Manicure with a unicorn - a sensation in the "nail" design. It first appeared in 2015, in 2016 it became a recognized trend and does not cease to excite the minds of designers and lovers of unusual manicure. A unicorn can be found in different qualities: as a character in myths or as a cartoon. But in any form, the image of a horse with a single long horn is well recognized, so you can not limit yourself to creating an original nail design, especially since now there is no shortage of various varnishes with various effects and other devices and means for manicure.
Mythic unicorn
Turning to the original image of the unicorn, which came to us from the myths of pre-Christian Europe, it turns out that he is associated primarily with truth and purity. Such a manicure can show that you are not a frivolous nature and, perhaps, well-read, interested in history.
Such a unicorn is an ordinary horse, most often white with a long mane and one twisted horn on his forehead. You can draw it yourself or buy special stickers, which are now sold in almost every specialized store.
At a later time, the rainbow began to be associated with the unicorn, so it can also be used. You can beat a rainbow as a background or put a unicorn on one nail, and a rainbow on others. The through drawing on several nails at once will look interesting. To do this, you can make bright and even rainbow stripes, or you can use the ombre technique. It represents a gradient transition from one color to another and is as close as possible to how we see a natural rainbow in the sky.
My little pony
The famous cartoon My Little Pony very quickly gained popularity around the world and continues to conquer it. Favorite mainly among girls, he was also liked by many adults, because we all, one way or another, leave a piece of childhood when we grow up. Therefore, some girls are happy to do manicures with cartoon characters. And such a manicure will look especially cute and funny for the mother of a little fan of My Little Pony. It can be made in this style, for example, on the daughter’s birthday.
Those who are unfamiliar with the cartoon may think that only ordinary ponies of different colors are present in it. But unicorns are also there, they even have special properties due to their horns - they can do magic.
Therefore, in this design of manicure, you can safely use various optical effects, for example, “cat's eye”, holography or varnish, which changes color depending on the temperature.
There are plenty of unicorns in My Little Pony, so you can choose the ones you like best. Many of them are painted in purple tones, and this is the most trendy option to date. It will also be effective and stylish to add white color or pale pink and lilac. And in general, pastel colors will look great.
You can also take bright colors and make a blue sky with a rainbow and a unicorn, which will give the nail design an image of childlike immediacy.
Rubbed manicure
If even the drawings on the nails do not seem something interesting, you can turn to more complex designs and designs. One of the most popular unicorn related options is helix-shaped nails. To make such a manicure is very simple - just a basic gel polish, color gel polish or pigment (for example, rubbing), which will give your nails the color you need, is enough.
Coat your nails with topcoat or plain white, dry and rub on the resulting surface. After that, make bold lines using the main gel polish to create parallel stripes. They should be located diagonally and parallel to each other - so as to create the impression of one of the sides of the swirling horn. After that, you can rub it on the resulting surface, but be careful - the powder should not accumulate in the grooves between the turns. To do this, you need to evenly distribute it on the base with the help of an applicator or sponge and remove excess.
A very popular option is when only one nail is made in this way, while others are either simply covered with a “unicorn” pigment or contain other decorations. Also, in the form of a horn, false nails are often depicted, grinding their edges so that they taper to the outer edge of the nail plate.
As an option, the turns of the horn can be painted in the colors of the rainbow - it will be even more original than the plain version.
For such a manicure, you can use not only rubbed and stickers, but also various stucco or factory elements. If you wish, you can make a unicorn’s head with a multi-colored mane from gel polish or add additional images: stars, the moon, clouds, because a unicorn is also often a pegasus, that is, a horse with wings that can fly to the clouds and the rainbow.
Fancy Design Options
Speaking about special effects in manicure, one cannot help but recall the so-called rub - it is a brilliant powder that is rubbed into the nail plate or base under the manicure and after fixing it with a transparent fixing layer gives the effect of a hologram. To do this, you can use, for example, a special silicone brush, a sponge for shadows or apply it with your fingers if nothing else is included with the tool. And the tool itself is sold in many cosmetic stores.
There are several options for rubbing, and one of them was even named after the unicorn. It is distinguished by a delicate color with a shine that looks like a pearl. He has color transitions from white to pale pink, but there are also some variations with brighter colors.However, the classic white and pink version is just what you need in this case. It remains to add a small monophonic image of a unicorn, maybe a couple of decorative elements, and you will get a discreet manicure, which even at work will be quite appropriate.
And you can completely limit yourself to just a hologram - its rainbow effect in itself makes a manicure non-standard and effective.
Rubbing the “unicorn” is a cross between powder and sparkles. At the same time, many reviews note that it is distinguished by a "fabulous radiance" and on a white base varnish it can acquire a light bluish tint.
In the next video you will learn how to make a unicorn horn manicure using a rub.
