It is important for modern fashionistas to stay on the crest of the wave, making sure that everything in their image is impeccable. This is especially true for nails, because we are used to the attention of others and want to constantly stand out from the crowd. In the search for fresh ideas, a woman's eye fell on the subject of flags of different countries. This design looks bright, it is original and sets the desired mood for the set.
Features
A manicure with flags cannot be called a universal design. It is not suitable for everyday bows, it is not always appropriate in the evening and romantic images. This is a specific design that is performed for special celebrations or events. More often it is the choice of young people striving for a vivid image that stands out among the usual topics.
Do not give manicure a patriotic meaning, because the design is chosen more according to the moodrather than to emphasize the love of their homeland. Few people know, but in European countries they relate differently to pictures on nails, and even more so to different flags. In the best case, a European manicure is distinguished by the brightness of the shades. Only in America on holidays can women afford to decorate their nails with unusual prints. Flags on nails are painted mainly in Russia and the CIS countries.
As for a meaningful manicure with a flag, such a design can be seen on the nails of fans of national football teams. Moreover, more often female nails are decorated with the flags of Brazil, Great Britain, Argentina, Italy, the USA and Russia. At the same time, prints can be located on all nails, as well as on any one, which, incidentally, makes the design more expressive, since it leaves the main background of the remaining nails free.
Design with flags on the nails can be the most diverse.Choosing an Armenian, Italian, British, Turkish or other flag, you can complement your image with a fairly fresh solution. Such a manicure can stretch even the most concise female outfit. He does not need any excesses and pretentiousness in clothes, because from the abundance of complex elements of the ensemble he will lose expressiveness.
Ways of doing
Manicure with flags in a variety of ways. Nail service professionals often do this without any stencils, using only thin manicure brushes. Those who find it difficult to draw straight lines use foil adhesive tape, making it easier to create a flag. An alternative to drawing is stamping. Despite the fact that the plate with engraving does not allow any variations in the drawing, it turns out to be quite clear and professional. It takes just a couple of minutes to complete, which significantly reduces the time it takes to draw. If desired, varnish transferred from the plate to the roller can be painted.
Those who do not want to mess with brushes, paints and stamping, use ready-made water-based stickers or slider design. It is not difficult to work with such pictures, they are glued to a light substrate and an un-dried top, sealing on top with a base and a layer of finish. Such material is inexpensive, it is easy to use and increases the duration of manicure socks.
Design ideas
Manicure with flags of different countries can be performed in combined techniques. For example, the basis of design can be a classic, and the emphasis is a French. Or, on the contrary, you can take French manicure as a basis, performing accents on a classic monophonic basis.
In order not to overload the design, it is better to limit the number of accents, placing them, for example, only on the nails of the ring fingers. You can combine prints with marine or other themes, using the color schemes of the selected materials. Say, the same British flag will look beautiful if an anchor or stars or stripes are depicted on a nail next to it.
It is interesting to beat a lunar manicure with a flag print. To do this, the hole is painted in one of the traditional colors of the flag. If, for example, the option with stripes and stars is chosen, then the stars themselves can also be used ready-made, accentuating the cuticle area with them or emphasizing the hole. To decor more harmoniously fit into the design of nails, it is worth combining star sequins with tiny round ones.
You can use the technique of diagonal and asymmetry, which modern design likes to strive for. For example, a picture can be positioned at an angle by performing a diagonal jacket. You can take as part of the flag part and depict this motif on a nail painted in the same color. Such a technique will look beautiful, even if the adjacent nail is painted with the contrasting color characteristic of the same flag. Sometimes even ordinary stripes on one and stars on the other are enough to create the desired mood, which will clearly indicate the motives of the flag.
Another interesting solution will be a flag made in the form of some kind of geometric shape. This option is interesting in that it allows you to visually balance the nail plate when its shape is far from ideal. The lines of the figure can be smooth or, conversely, sharp, the last option is chosen for marigolds with clear edges. The flag on the nail can be made in a different manner. For example, it is not at all necessary to indicate in detail all its features, drawing every little thing. Sometimes it’s worth betting on the colors themselves and allowing yourself a slight departure from the design. This can be the inclusion of mother of pearl design, image rotation, the addition of elements such as rhinestones, broths, rivets.
How to decorate?
Decorate a manicure with flags you need correctly. If you want to use a sparkling decor, you need to carefully think about places for its location.For example, rhinestones and crystals will be appropriate only if the design will beat such manicure techniques as lunar, traditional or reverse jacket. To sculpt them simply on top of the main picture is ugly. If you want to create a gold, bronze or silver coating, first you should make a dark substrate for it. So it will look more interesting and status. Firstly, the dark base will create a small relief, and secondly, spraying will look more impressive on it.
If the design is based on stickers that are planned to paste on the smiles of a jacket, you can refine the texture of the base with pearl dust. Against a light background with a small rubbing, this will create a unique effect of light mother of pearl. You can create stripes in gold or silver, on top of them glue the sliders on a transparent background with a specific flag motif. You can combine unusual prints with an interesting texture of neighboring nails. For example, the flag on the ring finger nail will look good if the adjacent nail is showered with powder or broths. You can also decorate the nearby accent finger kamifubuki, spreading from a flat confetti honeycombs over the entire area of the nail.
Sometimes the design can be decorated with metal decor. Someone prefer the use of letters on a neighboring nail. They spread the name of the country. Someone complements the design with portraits of presidents of countries whose flags are selected as the basis for design. However, such options look completely different, moreover, here you have to deny yourself the delights and creative approach.
See how to make a manicure with flags in the next video.
