Design and decor of the moon manicure: what happens and to whom it suits?

Many lovers of the original manicure are haunted by the question of why the moon manicure is called that way, and not otherwise. In fact, everything is obvious - the lower edge of the nail plate near the cuticle is called a lunula, and when varnish is applied to it, there is a crescent sensation playing with various colors. This is a pretty stylish, but extremely sophisticated type of manicure.

The history of the moon cover for nails has a long history - it was first introduced back in the 20s of the last century and throughout all the pre-war years remained at the peak of popularity among Hollywood stars.

There are several basic versions of the appearance of this design of nails. The first is due to the fact that just at that time, women achieved equal rights with men and began to work in the same way as they did. If in previous years in the office and public institutions, the fairer sex could work exclusively with gloves, then for girls engaged in physical labor this attribute significantly complicated the performance of labor duties. This led to the fact that they everywhere began to refuse to use gloves. This led to a powerful turn in the production of varnishes and enamels for decorative manicure, which became available to most women.

At the same time, the ladies of high society considered dirty hands to be a bad manners, they tried to combine cleanliness of hands, the presence of varnish and at the same time exceptional elegance in their manicure. So the idea arose to varnish the nails not completely, but partially leaving the edge near the base of the nails.

The second version indicates that women were afraid to paint their nails entirely, believing that this would not allow them to “breathe,” as it was generally believed that varnished plates do not grow well. This led to the creation of the lunar manicure in that difficult period.

The advantage of the moon manicure is that the nails look elegant, such a coating will look harmonious in the office, but can effectively complement the evening outfit. At the same time, it does not matter how long the nails are - the moon coating looks great on both long and filed nail plates.

Lunar manicure is often called an inverted jacket. - since it is as close as possible to the French in performance technique.

In the classic version, the lunar manicure suggests two options, in which in one case the hole near the base of the nail remains unpainted, and in the second, on the contrary, only the lunula is painted.

Make it simple - for this, they make only three simple strokes with a manicure brush. One is on the central part of the coverage area, and the other two are on the edges of the nail.

But first, you should cover the entire nail plate with a base varnish of a transparent color or a shade of nude. This is necessary in order to mask the yellowness - so they look healthier and cleaner, and the tone of the varnish will be much more saturated.

After that, you need to take a special adhesive tape for applying the moon manicure. Usually it looks like rings in shape, but for lack of such an attribute, you can cut arcs of a suitable size from ordinary adhesive tape.

Arc tape is fixed to the base of the nail and along the edges, after which the remaining area is covered with the main color and left to dry. As soon as the varnish dries completely, you need to very carefully and slowly remove the sticky layer.

At the end, the varnish is covered with a layer of protective enamel, which helps to hide the imperfections of the relief and even out the tone.

In recent years, lunar manicure has become more fashionable and modern. Stylists allowed themselves to experiment with color and decor. For example, in 2010, a “mirror” manicure was presented at fashion shows - while the holes were turned as it were, turned back, in the opposite direction, and this trend was immediately picked up by many fashionistas.

In recent years, a manicure with a luxurious monogram has become very widespread.made in black colors - in this case, the main part of the nail plate was covered with a nude shade, and the hole and the monogram were performed in dark color.

It has become very fashionable to combine French manicure - French and moon decor, such a color scheme looks spectacular and is truly universal.

Not so long ago, the lunar nail design burst into trends, in which not all the hole is painted, but only part of it, thus, the treated area does not copy the natural features of the nail. A similar trend is called reverse jacket with a dark varnish - such a manicure can be considered as a moon manicure, only with a very overall hole, which occupies almost half of the nail.

A contrasting coating looks very stylish, in which the coating involves the use of both matte and glossy decor elements.

A few years ago, stylists introduced a new kind of moon cover. - against the background of a khaki or violet coating, yellow-gold triangles are drawn at the very base of the nail.Of course, this design is very far from traditional, however, it was immediately attributed to one of the varieties of the lunar, while the size of the triangle itself and the shade of the base coat became variable.

By the current season, existing trends in the nail industry have significantly transformed lunar manicure.

One of the trends continues the tradition of triangular design - now the most fashionable social divas extend the triangle in the manner of the Eiffel Tower to the very edge of the nail.

Another feature of the last season is the design of the hole with transparent varnish, which is fully consistent with the trend in recent years towards a healthy lifestyle and naturalness in manicure and makeup. At the same time, it is not at all forbidden to use bright and saturated shades for the main tone, scarlet and dark blue are especially popular.

If you prefer to design your nails with a concave hole, then it is covered with a clear or light varnish, and matte shades of beige color are used as the main tone - this trend is more suitable for tender and romantic girls.

Lunar manicure is suitable for nails of any shape, but in the case of short nails, a number of nuances should be borne in mind. This is due to the fact that a manicure with a convex hole line visually shortens the nails.

If you follow a few simple recommendations, you can make the nails longer visually.

• You should not make the hole too large, on the contrary, it is better to slightly reduce it or even draw a curved thin line along the very edge of the lunula.
• Try to give preference to natural shades of natural light varnishes, because dark shades form an excessively clear border on the nail, because of which the latter look much more shortened than it actually is.

• Whatever you like, do not use any additional decors. In the case of short nails, it is better to forget about the cover with sparkles, with rhinestones and drawings - all these decors visually overload the manicure and it looks much wider.
• On short nails, a combination of direct and reverse jacket is not recommended.

Trend lunar covering has been a regular guest on the well-known red carpet of stars all over the world and at secular exits for several decades now. This is a minimalist style that attracts with its laconicism, but at the same time allows the image to be not too monotonous and boring.

Such a manicure enjoys the deserved love of many stars. - It is he who is shown by Kendall Jenner, as well as Rihanna, Fergie and Beyoncé. And the recognized burlesque queen Dita von Teese even launched her line of stylish false nails with a traditional reverse jacket.

See how to make a moon manicure in the next video.