Nail modeling: interesting ideas and technique

Any of us is inclined to choose a manicure design to our liking and preferences. Nail design has a lot to say about its owner. Short nails in monochrome design are chosen by busy energetic women. Classic jacket on half-long nails - elegant and practical girls. The most luxurious nail design options to taste for those who are not afraid to experiment, love to attract everyone's attention and always follow fashion. They will like the volumetric modeling on the nails. The rest can try this design for a special occasion.

This chic and rich manicure in all respects has appeared recently. It matches the trends of recent seasons on naturalism and fantasy decisions in the choice of decor. 3D manicure details look as realistic as possible. If real buds open on your hands or swim, about to threaten to dodge, the fish are most likely the work of a real master.

Perform volumetric modeling on the nails is quite difficult for non-professionals. Features of the material require perseverance, artistic talent, a full hand, quick work, high professionalism. However, if you want to make a fashionable manicure with voluminous details yourself, do not despair. Having initial skills in performing the simplest manicure and patterns, you can make a simple three-dimensional drawing yourself, even on accent nails. Moreover, the modern industry opens up the widest opportunities for beginners of nail art.

It is believed that such a manicure is more appropriate for a holiday exit, suitable for a wedding or vacation.However, this opinion is erroneous. Elegant small details in the form of accents on one or two fingers (in the form of traditional colors, for example) will be appropriate to look on weekdays. Such a design is often combined with a monochrome coating or French gentle manicure. For the practicality of manicure, you can not worry. Volume molding made with acrylic or a special gel lasts quite a long time without chips and damage, if it is performed efficiently. Well, out of work you can afford a more eye-catching decor.

Modeling on the nails is most often performed after building, or at least coating with gel or shellac. On an untreated nail plate, such a technique will look messy and inappropriate. Typically, this type of manicure is performed on long or medium length nails. The shape is preferred sharp, oval or ballerina. You can make a voluminous design on short nails, if the right accents are placed at the same time, and the details are made small and neat.

The nail sculpting by a professional embodies the most daring design ideas and shows his skill. Using the thinnest brush, dots and other special tools, the master creates a unique design, made in the smallest details in volume. Work requires perseverance, honed skills of working with a tool, because the material dries quickly enough.

This technique is especially popular when performing a bride’s wedding manicure. Aged in delicate creamy and pink colors, the voluminous pattern is complemented by the most luxurious decor: glitter, rhinestones, beads. For festive and evening options, richer colors and a variety of options for ideas are used. These are not only traditional flowers and monograms. Any thematic figure is embodied in a similar technique: leaves, animals, fish and starfish, imitation of knitted fabric, fruits.

Volumetric design can be glossy or matte. It goes well with other sophisticated techniques. “Raindrops” give this manicure a special charm. Interesting options are obtained when several types of different techniques are used in the same manicure, even in complex colors. An experienced master is able to create whole pictures and other masterpieces on your nails.

Volume decorative molding is quite spectacular in itself. But with the same success, it can be performed as part of a more complex multi-component nail design. There are many varieties for creating both festive options and a more modest everyday drawing.

Most often in the 3D effect flowers, butterflies, images of animals are performed. Such a gentle manicure is especially good in the spring-summer season. When nature just wakes up from winter sleep, exquisite flowers bloom at your fingertips and beautiful moths spread their wings. Such drawings are perfectly complemented by the technique of creating dew drops. The petals of flowers seem to come to life. Imitation of water drops gives them pristine freshness and even greater naturalness.

Very popular is a wedding manicure with voluminous sculpting. White roses or delicate lilies often adorn the fingers of fashionable brides. Manicure with painting in the form of lace, air flowers and decoration with rhinestones and glitter of golden tones helps to create tenderness, lightness and solemnity in this way.

Delicate, romantic and sophisticated nail art with volumetric modeling is obtained on the basis of French manicure. At the same time, emphasis is not placed on everyone, but on 2-3 nails. It can be flowers, monograms and other images of gentle milk or powder tones. Drawings look interesting in all the beauty of juicy natural shades. With this option, it is better to choose a transparent base, and shape the edge of the nail with concise white or glitter.

Thematic manicure in volumetric design is also very popular.It can be cupids or hearts for Valentine's Day, voluminous snowflakes, rivets and Christmas balls for the New Year. By the holiday season, women often choose options in the form of juicy fruits or marine design. In volumetric technology, individual elements of a pattern can be made. Then the manicure will receive a landscape with a perspective. Volumetric shells, gulls, anchors, life saving bright circles will look interesting and spectacular. In other cases, in the 3D technique, the entire pattern on the nail is performed.

In this technique baguette design on nails is very popular. Its essence is that the drawing (flat or three-dimensional) is performed as if in a beautiful frame with monograms and lush decor. This frame is an element protruding into space. With this pattern, all kinds of decorations are widely used: liquid stones, broths, glitter and rhinestones.

No need to be afraid of creating complex compositions. The volumetric image looks quite harmonious with various techniques in unexpected combinations. The main thing is not to combine five techniques on one nail at once. Smooth, logical transitions of designs should be made. So, one finger can be painted with a monophonic base, two fingers can be made using the ombre technique of the same shade, and a little rhinestone is applied to the last. Then the monochrome coating will be beautifully decorated with volumetric figures.

If, nevertheless, you decide to make an actual volumetric manicure, you should stock up on the necessary tools and materials. First of all, the compositions themselves will be needed to create various figures. Specialists use 2 types of basic materials - acrylic and gel. The gel base is recommended for beginners, as it is the easiest to implement and forgives gross errors. Acrylic material is more demanding, quickly hardens and requires accurate application, as it makes the nail heavier in volumetric design. But it can be painted with all kinds of colors of acrylic paints.

There are two types of framework for creating three-dimensional shapes.

3D gel allows you to create any realistic image - from simple flowers and monograms to animal figures and landscapes. Its feature is that it quickly hardens, within about 10-20 seconds. Therefore, you need to work as quickly as possible. Each piece of decor is drawn separately, then dried.

4D gel is a completely innovative material. With it, you can create the most complex and delicate patterns. In consistency and structure, it looks like chewing gum and does not freeze. Drying such a decor will have to be very carefully with a special lamp. Each master tries to choose the type of gel according to his usual needs. The most common is the first option.

To create a high-quality picture, remember the rules for working with 3D gel.

• Before applying a three-dimensional drawing, natural nails are necessarily covered with a basic tool so that the modeling material does not damage them.
• Each element of a complex drawing is dried independently for about three minutes. Drying time directly depends on the thickness of an element.
• Gel - the material is strong enough and non-flowing. But with careless manicure, colors can merge.
• If you are just starting to work in the field of nail art or doing it for yourself at home, you should not buy a lot of special tools. Four basic colors are enough, which can be mixed neatly together on a foil or palette.
• The viscosity and plasticity of the main substance helps to decorate the figures with rhinestones, beads, beads and other bright accent additions at the initial stage of application.

Other materials and tools will also be required: basic gel polish, base and topcoat, nail polish remover and degreaser, cotton swabs and foil, brushes and dots, acrylic powder and paints, activating liquid, gel, ultraviolet lamp, pusher.To create an original and luxurious design, a variety of decorative elements can be useful: beads, rhinestones, broths, sparkle, microbeads.

So, dots can be replaced with a scribbled ballpoint pen, a round-end hairpin. You can take a brush from an old varnish, having previously cleaned it. She is given the desired shape with the help of scissors, gradually cutting the hairs one at a time from the base of the attachment to the handle.

In the case when it is difficult to draw straight away or you are not confident in your own abilities, you can use special stencils for volume modeling. They simplify work and save your time. And the pattern becomes especially neat.

You can make a voluminous nail design without visiting a nail salon. If you have already completed the nail extension, then this is wonderful, because the materials for sculpting will not be able to spoil the structure of your nail. If not, then the pre-nail plate is covered with a base transparent layer. You can additionally use gel polish or shellac of the desired shade.

Before performing a manicure, you should determine the shape and length of the nails. Design has its own characteristics for each type. So, on sharp and long nails, the widest field for activity is in the design of various options. Short nails are less preferred for this kind of decoration. For them, choose a simple and not too prominent drawing of medium or small size.

If you approach the execution responsibly and perform manicure step by step in accordance with the instructions, you can get a very good result. To get started, do the usual manicure. Remove the remnants of the old coating, make a hand bath, soak your fingers and nails with a special cream. Remove the cuticle and give the nails the desired size and shape. Apply the base coat very carefully on the entire surface of the nail. If necessary, correct it with nail polish remover. Now you can put all the necessary tools on the table and start manicure.

1. On top of the main coating, a top-end finish is applied. After thorough drying, the upper sticky layer is removed from it.
2. Dots or a substitute tool takes a small amount of gel, about the bead (depending on the picture element). Use your fingertips to quickly roll it into a ball.
3. A tiny ball is applied to the nail in the place where the drawing will be located, for example, a petal.
4. The place of attachment of the leaf or petal to the future center is pressed with the tip of the tool.
5. The resulting element must be well dried under an ultraviolet lamp for about two minutes. The next volumetric element of the figure is executed and fixed in the same way.
6. To give the picture a larger volume and depth along the folds of the individual elements, you can make shadows with gel polish.
7. If necessary, add additional decorations: shine, rhinestones, microbeads. Once again, carefully dry all layers for 4-5 minutes under the lamp.

Comprehend the science of volumetric nail design slowly. Luxurious design does not require fuss. Experiment with color, volume and shapes, striving for greater naturalness. In choosing an image you are not limited by anything but imagination.Favorite characters, bows, inscriptions, floral motifs, cars and bicycles - you can make whole thematic compositions on your hands.

See how to perform 3D gel modeling on nails in the next video.