Manicure design with gel polish on short nails

Beautiful manicure is considered one of the signs of grooming a girl. Many of the fair sex, who spend most of the time in the office, do housework or become young mothers refuse extended nails, preferring to apply gel polish on short plates.

This manicure lasts a long time and it can be performed not only in the salon, but also at home, choosing an interesting design.

For several seasons in a row, naturalness prevails in fashion, and nail service is no exception. Now manicure on small nails is very popular, in which the length of the free edges should not exceed 5 mm.

As for the form, it becomes as close as possible to the natural, that is, it should be almond-shaped and semicircular. Square plates with pointed corners lose their relevance. In addition, the coating made by gel polish on short nails looks much more impressive than on long ones.

Such a design has many advantages:

• allows you to keep a neat and natural shape of the plates, ideal for any look;
• does not require laborious nail extensions, so every girl can cope with it;
• the surface of the plates is strong and holds firmly for up to one month;
• opens up possibilities for any kind of manicure using various decorative elements.

Today, there are many techniques for applying gel polish to short nails, each of which is characterized by its own characteristics.

French manicure is considered a classic, so it is often found in both evening and everyday looks. The jacket made with gel polish looks special. This and next season, stylists recommend experimenting with French manicure and combine it with ombre or the effect of “broken glass”.

Thanks to the smooth transition in a beige and snow-white shade, an interesting design is obtained, which, if desired, can be supplemented with rhinestones.

It is best not to cut the cuticle, but treat it with a special softener (remover). So you can avoid cuts and easily remove the skin without tweezers. When the cuticle is ready, they begin to degrease and clean the plate - this will protect it from delamination and provide a strong bond with the gel. Then, to level the surface, a primer, a base are applied and polymerization is carried out in a UV lamp for two minutes.

The coating is evenly distributed in several layers and dried in a lamp for no more than 120 seconds. Then they draw a "smile": you can make it a brush made of varnish or any other, the main thing is that it be thin. “Smile” must be painted in two layers, each of which will have to be separately dried in a UV lamp.

Upon completion, it remains to apply a top coat and degrease the plate, removing the excess sticky layer. To make the jacket look beautiful, it is recommended to apply bright colored varnish not in 2, but in 3 layers: this is especially true for dark shades, which are uneven from the first try. As for the white gel, it usually has a dense structure and it is enough to cover the nail in one or two layers.

Making a manicure with gel polish at home, not every girl can accurately draw images or patterns. Therefore, novice masters in creating the original design will help a special technique, which is called "stamping".

It allows you to quickly and easily apply drawings, while not having skills in the visual arts. Translated from English stamping means stamping. Such a manicure is done using a silicone stamp or a metal plate, on the surface of which a finished pattern is applied.

To do the stamping yourself, you must first prepare the necessary materials and tools. For work you will need an ultraviolet lamp, gel polish, base, top coat, acrylic varnish and a plate with a pattern.

The manicure begins with preliminary baths based on sea salt. Both hands should be kept in the bath for no more than 25 minutes; then, when the cuticle is steamed, it is removed with nippers or simply pushed away with orange sticks. Sea salt strengthens nails well and increases their resistance to damage.

After the cuticle, it is necessary to do the filing of the plates themselves, giving them a beautiful shape. The nails are degreased, buffed and covered with a base.

It is important to ensure that smudges do not form on the surface of the plates, if they appear, then using orange sticks, it is necessary to carefully move the coating to the side rollers and cuticle. The base is dried in a lamp and then color gel can be applied in several layers, each of which requires separate drying.

The final and most interesting stage is the creation of a stamping design.

To do this, a few drops of acrylic varnish are applied to the previously selected image on the print and applied to the plate starting from the left side and moving smoothly to the right.Excess paint is cleaned with a cotton swab dipped in acetone. Then the image is covered with a top and the correct bends are formed, otherwise the picture will look ugly. Each finger is individually dried in a UV lamp and the cuticle is lubricated with nutritious oil.

This type of nail art is considered one of the varieties of the service jacket, but it differs in that it has smooth transitions in shades that are in maximum harmony with each other. At the same time, the boundaries characteristic of French manicure, in this case, make it blurry and fuzzy. This manicure is most often chosen by lovers of everything original and those girls who are not afraid to experiment with bright colors. Using various techniques for applying gel polish, you can get a diagonal, horizontal and vertical gradient.

The process of creating a manicure usually begins with the preparation of marigolds: they are given the desired shape and length no more than 5 mm, degreased and covered with a base coat. The base must be dried in a UV lamp, after which a few drops of colored varnish should be applied to a piece of foil so that the shades smoothly overlap each other. Then the sponge is moistened in the prepared color mixture and gently pressed to the plate, slowly moving it over the nail. Further, the coating is dried under a lamp and covered with a protective top that will make the manicure durable. Top also requires drying.

In addition, the gradient can be done with a brush. Different shades of gel polish are applied with a brush to prepared and base-coated nails. The borders between the colors must be smoothed out and dried out each plate under the lamp. To get a vertical gradient, you should use a brush with a semicircular end, for it is best to choose only two shades. A horizontal gradient is made with a brush, as well as a sponge or sponge, using more than three colors of gel polish.

This nail art is often called marble, as beautiful patterns on the nails have a look reminiscent of the texture of natural stone. The technique of performing manicure is simple, since it does not require delicate work with a brush: only the main contours are drawn, and the decor is done independently with water.

For such a design, it is important to choose several colored gel polishes that would harmoniously combine with each other. Water manicure in each case is unique.

After this, the plates are degreased, ground and a protective tape or wax is applied to the skin around them. The nails are covered with a colored base and dried.

Pour water into a small container and drip multi-colored gel polish; when it evenly spreads over the surface and creates a stain, a gel of a different shade is dripped and so on until they get the desired color composition in the form of rings. Then you can proceed to the direct decor: for this, use a toothpick to draw along the colored surface and form stars, spirals, flowers, stripes or cloves.Next, bring each finger individually to the spot and hold it parallel to the surface of the water. Fingers should be immersed in liquid so that the varnish does not fall outside the protection around the plate. The removed finger is cleaned of the remnants of varnish and coated with a finishing gel.

To date, gel polish is presented with a chic choice in the color palette, therefore, when designing manicures for short nails, it is necessary to take into account not only the fashion for colors, but also their relevance in the season. In addition, each girl has her own color type, which determines the color scheme that is most suitable for her external data.

For example, beauties whose color type is “winter” or “summer” should not use warm colors, as they will give yellow skin to the skin of your hands. For the fair sex, whose color types are “autumn” and “spring”, on the contrary, dark and cold shades are not suitable, since they make the skin bluish.

Therefore, in winter and autumn, it is best to choose red, blue, purple, burgundy and black. These are deep and “heavy” colors that allow you to translate design ideas into reality when creating an evening look. At the same time, it is advisable for “cold” girls to dilute them with a yellow and beige tint.

Glossy dark colors will also be a good solution for decorating short nails, they visually “stretch” the plate, give the handles elegance and are relevant outside the season. Novelties of manicure this winter will be represented by the effects of “craquelure”, “broken glass” and “metallic”.

Nail art, decorated with gel polish on short nail plates, is often supplemented with rhinestones.

This design is ideal for informal images, for proms and weddings. At the same time, girls can prettyly cover their nails with sequins; as for mature ladies, then a simpler decor using one or two elements will suit them. Very often in such a manicure, rhinestones are replaced by a brilliant dusting or processed dried flowers. It also looks beautiful with gel polish and a decor with foil.

To make the patterns laid out with rhinestones beautiful, you can apply the following options for their placement:

• linearly along the entire length of the nail plate;
• on the tip of the nail, repeating its shape;
• along the contour of the hole;
• in the form of a dividing line between different colors.

Many modern girls like to experiment in the field of nail design and prefer a manicure with painting, patterns or drawings. Just like a hairstyle and clothes, a manicure must be selected, taking into account fashion trends and the time of the season.

So, for example, in the summer on short nails delicate flowers, fish, palm trees and other bright elements that indicate travel, parties and relaxation will look gorgeous. In winter, the design should be filled with sequins, the image of snowflakes, Christmas tree or geometric shapes.

In addition to seasonal themes, food designs are also in fashion: muffins, ice cream, burgers and candies.

We must not forget about the images of such delicious fruits as raspberries, cherries, oranges and watermelons. This year and next year, drawings on plant motifs remain relevant, so you can often find chic compositions on the nails in the form of unusual leaves, shoots and exotic trees. Simple and complex abstractions are also popular.

Surprise with unusual design and drawings in the form of paintings, faces and cities.

Simpler images have not lost their relevance: blots, polka dots, chaotic stripes and gifts.

The popularity of manicure on short nails made with gel polish is explained by its simplicity and chic. Thanks to simple techniques, any girl can create a real work of nail art at home. Today, there are many options for gel manicure. We mention some of them.

• A la Pollock. This design is considered universal, because it looks good in the evening and everyday look. Despite the fact that the patterns resemble children's scribbles and complete chaos, they are applied to the plate easily and try everyone in the role of the original stylist. This nail art is especially well combined with sportswear, color T-shirts and jeans.

• Animal print. Such a solution is suitable for brave and desperate girls who are not used to reckoning with other people's opinions. According to many, a zebra or leopard print looks vulgar, but well-known designers claim that if such a print is presented in an unusual color, it will turn out to be unique. For example, for drawing zebra skins, you can use not a black and white, but a green and black palette. Leopard print is desirable to apply only on one finger.

• Beautiful geometry. Different stripes, lines, diagonals and figures are always in fashion, so if you learn how to draw them, you can create an unusual abstract design that will be combined with any style of clothing and image. Any color is suitable as a background, but the geometry on a saturated pink base looks much more spectacular. Pyramids and complex figures can be pre-made from paper tape, they will serve as an outline for the future pattern. Each detail is outlined in a different color, as a result, an interesting and unusual abstraction is obtained.

• Color jacket. It is considered an excellent choice for modern fashionistas who dream of diluting the image with bright colors. This French jacket differs from the classic one in that the tips of the plates in it are not painted in a traditional snow-white color, multi-colored gel varnishes are used for design. In addition, the jacket can be supplemented with a pattern, which will make it interesting and stylish.

Some additional secrets of manicure with gel polish for short nails are presented in the video below.