What should be on hand
First of all, these are sharp manicure scissors and a nail file. No woman's cosmetic bag should be without them. Try to choose a glass or plastic file; they are less damaging to your nails.
For trim manicure, metal tweezers are simply necessary. With their help, we will subsequently remove the cuticle. When purchasing, be sure to pay attention to what material they are made of. Surgical steel will remain sharp for a long time.
How to choose a tool for manicure and pedicure
We will need a metal spatula Some people use an orange stick instead.
We will also need various bath products. Which ones specifically are up to you to decide. These can be various oils, sea salt and much more.
Choose nail polish remover without acetone. This way we will damage the nail plate less. You can add a little glycerin to a regular liquid containing acetone and save your nails from dehydration.
Cotton pads (balls, just cotton wool) are indispensable assistants when removing polish from the nail plate and around. For more “jewelry” work, you can use cotton swabs. In stores you can easily find a special correction pencil. It's a pleasure to use.
We will also need cuticle remover, cuticle oil, hand cream, base coat and nail polish fixer.
Stamping
This is perhaps the fastest and easiest way to create a fairly complex pattern, print or design on your nails. The undoubted advantages of stamping include the complexity of the design, the speed and accuracy of execution, as well as its simplicity. The disadvantages can be considered a rather limited selection of subjects (you can only apply what is on the template), monochromatic design (however, some manage to create a color print), and complex selection of both the set itself and varnishes.
Video lessons on painting nails using this technology will be presented below. In order for the pattern to be of high quality, it is very important to choose a suitable varnish - not too liquid, but not too thick, giving a dense coating when applied in one tone. In addition, the set itself must be of high quality. This set usually includes:
- Stamp;
- Scraper;
- Plate with drawings.
It is necessary to coat the stencil with varnish, then remove the excess with a scraper and press the stamp onto the design. Then the imprint needs to be transferred from the stamp to the nail. This pattern can be complicated by adding felt-tip pens, gel pens, or otherwise. Some artists manage to coat a stencil with several colors of varnish, resulting in a colored print.
Cuticle removal
This stage always follows the bath while the cuticle is still soft. We push back the cuticle with a metal spatula or an orange stick and begin cutting. To cut it off, use tweezers or curved nail scissors. Remove any remaining skin from the surface of the nail plate with a spatula.
In the process of moving and cutting, try to ensure that your actions are as careful as possible. Otherwise, you may damage the skin or the base of the nail.
If you decide to do an unedged manicure, you won't need scissors or tweezers. Apply a special product to the cuticle and remove it with a stick.
Nail care
In addition to the fact that you need to file and shape your nails in a timely manner, you also need to take good care of them. First, give up the habit of gnawing on them. Even during times of extreme stress. Secondly, remove the cuticle in a timely manner. The more it grows, the slower the nails themselves grow. Thirdly, do not neglect nail protection. For example, various kinds of strengtheners and masks.
- What you need for a manicure at home to ensure proper nail care:
- hardener (for example, from the “Smart Enamel” series);
- nail sanding block;
- orange sticks.
Using sticks, the cuticle is moved, but not removed. After this, the surface of the nails is polished. It is very important that all movements are uniform, unhurried and strictly in one direction - from the cuticle along the growth line. There is no need to press on the grinding block, otherwise there is a risk of removing too large a layer of the upper epithelium. The resulting dust can be washed off with running warm water. After this, a hardener is applied to the nails in the same way as a simple varnish.
Let's get to the main point
The preparatory work is over and we begin to create beauty on our hands.
First, let's apply the base. The base layer strengthens or vitaminizes the nails (depending on which one you use). In addition, it provides an even coating.
We begin to apply varnish. It's better to paint the nails of your dominant hand first. And that's why. If you are right-handed, then painting your right hand will be awkward. As a rule, in this case the layer turns out to be thick, and the color, accordingly, is more saturated. Starting with your dominant hand, you can adjust the layer thickness with your second. Thus, the manicure on both hands will not be different.
It is advisable to start painting your nails from the little finger. This way you won't smear the polish on the rest of your nails.
Finally, you must apply a sealing layer to your nails. In this case, the manicure will please you longer. And don't forget to apply cream and moisturizing cuticle oil to your hands.
Doing a classic manicure
Beautiful and simple nail design
A single-color manicure coating never goes out of style, but sometimes you want something unusual and fresh. The simplest manicure that is available at home is French. You can complete it within half an hour if you have everything you need at hand:
- white varnish;
- clear nail polish;
- French stripes.
Fixer
The latter can be made independently using transparent tape. It is enough to cut out small crescents from it. First, the handles are prepared for applying varnish using one of the methods described above, then the base for the manicure is applied. When it dries, pre-prepared strips are glued along the smile line (just below the line of the free edge). The tips of the nails are covered with white varnish and allowed to dry completely. Then the strips are carefully torn off so as not to smear the design. The final stage is covering the manicure with a transparent varnish or fixer.
Any girl can do such an easy manicure with her own hands at home if she wants. In addition, the classic French manicure never goes out of style, and it can be done even on very short nails. Even 1 mm of regrown free edge is enough for the French design to become a reality.
A few nuances that must be taken into account
What your manicure will be - calm in pastel colors or super-bold in neon-daring colors - is up to you, the masters only recommend adhering to one rule - the length of the regrown edge of the nail should not exceed 5 mm, and the ideal length is considered to be 1-2 mm and no more .
The shape is as close to natural as possible. That is, we abandon the square shape with sharp corners in favor of an oval or almond-shaped one. They are good because they visually stretch the nail plate, making the fingers thinner and more graceful.
Stretching
Stretch, ombre, gradient - this is the name of the popular design of acrylic or natural nails, which is shown in the video tutorials in this section. It is characterized by a smooth transition from one color to another within one nail plate. The transition can be horizontal, vertical or diagonal.
After applying and drying the protective base on the nail, pour the varnishes onto the palette close to each other so that the transition becomes smooth. Place the sponge on the palette and transfer the polish from it to the nail. Once dry, coat your nails with topcoat, carefully sealing the edges. As you can see in the video, this nail design is quite easy to do at home.
French manicure on short nails - a fashionable classic
French will probably never go out of style! So pay special attention to this version of nail design, which always looks good on nails of any shape.
French manicure on short nails must be done very carefully, the smile of each nail should be beautifully curved and as thin as possible so as not to shorten the nail plate. French ombre looks good on short nails; it’s a pretty elegant manicure option; it would look a little out of place for every day.
The combination of French and moon manicure is not a new trend, but it does not lose popularity. By the way, this design is most suitable for young girls, because there is an opportunity to “play” with colors, shades and palettes. The only limitation is your imagination.
If a French style for short nails is too boring for you, dilute it with an interesting design, for example “broken glass”, or a scattering of stones and rhinestones on one nail will look quite appropriate.
Nail art and French will also make friends. This manicure can be considered the standard of femininity and tenderness. By the way, it is ideal for office ladies.
Traditional drawings
In this context, such drawings mean those that are made by hand on a dry surface. They can be applied using a wide variety of methods and materials, as well as using a variety of tools. The pattern can be applied using:
- Nail polish;
- Acrylic paint;
- Felt pens;
- Gel pen, etc.
Drawings on nails with felt-tip pens and other materials are presented in the video. It is important to remember that when making drawings either with pens and felt-tip pens, or with acrylic paint, it is necessary to use a fixative. These materials are unstable and are easily washed off with water; when applying manicure varnish, it is advisable, but not necessary, to use a fixative. To apply a picture with acrylic paints or varnish, you may need the following tools:
- Dots for applying circles and dots;
- Thin brushes for drawing lines;
- Flat brushes for filling the background;
- Flat beveled brushes for making commas, etc.;
- Fan brushes for mixing colors and creating smooth transitions.
To ensure that your nail designs are the most interesting and of the highest quality, you can watch video tutorials on how to make them. However, you should not expect that this method will produce excellent results the first time. It's better to practice a little first, for example, on false nails.
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Size doesn't matter
It is quite obvious that a short nail plate needs special design, given the limited space for creativity. This is one of the reasons why the minimalist style is more appropriate here than ever.
An excellent solution would be to use rhinestones/crystals or even colored foil. These kinds of “chips” will ideally cope with the task of complementing the overall picture.
Megafashionable style from leading nail artists
If you don't bite your nails, you will automatically be in trend, at least until the end of the year. And all because all types of marigolds are considered fashionable today.
Short nails indicate convenience and practicality, which is especially important with an active lifestyle and a constant lack of free time.
Conciseness and tenderness, audacity and bold accents, all this has become available thanks to a huge number of fashionable ideas from the most sought-after masters of nail aesthetics. Do you want a beautiful manicure for short nails? Easily!
This and in the coming seasons, short nails have been and will be at the peak of popularity!
Yes, girls, long nails have been out of date for several seasons now, short nails are the main trend! And this is very good, because with short nails it is much more convenient for us, and we don’t need to spend money on extensions. But how to make a beautiful manicure on short nails? Masters in salons do an excellent job with this task, because they have professional products and years of experience in their arsenal... But we will teach you how to do a manicure at home no worse than in a salon. We looked at a huge number of interesting designs and collected for you the most fashionable and interesting ideas that you can easily bring to life yourself.
Lunar design
A chic manicure with holes will be in demand among different age categories, and for good reason. This option looks great on both long and short nails, and nail experts took this into account.
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The only thing you should pay special attention to is the correct comparison: the longer the nail, the larger the holes should be. Accordingly, and vice versa, the shorter, the less.
Proper nutrition is the key to healthy nails
All the efforts made can be completely in vain if your nails are unhealthy - uneven surface, cracking, peeling, breaking. These problems most often occur due to poor diet. In order for your nails to be elastic, strong and look healthy, your body needs to drink enough protein, microelements, and vitamins. But do not abuse pharmaceutical drugs - this will only worsen the situation. It is much better if all these substances come from food.
The following vitamins are important: A (fresh greens, tomatoes, carrots, liver), B (bran, cabbage, egg yolk, brewer's yeast, sprouted wheat), H - biotin (sprouted cereals, brewer's yeast, walnuts, eggs, beef liver ), E (nuts, vegetable oils). Microelements: calcium (yogurt, cottage cheese, dairy products), selenium (garlic, lard, sea fish, coconuts, pistachios), silicon (barley, oats).
Home manicure should be made a regular procedure, and you can forget about problems with your nails, and they will become your decoration.
Festive manicure for short nails
Bright, catchy, festive manicure design for short nails - the most trendy options:
- 1 combined two-color manicure + rhinestones;
- 2 plain manicure + sparkles or stucco;
- 3The combination of matte manicure and cat-eye manicure also looks very solemn, the main thing is that it is done in the same color scheme;
- 4Another festive design for short nails - a French or plain finish + drawings applied using the stamping technique. And if you also decorate your nails with pebbles, you will get a real bride’s manicure (other wedding manicure ideas);
- A manicure for short nails with rhinestones is also an absolutely festive option. It should match the color of your outfit and complement it.
Silhouettes and faces
Choosing from such a wide range of choices exactly the option that will best reflect your inner state is not easy. But, it is necessary. This means that you will have to consider everything that modern fashion offers, and finally decide on that “one”.
This year it will be very important to focus on the image of girls: faces, silhouettes, portraits.
To be fair, we note that such an idea looks quite mysterious, and certainly unusual. Not every master of nail aesthetics will be able to create such a masterpiece, especially if we are talking about home-grown ones.
