Manicure brushes: types, features of drawing and care

Looking at the beautiful design of manicure, few people think about what kind of tools the master created it. It seems to us that the basis of such success is the skill and artistic skills of a specialist. In fact, half of the success lies in the selection of the right brushes for manicure. This is often what allows you to complete a drawing without special skills. Let's dwell on this issue and find out what are the brushes for manicure, what are their features, how they are painted, and what you need to know about caring for tools.

Manicure brushes are different from those analogues that are used for drawing on paper or canvas. Their working part can consist of different material, softness and elasticity will depend on this. Pile can be natural and artificial, in addition, the shape of the brush may differ, which will determine the type of its use. With proper care, each such tool is capable of serving the master for at least two years.

We do not think about the fact that all brushes used by nail service professionals have their own purpose. Some of them are used directly to design and create a specific pattern. Variants of natural origin, designed to work with acrylic nail products, can be made from sable hair, marten or sheep. Their shape can be very diverse.

Given that the gel does not dry without a special lamp, the master has time for timely brush cleaning. As for acrylic paints, it is important to consider that after drying they complicate the washing of the brush, while with wet paint, you can immediately wash the brush with ordinary cold water.

For the convenience of work, each manicure brush has its number from two zeros to eight. This nuance indicates the thickness of the pile: the larger the number of the brush, the thicker it is. The choice of the right tool depends on the specific design, line thickness and complexity of the image itself. For example, more than zero options are more commonly used for abstraction. When tiny elements are needed, take brush 0 or 00.

There are several basic options, and each of them has its own nuances.

• Liner Designed to draw straight and curved lines, as well as strokes. You can draw them stripes, a cage, as well as uneven lines under the skin of a zebra. Liners are small in thickness, can have different pile lengths.

• Shader or shader brush represents a flat model, which most often differs in a square or blunt tip. You can draw large print elements, including two shades applied to different sides of the bristles at once.

• Fan brush and the truth outwardly resembles an Asian fan. It allows you to create multiple lines at the same time, it is used when the effect of an airbrush or gradient is needed. This tool is used when you need to darken the background, apply sparkles.

• Dots only conditionally referred to brushes, since this tool at the end has not a pile, but a metal ball. With its help, create prints with polka dots, use the dot technique to draw today’s ethnic ornaments.

• Beveled brush better than an ordinary flat one, you can draw in the technique of a single stroke, in which contrasting tones of paint are applied to different sides and in one movement draw petals or leaves, achieving a smooth play of colors. The bristles of the brush are cut at an angle of 45 degrees.

• Petal It is considered the most simple and common tool. Often it is used not only for drawing, but also for applying the base and trimming the edge of the coating at the base of the nail plate. The same brush creates an acrylic stucco design.

• Silicone options are an alternative to the usual tools with bristles. Instead of bristles, they have a silicone tip. Such brushes are provided for working with coatings of various types, including conventional and hybrid varnishes, as well as gel and acrylic. The same tools are used to clean the cuticle. These devices are unique in that they absolutely do not absorb the paint used, which greatly simplifies the care of them.

As for the most convenient option for beginners, these are silicone shaders. However, it is impossible to clearly identify any option, because the degree of convenience will depend on the type of material used in the work. Masters believe that in working with acrylic it is easier to use options with natural hair. If gel polish is used as a paint, it is also easier to work with it with a brush made of natural bristles. For greater cost-effectiveness of the modeling gel, it is worth using the option with synthetic pile.

Depending on the type of brush for manicure, the methodology for their use may differ. For example, if you need to perform artistic painting, choose a fairly thin round brush. It can be short or long, with a pile up to two centimeters. They draw with these tools as follows: they draw paint on the tip, put a point in the right place and, without lifting, draw a line in the right direction. This creates curls, lace, and even contours.

It is easy to use a fan brush: it is needed to perform a gradient of either an abstract pattern, applying sparkles, or flock powder. If you need to use a tool for applying spangles on the painted surface, they are drawn onto the brush and scattered in the right place of the nail plate with slightly tapping movements. Brush away all the excess. When it is necessary to perform the ombre effect, two contrasting tones of paint are drawn on different sides and the nail is stained with them, connecting with a smooth transition. Sometimes with a fan brush they create ordinary strips, dipping it in paint and drawing light touches on the working background.

When you need to paint a nail or create a large pattern on it with a flat brush, the pigment is applied to one of its sides. After that, it is placed on the edge and, by varying the pressure, a different pattern is created. Approximately the same principle is drawn with a beveled analogue. As for working with silicone varieties, working with them will require preliminary application of pigmented varnish to the prepared nail.

The pattern is created on an un-dried basis, displaying different lines and patterns with silicone brushes. In fact, they remove excess paint, due to which a pattern will appear. However, if you need to use a silicone brush for gel modeling, you will have to work with corners, an edge, or even the entire plane of the variety.

The easiest way to take care of silicone brushes. In order for them to maintain their performance, it is enough to wipe them in time with an ordinary wet disk or a manicure towel. It is important to use brushes strictly for their intended purpose - they are not painted on paper. Do not leave brushes in water, as this can deform them.

If the tool is slightly disheveled, it is necessary to lower it in hot water for a couple of minutes. It is necessary to monitor the timely washing - it is necessary to clean the devices immediately after work. If you miss the time, the varnish may dry, then you will have to use a liquid to dissolve it, and this is harmful to the structure of the hair.

To prolong the durability of tools can the right choice of palette. It is important that it does not have nicks and roughness that can cause a gradual erasure of the pile. Also, rubbing the brush on a napkin is strictly not allowed. We must not forget that some brushes need to be treated with softening cuticle oil.

Do not brush the bristles with a needle or nails. Monomer or specialized column or synthetic fluids are used to remove paints. Store tools better in a pencil case. Before starting work, tools previously treated with oil are soaked in water and wiped.

Silicone varieties are quite resistant to water of different temperatures, they can be treated with alcohol, mineral oils, slightly alkaline solutions. These products can be washed, wiped, subjected to various disinfection. The only thing that can harm them is sterilization. You should also take note of the fact that it is impossible to purposefully prick the working parts of silicone brushes.

Manicure brushes for modeling and painting nails are considered a godsend for the design and execution of stucco prints.Both nail service professionals and novice masters are sure of this. With their help, you can create unique drawings, displaying thin lines, monograms and openwork patterns evenly and accurately. In the comments left on the forums dedicated to nail art, it is noted that brushes are really capable of working miracles, facilitating the work of the master.

You also need to make sure that the home set contains varieties of different sizes, including option 00. According to professionals, beginners can take a closer look at the products for AVON's manicure.

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