Drop manicure: design options and nail art

Every woman, regardless of age and occupation, wants to look perfect to the tips of her nails. The last in the light of the latest fashion trends on naturalness and grooming should pay special attention. The professional nail art industry does not get tired of creating new ideas and various options for their implementation. Drops of dew or water on the nails in an independent performance or as an addition to another decor have become a trend of the last season.

A manicure with drops of water on the nails with all the effect of the impression can be done on your own even by a student of the nail master or any girl who knows the basics of coating nails. The technique is very interesting and can easily and quickly transform the coating of nails in any performance. Drawing in the form of rain ideally complements a variety of design options, looks on different types of coating and is suitable for nails of different shapes and lengths. A drawing with imitation of dew drops is appropriate both in the office at the service and in the evening nail design. He is able to refresh any image and bring a touch of tenderness to the monochrome coating.

The design with flowing dew drops has several tangible advantages.

• It is simple to perform and can be done independently at any time.
• It gives an original zest and freshness to any coating and combines literally with everything.
• It takes very little time to complete the drawing. You can create a 3D effect without complicated drawing of details.
• The cost-effectiveness of such a manicure is that to create it you do not need to buy special professional tools.

A drawing with water drops is suitable for lovers of a variety of nail design techniques: from classic monophonic varnish to super-fashionable ideas with rubbing, camifubuki, velvet and matte effect.

With droplets, you can cover all the nail plates, as well as perform a drawing on separate accent nails. Dewdrops on a monochrome coating or French manicure look tender. Design in dark shades and gradient coating they give lightness. In combination with blue and turquoise color, an actual marine design is obtained.

Natural tender tones of pink, peach, skin with raindrops will look even more cute and romantic. Often spray is carried out accompanied by sparkling rhinestones, complementing them. Such a design looks especially advantageous with a manicure of bright summer colors: orange, lemon, mint, raspberry and others.

The most harmonious dew effect complements the drawings with plant motifs. In this case, a few drops can be placed on flowers or leaves to revive the picture. Designs with the image of fresh and bright fruits also complement the splashes of water.

Using a brush, a drawing with a volumetric effect is performed. For this, ovals in black are applied with a thin brush to the dried base of any light tone, immediately slightly shading the outline closer to the middle. Thus, a peculiar shadow from the edges of the drop is obtained. It is advisable for greater naturalness to perform ovals in a chaotic manner, of different sizes and uneven.

Then, in the same way, with the help of white color we draw, and then shade the other half of the drop oval with a thin brush. In this case, the tone should not be too bright. The drawing is well dried, and then we apply a colorless topcoat.

Using a medium-sized dots makes it possible to make a drawing using the rain effect technique quite easily and quickly even for beginners. Thus, it is convenient to perform drops with a simple finishing agent. On a quality-dried varnish or gel, a transparent top is applied with light movements. The pattern is best done in a natural manner, randomly putting emphasis on circles or uneven ovals of different sizes. The manicure needs to be dried again.

On sale there are many options for stickers with a pattern in the form of raindrops. The pattern on them is voluminous and quite bright. This type of manicure is suitable for those who do not have time to draw dewdrops with a brush or dots. But at the same time, you can get a stylish design only for a short time, since stickers, even covered with a protective varnish, quickly lose their appearance and shape.

To create a luxurious radiant effect, rhinestones are added to the drop manicure. They can be used completely instead of the finish coating pattern, creating sparkling drops of small stones. It looks best manicure, where in moderation and appropriate, along with the traditional technique of the execution of the pattern in the form of rain, several rhinestones are used for the original highlight with sparkling accents.

To create a manicure with a design in the form of dew drops on the tips of the nails, you do not need many complex professional devices. Most simple tools can be found at home:

• gel or varnish of any color as the main coating;
• transparent base for varnish;
• finish fixer;
• dots or brush in two sizes;
• nail polish remover;
• cosmetic cotton or disks.

If you have not succeeded in acquiring brushes or dots, you should not be upset. To perform a neat drawing is quite possible with the help of improvised tools. This may require a match, a hairpin with a rounded end, or a regular scribbled ballpoint pen without ink.

With the help of step-by-step instructions, you can independently quite quickly and to carefully create a bold fresh design on your nails without leaving your home.

• The initial stage is carried out as with any usual manicure. The nails are given the desired shape, the length is adjusted to the desired size. Hands soften, and cut off with a special tool or moved off by an orange cuticle stick.
• Under the base tone, a transparent base coat is applied once. It is good if it is fortified. So the nail will be protected from the penetration of particles of varnish and will be able to get the necessary nutrition.

• Next, coat the nail with the main varnish or gel polish in two or three layers, depending on the color density and the desired effect. Thoroughly dry all layers of varnish in the air. The gel coating hardens under layers with a special lamp.
• When using a fashionable matte effect in the design, we apply a matte finish to the main tone, slowly drying. Then we remove the top sticky layer from the coating with a nail polish remover.

• We use a thick transparent finish without a sticky effect. We type it a little on a palette or any improvised surface (plate, box, foil). Gently with a dots or a tool replacing it, we take the finish and apply it in a chaotic manner on the nail. It is better to perform drops of different sizes and not perfectly even.
• Professional secret. To make non-flowing drops, you can wait a little before applying, until the finish begins to harden slightly.
• We dry the manicure until the final solidification of the dewdrops from the top coating. A new interesting manicure is ready.

Drops of dew are able to make the most rigorous manicure play in a special way. A fresh spring floral pattern will make the rainier reflections on the petals more voluminous. Harmoniously, such a manicure will look on the matte version, and in the most unexpected and vivid color combinations.

• Metallic or chameleon coating does not look so aggressive in the design of fresh drops of clear water. On square-shaped nails, the design looks quite advantageous.

• Blue shades are good for winter. They remind of spring streams and the imminent awakening of nature from sleep.

• As with other sophisticated techniques, rain design is often used only on accent nails. This is especially true when performing nail design for everyday life, where the requirements are strict.

• With great success, delicate dewdrops refresh the coatings of the darkest shades. A manicure takes on volume and depth.

• Drops can be made dots or brush. The main thing is that they look as natural as possible. For this, dewdrops of different sizes and even irregular shapes are painted.

• The most delicate drops of dew on flowers and leaves give the plant design a bulge and a special fresh charm. It is as if flowers are about to come to life and delight with a wonderful aroma.

• In the autumn theme of manicure, drawing in the form of rain on top of traced umbrellas or leaves is in demand like nowhere.

• Using drops of a transparent finish, you can draw not only circles and ovals. If the artwork works well and there are good manicure skills, you can create the finest works of art from drops.

• London-themed drawings cannot do without rain. The tower and the traditional clock were dotted with rain. The effect of the usual London haze creates the main perfectly matched color.

• Wet effect adequately accompanies thematic drawings. Now the rain has moved to Paris. He drove away annoying tourists from the Eiffel Tower and freed the Ferris wheel. Nice and romantic. This manicure is perfect for a date.

• Marine subjects can be embodied not only in drops and color.A successful addition to such a manicure will be interesting details: rhinestones, decorative miniature shells and starfish.

See how to make volumetric drops on nails in the next video.