your manicure to and how to design your nails: light design or bright ornament, short or long nails? This choice determines the material to be used. Currently, the choice of varnishes is so wide that they can be divided into several types.
In cases where the use of special products is not required (acrylic or gel), masters offer customers a choice of a variety of coatings for nails. By the type of application, they are divided into several groups, while some of them belong to the main ones, and some to auxiliary means.
- Gel coatings: combine the properties of ordinary varnish and gel, which extends the wearing time to 3-4 weeks. When applying, a brush is used, the bonding process occurs due to the influence of ultraviolet rays.
- Liquid varnishes: a classic varnish that is applied with a brush. The average wearing time is 1 week.
- Solid: they are dense stickers that are attached with heat to the entire area of the nail plate.
- Quick-drying: varnishes of different colors (usually transparent or light), the drying time of which takes about 60 seconds. Most often they are used for topcoat over the main coating, which allows to increase the wearing time of the varnish as a whole.
- Fixing varnishes: colorless varnishes, which are also used to extend the durability of the primary color, but the drying time is at least 5-7 minutes.
- Basecoats: colorless coatings for smoothing the nail plate. Applied in front of the main layer of color coating, they allow preserving the color depth of the decorative varnish and prevent its darkening and cracking.
Classic doesn't go out of style
No matter how familiar this may sound, however, in the sphere of the nail industry, short nails remain quite common, a light design and decor elements organically complement the manicure. Of course, for lovers of bright colors there is always an alternative. However, in everyday life, most often it is a light nail gel gel polish design that occupies an advanced place.
This design will allow girls to look stylish in any event: from everyday work, ending with a visit to a restaurant or night club. To emphasize the design of nails, light colors are mixed up with additional elements, accessories or drawings. A positive role in the design of the original idea is played by light shades of various colors, various textures of the varnish itself or the technique of manicure.
How to diversify the design of nails?
Short light nails will look advantageous if, when performing their design, use combinations with the following types of varnishes to choose from:
- craquelure: varnish that is cracking (represented by two types: with large cracks and a fine network of cracks);
- magnetic varnish: incorporates small magnetic particles capable of creating a pattern in the form of a strip, wave, ray under the action of a magnet;
- matte varnish: quick-drying, when using which a fixing agent is not needed;
- holographic varnish, iridescent with all colors of the rainbow; decorative varnish;
- thermal varnish: varnish changes its color when the air temperature changes (at a cool temperature it acquires darker shades, with increasing temperature, the shades become lighter);
- sand varnish: this is one of the types of matte varnish, after application of which its structure becomes fine-grained;
- shimmer: varnish with small particles that shimmer and change color under the influence of sunlight or lighting (capable of adding volume and hiding irregularities in the surface of the nail plate);
- glitter varnish: varnish with shiny particles, which may vary in size, thereby changing the appearance of the design;
- mirror varnish (in other words it is called metallic) has a shiny mirror surface;
- fluorescent varnish: contains substances that glow in the dark, it is ideal for those who lead an active lifestyle in the dark;
- velor varnish: the composition of the varnish contains velor fibers, this gives the coating a special texture after drying;
- caviar lacquer: lacquer incorporates small round granules resembling eggs or a scattering of beads;
- jelly varnish: a translucent varnish with reflective mirror elements, which in appearance resembles jelly.
Techniques for creating an original manicure
Nail design: light colors, short nails, long nails, bright colors, innovative technologies in creating creative ideas - these are the components for creating a complete stylish look. Among the popular classical methods of coating nails there are new products in the nail industry, which are successfully used by masters, combined and as a result give girls original and interesting images. Such technologies include:
- 3D modeling (aquarium design);
- stamping manicure;
- art painting;
- use of accessories (bows, flowers, stones, ribbons, newspapers, beads, beads, rhinestones, butterflies, sequins, etc.);
- photo design (use of stickers);
- oil manicure;
- crumpled design;
- marble design;
- broken glass effect;
- liquid stone design;
- use of transparent glitter;
- design with rings;
- manicure using acrylic powder.
Stylish short nails
The short length and classic nail design in light colors remain always convenient and versatile .
The photos in the article present examples of the design of stylish short nails in light colors with and without decor elements.
The main trends in the design of nails
The following trends for light nails do not cease to be relevant (design, photos are presented below) which are considered optimal at any time of the year:
Light nails: design, photo, coating options
For an illustrative example of fashionable novelties of the season, you can see photos of the works of various masters and choose the most suitable option for yourself. It can be used as a basis for the embodiment of one's own creative idea, supplementing or modifying individual elements, or it can be taken as an example and practiced in performing certain techniques.
For those who do not follow fashion
Each master collects in his collection only the most successful work options. Very often, to create a portfolio, nail art masters train for a long time in performing various techniques, hone their skills, experimenting with different colors and forms of nails, replenish their collection with positive and negative experiences, knowledge and new skills.
Those who do not follow the news, but want to stay stylish, can always consult with experienced craftsmen on design, selection of a color palette and the implementation of individual decorations on the nails. A manicurist will surely offer you to get acquainted with samples of work, talk about the pros or cons of some designs, because the nail industry does not stand still and general preferences change all the time, innovative nail design options appear. You should not be afraid that you will be lied to, because maintaining regular customers and meeting a high level of work performance are important components of the activity of service industry representatives.