How to use a nail stamp?

Beautiful, well-groomed nails - this is the calling card of any woman. The fair sex currently has an immense range of ways to care not only for hands, but also the ability to create an attractive and varied manicure.

The beauty industry, namely the nail service, does not stand still and is constantly evolving. To date, manicure is not just nail care, but a whole range of activities aimed at creating beautiful, well-groomed and attractive hands. In addition to the well-known and widespread classical (trimmed) manicure, many types and technologies have appeared that reduce its execution time and increase the quality of the result.

Widespread in the modern industry of nail design has received the technique of nail art, which is called stamping or stamping (from the English. Stemp - stamping, embossing, printing). This is a technique for drawing a pattern on the prepared surface of a nail plate using a rubber or silicone stamp. The resulting drawing using a stamp for nails will not differ at all from what can be done with a thin art brush, and sometimes even more accurately.

Even a beginner can cope with drawing a drawing with a stamp. You can study the order of implementation of such a design of marigolds in an hour, or even earlier. The main thing is to follow the step-by-step instructions for execution and show maximum patience and accuracy. Then the result will surely please you.The stamping kit consists of a scraper, metal discs with engraved patterns, a stamp that looks like a print, and special paints for drawing a picture.

A scraper is a scraper with a plastic handle and a metal plate along the edge, which removes excess paint from the discs. On metal discs are carved from seven or more patterns of various shapes and sizes. They can be purchased separately from the kit and choose the drawings at your discretion. Paints for work are made on the basis of acrylic, bottled, resembling nail polishes. The consistency of these paints is much thicker than that of varnishes, so the pattern does not spread when applied and maintains clear contours.

The assortment of stamping kits and their components amaze with their variety: from expensive to budget options. When choosing, you need to pay attention to the following points.

• Regardless of the manufacturer, it is important that the working surface of the stamp is made of silicone. Such a surface is flat, has micropores, which allows you to accurately transfer the picture. If the pad is transparent, then with a higher degree of accuracy it will be possible to transfer the pattern to the surface of the nail. Counterfeit stamps usually have a rough surface made of hard rubber. When using such a tool, it is unlikely to be able to transfer the picture without bald spots and with a smooth contour. The working surface of the stamp can be round or rectangular in shape, which allows you to apply a pattern over the entire surface of a long nail.
• The original scraper always has a metal tip; its fake is made of plastic. A fake will not remove the required amount of paint from a metal plate or remove it too much. And as a result: instead of a picture, you can get a mistake.
• Metal plates with drawings also differ in their quality. In fakes, the pattern will be engraved unevenly, individual parts of the picture are poorly cut, which will not allow for a high-quality design. High quality discs will last a long time: scratches on its surface can not be remembered.

Well-groomed hands for a modern woman - this is her second face. Many women spend time all day doing procedures that support beauty and attractiveness. But when there is no time in the stream of daily events, but there is a desire to make a bright manicure, you can use an interesting invention - the Hollywood Nails printer. Even a beginner who does not have any skills in working with stamping will cope with it. Just a few seconds - an elegant image will adorn the nails. The printer is very convenient to use, the drawing technique is striking in its simplicity. It is compact, works without an electric power source.

The principle of its operation is similar to stamping. All manipulations are performed using a machine made of ordinary plastic. The device has a movable part and a base, which can be fixed to the surface using a lever. The print and scraper are embedded in the movable part of the printer. A metal plate is fixed on the base. After selecting a pattern and applying paint, the movable part of the printer shifts and prints a stamp on the stamp. The finger is fixed with a nail plate at the base of the machine. The moving part moves to the nail, the stamp is lowered, and the drawing is transferred to the nail.

For the best result, before applying the stamping drawing, it is necessary to prepare the nail plate: make a trim or hardware manicure, give the desired shape to the nails with a nail file. The algorithm for using stamping is as follows.

• Apply a base coat of varnish to the prepared nail. If gel varnishes are used, then the nail plate must be degreased with a primer, apply the base, smoothing the surface of the nail, and dry in a lamp.
• If you are using the kit for the first time, remove the protective film from the plate.
• All stamping tools are degreased with acetone.
• Select a pattern on the disk, apply paint to it.
• We carry out a scraper on the disk at an angle of 45 °, removing excess paint.
• Using the cushion of the stamp, we transfer the drawing onto its working surface with a rolling motion.
• In a similar technique, gently transfer the pattern to the surface of the nail.
• If necessary, remove errors from the side rollers of the nail with a cotton swab.
• We cover the nail plate with a colorless varnish or top. Covering the nail with the top needs to be done very quickly and accurately to avoid blurring the picture.

If you replace the stamp for stamping with something, then you will not have to talk about the high quality of the design. But to the surprise of the nail service masters, this is possible to do. A medical glove made of natural latex can help out. With a finger, the drawing is transferred onto the surface of the glove and then onto the nail. Also, the stamp can be replaced with a cut circle from ordinary linoleum or a rubber eraser.

Using stamping technology to create a beautiful design is currently used in the nail industry very often. When choosing a color, it is necessary to focus not only on fashion trends, but also take into account that applying a stamp requires the use of certain colors, textures, style compatibility.

In modern trends of nail art, calm, nude tones or dark tones ranging from burgundy to black are very popular. On nails of such shades, geometric patterns made in a contrasting color with the addition of bright accents will look bright. With the help of stamping it is very easy to fulfill everyone’s favorite jacket. Moreover, there are special discs for applying stamp-jacket. Patterns in this technique can be applied over the entire area of ​​the nail plate or only along the free edge.

Applying a stamping over a base made using the gradient technique will make nail art stylish and original.

Not so long ago, the reverse stamping technique was widely recognized. Its essence lies in the fact that the drawing is performed directly on the working part of the print. The process of performing reverse stamping is very time-consuming and requires patience, but the result will undoubtedly please. The reverse stamping algorithm is simple:

• the printing pad is coated with colorless acrylic varnish;
• we determine the pattern and apply paint to the disk (it is advisable to use dark tones to form the outline of the picture);
• we remove excess paint with a scraper;
• we carefully transfer the drawing in a rolling motion to the print and dry it;
• then on the print itself with colored varnishes we color the drawing and let it dry (if you wish, you can apply colors gradually in layers);
• at the end we cover the picture with a thick layer of transparent varnish;
• after all layers have dried, gently tweezers separate the picture from the surface of the stamp;
• apply the base on the nail and gently apply the resulting film with a pattern;
• along the contour of the nail cut off the excess pattern;
• we cover a nail with an ornament fixer.

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