Red manicure: stylish ideas and a variety of techniques

Red nails are a universal option for almost any shape and length of nails. It is perfect for everyday wear, as well as for bright holiday images. There are many techniques for applying various types of coatings, but the red color to this day remains one of the most popular.

There are many shades of red: it is cherry, and wine, and berry, and a shade of mahogany, and scarlet. Not each of them will fit the specific shape, length and design of the nail. Owners of short fingers are best to stay at the juicier shades of ripe berries and reddish shades of autumn foliage. The same is worth doing for those who prefer to trim and file the nail shortly. Such colors visually lengthen the nail and finger, make it narrower and more accurate.

One of the frequent tricks used by professionals to select the perfect red shade, is the selection of varnish for the skin tone of the girl.

• For light and pale skin, a classic scarlet, raspberry or cherry shade, as well as all cold shades of red, are perfect. Such a contrast will emphasize the hands and make them visually more well-groomed and neat.
• For owners of a bronze tan or for swarthy girls, on the contrary, warm shades with a golden or orange tint are suitable.A coral or chestnut shade of varnish will look good, but warm shades of red-plum color will look great in everyday wear.
• The color of burgundy is best suited for black beauties, and red-haired girls will be delighted with manicure in tomato shades.

Before you paint your nails in red, you need to make a high-quality manicure and carefully file the edge of the nail. If the nail plate is uneven, has tubercles or dents, it is best to pre-polish it with a soft buff and apply a base coat with gel or colorless varnish.

To date, there are several options for coating for nails. They include:

• regular varnish that lasts for 2-7 days;
• gel that is removed or adjusted as the nail grows (1-2 times per month);
• gel polish, which is a compromise between ordinary thin varnish and strong gel; This option is worn for about 3-4 weeks, but slightly thinner than a regular gel and more fragile.

Regardless of which coating is chosen for manicure, the final result depends on the technique of its application. This technique is selected taking into account the preferences of the client and the capabilities of the master performing the manicure. They can be mixed and complement each other, several nails can be decorated in one design, and several in another.

• French. With this technique of staining, the nail is covered with a lighter, transparent or matte shade of varnish. The “smile” zone along the edge of the plate is painted with a brighter, contrast or brilliant color. The border between the two shades can be emphasized using various decorative elements. The only drawback of this technique is its great popularity. In any team or in any company there will be at least a couple of girls with a similar manicure.

• Lunar. This design is similar to the French manicure technique, only the other edge is not the lower, but the upper edge of the nail - its “hole”. This option is a little more difficult to do, but there are many auxiliary tools and devices, for example, adhesive stencils that will help to make a moon coating both at a professional and at home.

• Ombre. The word "ombre" comes from the French "shading" and means a smooth transition from a lighter color to a dark one. Such a gradient, made on both long and short nails, in bright colors looks unusual and festive even without additional decorations. Calmer shades will allow you to create an option for daily wear at work or school. At home, making it harder, but having a little practice, you can quite quickly cope with this simple art quite quickly.

• Cat's eye. Such a manicure is almost impossible to make with a regular gel or varnish, a special magnetic coating will be required, which, when the magnet is brought to it, forms a strip of a lighter shade in a certain part of the nail. The cat's eye looks unusual both on its own and in combination with other staining techniques. It is performed very easily in the presence of a special varnish and a small magnet of an elongated shape, which are often sold in the kit.

• Water. For this application technique, one or more colored varnishes are dripped into a container of water to create a thin color film. The finger is immersed in water, the nail plate is placed under this film, after which the nail rises with it. Excess varnish is erased from the skin, and a thin film with beautiful stains is covered with a finish.

• Lace. This technique involves staining the nail through lace fabric, while creating a characteristic pattern called “veil”. In some cases, a piece of thin lace is placed under a colorless coating, which remains on the nail for the entire period of wear.

• Stamping. This option will require special printing and several metal plates with engraved patterns. Varnish is applied to the pattern in large quantities to fill all the small parts, and the excess is removed with a special plate. The finished pattern is transferred to print, after which the print is applied to a painted or natural nail. Thus, the pattern moves from metal to the nail plate.

• Brush drawings. Experts with extensive experience can even create a real picture on the little finger’s nail. It all depends on the client’s requests and the capabilities of the wizard.

This year, the manicure of many models at various shows was decorated in red colors. In various catalogs and fashion magazines, you can often find bright scarlet or wine shades on oval and square nails. The design itself is distinguished by a variety of small details and unexpected combinations.

• Flowers of various shades on a red background are a real find for lovers of natural motifs in the image. Such flowers can be combined with the tone of the main coating, and can act as a bright contrast detail.
• Geometric patterns can visually lengthen or narrow the nails, make their shape more rounded or, conversely, sharper.

• Metallized coatings created using various powder powders can only compete with matte and velvety coatings in their popularity.
• A super-effective coating that imitates knitting a sweater or scarf is perfect for the period of cold weather. Firstly, the thickness of the coating will protect thin and brittle nails even in the most severe frosts. Secondly, such a manicure looks very warm and comfortable, especially in combination with woolen sweaters and dresses, the pattern on which is similar to the design of the nails.

• Modeling. Voluminous manicure with large details remains in fashion, however, unlike in previous seasons, it has become more “wearable”. Huge flowers and figures are a thing of the past, giving way to more calm embossed patterns.
• For a long time there was and remains an original design with hand-painted paintings, which can be either in a very concise form or in the form of small but very detailed drawings. It can be simple monograms made of contrasting varnish, as well as drawings on five nails, combining into a whole picture.

Red color is quite capricious in combination with others, likes to lead and contrast. There are several classic and win-win options for this combination.

• Black and red coating - the most classic of all possible. Suitable for nail plate of any shape and length. Easier to tolerate coating imperfections and gradient. It looks festive and very elegant, so it may not be suitable for daily wear.
• Red and white combination calmer and softer, but looks better on long nails than on short ones. Such a coating requires more attention to detail, but will look good with additional decorations. The thinner the lines of contrasting color, the easier the nail looks.

• Shades of Gold and Scarlet often found in manicure, dedicated to any celebration. Gold looks best in the form of decorative lines and patterns, and red as the main layer. Do not wear silver jewelry with this design of nails, as they will contrast with the gold color of the patterns.
• Silver and red, like the previous combination, is successful, but more calm and everyday. It is moderately bright and at the same time concise, especially if only one finger on the hand is highlighted in silver.

• The combination of two or more shades of the same color allows you to emphasize the neat shape and length of the nails. The gradient looks calm and casual, and lace patterns will add elegance even in the simplest office suit.

• Not everyone agrees to such contrasting combinations. But they emphasize not only courage, but also the delicate taste of the girl.

• Short nails look great with a wine or cold raspberry-colored coating. In this case, the shorter the nail, the darker the color of the varnish should be.

See how to make red manicure with foil for the New Year look in the next video.