How to use nail foil with gel polish?

The creation of gel polish made it possible to implement the most daring ideas of masters of the nail industry. Often they create the most extravagant patterns. The brilliant, sparkling design is loved by many women. Perform it on gel polish using special foil and tools. The technique of such a manicure is simple. You can create an original design with the help of step-by-step instructions and tips from professionals.

To create a manicure in a fashionable metallic style, ordinary chocolate foil will not work. She does not possess the necessary qualities of strength and elasticity. Special foil in rolls or sheets helps to create a wide variety of effects and patterns. All the necessary materials can be easily found in specialized stores, they are inexpensive. Therefore, such a manicure is done not only for the holiday. True, for a daily image, it is enough to select only accent fingers with foil.

There are many types of foil for professional use. Before doing a manicure, it is worth learning about the varieties and their features. The most complex and original technique will require practice and skills. Easy nail design options allow you to make materials for beginners. We get acquainted with the possibilities and scope of each type of foil.

This is a fairly common type that professionals often use. This foil allows you to create any effects, patterns and patterns on the nails. They sell it with sheets of small size, from which the necessary shapes are cut.To attach to the nail you will need glue, since the back of the sheet does not have an adhesive base. The foil can take different forms, have all kinds of options for shades and patterns. In many cases, it is a hologram. And also there is a magnificent foil with an embossment of various volume figures and drawings.

This type is just loved by beginners, because it is easy to use and easy to apply on everyone’s favorite gel polish. This foil is more often produced in the form of small rolls, from which small pieces are cut off immediately before creating a manicure. A protective film on the surface helps protect patterns from premature damage. She creates a beautiful complex pattern on her nails. The choice of shades and decorative effects is very large.

Foil of this type is more often chosen by professionals and used for complex surround design. Working with it is quite difficult, as the material is fragile and requires careful handling. Design with its use is often done for special occasions. With the complete closure of the entire surface of the nail, silver, gold or a copper shade is more often chosen.

A fashionable mosaic pattern will complement the festive look. A feature of such a foil is its convenient attachment to the sticky layer of gel polish. After drying and fixing, it holds excellent for up to two weeks.

To the variety of pressed foil are often considered potal. This is gold leaf (real precious metal), deposited in a thin layer. The material is expensive and very fragile. Use it by experienced masters of nail service. It can be sold in the form of a book, where the sheets are completely laid with material like parchment.

The most durable type of foil. It is made in the form of a set of separate stickers, which are attached to the nails with their adhesive side or sit on a special glue. This foil is glued mainly on the entire surface of the nail plate. Less often - cut out options for figured decor. When covering the entire nail after full adhesion, excess edges are carefully removed using manicure scissors or a nail file.

This view is attached to the surface of the nail by preheating. The material is quite thin and ductile. Manicure is done with tweezers, straightening the heated foil on the nail with an orange stick. Thermal film is also loved by beginners of nail design for the simplicity of creating a spectacular manicure and ease of use.

This or that type of foil is selected in accordance with the skills of performing independent manicure and the features of the technique, the design of the drawing being performed. Often, the nails in the foil are supplemented with individual decorative elements or use them as an integral part of a more complex design, which combines various techniques. At the same time, a manicure with metal foil looks spectacular and extravagant in a solo performance.

To create a manicure with foil, you will not need a large number of specialized professional materials and tools. Most of them are for every woman who at least once independently made the design of nails with gel polish. However, some specific devices will come in handy.

• Any girl has a standard set of manicure tools. To create a design with a foil, a set is needed in the preparation of nail plates (scissors, forceps, nail file, buff).
• Stick of orange tree. If you do not use it to remove the cuticle by the unedged method, then it can come in handy for working with various types of foil. You will also need tweezers to remove the foil from the package and apply it to the nail.
• A pusher with a rubber or silicone soft tip for leveling the foil on the surface of the nail.
• Cotton swabs, lint-free material, coating remover, cuticle softener, toothpicks, blank paper.
• UV lamp, if you are going to make a persistent manicure based on gel polish.
• Degreaser for treating the nail and removing the sticky layer from gel polish (cleaner).
• Base or colorless base for preserving the nail from damage and penetration into its structure of chemical harmful substances of the coating.
• Top for completing manicure, giving it firmness and sealing the tips of the nails.
• Gel polish of the desired shade and additional decor (if the idea of ​​a design embodiment requires this).
• The foil itself and glue for it, if its application involves technology.

High-quality fastener is sold freely in stores for nail art masters. It looks like a tube with ordinary white varnish with a convenient brush for solid or spot application. Its price is quite acceptable, and its use is simple. It does not need special devices for drying and fastens directly in the air. As it hardens, the composition from whitish is transformed into transparent. This indicator tells you it's time to stick the foil.

For manicure with foil, as for any other, careful preparation of the nail plates is required. Do not ignore this stage or treat it inattentively. The further appearance of the entire manicure and the durability of the coating will largely depend on its quality and correct execution.

First of all, it is worth removing the old coating and doing it as carefully as possible so that there are no traces. If you still couldn’t remove something with the help of chemical and physical effects, further steps will help.

We make a hand bath with salt and any essential oils to your liking. We wipe our hands and lubricate with a nourishing cream. After that, we attach the selected shape and the desired length to the nails. It is worth noting that the foil design looks great on all types of nail plates.

An important final stage of preparation is the treatment of the nail with a buff to smooth the surface and degreasing the nail plate with a clipper. And also be sure to apply the base and dry it well. Then you can start staining with gel polish and manipulate with various kinds of foil.

Foil design has its own creation technology. Correctly doing such a manicure is not difficult if you follow the developed step-by-step instructions. You can make a metal design with any type of foil. Glue part of the piece in the form of a pattern or cover the entire area of ​​the nail - you choose. After preparing the nail plate, select one of the many fashionable manicure options and act according to the scheme.

Transfer foil is the best option for beginners, which is convenient to use with gel polish.

1. After drying the base coat, apply gel polish in one or two thin layers. Each of them is dried separately under the lamp for at least three minutes.
2. Cover the gel on top with a top layer and dry using a UV lamp.
3. The adhesive layer is removed using a lint-free material and a wedge. We do this gently, with one or two light movements on each finger.
4. We apply nails with special glue for transfer foil. You should wait until it dries. At the same time, its color will change from white to transparent. It is better to work with each nail individually, and not use the application on all fingers at once.
5. Cut off a piece of transfer foil of a small size, about three by three or five by five centimeters. If there is a pattern on the foil, you should initially think about its direction. Printing foil will happen immediately, so the pattern will not be correctable.
6. You will need a pusher with a rubber end, with which you need to transfer the foil to the nail with smoothing smooth movements. In this case, movements will go from the center to the edges to avoid creases and creases.
7. With a sharp jerk, we separate the foil from the nail surface.With proper observance of the technique, the transfer foil should print the pattern evenly and accurately on the gel polish layer.
8. We do the same with each nail. After we cover the manicure with foil with a top layer. Sealing the nail is necessary so that the foil overlaps at the edges and always at the tip of the nail.
9. After the drying procedure in the lamp, remove the sticky layer from the top coating. Fashionable manicure with foil is ready. For everyday use, you can glue the foil on one or two accent nails.

Nail design “broken glass” is done quite simply with minimal skills for creating manicure.

1. Previously, to create a pattern in the form of broken glass fragments, we cut inseparable foil into pieces. They should be of different shapes and sizes. Usually make triangles and irregular rhombuses, quadrangles, trapezoids. The smaller the parts, the better they will lie on the surface of the nail, and the manicure itself will look more neat.
2. After traditional care procedures, we apply two layers of bright gel polish on the nail sequentially. Dry the first layer in a UV lamp for 150-180 seconds.
3. Dry the second layer for 25-30 seconds. Dry gel forms a sticky coating that is used instead of glue. We glue the metal “mirror fragments” onto it. Press them with a soft pusher and dry in a lamp.
4. The final stage is a thorough top-coating of all elements of manicure. It is worth it to cover them so well with a gel that not a single corner sticks out. Otherwise, they will cling to clothes, hair, and the manicure will simply be spoiled.

From beginners, you can often hear an opinion about the complexity of performing this type of manicure. In fact, more often than not, they make common mistakes that lead to damage to coverage. Compliance with the execution technology ensures the correct result. The choice of basic materials also means a lot. High-quality gel polish and a suitable foil with an optimally selected application method create an amazing decorative effect.

Often girls apply too thick a layer of gel polish or not enough layers to dry. When using glue for attaching foil, they are in a hurry and do not wait for the glue to completely dry out, changing its color to transparent.

High-quality even coating is ensured by accurate application and accurate distribution of the foil over the surface. The formation of wrinkles or bubbles is possible if the foil is leveled with high pressure or in one direction.

To create your own right trend manicure using metal foil will help small tricks and expert advice. Constant practice and work with a large set of tools allows them to develop their own rules and fundamentals of working with a particular material. Take on the advice of masters and develop your own life hacks to create the perfect nail design.

If at the end of the manicure the nails are placed in a special lamp, then the use of glue for foil is not a mandatory procedure. Also, it is often not used when applying foil to an adhesive layer of a gel or to an under-dried base.

To cover better, you should choose to remove the old fluid without acetone and without additional oils. In addition, the nails must be thoroughly degreased.

A simple measure will help to save a drawing for a long time. Every three or four days it is necessary to apply the top transparent gel on top of the coating and dry it well in the lamp. Then fashionable marigolds will be protected from a wide variety of types of exposure.

If there is no glue for the foil at home, you can use an adhesive layer of gel polish for this purpose. To do this, apply it necessarily with two thin layers.The first is dried in a UV lamp as usual. The second one is just starting to polarize, holding for 25 seconds under the lamp. Thus, we get a solid and sticky base for the further application of foil or decorative elements from it.

Do not use PVA or universal glue for bonding foil. The consequences for a manicure can be the most unpredictable. High-quality glue is inexpensive and helps to understand and trace the moment when you need to glue the foil. Its white surface turns into a neat and colorless one. Do not rush, because an unspoiled product along with foil can form ugly lumps, and the gloss will quickly disappear from the nail. A good tool will extend the life of your manicure for several weeks.

If you are taking the first steps in a nail design, then using a transfer foil, you may get a blurry picture. It also happens that the foil is collected by ugly folds or bubbles and slides. If all stages of the work have been done clearly and accurately, you should pay attention to the quality and compatibility of the gel and foil.

Failures in creating a metallic style manicure can be associated with the features of gel polish coating. Not all compositions of different manufacturers have the required characteristics, density and stickiness for bonding foil. Therefore, only experimentation with application on different bases will help.

Often the question arises of the durability of such a beautiful coating with a mirror effect. It directly depends on the materials and raw materials used, compliance with all the basic stages of work and on the skill of manicure. When working with the gel and using the base and top layers, thoroughly and gradually drying them, the manicure can remain on the nails in their original form for up to two weeks. If the foil was glued to a regular varnish, then the design will last about three days.

Before you start to make this or that design, get acquainted with the reviews of practicing specialists. Their advice will help at all stages of creating creative nail art at your fingertips. Don't be afraid to experiment with combinations, textures and colors. Choose quality base materials from trusted manufacturers. When buying several products to create one type of manicure, it is better to use a professional line. Preparations and coatings of the same brand will give a guaranteed successful result. Create unusual manicure options, be unique. Compliments and a lot of attention will be guaranteed.

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