Flowers on nails with gel polish: application technique and design ideas

Among all types of nail design, floral design retains undoubted popularity at all times. This is the embodiment of femininity and tenderness. With single flowers and bouquets you can decorate nails of any length and shape. A special reason for this is not needed. Small modest patterns on accent nails will help to celebrate the spring mood or diversify the modest office option. More significant events allow not to constrain oneself in luxury. You can use gel modeling, stained glass manicure, use many decorative elements.

Gel polish has appeared in widespread use relatively recently. Previously, it was used only by professionals. Now it is available to fashionistas around the world. This coating is particularly resistant and will delight those who are not able to do manicures twice a week. Durable gel will remain intact for up to three weeks. It gives ample opportunity to embody the most daring fantasies of nail art masters. They tirelessly come up with new images and types of design to please lovers of an exclusive approach to manicure.

Flowers on nails with gel polish are created in various ways. Craftswomen with experience use painting with the finest brushes and dots. Now in fashion, different color options and compositions.There are many special gel coatings that help to carry out various techniques: Chinese painting, flowers in delicate lilies, stained glass effect, volumetric design with icing sugar, 3d gel, sweet bloom technique, screen painting and, of course, the popular wet painting option gel polish.

This type of manicure is so successful because of the effectiveness and ease of implementation. The drawing is as vivid and natural as when painting with a brush. At the same time, it is quite accurate and does not look as monotonous as stencil painting. A unique design is created by selecting the perfect combination of shade for the picture. Colors do not play a secondary role. The future decorative effect depends on their careful selection.

As a rule, they draw patterns on a gel well dried under a UV lamp. This technique is characterized by the fact that it uses an uncoated coating. In this case, the first base layer is dried in the usual manner. But the finest second layer applied to it is left without solidification. According to it, they make painting with a companion varnish, and only after the drawing spreads it is immediately fixed.

The application technique resembles drawing with a needle on ordinary varnishes. Only for gel it is advisable to use the thinnest brush. If there are many colors so that they do not mix, some masters recommend still periodically drying fragments of the picture under the lamp for at least 10 seconds. For better spreading, you can use a special melting coating, or you can use a familiar gel. After a light watercolor effect, it is well dried under a lamp, and then a glossy or matte top is applied.

Current trends imply freedom of choice of design and its color performance. Red, white and pink classic flowers are always popular. However, golden, black and even blue buds bloom on lovely fingers. The pattern should be chosen according to the length of the nails. For medium length or long nails, you can choose any design and flower size. On short nails, stylists advise drawing small bouquets - the trend of the season - or tiny unpretentious buds. And also gentle half-opened buds on long vertical legs will look good. This design will lengthen and visually stretch the nail plate.

With the help of flowers, you can complement your standard one-color manicure or familiar jacket. In this case, the pattern is placed on the side of the nail or a strip is formed at the end of the nail with its help. You can supplement such a manicure with the allocation of a lunula or small accents from rhinestones. A richer and lush design can be used on accented nails. At the same time, a matting top is often used to create a fashionable velvet effect.

Fashionable modern nail art does not include the same coating of all nails, but the use of different techniques or colors. In this case, you can experiment on the fingers of your hand or combine techniques within the coverage of one nail plate. The theme of the design of the whole manicure as a whole will depend on the main drawing. If you chose gentle retro-bucket in the style and colors of Provence, then peas, hearts, the image of the Eiffel Tower will be combined with them. Colors will be slightly muffled: pink, delicate green, mint, milky and turquoise.

The design of roses in a classic naturalistic image allows for bright and rich colors. Monograms, lace and rhinestones look good in addition to such a pattern. Flowers are performed in red, white or dark colors with saturated greens. Background you can choose white, black, purple or chocolate. Gilding and metallic rubbing will also be appropriate in this version of nail art.

For holiday or holiday manicure, you can choose the most exotic and luxurious flowers in a variety of designs. Their design is complemented by rhinestones, broths, glitter and shimmer.Flowers can be performed both schematically and uncomplicatedly, and carefully drawn. In addition to a romantic pattern, you can put dots in the form of peas or draw bows. A more extravagant performance can be emphasized by a lunula of a contrasting shade or unusual shape.

An interesting version of manicure is when one large flower, as it were, consists of two halves, drawn on adjacent fingers. In this case, the halves do not need to be symmetrical, natural naturalness in the image is welcomed. In a wet way it is possible to draw not only roses, but also other flowers: lilies, orchids, sakura. This nail art harmoniously combines with almost all techniques from amber and lace design to rub and broken glass. The technique of “raindrops” will give great naturalness to the drawing. With its help, the effect of fresh dew that has fallen on the petals of the opening flower is created.

To create an unusual design on wet gel polish, You will need some professional tools and materials.

• Curing lamp for drying varnish: can be used with an ultraviolet or led lamp. The latter accelerates the drying time by several times.
• The thinnest brush or wooden stick with a sharp end. Professionals usually choose a zero brush size. Beginners can do without an expensive tool and make a brush for themselves from a regular bottle with used varnish.
• Basic transparent coating to protect the nail and better application of the gel on the surface of the nail plate.
• Topcoat in glossy or matte format.
• The main color of gel polish and one or two shades of your choice to create a pattern. Lacquer is worth choosing, not saving on quality. The type of drawing will depend on its structure, and the work itself will be easier.
• Cotton swabs, coating correction products, napkins.
• Additionally, to create a design, you can use a shimmer, rhinestones, foil.

Before directly applying the gel polish, you should make a quality leaving manicure so that a stable coating delights you for more than two weeks. To do this, get rid of the old gel or varnish and make a nutritious vitamin bath for hands and nails. Then we process the cuticle and give the nails the desired shape and length. The design in the form of flowers harmoniously looks with any option, although it is preferable to choose a rounded or oval shape.

Next, make the surface of the nail smooth with a special nail file. Degrease if a nourishing cream or oil has been applied: the main coating will lie better. Apply a transparent base to the entire nail plate. Dry well in air. We lay out on the working surface all the necessary tools. You can start painting with roses on wet gel polish. Detailed instructions will help you draw a beautiful flower step by step.

• We apply the first main layer of the gel and dry it under the lamp.
• When creating the second layer and pattern, we work with each finger individually, since the pattern quickly spreads. We apply a thin second layer of the same color and work on it without drying.
• Using a thin brush, stick or needle, you can draw rose petals in a contrasting tone. Short semicircular commas from the point lead each petal from the center closer to the edge. Moreover, each of them will turn out a little more than the previous one. Between them we leave a distance for spreading.
• When the coating begins to creep apart a little, we dry it under an ultraviolet lamp. Then apply the topcoat. An interesting manicure is ready.

For how to paint flowers on nails with gel polish, see the next video.