Red is the color of love and passion. Sensual, elegant, fiery - all this is about the girl who prefers the color red both in clothes and in manicure. A woman with red marigolds can easily turn any man's head. Red color always attracts attention. Red is the most emotional color. The color of challenge, self-confidence, energy and sexuality.
If you want to radiate these emotions, if you want some spice and personality in your image, then red is what you need. Red manicure is an eternal classic, it is always relevant, it is beyond fashion and time. Today we’ll look at what colors red goes best with, what red designs are included in this year’s fashionable nail TOP, and which of these designs are best suited for different lengths and shapes of nails.
What colors does it go with?
Red color goes well with the following colors:
- with white - a noble combination, gives elegance, solemnity, brightness and freshness
- with black - an interesting contrasting combination of colors, very well suited for an evening glamorous look, creates a mysteriously sexy, dramatic, fatal image
- with beige - will make red more calm and create a romantic image
- with gold - a very effective and catchy combination, looks luxurious, festive and bright
- with silver - a bright, cold, dynamic combination that will add a solemn glamor to the image
Solid red
If you want to focus on your hands, give preference to a single-color option. However, it may seem that one color is too banal. In this case, it is worth using various fashionable textures to make the manicure sophisticated. After all, a bright red manicure is bold, attractive, and an ideal addition to a unique image.
TOP 15 fashion design trends
Every year, nail artists amaze us with their creative and fashionable new designs in red colors. And this year was no exception. Red design in this fashion season is popular both in its monochromatic design and decorated with one or several types of designs at once.
Especially popular are the combination of matte and glossy top on one hand, or even on one nail. Also, the combination of a matte finish with foil, rhinestones and sparkles is very fashionable and effective.
For the second season in a row, red French and marble design have not given up their fashionable positions. In addition, every season in a row, an immortal classic is the design with drawings of flowers, abstractions, hearts, butterflies, twigs, female silhouettes and faces.
So, let's take a closer look at the 15 trendiest red designs this year.
Choice of nail shape
Red coatings look best on short and medium-length nails. Long nails, especially pointed predatory claws, with red gel polish look defiant and too aggressive.
Ideas for very short nails
It is difficult to add a complex manicure design to very short nails due to the lack of space for creativity. It is enough to cover ultra-short nails with a beautiful shade of gel polish. It is better not to use dark red colors, as they visually make the nail plates even smaller in size. But light red, bleached tones are perfect for short nails.
A glossy top coat will help make your nails visually longer. The matte top does not refract light and does not create the visual effect of longer nails. So it’s difficult to classify a red matte manicure for short nails as the most successful solution.
If you really want to add decor to the design, it is better to place it vertically in the center of the nail plate or in the lunula area of the nail. In this case, the nails will visually look longer. When doing a manicure on very short nails, large decor should be avoided. A large shiny stone glued to the center or tip of a short nail will make it look even shorter. If you want to complicate the design, add foil, shiny self-adhesive tapes, or draw thin lines with spider gel. But remember about moderation and the ability of volumetric decor to “steal” length.
Design on square nails
For square nails, all shades of red are suitable. Red square nails covered with a matte top look stylish. The design can be complemented with shiny elements, this will add texture contrast and make the result more interesting.
Shiny decor, such as silver foil ribbons, look even more attractive and unusual under a matte top. The matte finish enhances the depth of shades of gel polish and decorative elements.
Square nails harmoniously combine with decor of a similar shape. Diamond- or triangular-shaped stones, spike-shaped rivets, Yucca flakes, and angular-shaped pieces of foil used in the “broken glass” design look beautiful on them. A successful addition to square nails will be drawings with thin lines in the style of geometry and color block. Square-shaped nails allow you to create designs using stamping, slider stickers, and watercolors.
Ideas for Oval Nails
Neatly filed oval nails will be beautifully complemented by red polish. For oval-shaped nail plates, a good choice would be decor with soft, smooth outlines, for example, elegant droplet-shaped stones, round rhinestones, bouillons, kamifubuki. For drawings, it is better to choose a floral theme, monograms, smooth lines, curls, circles, dots. All rounded elements fit well into a manicure with oval nails.
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Moon design and French manicure for short oval nails look beautiful. These designs in red tones on oval nails look unusual and at the same time not vulgar.
Matte
Matte design is the most popular design this season. And of course, red gel polish looks especially beautiful and stylish under this velvety coating. Nails made in a single color red, or using additional colors and additional types of designs, topped with a matte top, look very beautiful.
Red matte nails decorated with rhinestones, bouillons or sparkles look very stylish.
In addition, various patterns of twigs, flowers, abstractions or geometric patterns look very impressive, combined with a matte design.
Moreover, the matte design looks amazingly beautiful on both long and short nails.
The red design, additionally decorated with white or black elements and covered with a matte top, looks very impressive. For example, these could be drawings, geometric shapes, or just a few marigolds highlighted in a different color.
Rules for manicure with red polish
It is believed that red color for manicure is chosen by emotional, courageous and creative girls who are confident in themselves and their attractiveness. They know how to stand out from the crowd and are not afraid to do so. Red gel polish is suitable for women of any age and social status. This is a classic that does not lose ground in popularity, despite fashion trends and the recommendations of experts from the Pantone Color Institute, who annually dictate successful color solutions to us.
There are a lot of shades of red. Among them, everyone will find a good option for themselves, be it an active and bright scarlet or a muted shade of “begonia” with an orange undertone. In monochrome, any shade of red will look self-sufficient and multifaceted. The most fashionable red shades in 2022 - 2022:
- garnet – a bright, juicy, orange-red color that goes well with warm shades;
- scarlet – bright red, burning, with an admixture of orange;
- Merlot is a dark, solid shade of red wine that will fit perfectly into an autumn manicure for short nails;
- cinnabar - a mixture of coral and red colors, slightly muted, as if bleached; carmine - a mixture of red, crimson and brown, dark, calm;
- cardinal – rich red with raspberry undertones.
When doing a red manicure on short nails, it is important to follow some rules:
- hands will attract increased attention, so the skin should be in ideal condition; if it is peeling, cracked, or looks dry, take care of its beauty by undergoing several paraffin therapy sessions or making home care baths and masks;
- nails must have an ideal shape, be neatly filed and sanded, all filing errors will be visible under bright gel polish;
- the cuticle should be carefully processed, trimmed or moved with an orange stick, depending on what manicure technique you prefer;
- As the nails grow, red gel polish strongly contrasts with the color of the natural nail plate, so be prepared to redo your manicure after a maximum of 2 weeks of wear;
- The red tint of the coating looks bright on its own, so you need to maintain moderation in the decor and not overload the design so that it doesn’t turn out vulgar.
With designs of flowers, twigs, hearts and butterflies
The second most popular this season is red manicure with various designs. This is the most sought-after and desired combination - beyond fashion and time. As we know, most of the fair half of humanity loves red marigolds, and no less of them prefer designs on marigolds.
Drawings of flowers, hearts and butterflies are popular among romantic people. Such designs look best on a white, milky or nude base. Drawings of roses, tulips, poppies and various other beautiful flowers look very elegant and romantic.
Designs can be applied to nails in several ways: using sliders, stamping, or drawn by a master using a brush and gel paint. All of them are unusual and unique in their own way. The pattern gives the manicure a special charm.
In addition, designs of small red, white and blue flowers look very beautiful and gentle, in combination with red gel polish.
Red gel polish looks very stylish and modern in combination with a white stamping design applied to a transparent matte nail.
Heart designs look cute and romantic when combined with a red design. As a rule, red or black hearts are applied to a white or nude background, on one or more nails. In addition, this design covered with a matte top looks very beautiful.
Drawings of butterflies in combination with a red design look unusual and interesting.
Hotter and more passionate people choose lip, fire or chili pepper designs combined with a red design.
Drawings of twigs and leaves look stylish and neutral. This design is suitable for any time of year.
The bright red color goes well with the contrasting patterns of white and black.
Also, this year, drawings with abstract silhouettes and faces remain very popular. They can be combined with an "different hands" design, covered with a matte or glossy top, and decorated with foil or glitter.
Drawings of fruits and berries look very beautiful and original in combination with a red design. But, this design option is more suitable for a summer manicure.
Drawings of Mickey Mouse or a ladybug look original and fun, combined with a red design.
Techniques and methods of red manicure with gel polish
Red manicure with gel polish can be combined with different design techniques, which do not require professional tools. These are polka dots, holes, geometric lines, French, flowers and monograms (photos are presented below).
- "Peas." After applying the base color layer to your nails, you can add polka dots on top of it. For this, craftsmen use dots, which have tips of different sizes. But at home, you can use a ballpoint pen, a toothpick, a match, a bobby pin, an ear stick, a crochet hook, or a tailor’s pin. The main thing is to choose the appropriate polka dot size. This design can be done on several nails, or on all of them at once. “Polka dots” can be either the same size or different. This design will look most harmonious on oval nails.
- Lunar manicure. For this design, round or arc-shaped stencils are used. However, you can cut out such stencils yourself from self-adhesive paper or draw holes with a brush. They can be painted white or black, or left colorless.
- Geometry in manicure. Geometric lines can be drawn with a brush or using stencils. Here stencils can even be replaced with tape. The main thing is that the lines are drawn evenly and then a clear geometry will be drawn on the nails. Transparent triangles at the base of the nail or ordinary colorless stripes in combination with red will look beautiful. Of course, you can combine other colors, but it is better not to combine more than three shades.
- French. French manicure is a “classic of the genre.” This design always looks advantageous, and most importantly, does not lose its relevance in any season. It is performed using special stencils or a thin brush.
Red French
The third place in popularity is occupied by everyone's favorite red jacket. This year it will be popular, as in its classic version - with a red smile line and a nude nail. And in several new versions of it - in combination with a matte top, in combination with other designs, and in unusual color combinations.
One of the fashionable novelties of this season is unusual new formats for combining colors for a jacket. For example, when the colors change their usual places, and the white color moves to the base of the nail, and the smile line is painted red. Or when the base of the nail is completely painted with red gel polish, and the smile line is painted with white. This French jacket looks very bright and original.
Another novelty of this fashion season is the combination of several types of designs. For example, the combination of a single-color red coating of several nails with a classic white jacket has become very popular. Or a red jacket with white abstract patterns.
A French jacket looks very beautiful and elegant in combination with gold and silver sparkles or red rhinestones to match the manicure.
The French jacket looks stylish and elegant in combination with designs of flowers, twigs, hearts, Mickey Mouse or some inscriptions. Under a matte top, this design looks simply chic.
Another new product is a combination of a glossy top on the tips of the nails and a matte top on the base. Moreover, these can be either completely red nails or a combination of a red base with a white or black smile line. Look how unusual and stylish different versions of such combinations look.
Varieties of red manicure
- Lunar manicure goes well with silver, white, and gold shades. Also, the nail hole does not need to be painted over, but left transparent. This option looks interesting. Many girls frame their hole with small rhinestones or a black arc.
- A classic French manicure can be diluted with a bright and rich red color. This option will fit perfectly into a woman’s business look or become part of a festive look.
- Matte red manicure is a new product for the 2022 season. To perform it, a special colored gel polish for a matte manicure is used; you can also use a glossy one, but finally, a matte coating is applied to the nails.
- A veil is a relatively new technique with which you can effectively decorate your nails. Using a thin brush, the edging of the nail plate is drawn in red, and then patterns are drawn that imitate an openwork pattern.
- Nail design with red gel polish with sand. This design allows you to get a velvet coating. Red dust is applied to the gel polish that has not yet dried. The sand lies on the nail in an even and uniform layer.
Red gel polish on short nails, photo
- A mirrored red manicure looks simply amazing. To create it, you need to use a special rubbing that will help achieve a smooth, polished, mirror effect.
- A red manicure can dilute an interesting design. The hit and novelty of this season is a pattern called “sweater”. It's great for themed parties and holiday events.
With rhinestones and sparkles
The fourth place in popularity is occupied by the red design with all kinds of rhinestones and sparkles. Probably all girls, without exception, love to shine and be the center of attention. Therefore, this type of design regularly takes one of the leading places in the fashion TOP.
As for rhinestones, it can be either one nail completely covered with rhinestones, or one or two nails with a neat small pattern of rhinestones. Everything will depend on your mood and preferences.
Gold, silver, red and black rhinestones go very nicely with the red design. See what beautiful designs you can get using different colored rhinestones.
When it comes to glitter, minimal glitter designs are all the rage this year. For example, it could be one or two nails decorated with gold, red, silver sparkles or kamifubiki.
In addition, a red design combined with one shiny silver or gold colored nail looks very stylish and beautiful.
Also, the combination of a red design with a streamer of silver or gold sparkles is very popular.
Patterns made of sparkles look interesting and unusual. They look very nice in red and black, red and white, red and gold or red and silver.
And of course, this year the trend for elegant minimalism in jewelry continues. This also applies to sparkles, which is why designs with small, almost imperceptible sparkles evenly distributed over the entire surface of the nail are very popular.
New Year's red nails
For the New Year, red manicure takes on special relevance. This color warms, gives a festive mood and great scope for creativity.
As an option, you can use a pearlescent burgundy coating as the main one, and on individual nails you can make designs in the form of white Christmas trees and falling snow, snowdrifts, a cozy house with yellow dots glowing in the windows.
Recently, it has become very fashionable to depict voluminous knitting on nails, imitating the fabric of a sweater. This manicure looks very stylish and unusual, and lifts the mood of those around you and its owner, giving comfort.
If you don’t have time for a salon, but you really want to do New Year’s nail art, you can paint simple snowflakes on red mother-of-pearl nails, but they are not without their charm. They will not require any special skills from you: you just need to choose the right tools (a needle or a toothpick).
For those who already know something about nail art and know how to create more complex designs, it will not be difficult to draw a snowman. Contrasting combinations look very harmonious.
Among the New Year's ideas for manicure are:
- bows,
- clock on the Kremlin tower,
- snowflakes and stars made of rhinestones,
- Santa Claus's reindeer, twigs with toys and beads from broths,
- fireworks,
- bullfinches and other various designs and decor.
With foil
Fifth place this year went to the red foil design. This design looks very stylish and beautiful under both a matte and glossy top. In addition, you can complement this design with glitter to match the foil, brush strokes, or a beautiful gradient on one or two nails.
Gold, silver or red foil goes well with the red design.
Interesting red manicure design ideas
In recent years, red nail designs have attracted attention with their novelties. In 2022, it will be fashionable to both design in one basic color and use several design solutions.
Ombre
The sixth most popular design is the red design with a gradient. Delicate transitions from red to white, from bright red to pink-orange, from dark red to bright white, from purple to red-scarlet, or from bright red to dark red look stunningly beautiful. They are all good in their own way.
The red-black gradient looks intriguing and mystical.
Also, ombre decorated with rhinestones or sparkles looks very beautiful and elegant.
In addition, red ombre looks beautiful and original in combination with a stamping design, with stickers, or with an “different hands” design.
Red manicure with white pattern
Another remarkable nail design that involves a white design on a red finish. For implementation, images in different styles and themes are selected.
- For example, as an experiment, you can make a fashionable stamping design or with stickers.
- And the brightness and mystery of the image can be emphasized using abstraction, brush stroke techniques, white contour paintings or spider web gel paint.
- Just two polishes and the dots technique will help you create an original red and white Polka dots design - stylish nail art that meets the latest fashion trends.
Marble
Seventh place in popularity is occupied by red marble design. This year it is especially popular in combination with a matte top. If you want to add a little more brightness to the image, then simply add glitter or foil to the marble stains.
Geometry
Eighth place in popularity is occupied by red design with geometric patterns. Geometry, which has been winning a huge army of fans for years in a row. Geometric designs are very popular under matte tops this year.
Also, the geometric design in red and white, red and black and red and blue looks very fashionable and stylish. These can be various geometric shapes combined with stripes, dots, sparkles and rhinestones.
Matte red and white manicure
The red range contains shades of different brightness, but they all combine perfectly with any texture. If you choose a laconic design with neat decoration, the manicure will turn out to be especially delicate and attractive. Since matte plays an important role in the transmission of color - it mutes the brightness of the shade. And additional white, beige and translucent tones organize a color transition from bright to light.
With inscriptions and monograms
The ninth place of the fashionable nail top is shared by a red design with inscriptions and monograms.
The red and white design with black lettering looks very beautiful and interesting.
Also, red marigolds look very stylish and gentle in combination with several milky or nude marigolds, on which inscriptions in black or red are applied.
As for the design with monograms, the priority here is to decorate a red or transparent nail with white patterns. Also, the combination of glossy and matte top in this design looks very beautiful and stylish. Plus, you can additionally decorate your nails with sparkles or rhinestones.
#2 Red French manicure on short nails 2022
French looks great in any color scheme. For short nails, along with white, silver and gold, red, burgundy, and cherry nail art are popular. Professional nail artists recommend using rich shades of red in glossy or matte textures for a jacket. As for nail decoration, it is allowed on 1 finger, most often the ring finger. Place floristry, rhinestone inlay, decor with foil or sliders on it.
To complement red, you can use cream, pink, gray, and white. Nail art with transparent gel polishes looks especially attractive. This combination allows you to highlight the red color, making it even brighter and more expressive.
Different hands
The tenth most popular design is the “different hands” design. This year, the good old “different hands” design entered the fashionable TOP again, only with small new items.
The first new product is a combination of the “different hands” design with a matte top. Moreover, one hand, as a rule, should be red, and the other can be white, blue, black, green, milky, nude or any other color that goes well with the shade of red that is applied to the neighboring hand. This design looks very original and stylish.
And the second novelty is the use of a matte top on one hand and a glossy one on the other. Also an interesting new product, worthy of attention.
The “different hands” design looks very nice, when the nails on one hand are completely covered with red gel polish, and on the other - white, nude, blue, green or black. The red hand is usually left without a design so that there is no feeling of overload, and the design is applied to the second hand. Look how original and unusual this design looks.
General recommendations for red manicure with gel polish
Red gel polish will suit any girl. Red gel polish design. Photos of manicures of various designs on nails of different lengths.
However, it is worth considering the following tips:
- Determine the appropriate shade of red based on your skin color. For girls with visible blood vessels, pink shades of gel polish are not recommended. Rich and bright shades of red are suitable for dark skin tones. And for fair female representatives - warm ones.
- Consider the shape and length of your nails. Those with long nails can choose any color they like. For girls with a medium or short free edge of the nail, you can apply gel polish in one continuous line in the middle, leaving small side parts of the nail unpainted. This method will visually narrow and lengthen the nail plate.
- Choose the right shade of red, taking into account the individual characteristics of your hands. For those with short fingers and small palms, it is recommended to apply cool shades of red - wine or burgundy.
- Monitor the condition of the gel coating. Red nails are a bright accent in any girl’s look. Therefore, in such a prominent color, unlike natural and “nude” shades, all errors and chips will be immediately visible.
- It is better to cover the unevenness on the nail plate with a leveling base, creating a perfect oval nail. And only then cover with the main color.
- It is better to apply the color in 2-3 layers to make it denser and more saturated.
Negative space
The eleventh most popular design is the red design with negative space.
The most popular negative space design option is the clear hole design. They can be on all nails, or only on a few. Also, the negative space of the nail, decorated with rhinestones, sparkles or bendable shiny stripes, looks very beautiful and stylish.
With cobwebs and rubbing
The twelfth place in the fashionable nail TOP is shared by a red design with cobweb and rub decoration.
White, black, silver or gold cobwebs go very beautifully with red marigolds. The web can be applied to both a transparent nail and a red nail. Also, on the nail where the cobweb is located, you can add several foil prints, or a couple of stickers with twigs and flowers.
As for the red design with rubbing, mirror and pearl rubbing are leading this year. They can be applied to all or just a couple of nails. Plus, you can complement this design with rhinestones, a gradient or a beautiful pattern.
Also popular are rainbow and golden rubs in combination with red marigolds.
With silver and gold
The shine of precious metals and red manicure make an incredibly beautiful composition. Golden and silver sparkles can either completely decorate the nail plate or highlight only part of the nail with shine. Design options look very interesting when the glitter is located at the tip or at the root zone. Also, shiny details can be used to complement a variety of designs or lay out glitter on the nail in a cute pattern. This manicure looks a little solemn and quite bright, so don’t get too carried away with the amount of glitter. For a fashionable summer design, it is enough to highlight one or two nails with shine.
With bendable tape
Thirteenth place in popularity is occupied by the design with a bending ribbon.
The red design in combination with gold or silver bendable stripes looks very stylish and elegant. This design looks great under either a glossy or matte topcoat. In addition, it looks very beautiful in combination with rhinestones or sparkles.
Features of red and silver nail designs
A luxurious red manicure with rhinestones, the photo of which is presented below, will look perfect on long nails. For short ones, it is better to limit yourself to one accent so that the image does not turn out to be overloaded.
Silver is a cool shade, so it is more suitable for those with fair skin. An unfortunate combination of red and cold metal looks in harmony with yellowish and very dark skin.
The combination of cold shine with red shades favorably emphasizes the ideal aristocratic shape of the fingers, but for square and short plates it is better to choose something else or do nail art in matte halftones.
Important! Two self-sufficient shades should not “argue” with each other in a single composition.
With animal prints
Fourteenth place in popularity is occupied by designs with animal prints. Red designs combined with prints imitating the skins of predatory or herbivorous animals are actively gaining popularity. For example, among predatory prints, a print imitating leopard spots or snake skin is very popular.
Among herbivorous animal prints, prints that imitate the striped skin of a zebra or the spotted skin of a cow are very popular. This design in combination with red gel polish looks very bright and original.
Manicure in red tones: who is it suitable for and how to wear it
Red varnish has many shades, each of which has its own purpose, gaining its popularity according to the season:
- in spring – light and soft;
- in summer - bright and bold;
- in autumn - deep and rich;
- in winter – cold and reserved.
Bright nails themselves are associated with success, power and energy. This option fights depression by eliminating bad mood. Suitable for passionate and self-confident people.
It goes well with top decor: bouillons, rhinestones, foil, kamifubuki, etc. The most popular techniques are slider design, geometry, French minimalism and stamping.
Plain
Fifteenth place in popularity is occupied by a plain red design. This stylish and noble design is perfect for girls who are tired of multi-layered and overloaded designs. Look how simple yet noble this fiery red design looks. It looks equally good under either a glossy or matte topcoat.
Stylish ideas for short and long nails
For those with short or very short nails, a red design with a small amount of sparkles or rhinestones, or a neat design on one or two nails, is suitable.
Also, on short nails, a red jacket with a white or transparent base looks very beautiful and elegant.
A matte top looks very stylish and impressive on short square or oval shaped nails. Moreover, you can cover the nails on both hands, or only on a few fingers.
For those with long nails, any type of red design is suitable. It can be a noble monochromatic red design, or a design with various patterns of abstractions, flowers, hearts, butterflies, cats or Mickey Mouse.
You can decorate the red design with rhinestones, sparkles or foil. Also, long almond-shaped, oval, square or sharp-shaped nails under a matte top will look very beautiful and noble.
I hope that the TOP of the most fashionable red designs will inspire you to choose the perfect one for your nails. A selection of stylish and beautiful ideas for short and long nails will help you choose them to suit your fashionable look and mood.
Which design from the above has already become your favorite? I wonder which design will get the most votes! Write your answers in the comments below.
Long red matte nails
Longer nails are rich in design choices, but you shouldn’t experiment with the shape. Sharp matte red nails in the form of a stiletto or peak will look defiant. It would be appropriate to implement them only in certain cases. Therefore, it is better to neglect this design for everyday wear and give preference to a more rounded almond or oval shape.
Long nails also allow you to create a standard square that is tapered to the tip.
Advice! If, when choosing a design, the length of the nails does not correspond to the desired one, you can extend it with gel or acrylic, and the extended red nails in a matte design will practically not differ from the real ones.
