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.
Purple manicure: color psychology
If we turn to psychology, purple is considered a fairly calm color. It is associated with mystery and even some nostalgia. Purple manicure is perfect for creating dreamy, light and romantic looks. Muted purple shades are often used to create retro and shabby chic manicures.
Despite its apparent simplicity, purple is a very multifaceted color: light purple and lilac shades are light and unobtrusive, lilac shades are more mysterious, and dark purple evokes associations with sexuality and brutality. To create a certain “mood” for your manicure, use different shades of purple.
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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What clothes goes well with a French manicure in lilac tones?
A single-color varnish matches clothes in purple tones. For example, a silk blouse and glossy gel polish will create an excellent composition. For the bottom it is better to wear classic jeans or black trousers.
A lilac “french” suits perfectly with pink clothes. A blouse or tunic in a soft pink shade looks great.
An excellent combination – black and lilac. It is not difficult to choose accessories to match the color of your nails. A bag or earrings are the perfect choice. It is important to have the same tone as your nails.
Lilac and white look romantic and fresh. In addition, the light shade can be used as a background for a manicure. An original decoration of the image can be violet petals - a bright accent on white.
Don't forget about green. Grass-colored trousers go perfectly with a lilac French jacket. You can also use green color in manicure. With turquoise or emerald color you will get an amazing composition.
Lilac also goes well with red and blue colors.
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.
Types of "French"
Now let's look at the types of this manicure:
1) Classic “French”. With this manicure, your nails have a natural tint and your smile is white.
2) Colored “French”. The peculiarity of this manicure is that the crescent is painted not with white, but with any other color - dark, bright or pastel. As an option, the nail and crescent are painted in matching or contrasting colors, or a combination of different textures is chosen (for example, glossy and matte).
3) “Millennium French”. Very similar to the classic “French”, the only difference is that the smile is completely filled with sparkles.
4) “French” with a pattern. A design is depicted on all, one or several nails. This manicure is very popular for weddings.
5) “Hollywood French”. The main difference between this manicure is its unusual smile (instead of a crescent, it looks like a corner).
6) “Fantasy French”. The name of the manicure comes from the word “fantasy”. There may be various options here - an unusual crescent shape, beads, rhinestones, three-dimensional design.
7) “French” with shellac. This is the most durable manicure option; it will last on the nail plate for at least 2 weeks. Instead of ordinary varnish, shellac (gel varnish) is used - a special coating that is cured in the rays of a UV lamp.
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.
By color
Lilac goes with a wide range of shades. The best option is a combination with other pastel colors: soft pink, blue, nude and white. More saturated, dark designs can be combined with black, crimson and even red.
With white
White is a universal color that can be used for a jacket, gradient, and also in the form of prints. It is used as a basis when applying a marble pattern. Alternating lilac nails with white will look impressive.
With pink and raspberry
Delicate, pastel tones of pink go well with light purple. More saturated shades are suitable for bright or dark lilac manicure. Pink is widely used when creating gradients and applying floral designs.
Rich and dark tones of lilac are suitable for raspberry shades. Typically, they are used to create glossy and gradient manicures. Nails are usually decorated with gold leaf, sparkles and rhinestones to create the most vibrant image.
With purple
Lilac, as a variant of purple, goes well with its darker tones. The manicure looks especially good in the form of a gradient - within each individual plate or by sequentially painting the nails in different shades. The lilac-violet design is complemented with sparkles and rhinestones.
With black
This color is more suitable for a dark lilac shade, especially in the form of a gradient. However, it can also be used on light colors: the design will be decorated with black stripes or geometric patterns, inscriptions, as well as floral designs. Additionally, foil, kamifubuki and rhinestones are used. A glossy finish would be most suitable.
With blue
Delicate shades of blue manicure go well with lilac and can be used to create ombre. This design will be decorated with a marble effect on one of the nails, rhinestones or prints.
With yellow
Masters recommend combining lilac with light yellow: in this case, the design will look harmonious. A rich shade is more suitable for a bright look. You need to combine these two colors carefully; it is better to limit yourself to small yellow inserts.
Lactic
Milk is widely used to create translucent manicure and ombre. Nails are additionally decorated with rhinestones, sparkles or minimalist prints, often in silver. Milk is also suitable for French.
With gray and ashen
Lilac manicure harmonizes with gray tones, especially silver. To create a similar combination, it is best to use matte varnishes. Silver can be used as decoration: sparkles, geometric prints, stripes and foil.
Ash is combined mainly with light tones of lilac. Usually the design is created using matte varnish, but a glossy finish is also acceptable. Additionally, glitter and prints are added to the nails, usually in black or silver.
Nude
Like milky, nude is actively used as a basis for translucent designs. It can be combined with lilac, creating a gradient, and also in the form of a jacket. The manicure is complemented with rhinestones, gold leaf and stripes.
Lilac
Lilac and purple are related colors and go well together in one design. They are used in both glossy and matte versions, complemented by sparkles, floral or geometric prints, and foil. Colors can be used to create a gradient.
With turquoise
Lilac in combination with turquoise is a bright, festive version of the manicure. As a rule, this color is used either as decorative elements (mainly rhinestones and sparkles) or for a smooth transition from one shade to another. When combining light purple with turquoise, it is better to use glossy varnishes.
With red
Lilac-red manicure is the choice of brave girls, since these shades are difficult to combine within one design. It is better to choose dark tones for it, using a matte finish in the process. Glossy varnishes can make a manicure too provocative, so they should be used exclusively for bright looks.
With orange
The combination of lilac and orange is not particularly common, but such a combination is possible. They are often used to create a bright glossy ombre. It is permissible to alternately apply two shades and use a small amount of glitter.
With green
Lilac manicure is combined mainly with pastel tones of green. The mint shade is especially popular and is used for the ombre effect. The dark green color must be applied together with a matching lilac tone. You can decorate the decor with rhinestones and glitter.
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.
By shades
Like any other color, shades of lilac on nails range from pale to rich. The most common is the medium, pastel option. For lovers of a beautiful, bright manicure, a rich lilac, as close as possible to standard purple, is more suitable.
Soft lilac (pale)
This is the lightest possible tone, light and simple, which will complement a romantic look for a date or wedding. Pale lilac nails are usually decorated with sparkles or rhinestones, floral prints, and foil. The color combines favorably with white and silver and is well suited for a French jacket.
Bright lilac
Bright lilac looks rich in both matte and glossy versions. It goes equally well with light and dark tones, and depending on the decor, it can be suitable for a date or a party.
Nails are decorated with glitter, including rubbing, foil, and geometric patterns. Due to its brightness, the manicure looks complete and without additional decor.
Dark
Dark lilac goes well with black and is suitable for creating a gradient. It will look especially impressive in gloss. You can decorate dark nails with velvet, rhinestones and stripes. Glitter rubbing will create a space effect.
Pastel
Pastel colors are most often used in the classic version of lilac manicure. Pastel is well suited for everyday looks; it fits into the office style and at the same time adds tenderness to the image. The standard decor for nails of this color is floral prints and sparkles.
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.
Trends and new designs
Despite the widespread popularity of the traditional monochromatic lilac manicure, new designs using additional colors or decorative elements are gaining great popularity this season.
Especially often, masters are asked to add sparkles, gold and silver elements, gold leaf and various designs to their nails. These are the fashion trends of the current season.
With silver
Lilac goes well with silver decorative elements. Among the most popular decorations are sparkles, which are used both to cover the entire nail plate and to create a gradient. Rhinestones, as well as decorative stripes and patterns are often used in manicure.
French
A classic French manicure involves covering the nail plate with lilac varnish and highlighting its upper part with white. Pastel lilac is especially suitable for this design, but other tones can also be used. Colored French is gaining popularity, in which the upper part of the plate is covered with a bright shade, leaving most of it nude.
cat's eye
A cat eye involves the use of a glossy polish that gives your nails a shiny, iridescent look. A lilac manicure with a design looks especially good on an oval shape. You can create a cat's eye effect using a magnetic stick, as well as an additional coating of glitter.
Reflective
Varnishes that reflect artificial light contain pigments that make them shine even brighter than glitter in the dark.
The advantage of such a lilac reflective manicure is the ease of its creation - just apply a couple of layers to achieve the desired effect. There is no need to additionally decorate your nails or rub a special pigment into them.
With gold and potala
For a lilac manicure interspersed with gold, light and dark shades are suitable. In the first case, the design will look delicate, in the second - festive, truly luxurious. As a rule, sparkles or decorative stripes are used as golden elements.
Potal is a special type of foil, usually golden in color. It helps create the effect of broken glass or simply decorates the nail in an unusual way and adds shine to the design. Potal is used for any shades of lilac, including to create a translucent manicure.
With rubbing
The rub gives a special shine to the manicure, making it glossy. This design is suitable for all lilac shades on nails, including creating a gradient. Rhinestones and glitter add extra shine to the design.
Brilliant
Glitter is an integral part of a holiday manicure and can decorate nails of any color. To create such a design, purple or silver glitter is usually used. Using sparkles, they decorate the entire plate and also create an ombre effect.
With foil
Foil gives your nails extra shine and also creates an unusual pattern. Silver and golden shades are considered the most successful for lilac manicure. Foil can be applied to both light and dark tones.
With rhinestones
Rhinestones are used to decorate holes, create stripes along the nail or diagonally. As a rule, masters limit themselves to 1-2 fingers to avoid excessive shine. Rhinestones are well suited for nails of any length.
With an image
Most often, lilac manicure is complemented with floral prints to create a delicate spring look. Light purple colors go well with any pattern: dots, geometric and abstract patterns, funny cartoon images. The printed design looks great on both long and short nails.
Mother-of-pearl and pearl
This style adds shine to the look, especially if the pearlescent shade is complemented with glitter and rhinestones. To diversify a lilac manicure, add floral or geometric prints. Pearlescent is not suitable for small nails, as it can make them visually even shorter.
Pearl color goes well with both light and bright tones of lilac. It is suitable for gradient manicure, applying designs to a plate and French manicure. Rhinestones, floral and geometric elements, and gold leaf work well as design decorations.
Gradient and ombre
A smooth transition from one tone to another is equally suitable for creating both a romantic and a festive, bright image. When making ombre, masters recommend additionally applying glitter to lilac nails or decorating them with rhinestones. The gradient can go from the bottom of the plate to the top or from the first finger to the last.
Broken glass
The design is created using special holographic foil and rubbing, which further enhances the shimmer. The material is glued to the nail so that the pattern on it resembles shards of glass. You can make a lilac broken glass manicure in both light and dark versions.
Marble
Marble looks especially impressive, and in lilac color it resembles a galaxy. As a rule, it is made in combination with white. The marble image is applied either to a single nail or to all fingers at once.
With stripes
Stripes are one of the most common decorative elements, which are great for decorating a lilac manicure. The most commonly used colors are silver, gold, white, black or dark purple. Stripes can be applied vertically, horizontally or diagonally.
With kamifubuki
Kamifubuki resemble sequins or confetti, which add extra shine to a lilac manicure. Most often they are made in the form of circles of different sizes. They can be glued both along the entire length of the nail, and on its individual parts - edges or holes.
With flowers
Since lilac is often associated with tenderness, designs of this color are often decorated with flowers. These can be both buds and stems or just leaves. The design is done in white, black, dark purple, pink and similar shades.
Geometry
An unusual lilac nail design is created by depicting various geometric shapes on the nail plate. As a rule, these are triangles, squares, rhombuses or combinations of them. To apply figures, they use other shades of purple, as well as white, black, pink, yellow and colors that combine with lilac.
With stars
A lilac manicure with stars is especially suitable for young girls; it can be done on nails of any length. The stars are usually glitter, foil or special stickers. Depending on the number of decorative elements, you can create a casual or formal, festive option.
Liquid stone
A jewel on the nail plate looks especially luxurious, so a lilac manicure with liquid stone is often created on the eve of special events, such as a wedding. The decor adds tenderness to the design even with an abundance of stones and rhinestones.
With stretch
This is a festive nail design that resembles ombre, but instead of a smooth transition to another shade, the color is replaced by sparkles. Stretching using lilac tones is usually completed with silver glitter. Sequins can be located both at the edge of the plate and at its base.
With a cobweb
Cobweb is an option for an elegant and at the same time gentle manicure. The decorative element is applied to the nails using gel. Lilac is usually complemented with white or black cobwebs.
With stickers
The advantage of this type of nail decoration is its simplicity and accessibility. Special stickers can be purchased at cosmetic stores. They are easy to apply to the surface of the varnish at home. This allows you to diversify your lilac manicure and create a unique design.
With clouds
Clouds are suitable for young girls. For lilac manicure with clouds, light colors are usually used to give it tenderness. The design works well for both long and short nails.
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.
Coating
Lilac varnish can be in itself either glossy or matte. The choice of coating type depends solely on the girl’s preferences, as well as the purpose for which she goes for a manicure.
Matte
This is a versatile option that is suitable for both a date and the office. A matte lilac manicure looks equally good on long and short nails, but it looks duller than its glossy counterpart. To diversify the design, it is recommended to add floral and geometric patterns and cover the plate with rhinestones or velvet.
Glossy
This type of manicure is more common, and it looks brighter than matte. Unlike other, more saturated colors, glossy looks delicate.
With medium length nails and a discreet choice of design, a lilac manicure is also suitable for a business setting. Decorate the glossy surface with sparkles and prints. It’s interesting that French and gradient will look good with it.
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