Abstract manicure involves an original version of nail art, which is distinguished by the absence of clear prints and strict orderliness in the design. It is characterized by chaos and expressiveness. Beautiful new items offer an emphasis on the aesthetic side of design, which often goes beyond logic.
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Abstract manicure 2022 looks charming and elegant on nails of any shape and length.
The results are incredibly beautiful designs made on long nails, because the artist has a lot of room for creativity. But even on short nails you can create a unique design abstraction, but you will have to abandon large patterns and shapes. Manicure can be done in a romantic, bold, unusual, youthful, elegant or delicate style. This is a great option for those girls who are already tired of the classic French jacket.
Artistic brush strokes
New manicures with abstraction have not ignored such techniques as brush strokes. This is one of the easiest ways to create a unique and original pattern on your nails. The most important thing is to choose the right shades of paint so that they fit perfectly and create a unique combination. Don’t be afraid of playing with colors and bold experiments, because this is the main rule for getting a beautiful nail design.
Abstract geometry
Colorful photos of manicure with abstraction will not leave any girl indifferent. The original design is ambiguous and will highlight your individuality. At fashion shows, stylists focused on prints placed against a bright background. The most popular geometry is blue, red, yellow and other rich and bright colors of paint. Broken lines, randomly located on shellac, look impressive. To make your manicure elegant, it is better to choose a design with an abstract pattern on one finger.
Abstraction in the wet
To get a beautiful abstract manicure, you should use the following technique - painting with wet varnish. This method is based on applying a pattern with a needle, thin brush or dots to paint that has not had time to dry. The abstraction on the nails is reminiscent of water manicure models.
Abstract design with gradient
Geometric designs with a gradient look interesting and modern, and this is one of the latest new products for 2022. This technique is based on a smooth transition from one color to another. To create a manicure with a gradient on short nails, you can use both simple polish and gel polish. It is recommended to choose both paints in contrasting shades and colors that are as close as possible.
Abstraction on nails using watercolor technique
The most popular technique in any form, but abstraction offers more possibilities. Try applying a pretty color to your nails so that one shade blends into the next. It is worth paying attention to the broad strokes of color. If you add winding lines and dots, you can get an original and memorable manicure.
Abstraction in negative space style
For example, natural nail color can act as a blank canvas/backdrop for an original painting. Almost any abstraction can be used in this style. For example, you can play with contrast by mixing colors. But the combination of an abstract nail design with something modern and minimalistic looks more impressive.
By the way, abstraction does not require precise lines, points and precision. Creativity is important when drawing.
Hot pink manicure
A bright manicure in pink tones does not require unnecessary details. When choosing a design, pay attention to the trend of designing your fingernails differently. If you are doing a bright manicure in the summer, combine neon pink with other acidic tones, such as yellow-green. And flowers, twigs in neutral colors will fit especially well on short or long pink nails.
Color palette
A novelty like abstraction on nails is good because it allows you to use all available colors in one manicure. The main thing is to be able to combine them correctly. The following colors remain at the peak of popularity: red, white and black.
Bright colors are not suitable for everyone, and at the end of summer they become irrelevant. Therefore, it is worth resorting to pastel and discreet colors. In the cold season, it is absolutely not necessary to give preference to light shades: stylists in their shows focused on black cherries, chocolate, plums and berries.
Don't forget about the classics, which are relevant at any time of the year. Red and all its shades, even in the cold season, will resemble the sunny weather of spring, and an abstract pattern will easily complement the image.
A paint that can be combined with any shade and will look harmonious even on its own is white. With it, your nails will look neat, and the addition of rhinestones will not make the design vulgar.
It is with white that you can create classic versions of manicures such as French and moonlit, which are perfect for both long and short nails. You can experiment with French manicure all year round, choosing a new color each time.
Bright abstraction on nails
Abstraction can be done in simple, complex and completely unpredictable ways. This is the beauty of design. For example, a bright combination of colors in abstraction looks very impressive, unusual and bold. There are no limits to imagination in such designs. Not only the design, but also the tone of the nail coating can be bright.
Matte abstraction
If we talk about the main trends, abstraction in the form of brushstrokes and splashes of paint is now at the peak of popularity. The design can be done on one or two nails or on all of them at once. Then seal with a gloss or matte top coat. If desired, it is additionally decorated with inscriptions, spider web gel polish (thin threads) or decor that suits your idea.
Delicate abstraction
Abstract patterns in pastel colors look good on small areas of the nails. They visually unload the design, making it more airy and restrained. And gold accents and yellow sequin decorations can support, for example, the warmth of color.
Soft pink manicure
Delicate dusty pink tones go well with pastel colors, making the manicure romantic and delicate. If you don’t want your manicure to look too “sweet” and infantile, add dark shades. For example, black, mint green, olive, gray or brown. Light shades of pink can also serve as an excellent background against which design elements can be highlighted. For example, a bright pattern, trendy decor.
Combination of Abstraction with other types of nail designs
The advantage of abstract design is that it is easy to combine with many types and techniques of nail design. This gives it a unique style and bright individuality in design. Let's look at some of these combinations.
Abstraction combined with Geometry design
The most popular nail design styles, of course, are Abstraction and Geometry. For several years now, fashionistas from all over the world have been giving it preference. That's why the combination of these two styles is so popular in nail studios.
The combination of abstract designs with various geometric shapes makes the manicure, on the one hand, elegant and strict, and on the other, abstraction, giving it freedom and lightness. You can be endlessly creative with this type of design and create completely unique designs on your nails.
Styles
- The intersection of straight and broken lines, the decomposition of objects into cubes and their overlay on each other. These abstract geometric designs are related to cubism.
- Combinations of large rectangles, clearly separated by perpendicular black lines and painted in local colors of the main spectrum - yellow, blue, red - with the addition of white and gray tones. These variants of abstract geometric designs are called neoplasticism.
- Refraction of light rays and their play in sunlight. The effect is similar to a kaleidoscope. These variations of abstract geometric design are called rayonism.
- A combination of simple geometric lines and shapes (square, circle, triangle, rectangle), painted in different colors, superimposed on each other in different orders. These variations of abstract geometric designs are called supermatism.
French combined with abstraction
A French manicure made in an abstract style can become an original nail design option. For example, it turns out incredibly stylish if, in the classic French version, the tips of the nails are drawn in the style of abstract geometry in black and white. An abstract French manicure with black nail tips is somewhat reminiscent of Gothic.
Another interesting option for making a French jacket is to make the main background bare and draw abstract patterns at the ends. Or paint the tips of your nails with two blunt triangles of different colors. You can make these triangles or abstract patterns in bright colors or black and white. It will turn out very unusual and interesting.
Abstraction combined with Ombre and Quail Egg designs
The manicure design “Quail Egg” or as it is also called “Splashes of Paint” already looks like an abstract painting. You can decorate all your nails with this design or focus on two or three nails.
Nails look very unusual and impressive if you apply two or three bright strokes of gel polish to one bare nail. And on top, decorate all or some of the nails with the “Quail Egg” pattern. You can also add geometric shapes, abstract faces, or floral abstracts.
Often, to create an unusual and eye-catching abstraction in manicure, the ombre design technique is used. These smooth transitions from one color to another will not leave any girl indifferent.
Abstraction combined with Brush Strokes design
Nail design “Brush strokes” is an equally interesting and effective design technique. The brush strokes alone resemble some kind of artistic abstraction.
Manicurists often add brush strokes to an abstract manicure composition. This creates an even more unique pattern.
For example, you can apply a few strokes of gel polish to a bare nail and on top of these strokes draw a twig with leaves, lines, dots or an abstract face.
Abstraction on short and long nails
For those with short nails, a minimalist style with an abstract design is best. That is, the shorter the length of the nails, the less abstract design elements should be on the nails. Otherwise, you can visually shorten your nails even more. Abstraction on nude nails will look very beautiful and harmonious.
Girls with long nails can safely combine abstract designs with French, geometry, ombre, with the “Brush Strokes”, “Paint Splashes” or “Quail Egg” designs. You can also decorate your nails with stamps, sheets or stickers, abstract brushes, or add kamifubuki or glitter.
Abstract design is a very versatile type of nail design. Suitable for almond, square and oval nails.
Pink manicure with foil
Foil creates a mood, a festive atmosphere; marble and quartz are popular in designs. And it has an accent effect in a pink matte monochromatic manicure. And gold foil looks quite organically in the style of minimalism, French, gradient, and designs with watercolors.
Abstract manicure for summer, autumn, winter and spring
Summer manicure “Abstraction” this year will be relevant both in bright colors and in calmer pastel colors. Abstract summer manicure in neon, yellow, orange and pink tones is very popular. For example, you can paint all your nails with bright orange polish and paint abstract wavy lines in different bright colors on one or two nails.
Autumn manicure with an abstract pattern will be relevant in warm and neutral autumn shades. For example, this fall, fashionable colors in manicure will be: red, cherry, chocolate, cinnamon and gold.
For example, it will look great if you cover all your nails except your thumbs with red polish with a matte finish. Cover large nails with thick white gel polish and draw an abstract geometric pattern on them with black gel polish, while painting several triangles inside the design with red and silver polish.
A fashionable winter version of abstract manicure is a combination of blue, white, gray, silver, khaki and black. For example, it will look stylish and elegant if the nails of one hand are completely covered with black varnish with a matte finish. And on the other side, cover it with white camouflage. Apply a large abstract brush of black over the white color and sprinkle pieces of gold foil on top.
Spring is in fashion. Abstract manicure in light pastel shades of pink, coral, beige and various options of lilac, green, mint and soft pink. For example, a manicure in a delicate lilac shade with two nude nails in the center will look advantageous. These nails can be given a couple of large strokes of white and lavender paint. On one nail, draw an abstraction in the form of a face or silhouette, and on the other, dots.
Manicure in pink tones with design drawings
Pink nails with hand-drawn designs can be combined with foil/glitter and even add another color. And most importantly, the final version will not seem overloaded, but on the contrary, very gentle. If you don’t know the art of drawing, fill the background of one or two nails with a composition of sliders or a stamping design. Choose designs that match pink or shades that go well with this palette. What pictures should we pay attention to:
- natural and fruit themes;
- animal prints;
- abstraction and delicate textures;
- geometry;
- strokes;
- funny designs and minimalism in black.
Instructions
- Perform your usual hygienic manicure rituals;
- Apply an acid-free primer and let it dry;
- After a few minutes, spread a layer of self-leveling gel and cure under a UV or LED lamp;
- Apply a calm, neutral shade of paint with excellent pigmentation and medium flow.
- Wait for the color layer to harden and begin decorating individual nails;
- Choose acrylic paint or gel polish in a similar color scheme, then start randomly applying brush strokes, overlapping them;
- consolidate the results of your efforts with a matte or glossy topcoat.
Recommendations
- A gentle French jacket will never go out of style. French manicure is harmonious in combination with pastel and laconic strokes;
- Lunar manicure is the complete opposite of the French manicure. Do it in muted tones and, conversely, provide abstraction with bright colors;
- Use the negative space technique. “Nude nails” will only emphasize the originality of your chosen art;
- Spring manicure with the addition of abstraction also looks fresh and childish in a spring way. For the most romantic look, give preference to lavender, lilac, blue and blush pink.
We consider the only contraindications that do not suit the impressionistic features of nails to be a complex and noticeable texture. Stone nails with abstraction look out of place, like acrylic sweaters combined with geometry.
Abstraction with foil
The uniqueness of the lines can be made more expressive through fashionable details. Foil has always embellished the design, making it truly luxurious. Combining intriguing strokes with elegant shimmering details, artists allow themselves to depict the richness of your nails.
Abstract details and cobwebs
Most often, along with abstraction, nail art masters use a fashionable web. Web design features jagged lines that intersect with each other. You can express the web using abstraction from a different palette of the most saturated shades of paint.
Abstraction with a floral theme
Tenderness, femininity and lightness - this is how you can call an elegant manicure, which includes a charming abstraction and a cute floral theme. This design will appeal to the most romantic women who know how to create an elegant look. The outlines of twigs, leaves and flowers add variety to the spots and strokes. A masterful combination of two rather contradictory elements allows you to create a very interesting design.
Artistic brush strokes
A manicure that uses artistic brush strokes looks very bright. After all, every nail art master remains an artist at heart, and thanks to fashionable abstraction, you can realize all your bold ideas. Manicure itself with strokes is considered quite simple, but it is necessary to adhere to a certain strength of the stain, its shade and direction. Only with the perfect combination can you get an elegant and bright manicure with abstraction.
Abstraction with drawings
If you decide to make an abstract drawing in a very bright and unusual design, then you need to adhere to the main rule. On a colored manicure, it is contraindicated to draw too large and complex designs, be it a small drawing or a sketch. If you break the rule, you can end up with a too vulgar manicure.
Abstraction in the style of "Minimalism"
If you like light, laconic and simple manicures, then an abstract manicure in the minimalist style is what you need. For example, you can apply a light base all over your nails and create subtle, neat geometric designs or abstract edges on one or two nails.
An excellent choice would be a manicure on a light camouflage base with floral abstraction and dots in beige and black and white tones. In addition, nude nails with delicate yellow-blue abstractions on two nails will look great.
Abstraction on nails with stamping
Abstract designs on nails can be painted with a brush and gel polish or a special gel polish for painting. Or you can use an alternative option and decorate your nails with sculpting.
Today there are a huge number of stamping plates on the market with a wide variety of designs. You can choose the necessary plate for an abstract manicure, with ready-made geometric or abstract patterns.
You can, for example, make a vegetable abstraction on your nails using stamping. The botanical theme in abstract manicure is very popular now. You can choose a thin branch with leaves or an unusual abstract flower.
An interesting option would be to apply geometric shapes or abstract waves using stamping on several nails. In addition, abstract faces on nails in the style of Pablo Picasso are now very popular. They can also be applied using stamping. Or you can try combining different designs. The main thing in this matter is not to get carried away and not to overdo it.
Pink manicure with rubbing
Rubbing has long won universal love for its versatility, style, and shine. For example, add a little inlay to your pink nail design, a rub on one nail, and a trendy slider with a cute design.
Best photo ideas: abstract nail design
We have put together a unique selection of the best abstract manicure ideas, suitable for both winter and summer. Among them, you can find inspiration to create a unique nail design that will allow you to stand out and express yourself.
