A well-groomed woman should be perfect in everything. Spectacular pedicure is the part that will give each lady a touch of coquetry, grace and femininity. Modern pedicure techniques offer ladies a wide variety of options for decorating nails on their feet.
The most successful and harmonious look pedicure in the lunar technique. This method is incredibly popular in manicure, due to the ability to visually lengthen short nails and make them refined and elegant. In a pedicure, the moon technique also firmly settled down, having liked many fashionable women for a neat and attractive look.
Moon pedicure: the advantages of technology
The technique received its name due to the radical hole located near the nail box. It is this space that is used for nail decoration, it is highlighted in a contrasting color or left unpainted. For a festive pedicure, the hole is decorated with small beads.
Lunar pedicure is a great opportunity to show the beauty of rectangular and square nails.It is easy to carry out such a design at home; it is enough to have nail stickers or a thin brush to draw the hole.
Preparing to create a moon pedicure
A neat and beautiful pedicure is unthinkable without prior treatment of feet and nails. The skin on the legs is much rougher than on the hands, so you can not do without a moisturizing bath with warm water. You will also need a nourishing oil or cream that will help soften the horny skin.
After the bath, treat the heels and feet with a polishing file, thereby removing the horny skin. Using nail clippers or an orange stick, remove the cuticle. The last step - degreasing the nail plates. This can be done with nail polish remover.
How to make a moon pedicure
Lunar pedicure is one of the simplest techniques that you can perform at home. To facilitate the care of nails developed a lot of tools that help girls make a simple design, with no experience.
Moon manicure using stencil
Ready-made stencils are a real find for girls who want to get a spectacular manicure, without spending money on the services of a master.
To create a pedicure will require:
- nail polish 2 shades
- stencils
- beads optional
Stage 1
Cover your nails with the decorative lacquer you chose for the color of the hole. It is recommended to choose light shades, as the color of the hole, they look more natural. Bright accents are not excluded, especially for summer pedicure.
Stage 2
Allow the varnish to dry completely. Glue the stencil onto the nails so that it slightly covers the area of the hole. Apply to the nails the main shade of lacquer, without affecting the basal hole. Wait until the varnish is completely dry and remove the stencil with a gentle movement. Cover the nails with a fixer or bead them.
Creating a moon pedicure without a stencil
What to do if there are no ready-made stencils at hand, and I really want to decorate my nails with a moon pedicure. In this case, you need to be patient and try to show your artistic abilities.
To create a moon pedicure you will need varnishes of 2 shades and a thin manicure brush. You can use an ordinary art brush, but provided that it is quite tough, for example, a glue brush.
Using a brush, paint the contour of the hole on the nail. Try to make one smooth and proportional movement to the hole turned out without roughness and discontinuities. Next, varnish the rest of the basal hole.
For the rest of the nail, apply a varnish of a different shade. With it, you can also correct the irregularities of the hole. If desired, decorate a pedicure with drawings, small rhinestones and pebbles.
Tips for creating an attractive moon pedicure
Your moon pedicure will never be boring if you use the tips below. They are based on the experience and observations of professional craftsmen who perform this procedure daily.
- the use of contrasting shades of varnish. For a beautiful pedicure, varnishes of not similar shades are chosen, but on the contrary, radically different from each other. Popular red, gold, blue, pink shades. The novelty of the season is a metal hole in combination with matte dark tones of the main varnish.
- non-standard well shape. The oval hole is increasingly replaced by a triangular, rectangular and square. This design looks fresh and unusual.
- the design of the holes may be present on all nails, and on individual.
- mix of french and moon pedicure. To create such a manicure, it will be necessary to draw with a contrasting lacquer not only the root hole, but also the tip of the nail plate.
Lunar pedicure: popular ideas 2018
There are so many variants of the moon pedicure that sometimes it is difficult to opt for a particular one. We will help you. We offer the most relevant ideas in this season decorating nails on the legs.
Bottom Hole
Such a pedicure does not even require an additional shade of varnish.You can separate the basal hole from the rest of the nail using a thin strip of beads.
Unusual well shape
The popularity of geometric patterns reached the pedicure. The round well is replaced by a triangular with a sharp pronounced angle. Such a hole made in silver color or with the addition of mother of pearl looks amazing.
Matt pedicure
Velvet shades in dark and red shades look great in a moon pedicure. Matt varnishes are increasingly being chosen as an alternative to the bored gloss. Complete the matte pedicure with a hole of metallic shades and you will get the last season's altramoded design.
Sliders, stamps and stickers
Hole decoration is not the only element of an attractive pedicure. You can always add it with bouillons, pieces of foil, pebbles, sliders and ready-made drawings.
Creating a moon pedicure is an exclusively creative activity. In the process of working on nails in each girl an artist and a designer wakes up. Thus, unique ideas are created that amaze with their beauty and originality. If you have already tried to create stylish designs on your nails, then share your experience in the comments.
