The dazzling shine of a shiny manicure (55 photos)

We often associate formal manicures with sparkles. After all, that’s when it’s truly bright and shiny. But a manicure with glitter can be chosen not only for festive and special occasions, but also for ordinary days. Glitter has different textures and colors, which allows you to create a bright or more delicate manicure. Below you can find more detailed information about this.

French manicure with glitter

Craftsmen all over the world are tirelessly experimenting with the classic French jacket, creating new and more stylish options. Thus, the French manicure with glitter was born. Forming a smile line instead of ordinary varnishes or paints is now done with sparkles. More delicate and lighter colors create a nude ensemble.

But instead of the traditional shape of the smile area, as well as delicate colors, you can use brighter and more saturated sparkles. They are laid both horizontally, vertically and diagonally.

Starry sky

A very bright and original starry sky manicure is made using sparkles. The sparkles here perform the main task - imitation of the starry sky. Often this manicure uses black, blue and gray finishes, and the glitter itself is white, gray, silver and yellow, which resemble stars.

A star manicure will look equally good on different nail lengths: short, medium, long.

What is a manicure?

The meaning of the idea is to create chaotic iridescent stains on the nails, reminiscent of the natural phenomenon mentioned above. And in fact, the result (with due diligence) is very reminiscent of the polar sky, illuminated by rainbow lights.

It is worth knowing that it is possible to achieve an interesting effect by using several types of decorative materials. The work is being carried out in stages.

Moreover, there are several options for applying varnish. The first of them is extremely simple and suitable even for inexperienced girls. The second is much more complex, but the effect is at the same time much richer.

Matte finish with glitter

Matte top gel has an excellent effect of depriving any color coating of its shine. The craftsmen skillfully came up with the idea of ​​combining achromatic colors - black and white - with such a velvet covering. These are the most common combinations.

Also, a manicure with glitter combines stylish geometry, lace, openwork, and acrylic powder. The color range of nail coatings is varied and rich. Nude, pastel colors with bright glitter or a bright finish with clear glitter.

Delicate manicure with glitter

A good choice for manicure is to use delicate, pearlescent varnishes. Light pink, lilac, pearl, cream, caramel and others - go well with silver and gold sparkles.

Most often, girls choose to cover one or two nails with glitter and leave the rest undecorated. After all, the beauty of a gentle manicure is in its simplicity.

Conclusion

We looked at options for creating an unusual and bright iridescent pattern on your nails, and also tried to make it yourself using regular polish. To learn more about the whole process, I recommend watching the video in this article. You can leave your wishes and questions in the comments, and I will definitely answer.

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Bright manicure with sparkles

A bright shiny manicure is well suited for the summer season, where you can use different color schemes. In principle, sparkles will also be relevant for a winter print, but in a colder range.

Wedding manicure with glitter

Not a single wedding manicure would be complete without sparkles that adorn the entire nail plate or some part of it. This is the most brilliant and vibrant version of a glitter manicure, where the masters try to highlight the sparkles even more using rhinestones and pearl rub.

Wedding manicure with glitter is performed on short, medium and long nails. Sequins can have different textures from fine dust to large flakes. Holographic sparkles will look especially fantastic.

AURORA NAILS: THE BEAUTY SECRETS OF THE MOST TRENDY DESIGN OF THE YEAR AND WAYS TO CREATE IT

Among the main nail trends of 2022, which originated on social networks and won the hearts of fashionistas around the world, is the Aurora manicure (#auroranails), perhaps the most interesting, shocking and spectacular. Just like the eye-catching Jewel Cut design, this new way to transform your marigolds comes from South Korea. Modernized and improved by Russian manicure fairies, Aurora Nails has become even more attractive and in demand among connoisseurs of original nail art. Today we will teach you how to create these incredible glass nails and tell you what manicure decorations are best to combine them with.

Photo by: @ssin_style
Aurora Nails: what are the features of the most beautiful design of the year?
Manicure fashion, at its next turn, presented us with an interesting mix of several fashion trends and preferences, whimsically combined in one image. What is “Aurora design” and why does it seem so familiar? A new way to make your hands absolutely irresistible is named after the famous natural phenomenon Aurora Borealis (the scientific name for the aurora borealis), which the finished manicure is incredibly similar to. In it we see a fascinating duet of trends for transforming nails using pearl, moon and unicorn rubs with a desire for voluminous iridescent nails created using Broken Glass foil. For the attractive 3D effect, the new design is also called “Aurora candy” (shining candies), “Aurora Aqua” (designs in blue, cyan and green shades of the substrate, rub and foil) and “Ice cube nails” (ice cubes). And for the visual similarity with the recently mega-popular touch-sensitive thermal paint, the fashionable nail outfit of 2022 is often called moon or laser nails (#오로라 네일) on Instagram, as well as “Moonstone” manicure.

Photo by: @ssin_style

How was “Northern Lights” able to captivate the sophisticated public? First of all, a reference to nature, because naturalness, femininity and simplicity have been leading the main trends in the development of the nail industry for many years. “Glass nails” evoke associations with something that involuntarily makes us smile and remember the most beautiful things, both real and fantasy. These include magnetic flashes in the night sky, a rainbow play of light in dew drops on the grass, and pearl bubbles in an exquisite crystal glass of champagne. And even images in fairy tales beloved from childhood - the shimmer of the scales of the Little Mermaid’s tail, the shine of the silk mane of a unicorn. Some people compare laser nails to soap bubbles, pearl shells, and a less romantic phenomenon - gasoline stains. This unforgettable nail art, which has quickly gained attention, is just begging to be picked up by the high-tech generation, which never lets go of cell phones with touch screens.

Have you given in to the temptation to try a new trend on your nails yet? Then let's get to know him better!

Author of the photo: @ssin_style
“Ice cube nails”: how the off-season beauty of manicure “not for everyone” was born
Some nail techniques are created with an eye to versatility and the ability to wear a manicure “both at a feast and in the world.” “Aurora” breathes youth and tenderness, shockingness and the desire to surprise at first sight. In the original source - the salons of South Korea - such designs are created as voluminous as possible (shocking for Russian fashionistas, "pie" nails). And what’s more, they are complemented with textured plastic or metal elements (mixed designs, figures, metallic decor, beads or pearls). A separate direction, “Aurora candy,” involves a manicure that is visually indistinguishable from delicious candies with confectionery edible mika (mother of pearl). No less popular among Asian fashionistas are nails that look like foggy, translucent ice cubes - “Ice cube nails” (when the finishing layer covering the finished look is a matte top coat for gel polish).

Author of the photo: @yuca_814

Unfortunately, none of these nail outfits fit into an office look, and due to their bulkiness, they are inconvenient in the everyday life of a young and active girl. That is why our manicure fairies, having studied the training master classes of their Korean colleagues, learned to create more viable versions of the “northern lights”. In Russian practice, “Aurora nails” are incomparably beautiful marigolds, which, with proper presentation and skillful use of additional decor, will look great in the overall look at any time of the year.

Photo by: @yuca_814
New Korean manicure “Aurora Nails”: the essence and features of the trend
Although laser nails in their execution technique represent another variation on the theme of “cut” design, nevertheless, this fresh look at familiar materials and decor attracts the eye with its originality , novelty, freshness, correspondence with the spirit of the times. Depending on the selected products, the finished image can look very fresh, airy and gentle (with this design, the rub is ultra-finely ground with multifaceted tints, and the transfer foil has a transparent base). Or look like a nude version of makeup with the shine of a highlighter (in the nail presentation). “Glass nails”, no matter the choice of substrate, will not leave your hands unattended thanks to their main feature - a hypnotic, iridescent shine with smooth color transitions from one shade to another, replacing each other as you move the nails.

Photo by: @seoyeon._.nail

In its classic version, this design involves execution on natural or artificial nails, short or medium in length, with a colored base. Its role can be played by colored gel polishes of green, blue, yellow, pink, diluted with a top to create a stained-glass effect - for maximum resemblance to the natural magic of the northern lights. Also, such popular new nail products of this year as color bases for shellac, produced by most manufacturers of manicure and pedicure products, will perfectly cope with the role of “canvas”. And for lovers of naturalness, we recommend paying attention to shimmer camouflage bases.

Dry pearl or rainbow rubs (“Dragonfly”, “Mermaid”, “Unicorn”, “Aurora” or moon pigments) are responsible for that “special shine”. Since the design allows for creative experiments, at each stage (layer) you can use pearlescent holographic dust with a different effect. And even complement it with ultra-fine shimmer or glitter - this will make your manicure even more attractive, festive and interesting.

Photo by:@erika_carolina.inc

What else does a craftswoman need to reproduce a trendy design? As with any image using shellac technology, of course, there is a base and a top. If the design does not involve extensions, but is performed on problematic nails, rubber coatings or leveling with a duo of hard and elastic bases are suitable as a base. For the volume and stylization of candy, ice cubes or phone touch buttons, the following are responsible:

• Transparent single-phase thick gel for fixing foil and forming edges. To maintain the beauty of the image, you will need a product that is resistant to clouding and does not show yellowness in the sock over time.
• Transfer foil or “Broken Glass” foil on a transparent base with rich petrol or holographic shimmers and stains.

Photo by: @nail_6_seulgi

What kind of foil can be used to complete the design? Good options might be:

Transfer decor:

• Artex pearl foil (2.5cm x 1m No. 030);
• Artex pearl foil with streaks (4cm x 1m No. 187);
• Artex pearl foil with streaks (2.5cm x 1m No. 191);
• Artex pearl foil with streaks (2.5cm x 1m No. 192);
• Artex pearl foil with streaks No. 230;
• Artex foil transfer color pattern (No. 085);
• Artex foil transfer color pattern (No. 086);
• Artex foil transfer color pattern (1m x 4cm No. 087);
• Born Pretty Art Aurora Foil - design foil.

Foil for the broken glass effect:

• Tnl broken glass (pearl No. 08);
• Rio Profi foil broken glass (No. 03);
• Rio Profi foil broken glass (No. 07).

Author of the photo: @erika_carolina.inc
How to repeat fashionable and unusual laser nails?
Five options for trendy “Aurora Nails” After the stage of preliminary preparation of nails (trimmed, combined or hardware manicure using a milling cutter), before you start choosing a technique, you should decide on the length and shape of the nail plate. If the client’s nails are fragile and brittle, in order to wear a voluminous look comfortably, they should first be strengthened with gel with fiberglass, acrylic or acrylic powder. If the client wishes, he can increase or increase the length by forming an oval, almond, square or soft square - the main shapes on which the Aurora tints look most harmonious. Those fashionistas who feel comfortable with long nails and perform manicures on their own should prepare foil in advance for subsequent work:

• For the technique of printing on a base, cut the roll into convenient strips, so that there are free zones on the sides of the decor;
• To cover with gel, cut the foil with nail scissors to the shape of the nail plate and round it at the end, which will be adjacent to the cuticle;
• For the Broken Glass foil, prepare in advance and place pieces of decorative material for each nail on the work area.

Photo by:@erika_carolina.inc

If the craftsman uses rolled foil in a jar or folded ribbon placed in a decor box, it should be smoothed out in advance. This will allow you to spend less time filing down protruding corners during your work and will require less gel to completely embed the foil in it without turning the design into bun nails. A hairdryer or cone templates for modeling nails can help the process. In the first case, the decor is tucked in with the edge of a pair of scissors while simultaneously applying heat. In the second, they fix the foil on the templates and lightly heat it in dry heat.

So what options for the “Aurora nails” technique do nail craftsmen offer us?

Photo by: @icegel_global

The step-by-step process of creating the “Aurora Nails” design in
option No. 1
involves the following steps:

1. The prepared nail should be covered with a thin layer of base (camouflage, rubber or colored). The straightened nail is then polymerized in a lamp, and the dispersion is removed from it with a special liquid;
2. The surface of the nail plate is covered with a layer of topcoat without a sticky layer, which is dried in a lamp according to the manufacturer’s recommendations;
3. The selected shade of the rub is applied to the hot top on a transparent base - with a finger, applicator or silicone brush;
4. The rubbing is fixed with a topcoat, and the nail is again placed in the lamp;
5. The nail plate is covered with a thin layer of colorless base. A voluminous drop is placed in the center of the nail (from the same base or from a transparent gel to create 3D elements;
6. On the drop, the master places a fragment of film with “Aurora” foil (transfer foil with this effect) or “Broken Glass” decor. The foil can be pre-cut with nail scissors to the desired shape - oval, square or rectangle. And to ensure an even fit to the nail plate, the foil should be trimmed along the edges so that it takes the shape of the nail;
7. The foil is pressed onto the drop (immersed in the material). This is necessary so that its protruding edges are fixed as much as possible, and the material gets under the edges of the foil in those places where there is not enough of it. The result is dried in a lamp;
8. Using a transparent base or gel, the design is given the shape of a cube or key with a cut effect. After drying, the nail is again covered with a top coat (glossy or matte) and polymerized;
9. At the end of the work, the master removes stickiness and moisturizes the cuticle with oil.

Author of the photo: @ssin_style
Execution option No. 2
involves applying the rub not before the foil, but after it (when the final faceted shape has already been given to the nail or the correct architecture has been created for comfortable and long-term wear).

Third design option

involves not sealing the foil with gel, but imprinting: • a fragment of the selected foil color is pressed onto a drop of the base; • the nail polymerizes in the lamp, and after drying the foil comes off; • the result is given the desired shape (gel or base) and steps No. 8-9 are performed.

Option No. 4

involves filing down protruding pieces of foil laid out on a thin base layer with a nail file (the step of embedding the decor in a drop of thick material is skipped). This allows you to make the design a little lighter in terms of the number of layers applied.

Method No. 5

is as similar as possible to creating a “Precious Cut” manicure. The foil is cut into pieces and placed on a drop of thick material so that it lies in the center and next to the sides of the nail plate, forming a continuous coating. The nail is given a faceted effect (or architecture) with a gel or base, followed by drying and covering with a layer of top coat.

Photo by: @ssin_style

If the client wants to wear nails in the style of the Northern Lights in the Korean interpretation of the design, then the finished image, before covering it with a top coat, can be supplemented with:

• stickers for manicure;
• decorate the cuticle area with broths - loose or in the form of a chain;
• Cover 1-2 nails with “Aurora” with glitter with a holographic effect;
• use 3D decorations or small rhinestones.

Photo by: @icegel_global

For a more visual acquaintance with the step-by-step execution of “Aurora nails” in South Korean and Russian techniques, we recommend that you watch a video with the author’s mini master classes demonstrating the beauty and attractiveness of the “northern lights” on nails:
Original images for short nails and medium-length nails:
Author video: 네일픽스 NailFix Video author: 15만 팔로워 네일샵 노하우 [더기네일 ] Video author: Tatiana Bugriy Video author: Masha Create

Laser manicure on an extended nail plate:

Video author: 네일리영 naily_young Video author: 싸롱네일saronguni Video author: @wally_nails

Master classes from the brands “Option”, “Born Pretty”, “Irisk” and “Runail”.

Video author: @opzia_nails.russia Video author: @bornprettyofficial Video author: @irisk_pro Video author: @irisk_pro Video author: @runail_pro

Whatever idea you (or your clients) would like to repeat, the finished masterpiece will definitely give you a lot of positive emotions on weekdays or on vacation, lifting your mood with a futuristic, spectacular and spectacular dance of light, color and shine on your nails!