Plum manicure - bright and stylish design options

The plum color manicure is quite versatile and is able to emphasize both the everyday office and evening formal look. This varnish is relevant when creating manicure on nails of any length and is often complemented by various decor options and patterns.

Plum manicure attracts attention due to its interesting shade. On the nails, it looks less defiant than a classic black varnish and at the same time more neutral, but no less spectacular than varnish with bright purple tones. Most often, plum design is used to create a universal manicure, but it is also suitable for completing solemn images in conjunction with various drawings made in lighter colors.

The plum palette is wide enough. Most masters use this name for shades that are close or at the intersection of burgundy and purple tones. Depending on the client’s requests, a lighter shade can be selected, as well as a deeper one, saturated to achieve the necessary emphasis in the image.

Currently, light shades are used much less often, unlike dark ones. They are more relevant in conjunction with another element of the image, for example, a dress of the same shade. Deep plum is able to emphasize the beauty of the shape of the nail plate and give the manicure elegance. That is why it is actively used in manicure designs for the street and office.

Currently, nail service masters offer their customers a wide variety of not only plum shades, but also a technique for performing such a design. In this case, both glossy and matte varnish can be used.In the trend, the use of the latter in conjunction with bright accents, for example, rhinestones.

Experienced craftsmen draw the attention of customers to the following points, which will help to achieve the most effective manicure.

• Light plum shades are suitable for designing long nails. Darker tones on long nails can look quite vulgar in everyday life.

• Dark plum shades are best combined with short nails. Thus, additional attention will be paid to them. However, they will no less effectively look on long nails, but only in the evening version. At the same time, it is extremely important that the nails look well-groomed, since oblique cuts and an unprocessed cuticle, as well as chipped varnish, can ruin the impression of even the highest quality and most stylish manicure.

• When creating a complex design, it is worth noting that the plum hue is far from being combined with all the beautiful tones of the color palette. It combines best with milky white, gold, pink, yellow, as well as blue and black shades. But be careful with the use of green, red, dark gray and deep blue.

These simple tips will help you design the nail design in the plum palette as interesting as possible.

Now on the market for the nail industry, a huge number of various additional tools are presented that will help create an interesting manicure design. The following design options will be especially popular in combination with plum color.

• Sparkles. It can be large decorative spangles, liquid glitter or an additional transparent varnish with shiny splashes. All this will help to effectively complement the manicure and make it even more solemn. Especially popular is the combination with sparkles of a different color, which will go well with the main one, for example, gold, black, white, etc. Sequins can be decorated with holes or just the tips of the nail plate - this looks quite interesting and at the same time very elegant.

• Ombre. This technique is back in fashion. A combination of a light plum shade in conjunction with black will look especially stylish. Many masters offer the design of such a manicure with matte varnish, thanks to which the nail plate acquires an interesting texture. A smooth transition of plum color to beige, milky, yellow, pink and light blue is also popular.

• Nail art. The painting, made on plum-colored varnish, looks very impressive. Masters of nail service prefer gold or silver painting. The trend is the use of ethnic motifs and floral patterns. They can be performed in either a lighter or a darker shade and complemented by other accents.

• Rhinestones. Most often, rhinestones are used to emphasize the upper or lower edge of the nail plate. However, rhinestones can be decorated and the nail is completely on two or three fingers of each hand. It looks very impressive and solemn.

• Drawings. To create a spectacular manicure, sometimes it’s enough to choose the right picture. Everyday manicure should be decorated with light, unusual drawings - geometric, smooth strokes or uncomplicated images. More complex compositions should emphasize solemn images. Volumetric drawings of flowers, favorite characters, complex installations in the form of fire or other interesting ideas can be options.

• Rubbing and flakes Yuki. To create a stylish manicure that will beautifully shimmer in the light, you should opt for rubbed or flaked Yuki. These methods are attractive in that it does not take a lot of time to design such a manicure, but the result is very effective and attractive.

Using one or several of the above options at once, you can get an incredibly stylish and bright manicure in plum color.

Workshop on creating a beautiful plum manicure with a floral pattern, see below.