One of the elements of a fashionable image is manicure. Professional nail design looks neat and attractive. However, at home you can learn how to do a manicure, which will not be inferior to the salon. There are a lot of techniques, having mastered that, you can easily decorate your marigolds.
Simple drawings for beginners
The original drawing on the nails can make every girl, even if she does not have artistic talent. All that is required for this is fantasy and simple objects that are in every home: varnishes of different shades, nail polish remover, cotton swab, brush, toothpick, needle, etc.
Before proceeding with the process, prepare your pens for this. To do this, make them a bath with warm water and sea salt. After holding the fingertips in it for 15-20 minutes, you can easily put in order the nail plate and cuticle.In the next step, you need to lubricate the hands of any nutritious cream, waiting for full absorption.
Avoid getting the cream on the nail, otherwise the future pattern may be spoiled.
The easiest thing to do on the nails are points, lines and other geometric shapes. They can be applied in an orderly or chaotic manner. At the very beginning the nail is covered with a base color. After the varnish layer dries, lines are drawn with the help of a brush, and neat dots can be applied with a needle.
If you are not sure of the ideal lines, you can use special stencils. As soon as the drawing is dry, the nail is covered with a layer of a fixative, which will help keep the manicure longer.
For drawing points there are special tools. However, if you don’t have one at home, you can easily replace them with a needle, toothpick, hairpin, or stem from an old ballpoint pen.
Manicure with scotch at home
Geometric pattern on the nails can be easily done using adhesive tapes. They are easy to replace with regular office tape. The easiest manicure done by this method - all kinds of strips and blocks on the nails. To begin with, the nail plate is covered with a base varnish. After it dries, pieces of scotch are glued on top, and the non-glued part is painted with another varnish. So you can do a two-color manicure.
Similarly, stripes and other geometric figures are drawn on the nails. One of the most popular manicures today - chess, can also be done using adhesive tape, which is cut into small strips in the form of a stencil.
Scotch tape will be indispensable for performing French or moon manicures at home.
Gradient manicure at home
Today is a very popular gradient manicure or as it is called ombre. At first glance, it is rather complicated and it is not possible to repeat it yourself at home. However, there is one secret that will help achieve a smooth transition between shades.
To do this, in addition to nail polish, you will need eye shadow and sponge. At the very beginning the nail plate is covered with a base varnish. Without waiting until it is completely dry, with the help of a sponge, dry shadows are applied on the nail, of a suitable shade. At the end of applied clear varnish.
A variety of manicures will help to diversify the manicure by making it original. You can also use special varnishes with glitter.
Needle drawings at home
Floral patterns on the nails are always relevant. Properly picked up shades, flower manicure can be combined with any outfit. It’s easy to make such a pattern yourself if you have perseverance and patience.
To create it you will need: varnish base, varnishes of different shades and a needle, which can be replaced with a toothpick or other object with a sharp end. To begin with, the nails are covered with a varnish base. After it dries, dots in the form of a flower are applied to the surface of the nail with a needle. At the end of an adhesive layer applied varnish.
If you have already mastered this technique, you can try something more complicated. For example, draw leaves near the flower. To do this, place a needle near the flower with a needle and, without tearing off the needles, draw lines to the petals, forming a leaf.
Using a needle or a toothpick, you can apply various abstract patterns to your nails. To do this, without waiting until the varnish is completely dry, apply points, lines or other shapes with a toothpick. Then lightly connect them together to form a picture.
Brush drawings
Even a beginner can make a beautiful pattern on the nails with a brush. To do this, stock up with tools with natural bristles of different thickness. First, try drawing simple lines. When the thick and thin lines you already have well obtained, you can begin to draw all sorts of curls. Over time, you will learn how to draw even complex compositions.
Dots drawings
Want to have a beautiful and unusual manicure, but are you afraid to work with a brush? Then use special dots.The drawings that can be made with their help are very different: flower arrangements, the image of animals and other figures, abstract patterns, etc.
Even easier to make a picture with stencils.
Drawing with acrylic paints
Using ordinary acrylic paints you can decorate your nails with real masterpieces. For a start, practice with simple ornaments. Later, having mastered the technique, proceed to more complex paintings.
First, a contour of the future pattern is drawn with a thin brush, after which the entire surface is filled with paint. To keep the manicure as long as possible, the top of the picture is covered with a fixer.
Simple gel polish drawings
Of course, we always want to manicure kept on our nails, as long as possible. Especially if we made it on our own. Especially for this, and there is a gel polish that can last at least 2 weeks. With it, you can create absolutely any manicure, after which the varnish must be dried under an ultraviolet lamp.
As you can see, even with a minimum set of tools, you can independently make a spectacular manicure. If you failed to do what was planned from the first time, do not despair. Over time, you can make real masterpieces.
