Blue-white manicure is a unique option that looks equally harmonious in winter and summer. Another undoubted advantage of such a manicure is the ability to use a variety of decorative elements for nails, which will give the design additional expressiveness and courage.
Combination Features
Every year, stylists offer women to try new shades of manicure, combine unusual colors in design, and choose a new shape of nails. One of the most popular trends in 2018-2019 has become a blue and white manicure. Why did this combination attract the attention of stylists? Consider the main features of such a manicure.
- This bold combination was created for women who are not afraid of major changes in their lives and who do not follow stereotypes and prejudices. It so happened that the blue color is considered masculine. Ladies who follow fashion have long known that this opinion is a relic of the past, and the blue color has long been used by women in manicure, clothing, and accessories. And the addition of white tones makes this color more feminine.
- The main associations that arise in the mind of a person who has heard about a blue-white combination are the sea and the sky. That is, these shades symbolize inner freedom, serenity and tranquility.
- Particular importance is given to blue even in medicine and psychology. For example, ultramarine calms, relaxes, slows down the heart rate; blue shades contribute to concentration and development of creative abilities; the dark blue color indicates intelligence and impassivity.
- The advantage of blue-white manicure is its boring combination, which will be a great addition to a fashionable look and will be remembered by others.
- Such a manicure is perfect for a daily, evening or solemn image, it can take place in sports and official styles.
- Blue has so many variations that every woman can choose the color that is most in harmony with the skin tone and shape of the nails.
The only drawback of the blue-white manicure is the need to have carefully groomed nails, because the blue color quickly indicates all the shortcomings.
Popular Options
French
Classic French manicure is always relevant, and if it is made in blue, then this adds even more expressiveness to the design. You can perform a manicure using 3D gel or acrylic. First, the master applies a standard jacket in blue, then the nails are covered with camouflage material, and a volumetric pattern in white is performed on top.
As an option, it is possible to make a dotted frame in white on each nail under the main jacket, and on one of the fingers to make a white molding - a flower with an inserted rhinestone in the center.
A white jacket with a blue rose on one of the nails will look neat and gentle. There is something girlish, teenage, soft in this design.
Gradient
Very elegant and skillfully looks gradient manicure in blue and white. If you use a blue tint, then the nails will look very gentle and spring-like. Such a manicure is suitable as a daily, as well as for a trip on vacation. If you apply ultramarine or purple shades, then this will be the design for the gala evening.
For brightness and expressiveness over gradient paint, you can apply additional decor. The abstract figure or character made in black will look beautiful.
Girls with humor can depict a blue footprint of a cat's paw on a white-blue gradient.
Lunar
Lunar manicure is the selection of a hole in some color, or, conversely, its not staining. A lunar manicure made in pale blue will look very gentle. Each well can be painted in a white frame, and one of the nails can be completely painted over in white and draw an empty picture inside it in a blue frame, for example, a heart.
For autumn, a lunar manicure in dark blue tones is more suitable. In this case, the hole can be painted over with white varnish and draw a golden border.
The blue gradient and the white hole look unusual. If an unpainted line is drawn between them, then this will give the manicure maximum charm.
Drawings
Blue and white are so contrasting, and at the same time so combined that they allow you to perform a wide variety of drawings on any topic on the nail plate. If a woman goes to sea, then you can "put" a white sail on a nail on a blue background. A very unusual option is Gzhel painting, but in this case it is better to use only two nails, for example, on the ring and middle fingers, and paint the rest in a dark blue shade. White roses or other patterns on a blue background will look very gentle and feminine.
Sequins and rhinestones
The combination of blue and white can be used in the case of nails with sequins and rhinestones. A popular and uncomplicated option even for a novice master:
- we cover the nails on the thumb, index finger and little finger with a completely blue color, apply the same shade to the middle nail, but with sparkles;
- paint the nail of the ring finger with white varnish and lay out cobalt rhinestones on the border of the hole.
Variations of design with sparkles and rhinestones can be different, here the master can use all his imagination.
Adding Red Shades
The sea manicure looks very impressive, which is an alternation of white stripes and sea-wave lines. A blotch of red will look even more vivid and unusual.For example, one of the stripes can be made red or a purple anchor or a shell can be drawn by covering the top with gilding. Looks nice and a red heart on a blue and white background.
If a woman likes a combination of blue, white and red shades, then an interesting option is the image of the British flag. If you draw the symbolism on each nail, the image will be lost, so it’s better to apply the picture on only one nail, and on the rest make a blue jacket. You can add white or blue rhinestones.
Blue-red-white nails with an abstract design look very impressive. You can apply your favorite colors in random order with small strokes.
In this case dark noble tones will look more solid.
Interesting design examples
Sophisticated charm
Dark, almost black matte manicure in the color of Prussian blue looks very beautiful and expensive. If you choose the right tone, you are no longer allowed to use any effects. As an option, you can paint one nail in a light beige color and apply white and sapphire rhinestones of different sizes on top.
Winter
The dark blue sky, white stars, the forest blackening in the distance: if the nail plate allows, the skilled craftsman can depict any landscape on the nail. A white month or aurora borealis will look great on a black and blue sky. Performing a winter pattern, white and blue tones usually become the main ones. You can draw blue snowflakes on a snow-white background. A more cheerful picture is a white smiling snowman on a blue surface.
Red-breasted bullfinch on one or two nails will emphasize the winter theme. The remaining nails can be covered with white, and the background under the bullfinch can be turned pale blue, adding a handful of mountain ash to the black branch on which the bird sits.
The Umka light teddy bear looking out of the blue snowdrift will look cute and direct.
Pastel
The following design will look gentle and feminine: we apply a dark blue tone on the nails of the thumb and forefinger and little finger. The nail of the middle finger is covered with delicate beige-pink varnish. We color the nail of the ring finger white and draw dark azure flowers. It will be interesting to look if these are cornflowers, then you can add one beige-pink clove to them.
Night sky
White stars and the moon on a dark blue background above have already been described. Another unusual night option is the image of the constellation Ursa Major.
Summer
Blue and white shades can be used to create not only winter, but also summer designs. One example: on the nails on the little finger, ring finger and thumb we apply a blue jacket, on the other nails we perform a white French manicure and draw blue butterflies.
Get a stylish and fun design.
Berries
Another summer option is the image of blue berries on a white background. It is better to draw the berries on two nails, and completely cover the rest with the same varnish or color to match. As a drawing, blackberries, grapes, blueberries, blueberries are suitable. Pleasing to the eye and a blot of green leaves in a handful of berries.
When choosing blue and white tones to create a manicure, remember that blue is not only the blue color itself. All its variations are perfectly combined with white - blue, indigo, turquoise, ultramarine, gray and cornflower blue shades. Another advantage of this combination is the ability to insert contrasting colors - red, yellow, green, black, so the design made in blue and white is almost impossible to spoil with additional decorative elements.
You will learn more about how to arrange a white-blue manicure from the next video.