Design Ideas for Lilac Manicure

The lilac color of the manicure has been relevant for many seasons in a row. Today, this tone is included in the line of the most fashionable, allowing you to complement the female image with notes of sophistication and aristocracy. Its color combinations allow you to create unique combinations with different colors, due to which the manicure looks not only stylish, but also spectacular and with a different mood. About what are the modern design ideas of lilac manicure, we will consider in more detail below.

Lilac color is formed from three colors: blue, red and white. This explains the versatility of color and the mass of its shades. The predominance of red or blue affects the color temperature, the concentration of white paint determines the intensity of lilac. From the huge list of lilac tones, the most popular this season are:

• pale, almost white lilac;
• lilac pink;
• blue-lilac;
• lilac purple;
• dusty lilac or grayish lilac;
• violet;
• lavender;
• lilac amethyst;
• dark lilac.

The choice of the right shade depends on the taste preferences of the woman.

Lilac color can not be called universal. He is choosy not only in choosing the tone of contrast, but also demanding on its saturation, since everything bright and sharp can destroy the tenderness inherent in the lilac color.For this reason, most tones with which this color is combined are included in the pastel color scheme.

However, so that women do not puzzle over a harmonious combination, stylists offer a number of ready-made solutions. According to them, lilac manicure can be supplemented based on their temperature and saturation, for example:

• pale lilac harmonizes with white, beige, golden, sunny yellow, pinkish, mint, apricot and blue;

• dark lilac looks good with peach, creamy, milky, warm beige and related light shades;

• the classic lilac tone can be complemented with pink, purple, gray, silver, brown and denim;

• amethyst lilacs are best combined with pinkish and nude tones, as well as with light yellow, mint menthol, blue, gray-blue and beige;

• the violet shade will look beautiful in manicure, if you add a gentle green or beige contrast to the design, as well as the color of a dusty rose, cream, gray or black;

• Coral, pink, yellowish-orange or blue contrast should be selected for a lavender shade;

• fans of lilac-blue tones should combine this color with malachite, wormwood, apricot and pale pink shades.

Without exception, all shades of lilac harmonize with white, milky and silver tones.

Dark contrasts added to the lilac color change the perception of manicure, making it more mature and evening. Light companions can soften the dark tones of lilac, which makes the manicure easy and especially gentle.

You can use color contrasts as a hint for a specific season of the year. For example, the mint-lilac design will fill the image with spring freshness, the blue-lilac will give coolness. Lilac with gold will allow you to perform a festive decoration, and adding to the delicate shade of green contrast will be especially important for summer bows.

The shape of the nails, according to the fashion trends of this season, may be different. However, this does not mean at all that the fashion is ready to accept the once popular ultra-length and the sharp shape of butterfly nails. Today, nails can be natural short, which looks especially nice on narrow and elongated nail plates. If by nature this form is not given, it is necessary to grow them or increase the length.

The edging of the edge may be straight or rounded. The so-called almond-shaped nails come into fashion. At the same time, their edge can be not only pointed, but also sawn. This form is small today, due to which the manicure looks beautiful and gentle on them.

If the nail plates are short, and even flat, the choice of shade for them, like varieties of varnish, should be approached thoroughly. For example, tones that visually lengthen the nail and make it narrower will be appropriate here. In fact, these can be shades of medium saturation: light and almost white tones of lilac will make the nail plates wider and even flatter.

Regarding the effect of the coating, you can use a matte gel polish or cover it with a matte finish. The reception of transfusion of related shades will also look beautiful here. You can decorate short nails with a smooth transition from classic to dark lilac or even purple.

Visually lengthen the plates with a lunar design. Cross lines of a decor will reduce already insufficient length of nails. Light accents on the sides even larger emphasize the small length. As for the decor, here it should be small, so that against its background the nails do not seem completely tiny.

For a moderate nail length, all shades of lilac color are good without exception. So convenient is the form that it allows you not to deny yourself the pleasure of doing lilac manicure in any design technique known today. At the same time, you can cover the nails with any of the varieties of gel polish you like, for example:

• matte or glossy;
• jelly or shimmer;
• pearl or sparkles;
• temperature or chameleon;
• with cat-eye effect or holographic.

Looks great on long nails with the so-called rub, which allows you to create a unique game effect of rainbow colors on a lilac background. Here, both vertical and diagonal, and transverse patterns, as well as the full coloring of the nail plate, will be harmonious. The only thing to consider is the dosage of accents. Otherwise, there are no color restrictions for long nails.

Today, there are several basic techniques for performing manicure in which the lilac color will become the embodiment of tenderness and femininity. Each of them has its own nuances and differences in performance.

• Classic. Performing this technique, the nails are stained with pigment over the entire area of ​​the nail plate. Design may involve the addition of contrasting shades or accents are performed in other manicure techniques. The monophonic coating formed with the classical method of performing manicure provides for further decoration with various elements.

• French. French manicure is performed in two ways. In the first case, the nail is first painted with pigment, and then the upper edge is encircled, forming the so-called smile zone. In the second method, partial non-painting of the nail (the principle of negative space) is implied. In this case, the main color of the manicure becomes a pigmented gel polish.
• French is the other way around. The inverted jacket differs from the classic version solely by the location of the smile. If the traditional method has it on top, then the reverse French manicure has a stroke at the very base of the nail plate: in the cuticle area. At the same time, it is fashionable today to draw a thin line of the lower smile, raising its ends above the middle of the nail.
• Lunar. This manicure is also called a design with holes. In fact, it is somewhat similar to an inverted service jacket, although the cuticle area here is formed in a semicircle. With the advent of the new season, now it is often not single, but double, with a second temple. Such a design is carried out today in two ways: by coloring the hole or leaving it unpainted at all.

• Gradient. The second name of the technique is ombre. Design means a smooth play of tones, while outwardly one shade changes to another, due to which the coating looks not just unusual, but multifaceted. This technique is often used as an independent design, but it is often the basis for decoration. If contrasting pastel colors are used in the palette of compatible shades, this design looks very impressive.
• Broken glass. To date, this design is the most fashionable of all others. It is created using a special film with which the protective coating is removed, then cut and glued onto the pigmented nail. On a light lilac background, iridescent overflows of tiny glasses instantly appear. This design of nails looks impressive and stylish, it attracts enthusiastic looks.

• Powder. Acrylic polymer powder allows you to create a unique surface texture. If you select such a material in a color related to the main pigment, then the powder can be used to accentuate manicure, if you do not want to apply it to the entire area of ​​the nail plates. It is enough to first draw a simple pattern, and then apply powder to an un-dried top.
• Veil. This technique looks especially beautiful when using saturated and dark lilac tones. Outwardly, it resembles the effect of nylon stockings, performed by adding a few drops of lilac pigment to a transparent gel polish. The nail is painted with this coating, then a simple pattern is painted on it with acrylic paint, and at the end it is covered with top and dried under a special lamp.
• Newspaper. This technique is based on the classic painting of the nail plates, after which they create prints using pieces of unnecessary newspapers. To do this, newspapers are put in alcohol for a couple of seconds and then tightly pressed to accent nails. After 30-40 seconds, the newspaper is removed from the nails and the nails with printed letters are covered with a finish layer. If desired, newspaper manicure can be decorated with a different decor, which will give it a touch of vintage.

There are lots of ideas for decorating all known manicure techniques. Almost all of them are suitable for lilac color.

Let us briefly outline the main decoration methods that are relevant for the lilac manicure of this season.

• Rhinestones and stones. Despite the fact that the sparkling decor is still relevant for the decoration of accent nails, its quantity has noticeably decreased this season. It's ugly and vulgar to hang nails with volume rhinestones. It should not be allowed that the sparkle in the female image was much. Rhinestones today can be multi-colored, but they need to be selected to match the decor.

• Drawings. Drawing on nails is one of the main principles of decoration today. Masters have learned to do it so professionally that the drawings look simply amazing. Themes for lilac in this case can be very diverse: from flowers and plants to feathers, leaves and abstract stains.

• Stickers. Ready-made pictures make it easy to replace the tedious drawing on the nails. It takes a little time to design an accent nail with them, and at the same time this design looks professional and stylish. It is these elements that often indicate the affiliation of a manicure to a particular time of the year, which today is considered relevant.
• Bouillon Microscopic beads can be called an alternative to acrylic powder. Broths also create an unusual coating of nails, using them as accents of lilac manicure. In addition, broths often participate in drawing on accent nails. Such patterns complement small rhinestones.
• Kamifubuki. Multi-colored circles or confetti, sequins - this is exactly what is hidden under the difficult Japanese word “kamifubuki”. This decor is flat, which is good for decoration and allows you to do with just two thin layers of top coating to close the sequins after they are fixed. As in size, kamifubuki can be different in shape. On sale today you can find all kinds of hearts, stars, as well as geometric shapes.

You will learn how to make beautiful drawings in the design of lilac manicure by watching the following video.

Fashion trends dictate that manicure should be seasonal today. In this regard, masters of nail salons use some tricks when designing. For example, they:

• used as contrasts to lilac shades characteristic of a particular season;
• draw images close to a specific time of the year (for example, for winter it is snowflakes, for summer it is flowers, ice cream, butterflies, for autumn it is leaves, for spring it is buds on branches);
• choose the temperature of lilac varnish (for summer it is warmer, for winter designs they try to choose options with a predominance of blue);
• make accent nails for different textures (for winter they create coatings with a knitted effect, for summer they select varnishes with a satin texture, for autumn - velveteen, for winter - velvet).

Based on different techniques, you can create a truly beautiful and expressive manicure that will be fashionable and spectacular this season. Of course, it is advisable to bring something of your own into each design. However, in order for the idea to finally produce the desired result, one can build on the best examples.

• Summer lilac manicure with accent highlighting in floral theme.
• The choice of varnish for short nails. Stickers with sakura pattern make the design delicate and feminine.
• Space topics are trending today. Lilac related tones create a unique effect.
• French with a geometric accent looks stylish and easy. White contrast and black stroke are used.
• Snow seasonal manicure with competent arrangement of crystals.

• Lace this season is one of the main trends. White curls transform any laconic design of nails.
• French accented by the original texture of accent nails. Using broths.
• Using gradient technique, lace pattern and vertical stripes. Stylish manicure for special occasions.
• A gentle solution using acrylic powder and accentuating the cuticle area.
• Mirror lilac manicure with black contrast. A simple white floral pattern harmoniously combines two different emotional colors.
• Pink-lilac manicure with drawings in outline technique. Ease of design with a touch of tenderness inherent in the shade.