Along with a simple and laconic design, original 3D manicure options are still popular. The design with voluminous decor looks interesting and extraordinary. This is a great option for a special event: a wedding or prom.
In addition, voluminous nail design has become an object of experimentation for young girls who want to see something original and new on their hands. We invite you to plunge into the interesting world of 3D nail design, since the nail industry offers everything possible for this.
Interesting 3D cat eye manicure
This manicure looks very attractive and gentle. The alluring shimmer of a cat's eye amazes with its beauty and superiority. This nail art will suit any style of clothing and look of a girl. The way to do it is very simple. To do this, you just need a special varnish and a magnet with a suitable pattern. First, coat your nail with polish, and then hold a magnet to it. This manicure can be complemented with rhinestones and sparkles. To make the design more unusual, cover your nails with a matte topcoat. This way we will get rid of unwanted gloss and add charm and luxury to the nail art. When choosing a shade, it is recommended to pay attention to green, purple, blue, red and brown. It is worth noting that the cat's eye goes very well with any type of nail art.
Gel polish Cat's eye
The three-dimensional manicure got its name for its resemblance to the precious stone chrysoberyl or Cat's eye. A magnetic coating consisting of metal particles is applied to the surface of the main gel coating. Due to the impact of magnets on metal, straight or curved lines are formed.
Gel polish cat eye Bluesky
The effect of a precious stone is enhanced by the visual 3D volume - this manicure will impress anyone. The innovative coating allows you to create a hypnotizing luminous coating with multi-color tints. The result is achieved in a few seconds and lasts for 3 weeks until it becomes necessary to remove the varnish coating itself.
Important: 3D gel nail polish is available in an opaque bottle, because... afraid of sunlight.
3D manicure using gel
Using the gel, you can create a pattern of any shape that will look voluminous on your nails, regardless of their shape and length. The main positive quality of the gel is that it perfectly holds its given shape and does not spread. Thanks to this, you can make a variety of pictures, patterns and inscriptions. Recently, the most popular are velvety patterns, which are made with gel and sprinkled with acrylic powder on top. After drying the marigolds in a lamp, you get a very stylish and beautiful marigold design.
Cat's eye with 5D effect
Cat eye gel polish with a 5D effect is a new modern trend that allows you to make your manicure even more voluminous and unusual. Most of these nail polishes with this effect look translucent on the nails, so to create a brighter contrast, it is better to use black as a base color.
The dark tint will highlight the magnetic stripes, making them appear clearer. The difference between 5D and 3D cat eye polish is that in one bottle there are many more magnetic particles with different colors, and the magnetic stripe looks more saturated, wider and clearer.
To create a 5D effect you will need:
- base coat;
- black gel polish;
- magnetic gel polish;
- manicure magnet;
- finishing coating;
- ultraviolet or LED lamp.
Steps to create a design:
- Preparing the nail plate, removing the design, polishing for better adhesion. It is better to cut the cuticle with manicure tongs or process it with a milling cutter, making sure to clean the side rollers. A dirty manicure will be noticeable with the 5D effect.
- Apply the base coat and dry it in a lamp. Immediately after drying, you need to paint over the entire area of the nail plate with black gel polish.
- The most important stage is working with magnetic gel polish. First, you need to apply a coating to the substrate, after which you need to create the required pattern using magnets on the still undried design. They can be used in completely different ways, including in the form of a pen, or special ones that already contain a specific design. The magnet can be rotated at different angles, but you need to make sure that the magnet does not touch the wet surface. To do this, you need to lift it slightly. The higher the magnet is, the less clear the stripe is created. The finished design is polymerized in an LED lamp for about a minute or about 3 minutes in an ultraviolet lamp.
- Securing the work with a finishing coat. It is best to use glossy, as matte hides most of the glare and the 5D effect will be almost invisible. The entire nail plate is painted over and the end is sealed, after which it is dried again in the lamp. If necessary, remove the sticky layer. The cuticle needs to be covered with moisturizing and protective oil.
To extend the durability of 5D “Cat Eye”, the design should not be exposed to high temperatures, especially hot water, for the first three days. Nail art often chips precisely because the texture is destroyed due to temperature.
Spectacular diamonds
3D manicure in the form of diamonds looks very elegant and unusual. This nail art is quite easy to do and does not require much time. In order to make a spectacular manicure in the form of diamonds, we will need: varnish of any tone, acrylic powder, gel and rhinestones for decorating the 3D pattern. First, apply the varnish to the nail and dry it in a lamp, then draw diamonds with the gel and dry it again. Next, fill each diamond with acrylic so that they are slightly convex. Now we dry it again in the lamp, and finally decorate it with rhinestones. Diamonds can be made both on one nail and on all. This manicure is gorgeous in any color.
Techniques and methods of manicure "Cat's eye" with gel polish
The techniques for applying a cat eye are almost the same.
They differ only in the tools that need to be used for design:
- Working with magnets . To do this, you need a standard set of tools for applying gel polish, as well as a special manicure magnet. Here you can use either a flat magnet or a special pen with a tip to create thin stripes or webs. For this technique, it is best to choose gel polish with a large number of magnetic particles, since the more there are, the more beautiful the pattern can be created. You can even draw flowers with a magnetic pen, it all depends on the idea.
- Painting on wet varnish . Here you only need to use base and top coat, magnetic gel polish, magnet and manicure brushes. If the texture of the Cat's Eye is not dense or dark enough, then you can use a black backing. In this technique, a magnet is brought to the undried magnetic coating, which creates a standard stripe or any other pattern. The nails are dried in a lamp, and then a second layer of the same magnetic varnish is applied to them, on which painting is done with a manicure brush. On a wet surface you can draw a variety of waves, vortices or any other patterns. The finished design is dried in a lamp and covered with topcoat.
You don't have to buy a branded magnetic polish to use one of these techniques. You can use gel polishes from Chinese or domestic manufacturers. However, their quality is noticeably different, the texture is more liquid and less pigmented, and there are much fewer magnetic particles.
To apply the coating at home, you can use this option, but you must use a black substrate, and it is better to apply the varnish itself in two layers to create a more voluminous effect. Since the Cat Eye design does not require additional tools, it is quite easy to create it at home.
First, you need to carry out the preparatory stage of the nail plate for applying a magnetic manicure, remove the previous coating, treat the cuticle with a milling cutter or remover, buff the surface and for better adhesion you can use a primer.
Only after good preparation and sanding can you begin to apply the base protective coating, which must be thoroughly dried. Either a black base is applied to the base, which needs to be dried, and then the nail is covered with magnetic gel polish. A magnet is brought to the undried design at a distance of about 5 mm from the design.
A clear magnetic stripe appears after approximately 10 seconds of exposure to the magnet. Nail art is dried in a lamp and covered with a top coat.
3D manicure using foil
Using foil, you can create an incredible extravaganza of designs on nails of various lengths. With such an element it is worth trying a royal manicure that will complement any look. Foil can be holographic, embossed or engraved. When performing a manicure, you can completely cover one or two nails with foil. Girls who are used to surprising are encouraged to cover all their nails. Holes made with gold or silver foil look very unusual and feminine. To add elegance to your manicure, make an oblique strip of small pieces of foil of any color on the tips of your nails.
Luxurious sculpting
If you want to add an unusual and luxurious element to your manicure, then sculpting will be the best option. This manicure will look quite gentle, attractive and beautiful. To perform sculpting, you first need to apply varnish of the desired tone and dry it in a lamp. Now, using gel or acrylic, make the desired shape of the selected element and dry it in a lamp. The details are applied to the nail separately, forming an overall pattern. This way you can make stunning flowers or shapes of various shapes, sizes and colors. The flowers look great in a soft pink tone with green leaves on the ring finger, gradually moving to the middle finger. You can also make a general composition, which is divided into two or more marigolds. Lately, bulk fruits have been rapidly gaining popularity. Slices of watermelon, kiwi or orange look very original. Small molded flowers on the ring finger will add tenderness and mystery to the manicure. Very often this decorative element for nails is chosen for a wedding ceremony.
3D manicure with bouillons
This type of manicure has recently become incredibly popular due to its texture and volume. You can cover your nails with broths in various ways: completely fill all or one nail, decorate the holes or complement the design. It is very fashionable to perform a French manicure with multi-colored broths. Using this decorative element, you can make various designs, for example, bows, flowers, hearts, and also lay out various patterns.
Exquisite 3D manicure using stickers
When performing 3D manicure, the easiest and most convenient way is to use stickers. Such stickers differ from the usual relief pattern, which is very noticeable on a flat nail plate. To create three-dimensional nail art you will need gel polish of any tone and, of course, the stickers themselves. First, prepare your nails for a manicure, apply the varnish of the desired tone to them and dry them in a lamp. It is best to use a polish with a sticky layer to make the pattern easier to move around the nail. Now let's start applying the stickers. Cut the desired design and place it on a damp cotton pad for a few minutes. Then remove the sticker from the paper and place it on your nail. Finally, cover the nail with topcoat and dry it in a lamp. This manicure will look attractive. Using stickers, you can focus on two nails or decorate all your fingers.
How to apply Cat Eye coating?
To create the effect of cat eyes, you need to apply gel polish on your nails. Basically, the background for the coating is chosen dark or black, as shown in the photo. This way, depth of color and the illusion of space are achieved.
- Degrease the nail with a special product or nail polish remover with acetone.
- Apply a base of any color, preferably dark, and dry under a lamp.
- Next, a magnetic coating is applied in one or two layers.
- A fresh, not dried 3D coating is exposed to one or two magnets at once, creating straight, curved, wavy or other line configurations. The magnet is held for 10-15 seconds. Dry in a lamp for 0.5-1 minutes.
- Apply top coat and dry under lamp.
Gel polish cat eye on nails
Alluring manicure with 3D sliders
Sliders are transparent, thin stickers with various patterns. It is very fashionable to apply sliders all over the nail, this way the manicure looks unusual and chic. There are several varieties of this type of decor:
- The entire surface is covered with a sticker - this option is applied to the base or varnish of any color. Most often, one or two nails are decorated. Nails covered with sliders with a leopard or floral pattern look very catchy and unusual.
- Applique – part of the nail is decorated with a pattern, and the rest is covered with gel polish of any tone, most often bright.
- Aqua stickers with a 3D effect - they are often used to decorate the entire surface of the nail plate. Volumetric designs give manicure grace and elegance.
This type of nail art is voluminous, attractive and very effective. It will easily complement any look. 3D manicure can be made from various materials, for example, rhinestones, stickers, modeling, feathers and much more.
Volume manicure with flock
A manicure with a pile looks very interesting and unusual. Delicate velvety fibers envelop the nails, making the design incredibly cozy and warming. For cold autumn and winter, this nail art is simply irreplaceable. It holds perfectly on nails and looks beautiful in everyday and business looks.
Manicure fibers have many shades that can be used in a single-color nail art or create a complex decor from fibers of different colors.
Volumetric manicure is often used in everyday looks. Most often these are simple nail art with acrylic, “sugar”, sequins and rhinestones. For special occasions, you simply cannot do without gel paste and gel plasticine, which make you feel like a real sculptor.
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