We are all accustomed to various shades of pink, which dominates the design along with the classic colors - black, gray, white. However, in recent seasons, a tendency toward a shift towards purple hues has become apparent. Pinks still hold on to either their pastel tenderness or cyclamen effect. But if violet brightness is much more difficult to achieve, then a gentle, romantic manicure can be done without pink. Just turn to the lavender shade.
Who is it for?
The violet color in the past was steadily associated with monarchs, nobles, and power. At the same time, its light shades, rather, cause a feeling of tenderness and vulnerability, but at the same time, the strength of character. Still, purple, even with a large content of white, remains itself - mystical and domineering.
If we consider lavender in the context of a system of color types, it turns out that he is one of those successful and rare cases when the shade suits almost everyone. Even “warm autumn” perceives lavender well, especially if it is slightly darkened and a saturated dark shade (for example, purple, dark gray-blue or marsh) is paired.
Only lavender is minus the bright winter - in her case it is better to take a white or brighter lilac shade.
Lavender is a great solution for a romantic style, dates, walks, everyday manicures. Such a light shade will fit perfectly into the office style, especially if at the same time you put on a blouse in tone and use a matte coating for varnish. But for the holiday manicure, lavender will come in handy - here you can already turn around in the choice of design with its use.
Flower design
The name lavender shade is due to such a plant as lavender. Her flowers, gathered in tall narrow bunches, are distinguished by colors in soft lilac tones and a pleasant aroma. This smell once inspired perfumers, and now a significant part of the perfumes of various companies contains lavender. And thanks to perfume bottles from lavender, which were designed in the corresponding color, the shade became widespread both within the perfume industry and beyond.
Spring is still far away, but floral ornament in manicure is always relevant. And the first thing that comes to mind in this case is lavender flowers. They are also easy to draw by hand. You can also draw a whole brush or bouquet in a sketchy version. White varnish will help to depict the bright middle of the flowers, and green - the leaves of the plant.
The latter can be taken in almost any shade - dark or light, it all depends on your preferences.
In order not to paint on the nails, but to make a manicure quickly and accurately, you can pre-purchase special stickers or tips. Due to the popularity of floral prints, you will not have problems finding lavender stickers.
If lavender does not attract you aesthetically, you can use images of other colors. Violets, bells, cherry blossoms or the indefatigable classic - roses, all this can be reproduced on the nails without much difficulty.
Ombre
One of the most popular manicure techniques this year is ombre. Take lavender, white and pale pink varnish, as well as a small sponge or cosmetic sponge. Apply varnish to the sponge with strips that are closely adjacent to each other so that the resulting pattern matches the size of the nail plate. It is best to even take the size with a margin - so that when applying to the nails there are no gaps. The varnish is applied very simply - you need to apply a sponge to the nails.
All excess nail polish that gets into the skin during a manicure can be removed with a cotton swab dipped in a nail polish remover.
And you can also buy a special pencil for these purposes - it is much more convenient and safer than cotton buds, as it does not leave sticky fibers, and there is no risk of accidentally ruining the manicure on other nails.
Coating Options
There are no restrictions on the choice of design - the main thing is to correctly combine colors and textures. Interesting patterns look dark purple varnish on a lavender background. It can be baroque curls and shells, geometric lines and figures, and the like.
The drawn cage a la fabric for a shirt looks interesting and stylish. To do this, you will need not only lavender varnish, but also purple and white. With this combination, you can also make simple stripes, horizontal or vertical, or a multi-colored polka dot pattern. It represents the well-known even rows of small circles on a plain background. They can be made in one color or alternate several.
You can also use foil - in the form of plates, geometric shapes or stripes. Violet foil on a lavender background will look especially impressive. Both shades will show themselves in full force, in good harmony with each other.
Another trend of the year is the lavender bear. These are not the famous Me to You, but very similar in design plush toys that are sold by TianDe. Their peculiarity is that they are filled with real lavender, which gives off a pleasant aroma. These bears have become so popular that they have already moved to the design of other areas, including cosmetics. But Me to You has been popular among romantic girls for many years, so such gray bears on a lavender background is also a good option.
They can not only be drawn, but also fashioned on the nail plate. For this, there are special polymeric materials - gel or hard acrylic. They are very strong after solidification, so you can not be afraid for durability.At the same time, the variety of colors and the ability to colorize the work with any acrylic paints allows you to do everything that comes to mind.
It can be not only bears, but also flowers - voluminous leaves of lavender or roses on the surface of the nails will look elegant.
Combination with other shades.
Whatever type of manicure you choose, you should always remember that some colors combine well with each other, and some are not very good. Wrong selection of a palette is fraught with the fact that one color will “eat” another, or they will look too bright and vulgar.
Lavender is best combined with white and other pastel shades - yellow, pink, blue, green. Suitable colors include:
- purple;
- dark green, swamp, olive;
- salmon;
- cherry;
- dark blue with a gray undertone;
- color wet asphalt.
But with gray it is worth being careful. If you leave the duet of lavender and gray undiluted, you get a visually monotonous gray mass - and this is not the most pleasant phenomenon for the human eye. It is best to dilute them with some bright colors. For example, green. This also includes gray-purple and mint - a combination with them must also be diluted.
At the same time, you should not rely on white color - it will also most likely be eaten by neighboring colors. To dilute, you definitely need something bright, unless, of course, you initially plan to do a low-key manicure. Otherwise, on the contrary, you can use these colors.
The lavender pattern on a black background will also look interesting - it will look very impressive and elegant. Especially if you take glossy black and matte lavender.
You will learn more about how to beautifully arrange lavender manicure from the next video.
