It is traditionally believed that lavender, lilac and lilac manicures should be distinguished by a delicate design. The opinion is correct if manicure is performed in the spring. Then it is appropriate to place a butterfly, a twig or a floral watercolor print, or decorative elements on the nails. But not everyone loves flowers, then the question arises about another nail design. What design fashionably emphasizes nail design in lilac shades and makes the manicure attractive? When choosing, you need to build on the fashionable nail trends of 2022, which we will talk about with examples in the photo.
Delicate lilac manicure
Nail specialists in salons note that many clients love delicate pastel colors and prefer them to a neutral palette. For example, pale lilac-lavender shades are popular in nail designs due to the ability to create solid or light spring designs. A classic example is a watercolor design in pale blue and lilac tones.
Lilac manicure with design 2022
But here are fashionable nail designs that will be popular not only with the arrival of spring, warmth and sun, but also in the fall-winter season. They will help you create a sophisticated, spectacular manicure in lilac tones.
- Milky gradient.
- Top coats and gel polishes with speckles and flakes.
- Matte and glossy designs.
- Potal.
- Textures.
- Colored French.
- Stamping: animal prints, marble, brush strokes, flowers/grass/ferns, tattoo effect, minimalism, fun nail art, avant-garde.
- Sliders.
- And the latest trend is different shapes, lengths of nails and hand designs.
Colored French
Today there is simply a boom in colored French - the choice of shades is huge. Not least of all is the French jacket in lilac tones with sparkles. A special chic is the nail design, which combines white tips, a lilac gradient and a base of the same color. Why not a piece of nail art?
Gradient
A pastel milky-lilac gradient on nails can serve as a wonderful background against which you can highlight bright elements or shiny decor. Don't like rhinestones, sparkles and foil? And sliders are the finishing touch that will complement your nail design.
Sequins
A very elegant nail design with sparkles to match the lilac gel polish. Thus, they do not attract much attention to themselves and to the design. They also use brighter accents: silver, gold, pink sparkles and other shining decor.
Potal
In 2022, the most top designs are born with the help of potal foil. This decor looks appropriate on lilac nails, regardless of the season. Because foil can serve as a fashionable addition to designs with brush strokes, watercolor, slider, floral and quail prints.
Stamping and sliders
What can best highlight the lilac background of nails? Harmoniously selected pattern. Using emergency technology, a fashionable slider or a stamping pattern, they create unobtrusive and delicate designs. Do you want flowers all over your nail? Or maybe a feather and inscriptions? In any case, in a couple of steps you will make a beautiful design.
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Fashionable shades of purple in 2022
As already noted, the lilac palette is quite wide. Each season has its own most popular varnishes, with the help of which nail art masters create real masterpieces on the nails of their clients.
Pale purple
Pale dense coated lilac shades look romantic and very gentle. This season, the most popular tones are gray or ash, but not pink. This monochromatic manicure will fit into both a strict office look and a bright evening look.
Lilac
Don't think that lilac is just one tone. In nature, there are many shades of lilac - dark, light, reaching almost white. There are many manicure design options here - a gradient from lilac to pure white, spring designs on a lilac background, combination with silver, geometry, classic French and interesting design of the holes.
Lavender
In nail art, as in clothing design, pink shades of varnish are gradually being replaced by the same delicate, but more complex tones of varnish. For example, lavender. The latter are so versatile that they suit any color type of appearance. Even warm autumn, which is difficult to match with a cold range of varnishes, gets along quite well with dark lavender. Especially if you choose a beautiful juicy tone in a pair - plum, purple, olive.
Advice : be careful when using a lavender shade in a manicure if you have a bright winter color type. A richer shade would be suitable here.
Lilac
This is the color of spring and delicate violets. Color in manicure is a real chameleon. It looks great with a casual look, where the classics are jeans and a rough leather biker jacket, and with an office suit of the most nondescript shade. If you complement the purple manicure with a design, it can be adapted to any season.
Plum
The plum tone of the varnish is not the usual shade of lilac. It's a neutral, attractive color - not as dark as black, but not as intense as lilac. If you are planning to do a purple manicure, but are worried that it will be too provocative, feel free to choose a plum nail polish tone.
Plum manicure is suitable for both the office and special occasions. In the latter version, it is better to complement it with a bright design.
Dark purple
Many people consider dark purple to be too dark and inappropriate for young girls. This is wrong. Pay attention to plum or grape gel polish. A monochromatic glossy manicure in this design looks tasty and stylish. Of course, there is no need to remind you that the condition of the plate must be ideal.
If you want more variety, choose one of the design options - cat's eye, rubbing, gradient in lilac tones or finishing the nails with foil.
Two-tone manicure with lilac color
The best solution would be to choose two soft lilac tones of different saturations, which will refresh your manicure. If desired, decor in the color of a matte or glossy finish can complete the design.
Beige-lilac
A lilac manicure is diluted with a classic beige shade to add, for example, a freehand drawing or a slider/stamping to its background. Due to the beige tone, the nail design looks without excessive “sweetness”, more lightly, despite the abundance of lilac shades.
Lilac-white
To prevent a manicure in lilac tones from seeming too “sweetening” to you, dilute it with a neutral shade, such as white. On one or two nails you can place a flower pattern, texture or a fashionable slider.
Lilac blue
This delicate combination is popular in spring for short and long nails. Here is one of the manicure options in lilac-blue shades, but with a rather unusual design that will perfectly complement the spring set.
Light lilac with yellow/mint
All pastel colors combine perfectly with each other. Proof can be found in this design, which combines lilac, pink, mint and pale yellow tones. As well as gold-colored decor and a matte top with the effect of dark specks.
Lilac with pink
The same harmonious combination is considered to be the union of pink and lilac shades. To visually make the design as easy as possible, drawings and decoration can be done on a light beige surface.
Lilac manicure according to the length and shape of nails
The lilac range is a real chameleon, allowing you to correct the shortcomings of platinum. The master will help you choose the shade of varnish that will make your manicure stylish and fashionable.
Short
For short lengths, shades of medium intensity are perfect. They visually lengthen the nail, so you can do without extensions. The optimal lilac manicure design for short nails is a matte finish or a gradient. But it’s better to avoid bright glitter or foil in your design.
Important : if you choose a varnish in the tone of light lilac, it is worth remembering that it will visually make the plate wider.
Long
All shades of lilac polish are suitable for long nails. The main condition is appropriateness, combination with the color of clothing. Long nails can be complemented with almost any design - silver designs, rhinestones, sparkles. French and spring-themed designs look great.
Square
Square nails have remained at the peak of popularity for several seasons now. A distinctive feature is the even corners on the edge of the plate. Square shapes are more suited to rich, dark purple shades. Light lilac varnish colors visually expand the plate.
Almond
The almond shape of marigolds is a classic. All shades of lilac are appropriate here: from the lightest to dark, almost black. On the almond shape, a cat-eye manicure, vertical ombre, or an unusual French manicure look impressive.
Tip : try to do a manicure in the style of different hands. Each nail can be painted in one of the main tones of the lilac palette.
Lilac manicure for short nails
If your nails are small, use visual techniques. For example, a lilac background can be decorated with a geometric pattern, short nails can be covered in dark lilac colors, and the pattern can be placed crosswise. Please also note that lilac-colored base coats have recently appeared in different brands. When working with colored bases, you can come up with many interesting designs for short nails: a pink-lilac gradient, a French manicure, a manicure with glitter. Alternatively, wear just a solid color with glitter.
Manicure ideas
Manicurists offer different nail designs using lilac varnish. Let's look at the most popular of them:
- To get a festive manicure, add a few rhinestones, sparkles or metallic tape to your design. Your ordinary manicure will sparkle in a new way in different lighting.
- Experienced masters use lilac in manicure, depicting spring flowers on the nail plate. Irises, bells, cornflowers, gladioli, asters, hydrangeas, and crocuses look harmonious.
- The combination with lemon yellow looks original. The manicure looks light and airy. True, you need to act somewhat carefully so as not to cause dissonance of perception. The best solution is to paint three plain lilac nails and paint two (for example, the middle and index) sunny with the addition of small shiny stones. Blooming yellow tulips look beautiful on a lilac background.
- Butterflies do not lose popularity in nail art. The lilac background is great for depicting multi-colored wings. The contours can be framed with gold varnish using a thin brush.
- Playing with varnishes of the same color looks unusual and interesting.
- Violet, lilac, lilac on different nails add playfulness to the look. This coloring option is more suitable for young girls.
Violet, lilac, lilac on different nails add playfulness to the image Butterflies do not lose popularity in nail art
- A plain manicure can be varied with sparkles. Select one nail and paint it with glitter polish. In the light of the evening lights, these nails look amazing.
- The gradient can be used in several ways. The distribution of purple colors on each nail in a vertical and horizontal position. The first option is more suitable for short nails, visually lengthening them, and the second for long ones.
To get a festive manicure, add a few rhinestones, sparkles or metallic tape to the design. Playing with polishes of the same color looks unusual and interesting. Use muted lilac to create a manicure in a retro or shabby chic style.
Advice! Use muted lilac to create a retro or shabby chic manicure.
Lilac long nails
Long nails in lilac tones can be complemented by a “haze” effect, marble, geometric design, strewn with sparkles or dotted with foil. Floral print is a win-win option for all times. And in the light of spring, these drawings are especially relevant.
Lilac manicure with flowers
Here, delicate flowers in the Provence style, which are distinguished by exquisite French chic, are appropriate on the nails. And also not too bright drawings of lilacs, cornflowers and lavender. The background of the design is made in a pale color scheme, including not only a single-color coating in light shades of beige, vanilla, lilac, lavender, white and pink, but also a delicate gradient.
Lilac matte manicure
The best option would be a matte manicure in lilac tones, with light gold and silver decor. Sequins, gold leaf, and rhinestones are most often used in texture, geometry, and abstraction designs. And also the decor can become an integral element in a classic manicure: matte monochromatic, French and moonlit. For example, make the most delicate lilac with a milky and thin twig in the form of a hole.
How to make a beautiful manicure: step-by-step instructions, ideas
To have the perfect manicure in pink and lilac tones, it is best to follow the step-by-step instructions for creating it. If you do not have the skill to create neat-looking nails on your own, it is advisable to contact a specialist or attend special training courses. There are several very successful manicure options for everyday wear or a festive occasion.
Matte manicure in lilac-pink tones
A lilac and pink manicure looks even more gentle and romantic if it is done using a matte technique. This option is perfect for both a girl’s everyday look and for a celebration (birthday, wedding). It is best to choose a lighter shade itself to emphasize weightlessness and femininity.
How to do a matte manicure:
- Prepare nail plates and cuticles for manicure using a special device. If it is not available, you can use ordinary tools (files, scissors), but in the first case the look will be more neat.
- Degrease the surfaces of the nails with alcohol.
- Apply a transparent base and let it dry for 1-2 minutes.
- Cover your nails alternately with lilac and pink polishes (one nail with one color, the next with another). There is an option - alternate shades through 2. Dry.
- Cover all plates with a matte top coat.
There are already matte varnishes with a tint. However, applying them yourself is much more difficult: all the irregularities and defects can be visible on the surface of the nail.
Drawings
Nail designs continue to be at the peak of fashion trends in the field of nail art. They can be created either independently (artistic skills are required) or using special templates.
How to make lilac-pink drawings yourself:
- Perform a hardware manicure (or manual method).
- Apply the base and let it dry.
- Cover your nails with a pastel shade to create a background in 2 layers (white, beige, gray). Dry for 2-3 minutes. until completely dry.
- Using a thin brush, paint random smooth turns in lilac on the ring fingers and thumbs. To get the best look, you need to practice on paper. Let dry.
- Use pink varnish to place small dots at the base of the turns. Use dots to form floral imitations.
- Cover with a colorless topcoat and let dry.
Absolutely any motifs (geometry, figures of people and animals, symbols) can be used as drawings. The main orientation is the girl’s preferences and character.
Manicure with silver glitter
Using glitter is perfect for celebrating the New Year or other memorable holiday.
Creation instructions:
- File your nails to the desired length and shape. Treat the cuticle and polish the surface.
- Degrease the surface.
- Apply base and let dry.
- Apply 2 layers of pink to all fingers except ring fingers.
- Cover the ring fingers with a lilac pastel shade.
- After drying incompletely (for 20 seconds), randomly sprinkle silver glitter onto the tips of the nails. Rub into ends.
- Cover with a colorless topcoat.
Foil design
Designs using glitter foil are becoming more and more popular with each new season. It confidently crowds out rhinestones and all kinds of beads.
How to make your own foil design:
- Perform a hardware manicure (or manual method).
- Apply the base and let it dry.
- Cover your nails with a lilac shade to create a background in 2 layers. Dry for 2-3 minutes. until completely dry.
- Take small pieces of tear-off foil and glue them at the base or edge of your nails, thinking about the desired style in advance.
- Cover with a colorless topcoat and let dry.
There are also transfer, screen and self-adhesive foil. You can choose any one.
Manicure with rhinestones
A manicure with rhinestones always evokes admiration and interest. It will always be a great addition to a girl’s festive and bright outfit. However, it is worth remembering that it is better not to wear it as a daily look.
Creation instructions:
- File your nails to the desired length and shape. Treat the cuticle and polish the surface. You can use the device.
- Degrease the surface.
- Apply base and let dry.
- Apply a pink or lilac tone in 2 layers as a background. It is allowed to use bright shades of colors.
- Using a special stick, apply glue to the surface and glue the rhinestones to it one at a time, creating the desired pattern. You shouldn’t decorate all the plates at once; it’s better to choose 1-2 on each hand. You can develop designs yourself or use ready-made templates.
- Cover with a colorless topcoat.
Ombre
Ombre or a smooth transition from pink to lilac is a good solution for young and cheerful girls. Typically this manicure is done in summer or spring.
How to create an ombre:
- Treat your nails and hands with a machine or manually.
- Degrease the surface.
- Apply base and let dry.
- On a special palette, combine pink and lilac polishes with a sponge for a smooth transition.
- Using a sponge, stamp the ombre design onto the nail and let it dry.
- Cover with a colorless topcoat after complete drying.
Lunar manicure
Moon manicure always looks very concise and neat. It is preferable to do it on short and fairly wide plates. It is better to use a darker shade of varnish as a background.
Creation instructions:
- Perform a hardware manicure (or manual method).
- Apply the base and let it dry.
- Cover your nails with a pink or lilac shade to create a background in 2 layers. Dry for 2-3 minutes. until completely dry.
- Using a thin brush, paint thin holes at the base of the cuticle with lilac (pink) color. To get the best look, you need to practice on paper. Let dry. Repeat layer 2 after drying.
- Cover with a colorless topcoat and let dry.
French
A manicure is considered basic or universal if done using the French technique. You don't have to use white shades for this. Pink in combination with lilac will look unusual and very advantageous.
How to create a pink-lilac jacket:
- Get a hardware or trim manicure.
- Apply a transparent base to level the plate. Dry.
- Cover your nails with a pastel shade for the background in 2 layers. It is better to take pink as a base, and lilac to create a jacket. Dry for 2-3 minutes. until completely dry.
- Using a thin brush, paint smooth frames (french) on the edges of the plate in lilac. Apply 2 consecutive layers.
- Secure with a transparent topcoat and let dry.
Nude
A nude manicure symbolizes the natural beauty of nails. As a rule, it is always done for a short length. This option today is the most preferred and fashionable among all age categories.
How to do:
- Treat your nails using a machine or manually.
- Cover with a colorless topcoat and let dry completely.
- Apply 2 layers of a nude shade of lilac or pink nail polish. The more natural the tone, the better it will look.
- Seal with 2 coats of clear varnish.
cat's eye
This type of manicure gained popularity not so long ago, but has managed to win the trust and love of many women and girls. A cat's eye on nails looks very unusual and interesting, attracting the attention of men.
Creation instructions:
- Prepare nail plates and cuticles for manicure using hardware equipment. In its absence, you can process the cuticles and plates with ordinary tools (files, scissors).
- Degrease the surfaces of the nails with alcohol.
- Apply a transparent gel polish base and let it dry for 1-2 minutes in a UV lamp.
- Cover your nails alternately with lilac and pink gel polishes with a cat's eye effect (one nail with one color, the next with another). There is an option - alternate shades through 2.
- Bring the magnet close to the plate and hold it until the maximum effect appears. Dry in a UV lamp.
- Cover all plates with a colorless topcoat. Dry in a UV lamp.
Casting
Manicure with a casting effect is performed using special foil. This option looks quite festive due to the shiny surfaces, so it is advisable to do it when going to some kind of celebration or party.
Creation instructions:
- Prepare nail plates and cuticles for manicure. If the length is short enough, it is best to increase the plates to increase the area of application of the pattern.
- Degrease the surfaces of the nails with alcohol.
- Apply a transparent gel polish base and let it dry for 1-2 minutes in a UV lamp.
- Cover your nails with pink gel polish, creating a background. Dry in a UV lamp.
- Apply fantasy patterns (most often curls and floral patterns) with bright lilac varnish and a thin brush.
- Place a piece of foil on the plates and pull back sharply to obtain a clear print.
- Cover all plates with topcoat and dry in a UV lamp.
Kamifubuki
A lilac and pink manicure will be an ideal option for a wedding party in a modern style if you add a kamifubukami design. These are round, shiny sequins of different diameters. When several types of them are combined, they form a fashionable print.
How to do this manicure:
- Prepare your nails with a hardware manicure.
- Degrease the surfaces of the nails with alcohol.
- Apply a transparent gel polish base and let it dry for 1-2 minutes in a UV lamp.
- Cover your nails with lilac and pink gel polish, creating a background. Dry in a UV lamp.
- First draw the required drawing on paper.
- Based on the sketch made, recreate the print by embedding kamifubuki in the plate in the required sequence. Dry in a UV lamp.
- Cover all plates with a colorless topcoat and dry in a UV lamp.
Broken glass
The effect of broken glass on nails is a trendy solution for those who prefer a bright and unusual manicure. To get it done, you don’t have to visit an expensive salon and a professional craftsman. If you have the necessary materials, it is quite possible to create it yourself at home.
Creation instructions:
- Get a hardware or trim manicure.
- Degrease the surfaces of the nails with alcohol.
- Apply a transparent gel polish base and let it dry for 1-2 minutes in a UV lamp.
- Cover your nails with pink gel polish, creating a background. Dry in a UV lamp.
- Use lilac varnish and a thin brush to draw holes.
- Cut special foil into small pieces of arbitrary shape. The key is to keep the edges sharp.
- Using a stick, place pieces of foil on the plates and press. It is necessary to apply them as close to each other as possible.
- Cover all plates with topcoat and dry in a UV lamp.
Glitters
Glitters are sparkles of different shapes and sizes. They are most often applied using special brushes. However, there is a technique of pouring and then rubbing. Then the design will look like a mirror image.
Instructions:
- Prepare nail plates and cuticles for manicure.
- Apply a transparent gel polish base and let it dry for 1-2 minutes in a UV lamp.
- Cover your nails with pink gel polish, creating a background. Dry in a UV lamp.
- Apply the desired patterns with bright lilac varnish and a thin brush.
- Using a brush, apply glitter to your ring fingers. The application layer depends on the girl’s personal preferences.
- Cover all plates with a transparent topcoat and dry in a UV lamp.
Delicate shades of manicure are at the peak of popularity. They are universal and can be worn on any nail shape and length. The most common are pink-lilac and beige colors.
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