Hands can be called the calling card of every woman. To ensure that your nails are not just neat, but look stylish, you have to follow fashion trends. In 2022, most fashionable manicure designs involve coating your nails with gel polish. You can effectively highlight your manicure using a matte finish. To do this, you don’t have to visit a salon and shell out a decent amount of money. You can make your nails matte at home with your own hands if you know how to perform the procedure.
Beautiful matte manicure
Using a matte topcoat
The easiest and fastest way to make a matte manicure with gel polish involves purchasing a matte top coat. This remedy comes in several types. It allows you to imitate satin with a slight shine or velvet, rough to the touch. Matte top coat for gel polish is produced by many famous companies, such as OPI and Masura.
Dark matte manicure
Before carrying out the procedure, it is necessary to prepare all the tools and consumables:
- base;
- degreaser;
- gel polish of the desired color;
- liquid for removing the sticky layer (clinser);
- drying lamp;
- matte top.
Designer matte manicure
Matte nails are created using standard technology:
Nail pre-treatment
- Nail treatment. Includes pushing back the cuticle, removing its lower layer (pterygium), and polishing with a buff. If necessary, you need to remove the length a little. A matte manicure will look good not only on long, but also on short nails.
- Degreasing. Without this stage, the gel polish will not be able to stay on the nails for a long time.
- Applying base coat. It needs to be distributed over the entire surface of each nail, moving from the center. The base on the nails is dried for about 1 minute. in an LED lamp and about 2 min. in a UV lamp.
- Applying gel polish in two layers. Each layer is polymerized under a lamp, the excess is removed with an orange stick.
- Using a matte top. It applies and dries in the same way as a standard top coat. Be sure to remove the sticky layer.
- Apply cuticle oil to the area around your nails.
Applying the base
The procedure for creating a matte manicure based on gel polish can be seen in the video.
Who are matte nails suitable for?
Matte shellac is suitable for any girl. But the point is how to wear it: matte shellac can be plain or decorated with additional decor. The following are used as decorations:
- glossy texture;
- shades of different colors;
- rhinestones, patterns.
How to apply the decor depends on the event for which matte shellac is used.
For everyday use, a choice of discreet colors of gel polish and the absence of additional decorations, or their simple design, is suitable. This is how a manicure is created for any occasion for any style of clothing. In addition, it will last more than 3 weeks.
Additional Information! For greater restraint, it is advisable to decorate only a few nails.
Dark tones of matte shellac look more advantageous in the cold season. They are ideal for girls with pale skin who like to wear leather or fur. In summer, a light-colored coating looks more harmonious.
Application of grinder
A slightly longer way to make gel polish matte is to use a sander. Its degree of abrasiveness should be in the range of 180-220. Working with the tool requires a little practice.
It is necessary to dry the coating thoroughly
The process of creating a manicure should follow the standard scenario: base-gel polish-top. After removing the stickiness from the top coat, you should use a sander. Using a tool you need to get rid of the shine. However, you should not rub for too long. If you accidentally remove the top coat, you can significantly reduce the wear time of your manicure.
Advice! To reduce the risk of cutting off the topcoat, it is recommended to apply it in two layers.
Modern products for non-shiny coating
For a velvet manicure, it is not necessary to use a non-shiny polish. There are other methods, including those available at home.
Top
Matte gel polish is not necessary to create a velvet manicure. A special top is enough. Covering your nails with a matte top coat is done according to the standard scheme:
- shaping,
- cuticle treatment,
- coating with two layers of gel,
- after each layer, dry the nails with a lamp;
- applying a matte top;
- removing the sticky layer.
A matte top will highlight unevenness if the varnish is applied incorrectly. Therefore, jewelry-precise coating application is required. Please note that the top coat will make the polish lighter.
Matte nails with gel polish
Matte nail polish, matte gel polish or shellac are available in an assortment both in beauty salons and in cosmetics stores.
Non-shiny varnish in dark colors looks especially good. You can choose a classic stylish monochrome, or you can combine a velvet base with glossy details, with a pattern:
- Rhinestones look impressive against a dark matte background.
- The use of two colors of sand varnish is laconic and stylish.
- The juxtaposition of velvet and glossy on different fingers is playful and provocative.
- Also trending is one matte nail combined with four glossy ones. And vice versa.
The application of both glossy and sandy coatings is suitable even for the official dress code. But in this case it is better to choose not bright shades.
How to apply matte nail polish? Just like glossy.
Transparent acrylic powder
Using acrylic powder is another way to create velvety beauty on your nails. Another beauty is that manipulations with acrylic powder can be easily done at home. At the same time, the velvety surface will be truly impressive. A coating of transparent acrylic powder is called “velvet sand”.
Acrylic powder is bought in cosmetics stores or ordered online. Consumption is economical, one jar will last for a long time.
Gel manicure is performed according to the standard procedure, but after applying the top, the nails are not dried in a lamp. Gently sprinkle acrylic powder onto the top coat and only then place your fingers in the lamp for 1 to 3 minutes. Then sweep away the remaining powder with a brush.
This option for creating a “velvet” manicure is so simple that even beginners get a gorgeous result the first time.
Dust
Matte dust, like powder, is applied to the sticky layer at the end of the standard gel manicure procedure. Only dust is poured on and applied with a brush. Then the nails need to be dried in a lamp.
Creating a velvety effect
A matte manicure can be achieved using acrylic powder. First you need to cover your nails with a base coat, and after drying - with gel polish of the chosen color. Then a top coat is applied to the nails and immediately, without drying, transparent acrylic powder is scattered on top. To do this, it is recommended to use a fan brush.
Velvety effect
When the acrylic powder covers all the nails, your hand should be placed under a UV lamp for polymerization. After complete drying, excess powder should be removed with a brush. The resulting manicure will have a velvety effect.
Matte manicure combined with gloss
One of the variations on the theme of matte manicure. Interspersed with gloss attract the eye and create a unique voluminous effect. Using glossy varnish over a matte top, they paint the finest patterns and geometric elements, dots, droplets, stripes, waves, and so on. The shade of the gloss should match the base or be a little darker. As mentioned above, you can apply gloss along the smile line or socket.
Use of colored dust
You can make a matte manicure at home without using colored gel polish using matte dust. First, apply the base, let it dry, then apply the top coat to your nails, dry it and apply colored dust on top with a brush. Excess dust is brushed off with a dry brush.
Rubbing powder
To get a rich shade, mix a few drops of topcoat and colored dust and apply the mixture over the base. Afterwards, the nails are dried and covered with top coat. At the final stage, rub in another layer of dust.
Matting varnish using starch
In every housewife's kitchen there is a bag of potato or corn starch, which can be used to give the varnish a matte effect.
To perform a manicure you will need:
- nail polish
- base coat
- starch
Matting with starch is performed in several stages:
- polish the nail plates, shape them, remove cuticles and degrease with nail polish remover
- apply base polish to your nails
- pour a small amount of starch onto a piece of food foil and add a few drops of varnish
- stir the mixture using a toothpick. Achieve a uniform texture, gradually getting rid of the smallest lumps. The varnish should not be a thick mass, it should be a loose coating that is easy to apply to the nails.
- Apply the resulting polish to your nails as usual. Once it dries, you will be able to appreciate the matte finish you have achieved.
Advice! Mix the varnish with starch as quickly as possible, otherwise the coating will dry out and it will be difficult to apply it evenly on the nails.
Color trends 2022
Matte finish looks best in bright colors. The undisputed leader of 2022 is the color blue and all its shades: turquoise, blue, sky and others. A dark blue, almost black color looks impressive on nails. You can apply matte blue gel polish on both long and short nails.
Fashion trends in manicure
The red color does not lose its high position. According to experts, he will always be at the peak of fashion. If a girl doesn’t like the traditional red color, she can choose one of its many shades: carrot, wine, burgundy or another.
Classic black color on nails looks stylish and confident. Visually, a black matte manicure looks like velvet. It is able to emphasize the sophistication of its owner.
Fashionable black manicure
Lovers of pastel colors can paint their nails with gel polish in gray, beige, light lilac or cream. The monochromatic matte design of the gel polish will create a discreet image of a successful and confident woman. An interesting version of a matte beige manicure on short nails can be seen in the photo.
How to make polish matte
Special attention should be paid to nail polishes. Keeping up with fashion trends in coatings is even more difficult, because the stores offer a lot of all kinds of products for decorating nails. Most of them are glossy varnishes, but matte finishes are no less popular in the last season. There is no need to spend money on a new jar of varnish. In our article we will tell you in detail how to make any varnish matte.
Matte manicure and color
Makeup artists offer very gentle matte manicures for everyday use:
- beige;
- turquoise;
- bodily;
- baby blue;
- lilac;
- light pink and dark pink;
- light gray and green-gray;
- light brown.
For an evening out - seductively dark ones: marsala, wine, cherry, burgundy, blue, terracotta, chocolate, eggplant, emerald and, of course, classic red. Shiny elements of nail decoration look especially impressive on them.
Special attention this season to black. But in any incarnation he must be perfect. Those who consider a monochrome black manicure too gloomy can liven it up with patterns, gloss, rhinestones and stones, beige, white or gold lace. A black and red lace manicure will be defiantly beautiful.
Well, in the year of the Yellow Dog the corresponding color scheme will be relevant. Yellow, golden, lemon, peach, orange, khaki - these warm, cheerful colors will delight the eye and warm the soul. A wide range of varnishes can be found, for example, at Faberlic.
Orange colored marigolds
Sweater design
The trendy design of the autumn-winter season would not be so impressive without its voluminous velor texture. It can also be done with acrylic powder or flock. The design is applied with paint or gel polish onto the top without a dispersion layer, sprinkled with powder material, and then dried in a lamp. With sprinkles, the design becomes durable and expressive. You can choose different braid patterns for sweater designs. Read more about knitted design technology.
French
The powder texture is applied only to the tips of the nails, painted with a French line. This allows you to further strengthen the nails in this area. When using colored or shiny sand, the design becomes even more original.
Design options for a French jacket - a selection of ideas
Velvet sand for nails does not require special skills in mastering the technology and provides a wide field for experimentation both for masters and when performed at home. At the start, purchase a translucent material to strengthen your skills in working with texture.
