Holiday manicure
Every girl knows that the festive image is made up not only of beautiful and formal clothes, bright makeup and stylish hair. An important element of this image is a festive manicure. It demonstrates the importance of a particular case and allows a woman to be the center of attention. Such a manicure is different from everyday design, bringing in a festive mood style.
Features
The first thing that triumphs a case is the selection of a part of the nail with glitter. Such a manicure draws attention to itself, even if the basis of the design is a jacket, monochrome classic or moon design. Chic and glitter are the first signs of design.
Festive manicure immediately catches the eye: it says colorful decorative items. These are not just modest single accents: the design idea for the holiday is different from the boring and colorful everyday design options.
In the festive design of nails is not limited to the freedom of choice of color and decor. In addition to the pigment, base, primer and finish needed for the foundation and fixing the result, stamping, sliders, sequins, art, contours, decorative scotch tapes, rhinestones and micro-beads are widely used. However, this is not just a different color: such a manicure implies a thorough study of the composition, obeying a certain topic.
The peculiarities of such a manicure are iconic: often the design indicates the theme of the holiday, whether it be engagement, wedding, party, birthday, New Year, Christmas, Easter or Halloween. Often based on certain colors of the holiday:
- white and silver - for the wedding;
- red, green, white - On Christmas;
- soft pastel - for birthday;
- orange, black - for Halloween;
In addition to tones, they use symbolic patterns (Christmas trees, gifts, bows, hearts, crowns, flowers, lace, etc.). And it is not necessary that the patterns on the nails repeat: the main rule of harmony is to combine the composition with color.
Festive manicure makes nails super-beautiful. The shape and length of the nail plate does not matter: it can be straight, oval, sharp. The only thing worth paying attention to is the identity of the length and shape of all nails.
Gold and silver on the nails - the irreplaceable colors of the holiday. More often they frame the patterns and demonstrate the special solemnity of the occasion.
Design Ideas
Today, holiday manicure is a real art. Some sparkles over a rich color lacquer are boring and old-fashioned. In the design, you can combine art and rhinestones, to emphasize in the form of an independent drawing or to divide it into several parts. It all depends on the imagination and sense of taste.
To make the spirit of the holiday design, you will need:
- rhinestones, microbial, glitter;
- water and self-adhesive pictures (sliders);
- special stamp with a set of templates;
- gold and silver contour.
Often, according to the design idea for a festive manicure, a lacquer with shimmer or large mother-of-pearl is used.
Gradient
An interesting and unique design of nails for the holiday, which will be the final touch of the dress, can be done using the ombre technique. The surface of the nail plates covered with pigment of different colors with a smooth transition of shades. When the background is ready, you can decorate it with a stamping in contrast to the background, and place small rhinestones on top. Performing such a design, you can leave two or three nails for accent, painting them with one color, and then decorating it with a fancy sticker to match the shades used.
Moon jacket
You can add elegance to an inverted jacket using rhinestones. The basis is to take a bright and saturated pigment. For example, make a smile in a white tone, background - in red. It is better to cover unmarked fingers with completely white color, and then place pictures on them in the form of a golden crown. It will be necessary to decorate accents with rhinestones - and a festive manicure is ready for publication: stylish and royally luxurious!
Wedding
On a special day, everything should be perfect, including the bride's manicure. An excellent design solution can be a classic jacket with a transparent background and a white smile. Make a festive mood and demonstrate the tenderness of the bride, you can use the volumetric 3D-colors, placing them in the middle of each nail plate. From above, the middle of the flowers is performed, decorating the petals with tiny crystal drops. Especially beautiful will look manicure, the pattern of which will repeat the lace of the dress.
With butterflies
Festive manicure, filled with ease, you can create with the help of sliders or art. This design will decorate the birthday attire (or other holiday) and attract everyone's attention.
As the main background, choose a varnish with mother of pearl or sparkles. For work you need matte contrasts to give the nail a butterfly wing look. Covering the background with pigment, using a needle or a contour to draw streaks, then paint over the top edge (smile) in the form of a wing and add a few strokes in a contrasting color.
Geometry
An interesting, truly colorful and festive manicure can be created using the powder pigment, black, silver hues and several transparent rhinestones. The highlight of the art is the uniqueness of each nail:
- the nail of the index finger is painted with powdery pigment;
- the little finger is covered twice with silver;
- middle finger - black and in the hole they lay out a pyramid of rhinestones;
- an unmarked nail is decorated with an ornament from strips in the form of a letter Y, using a special adhesive tape;
- The surface of the thumb nail is decorated with a powder-coated silver.
Fashion trends
The beauty of a festive manicure is limitless. Today it is not just varnish and decor: it is important to choose a quality type of coating, fashionable decor tools, to choose the color scheme.
Fashion trends of the season are:
- ammonia-free gel-based coatings;
- noble tones of varnish without impurities;
- use as a background coatings with the effect of a chameleon and "cat's-eye";
- connection in one manicure of two (three) different designs;
- dividing the pattern into several nails.
Gel varnish successfully replaced the usual type of coating.
It is unique, because to work with it there is no need to build up the nails, the manicure resistance is always on top, and the palette is noble tones. Moreover, with such a coating, you can be sure that it will not slip and will not lose appeal.
Coatings with an unusual effect are unique in their own right: both the chameleon and the cat's eye are a great background for design or art. Thermo gel polish is changeable, like a woman's mood: he constantly changes color, reacting to a change in temperature. The lacquer with the effect of a cat's eye is ideal for conveying the texture of pollen, it is perfectly combined with sliders, contrasting art and matte varnish with a pattern echoing in the same tone with it.
Because of the variety of decorative elements, the transfer sheets and the sparkling decor are particularly attractive. Today with their help you can make a holiday in any manicure. Moreover, the choice is so large and diverse that you can find absolutely any desired pictures and rhinestones, as well as miniature crystal drops and micro-pearls.
How to do?
Give nails a festive manicure is not difficult, although it will require accuracy and perseverance. To carry out the design for the holiday at home is easier if you use the instructions of professional masters to work with gel polish:
- before applying the lacquer file form and polish the surface of the nail plates, removing the keratin layer;
- nails are degreased by means of a dehydrator, preparing them for staining;
- to strengthen the nails they are treated with acid-free primer;
- then put a thin layer of the base, not forgetting the end of the nail;
- primed the surface with a base coat, apply pigmented varnish;
- perform art (design sliders, stamping);
- the surface is treated with a fixer (finish) with a sticky layer;
- drawing accent rhinestones.
Base, fixer and primer - a prerequisite for a perfect manicure. They will increase the grip and will not allow the manicure to spoil the mood on a holiday. Gel polish looks expensive and professional, it is more reliable than regular polish. In addition, it is easy to use, so it allows you to make a holiday manicure yourself, at home, saving the budget and time to visit the salon.
The main thing is to take care of the purchase of a special lamp, with the help of which each applied layer of coating is dried. In order not to be mistaken in the choice, the masters recommend purchasing a 36-watt UV or LED lamp. The first is universal and dries any coating on a gel basis. The second is considered a professional device, although not all coatings are suitable for it.
Secrets of specialists
To manicure looked perfect, the masters working in the salon, advised to take into account a number of nuances:
- hands must be well-groomed, otherwise even a holiday manicure will look tired;
- fashionable nail length is close to natural: this is enough to perform art, to decorate the surface with a beautiful sticker or stemping and not divert attention to the length of the nails;
- in order not to spend a lot of time drawing, you should use stickers and rhinestones: the appearance of the nails will be in the spirit of salon manicure;
- when covering your nails with varnish, base or finish, you need to pay special attention to the end of the nail (otherwise the coating will quickly crumble off);
- if water-based sliders are used in the design, it is better to glue them onto a layer of pigment or finish, necessarily securing the top with a coating with a sticky layer;
- Before applying each layer, you need to make sure that the previous one has dried well: otherwise the coating will not last for several days;
- Rhinestones are glued on top of the fixer.
Festive manicure gives a special mood. He is able to become a highlight of style, allows you to show individuality and speaks about the modernity of women.
How to make a holiday manicure, see the following video.