Recently, the fashion for long pointed nails is gradually disappearing. Modern women advocate natural beauty, which is why many people prefer to do manicure on short round nails. In this article we will tell you how to carry out the procedure at home, and offer beautiful design ideas for this form of nails.
At home
Many girls take care of nails on their own, which is not difficult. First of all, you should lower your fingers in a bath with warm soapy water. This is necessary so that the skin and nail plate become softer and supple. After 10 minutes, the hands are wiped with a soft towel, and the preparatory process begins. With the help of manicure scissors, you should briefly trim the nails, and then give them a rounded shape with a nail file.
Remember that short round nails are suitable for owners of medium or long fingers.
With the help of orange sticks, you need to move the softened cuticle. Professional craftsmen do not recommend cutting it with scissors, as the excess skin will still grow, but it will become stiff and rough. You can lightly buff the surface of the plate to level it. Nails ready for manicure. Before applying colored varnish, you should cover them with a base for a more accurate look. Sometimes small bubbles appear on the surface, to avoid them, immediately before using the varnish, turn the bottle over and shake it lightly. So all the air rises and does not remain in the texture.
Color combinations
First of all, you should know what shades are strictly forbidden for short rounded nails.Owners of such a manicure should avoid too bright or acid colors that look great on a long plate, but do not fit a short one. Beware should be yellow, white, orange, red and other tones.
This option is perfect for any dark color. For example, burgundy, eggplant, dark red, brown and even black. If the above colors are ideal for winter, then in spring you can choose from a pastel palette. The optimal tones will be cornflower blue, canary yellow, lilac, blue, pale pink, mint and even corporal. In summer, make sure that manicure and pedicure are the same color.
Lovers of classic French manicure will have to forget about this design with short nails and wait until they grow at least a couple of millimeters. The short length leaves no room even for a thin white strip. It is not recommended to load fingers with rhinestones or sparkles, as they visually make the fingers thick and ugly. It is necessary to refuse also from a matte manicure, which has not been losing ground for several seasons in a row.
If you really want to give your nails an interesting look, you can replace the matte texture with a more delicate powder one.
Design options
There are many interesting design options for short round nails. All of them are aimed at giving hands an elegant and beautiful look.
- Monochrome. The standard version of manicure, the idea of which is to uniformly cover all fingers with the right color. Monochrome manicure is considered ideal for any shape and length of the nail plate.
- Peas. An interesting idea for creating a summer design. First, a background layer is applied, and then with a brush or a toothpick a pattern is drawn in the form of dots. They can be evenly distributed throughout the plate, make a vertical strip along it, or draw a dashed line at the base.
In winter, you can use a dark shade of red, blue or purple as a background, and draw peas in black. For summer, the ideal option would be the background of any pastel tone and white dots.
- Ombre. An interesting and beautiful design, the feature of which is a smooth transition from one shade to another, is of two types. In the first case, the transition occurs on each finger. The first layer is the base: white or nude. Next, a small segment of a regular dish sponge is painted in the desired shades, and the pattern is transferred from the material to the nail. The most beautiful are considered smooth transitions from dark to light, for example, from dark blue to blue, as well as multi-colored ombre, where there is a combination of several colors, for example, pink, blue and lilac.
In the second version, the transition of shades occurs alternately from the thumb to the little finger. The darkest shade is applied to the extreme finger, and each subsequent one is painted a little lighter than the previous one.
- Stripes. Very interesting on short round nails look special manicure strips. They are a thin multi-colored line with a shiny texture and an adhesive base. It is better to arrange them vertically or diagonally - so the nails will look longer. Be sure to fix the manicure with a top coating so that the decor does not peel off.
- Patterns. Nail art on short nails is not particularly welcome, however there are interesting options that are quite suitable for owners of a classic form. You can apply the selected color to all nails except the nameless one, and grease the remaining with a transparent base and print the picture with a thin brush. Or apply the image in a contrasting color.
As a picture, a variety of curls, letters, notes or monograms are used. There are more fun ideas, for example, a bee, butterfly, heart, stars, and much more, which is enough for the client’s imagination.
- Geometry. Geometric patterns visually extend your fingers.The manicure will look very original, especially if you make each line in a different color. As a rule, zigzag or wavy patterns are drawn. Any colors are selectable. You can alternate black or burgundy with white, make a selection of several pastel shades or draw a peculiar geometric ombre.
For how to make a manicure for short round nails, see the next video.
