Currently, there are no girls who do not take care of their appearance. After all, a well-groomed appearance is of great importance in society. This is reflected in everything: original hairstyle, fashionable and beautiful clothes, light make-up. All this creates a beautiful and unusual image. However, the most important element that attracts most of the attention of others are the handles. It is the well-groomed hands that are considered the calling card of every girl. Therefore, a carefully executed manicure is an integral part of a girl’s attractive appearance. Despite the fleeting fashion trends that dictate new and stylish solutions for length, color, patterns, possible decor and coating textures, the main requirement of any nail art remains a neat manicure.
Basic rules for performing a neat manicure
Definitely, the first and most important step is to moisturize the skin of your hands. This can be done by using a mask or hand bath. After just a few such procedures, the skin will become silky and soft. The next essential rule is the manicure itself. It is necessary to get rid of cuticles, uneven nail plates and hangnails. You can get a beautiful manicure using the hardware or cutting method. Having prepared the skin around the nails and the nail plate itself, you can safely begin the design.
Neat manicure for short nails
Recently, short nails are the main trend in nail art. This length is especially appreciated due to its convenience and the absence of any restrictions in the work area. With comfortable short nails it is much easier to cope with household chores. They break less often and do not require careful maintenance. In general, they give girls much less hassle. In order to perform a neat manicure on short nails, you need to choose a fairly light design, because a lot of decor, drawings, patterns and other unnecessary details will make the nails tasteless and pretentious. A sophisticated solution for short nail lengths would be ombre, monochrome or French. You can visually lengthen fingers with short nails using vertical patterns. Simple geometric motifs, such as stripes, polka dots, waves, straight and broken lines, also look very elegant. It is best to avoid rhinestones, modeling, glitter and other types of decor. The maximum that can be done is moderate decor in the form of an accent on one or two nails.
Design ideas for short nails
Drawings
Drawings, especially graphic ones and with cubist elements, remain at the crest of popularity. A fashionable manicure 2022 for short nails will be a pastel color with a black pattern, for example, a constellation. Thematic drawings will also look good: leaves, animals - in autumn, snowflakes, trees, inscriptions - for the New Year, etc. It is worth remembering that it is enough to make a design on several nails to add style to your manicure. If the design is on every nail, the opposite effect will result: overload, excessive amount of decor.
Rubbing
Rubbing, which has become a favorite of many of the fair sex, remains fashionable today. Metallic rub-in with shades of gray, which blends so harmoniously with the surrounding reality at these times of the year, looks especially good in autumn and winter.
In addition, a large melange-type rub in combination with short nails will look stylish and elegant. A very fashionable solution is to use the rub on one finger, making a neat and stylish accent in your manicure.
Ombre
Another fashionable manicure for short and very short nails is ombre. Ombre is familiar to many; a few seasons ago it experienced the peak of its popularity, but now it has returned to the top of popular designs. Ombre in dark colors will emphasize the sophistication and beauty of any image, and in light colors, ombre will be less intrusive and will make your hands more sophisticated.
Reverse French
This is undoubtedly an interesting and extraordinary solution that looks good on both long and short nails. However, with very short nails this design will not look so impressive, so in this case you should give preference to a plain manicure, ombre, rub-in or pattern. The reverse French look looks great with a bright accent stripe at the cuticle, emphasizing the individuality and originality of the fair sex.
Lunar manicure
“The moon of my life,” said Khal Drogo to his beloved Daenerys Stormborn in the well-known series “Game of Thrones.” The moon really patronizes women and has long been considered their symbol and source of energy. In modern times, we have gone far from our origins, but we can bring ourselves a little closer to the white-faced Moon! Lunar manicure is an elegant solution for those who want to make their image more sophisticated and delicate. Lunar manicure looks great in white and pastel colors. For those who want to make their image more magical and attractive, a lunar manicure in black is suitable.
Graphic arts
The graphics are quite universal, suitable for any style of clothing. Graphic designs, especially obscure ones in the form of dotted lines, constellations, spirals and openwork lines, are very popular today and look great on short nails.
Matte finish
The matte finish looks stylish in combination with long manicures and short nails. Matte gray, brown, dark blue, emerald, shades of mustard and ocher, soft yellow, burgundy and wine look great on short nails in the fall and winter. Light matte is more suitable for the warm season, besides, it gets dirty faster and therefore wear time is reduced.
Neat manicure for long nails
Despite the fact that long nails have temporarily lost their position, many girls do not want to change their usual shape. And this is quite expected, because long nails can give an image femininity and severity at the same time. But long nails have one feature that is considered a plus, but at the same time a minus - they always attract a lot of attention, which means that the manicure must be neat and unsurpassed. First, it is necessary that all the nails have the same shape and length, and then you can proceed to the design. Long nails allow the use of all available varieties of design and decor, ranging from a simple monochromatic coating to complex compositions with stones, sparkles, modeling, rhinestones or stickers. The main thing is to decorate without fanaticism. The optimal solution would be a combination of two types of decor. The varnish on long nails must be applied with special care to avoid unevenness. Any manicure on long nails will look attractive and luxurious if it is well-groomed and neat.
How to paint your nails correctly
To ensure that the varnish is streak-free and lies in an even layer, you need to use only new, fresh, one with a normal expiration date. Then it is easy to apply and dries quickly. If the varnish has already thickened, you need to add 5 drops of varnish solvent to it. Some women dilute it with acetone, but then there is a risk that the varnish will curdle.
First, a transparent protective base is applied to the nails. Then remove the brush from the desired varnish and remove its excess from one side on the edge of the bottle. Place your hand at an angle of 45 degrees and paint your nails with the side of the brush where half of the polish remains.
The brush touches the middle and moves it towards the cuticle, ridges, and then towards the end of the nail. If there is not enough varnish, turn the brush over and paint on the other side. Only then can it be dipped into the bottle again. Finally, remove any remaining polish from its edges and run it along the end of the nail to seal it.
Neat manicure for various nail shapes
When it comes to a beautiful and well-groomed manicure, it is best to choose moderate pastel or nude colors, as well as a laconic nail shape. Of course, nail care itself also plays a big role. And if everything is easier with care, then achieving the correct and sophisticated shape of the nails is sometimes very difficult. When choosing a manicure shape, give preference to those that are most suitable for your fingers. You should not chase the fashion trend of short nail length if your fingers are full and short. Likewise, you should not do long, pointed nails on long fingers. With this shape they will look too thin and long. The most popular and widespread option is considered to be a neat square-shaped manicure on medium-length nails. For full and short fingers, long nails made in the shape of a soft oval are preferable. For small hands of medium fullness, the best option would be a square shape with medium-length nails. But girls with aristocratic fingers can safely experiment with the length and shape as desired. Just make sure your nails are too long.
A neat manicure is of great importance when creating a stylish look, so you need to pay a lot of attention to it. Then all women's images will look attractive, sophisticated and neat. Take care of your nails!
What you need for a manicure
Manicure requires not only special scissors and a nail file, but also nail polish remover, as well as disinfectants and sanding blocks. To keep your nails neat, you need a little preparation - treat the cuticles, shape them, and soak the plates with nourishing oil. Therefore, for a classic edged manicure, a complete set is required:
- Tweezers. They come in different sizes and differ in blade length. Ideally, the tweezers should be 0.5 cm.
- Pusher (pusher). This is a small spatula that resembles a hatchet and an oar at the ends. Choose a metal pusher.
- Knipser. It is used to trim the plate to leave the desired length. The knipser looks like a mini-guillotine and comes in two types – for arms and legs.
- Polishing block (400-2000 grit). They are produced in double and triple versions. Grit is the amount of abrasive per 1 square meter. cm. It is marked on each side of the block. Only dry nails are treated with a polisher.
- File. Many people like glass ones, but the classic option = metal ones. The grit is indicated on the file. There can be three types; 180-240 grit is suitable for home manicure. If the value is 100-150, then such files are used only for artificial nails - to give them the desired shape. It is not recommended to use a file without grit. They are very hard, rough, poorly processed, and after using them the plates begin to flake and crumble, making neat nails impossible. Only dry plates are trimmed with a file.
- Nail scissors. You can choose straight or curved.
- Nail oil. It is necessary to nourish the nails, soften the cuticle before removing excess.
- Orange sticks. They do not break, do not delaminate, the material is soft and does not injure the plates. One end of the sticks is pointed like a toothpick, the other is beveled. They are needed to push back the cuticle and clean the inside of the nails. Sticks can also be used to create drawings and patterns.
- Nail polish remover. There are options with acetone and less aggressive ones - based on natural products, but in this case the coating needs to be removed longer.
Ideas for manicure for adult women -
Manicure sets often contain a fork. It is designed to remove excess skin near the nail hole. But it must be used with great care, since the fork often injures the plates, cutting off pieces from them, leaving deep grooves.
Your hands will begin to bleed and your manicure will not look neat. And if the matrix is damaged during treatment, then the nail may remain crooked forever. Therefore, at home it is better to use only the items listed in the list.
You will also need a bowl, towel and cotton pads. It is better to choose a ceramic container in which you will need to hold your hands - it retains the temperature for a long time. From disinfectants, you can choose an alcohol solution (70%), Chlorhexedine, or buy a special hand solution at the pharmacy.
