Multi-colored manicure: tips for combining shades and nail design

Multi-colored manicure attracts girls and women because of its diversity and versatility. This design is combined with any wardrobe items and accessories. Young girls can combine bright, flashy colors. An elegant image can be created using a combination of calm, pastel colors or shades of one spectrum. It is important to understand the rules of color combination - then the perfect design will be easy to create at home.

Multi-colored manicure allows you to use many tones on one nail. Choose 2-4 colors and combine them based on the selected design.

Main advantages:

• the design is universal and can include both calm colors and bright;
• Suitable for everyday life and holidays;
• can be combined with various decor: from rhinestones to sequins;
• you can make such a design yourself - just have the necessary materials;
• multi-colored manicure is suitable for women and girls of any age and with any preferences.

In order to make a manicure in different colors at home, you can use dots or an orange stick to draw colored dots. Brushes of various thicknesses are suitable for lines. It is more convenient to use a tool with synthetic fiber - then the strips will be more accurate. You can just stick some areas of the nail with tape, and apply the varnish with a regular brush from the bottle to the free part.

Despite the large list of positive aspects, multi-colored manicure can cause such difficulties:

• the acquisition of a large number of colored varnishes is quite a costly affair;
• some types of design require additional materials and skills to work with them;
• the first time such a manicure may not work - the colors on the nail plate may mix;
• a manicure takes a lot of time because each color needs to be dried separately.

Multi-colored nails will look interesting and harmonious only if you can correctly combine varnishes. There are special principles of color combinations that will help you choose materials for design.

• Monochromatic combination. The design uses shades of the same color from less saturated to more saturated or vice versa. Most often, calm, pastel colors are used. This combination will help to create a daily multi-colored manicure.

• Complementary combination. This method involves the use of contrasting colors. To select shades, use the color wheel and pay attention to the colors that are opposite each other. Bright color manicure attracts young girls.

• Triadic combination. Use colors that are equally spaced from each other in the color wheel. Usually in the design of nails shades are applied that are located through 1 or 2 sections. This manicure combines harmony and light contrast.

• Achromatic combination. In this design, there is always black, white, gray. Colors combine perfectly with each other and can be complemented with other shades. Such a three-color manicure is quite simple and looks calm.

Multi-colored manicure should be in harmony with your appearance. Simple recommendations will help to avoid ridiculous situations.

• Non-standard colors in makeup are trending. You can combine shades on the nails with shades on the face. In a manicure, you can combine all the necessary colors: from black mascara to red lipstick.
• Get fun accessories with colorful stripes. It can be a handbag, shoes, hat. Make a multi-colored manicure with stripes of the same color.
• If your wardrobe is full of paints, then take these colors for nail design. For a harmonious image, it is worth abandoning stones and other decorative elements.
• If you do not like clothes in multi-colored design, then choose one primary color, which will be present in the wardrobe and in manicure.
• Make multi-colored nails not only on the hands, but also on the feet. This image is great for summer.

The types of multi-colored manicure are so diverse that in the assortment of ideas you can get lost.

• The easiest way is to use wet technology. Apply a base color (usually white) on the nails and, without waiting for drying, put colored dots. They will spread and you will get an interesting and unique design.
• Multi-colored manicure in pastel colors is suitable for everyday life. Such a design is appropriate for study and work. You can stick large-sized rhinestones near the cuticle and conditionally divide the nail plate into three strips. Paint each part with different colors. The design is quite simple and elegant.

• You can make multi-colored French manicure. Just draw a wide line not with the usual white color, but with several bright shades. Stripes can be made both vertical and horizontal. You can use silver decorative ribbon as an additional decor for multi-colored manicure in soothing colors.
• To create a colored manicure, use not only varnishes, but also decorative elements.To create a festive New Year's manicure, you can take colored stones and make an imitation of a garland. You can make the moon manicure your favorite color and decorate it with multi-colored rhinestones. So you create a bright accent and an interesting unique combination. The main coating of the nail can also be made colorful.

• You can use multi-colored sequins and pigments on one nail. When using pigment, you should coat the nail with white varnish and add material to different areas. It is appropriate to use sand to create an ombre (gradient) design. This technique involves the use of many colors that seamlessly blend into each other. With the help of color decor you can realize bold ideas.
• Bright accents on the nails can be arranged without decor - just use contrasting colors. You can use several pink tones and complement them with orange. Such a design will look juicy and bright, suitable for spring-summer.

• The rainbow manicure looks original. Take a thin thread and varnishes of all necessary colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue, violet), apply tones with thin lines. As a tone, you can use white or light blue, the color of the summer sky. You can use the technique of drops. Then you get a rainbow effect in the rain.
• Multi-colored manicure with holes is very popular. The hole can be made into a triangle and drawn with colored lines. The use of pastel shades is relevant. Another option is a colored nail with a classic transparent hole. The nail itself can be decorated with colorful dots using dots.

• The use of dots in color manicure looks stylish. This design is easy to perform at home. Colored dots can make an ethnic ornament on a black background. You can select a national pattern. Think ahead to design your dots in the right places.
• It is more difficult to make a gradient with points, but the appearance of such a design is admirable. It is necessary to take or make the right amount of intermediate shades. Set the dots so that the color changes from bright to delicate. A correctly selected pattern will emphasize the shape of the nails and visually hide the imperfections.

• Another interesting trend is the colored stripes on the nail. Thin and thick lines can be combined. Use contrasting colors and combine them on each nail in the same order. You can change the location of the lines (horizontal, vertical, diagonal) and their size.
• Geometric designs in a multi-colored palette are quite diverse. You can draw squares, circles or triangles. Colored stars on nails are very popular. Such a manicure can be performed in bright or calm colors and even in the gradient technique.
• A more complex option is to draw a color picture on the nail. More often they use images of fruits, cartoon characters, emblems and the like. First, draw a picture on paper and think about its location on the nail. Draw immediately with colored varnishes or first draw a black outline, and then paint.

Beautiful colored nails can be made at home or with a specialist. Look for interesting design options for inspiration.

• Divide the nail into segments with chaotic black lines and paint each zone in different colors. This design can decorate one or more nails. Choose contrasting shades - so the manicure looks more interesting.
• Color puzzles on nails are an interesting idea for a young girl. You can use contrasting juicy colors or delicate shades. Draw a black outline, and fill the rest with varnishes. You can decorate all nails with large details or draw small details on several nails.

• A manicure with cartoon characters looks bright and interesting.Everyone familiar with the Little Mermaid with her friend Flounder will cheer up even on the rainy day. A simpler and more restrained option is Winnie the Pooh. Such a design will take less time and will delight others.

• Fans of superheroes and comics can draw emblems or paint nails for a specific character. The choice of design depends on your drawing skills. Such a manicure will inform others about your hobby. So you can look for like-minded people.

• Colored manicure can be designed for a particular holiday. New Year's design is very popular. The combination of colored lines and sequins looks elegant and spectacular. To make such a manicure is very simple even at home.
• The design for Halloween can be quite interesting. To create a picture, white, black and yellow colors are used. Spider web, pumpkins and black cat - symbols of the holiday. The design itself looks pretty elegant.
• French manicure can be decorated with a beautiful color line and complement with multi-colored squares of different sizes. This design combines the versatility and brightness of a multi-colored manicure.

See how to make a multi-colored manicure with your own hands in the next video.