Dandelion manicure is considered one of the fashion designs of the new season. Stylish summer design attracts the views of others, allowing the woman to be in the spotlight. Since it is not at all difficult to make a manicure at home today, it is worth considering all the nuances of this design.
Color and Decor Options
The fashion of the new season is confident that manicure should take into account the time of year. This means that it is worth choosing summer paints for design. For example, a manicure will look good on nails in white, lilac, mint, blue, pink and coral colors. The shades of the pastel group are considered the most successful for this design, because they breathe lightness and create a special summer mood. A manicure with dandelions in yellow, turquoise, blue looks great, as well as an option made in beige, nude, green, bronze, lemon, pistachio, milk and orange tones.
Important! They try to choose the color of the pigmented varnish taking into account the pattern, so that the print looks expressively and does not merge with the main background.
Since dandelions are often painted with black and white paint, they are supplemented with colored paints of the main background. The basis for decoration can be either plain or gradient. The following combinations can be called excellent combinations of the background with the ombre effect:
- coral and peach;
- pink and lilac;
- lilac and blue;
- yellow, pinkish and milky;
- white and blue;
- green and yellow;
- White and black.
The black color of dandelions looks different in each design, because the emotional perception depends on color contrast, and the print execution style is also different. When it is made in silhouette technique without much drawing, its appearance is simpler than in the case with emphasizing the smallest details of the plant. Of course, the best designs are not a shadow, but an almost realistic flower with a white fluffy hat. Although at first glance it seems impossible to draw such a thing, in reality there are many techniques that prove the opposite.
You can decorate a manicure in various ways. For example, various rubbing, kamifubuki, modeling gel and even rhinestones are great for this. However, before complementing the delicate summer drawing, you need to think about how appropriate it is. For example, a scattering of the same rhinestones instead of a harmonious completion of the composition will simply break it, drawing attention to itself. Here you need to dose out the accents and skillfully select places for them. For example, it can be a drop of dew or a seed flying downwind.
Kamifubuki is also quite moody. But if you choose not shiny, but ordinary colored confetti, they can be used for seeds of a white dandelion hat. They can also decorate a receptacle or sepals. However, they cannot completely decorate a flower hat. To choose such a decor is necessary taking into account the general color schemes. For example, it will look prettier not in the tone of the main background, but in bleached-gray, shading the umbrella.
Rubbing allows you to give accent nails a special multifaceted effect. However, in this case, they need to be dosed, because with an excess of manicure will begin to give a metallic sheen. As for the modeling gel, it is able to add volume to the design. With it, you can create drawings with the 3D effect, which today is considered a fashionable decoration technique.
You can change the perception of the design using acrylic powder or so-called flock powder.
She will give the picture a volume and an original texture, due to which the design will look voluminous and velvety. Choosing this decoration technique, you need to take into account the thoroughness of drawing with a top or gel, after which powder is applied to them and dried under a lamp. Umbrellas of dandelions and with a silver dusting can look beautiful.
How to choose a varnish?
Pigmented products today amaze with a variety of assortment. In order not to get confused and choose a really good option, it is worth considering the following rules:
- for a manicure with a design you need a varnish with dense pigmentation; they will have to paint the nails twice, but in thin layers so that it does not strip and does not spread beyond the limits of the nail plate;
- it’s better to buy gel polish, because it is distinguished by a clean tone, durable in sock, looks expensive;
- well suited for manicure with dandelions matte, glossy finish; the pattern on the chameleon, magnetic, pearl varieties of varnish pigments will not be noticeable;
- for short nails, it is worth taking a closer look at the coatings darker, since too light varnishes will visually expand and shorten the nail plates;
- if the nails are long, it is better to choose light and gentle tones for the design, so that the design from light and air does not become heavy and vulgar;
- it is necessary to select a varnish taking into account decoration elements - the color should stand out against the background of the picture;
- You can choose a different texture, but it is better to be matte: such a manicure will look more expensive;
- it is better to choose the color taking into account the available clothes of the wardrobe, while getting into the tone is undesirable: it is better that the shade of varnish and clothes be related.
Ways to create nail art
To date, decorate nails with dandelions can be based on three methods of decoration. It is worth considering the nuances of each technique in order to know what the essence of the work is.
Brush
The first technique involves the implementation of dandelions with a thin brush.Outwardly, it looks like a needle, but the pressure of the tool should be light and confident, because this will change the width of the lines. In fact, there is nothing complicated in drawing dandelions. If you wish, you can buy a tool in the shape of a pen, otherwise the technique is the same: the pattern is created using acrylic paints, and sometimes using a modeling gel.
The pattern can be both on one accent nail, and located compositionally, for example, umbrellas flying from one dandelion.
Stickers
This technique is unique in that it allows you to create a professional design in a short time. It is better to work with water sliders that need to be lowered into the water to separate the paper backing. They are distinguished not only by their simplicity in work, but also by the expressiveness of the drawing. After the sticker is dried and covered with a layer of topcoat, the manicure will look professional and beautiful.
Stamping
This way of creating a picture is nothing but stamping of finished patterns. They are transferred from metal plates having different engraved prints. The inconvenience can be called the need to fit the picture. Stamps are convenient in that the drawing is accurate, beautiful and clear, and this process takes very little time. If desired, stamping can be supplemented with acrylic paints.
Step-by-step manicure technique
To have an idea of what the design with dandelions is made up of, it’s worthwhile to outline briefly the basic methods of work, taking as a basis the design of a classic type of manicure. In general, a step-by-step technique will consist of preliminary preparation of nails and their further decoration. On monophonic nails stained with the selected pigment, creating pictures is the easiest.
Preparation
Before proceeding to a decorative manicure, perform a medical, including the following steps:
- hands are soaked for 10-15 minutes in warm water;
- after a lapse of time, hands are wiped dry, lubricated with special oil, rubbing it into places around the nail plates;
- the nails are shaped;
- using manicure tools remove pterygium;
- the cuticle is lifted, slightly pulled with a finger and cut;
- polish the nail plates with a buff, removing the gloss;
- the sawdust is removed, its residues after grinding, like oil, are degreased.
Staining and design
After preparing the nails, they start decorative manicure. There are some nuances that you need to know when working with gel polish. Do not do without a special drying device, as well as base and finish coatings. These are varnish products, without which no modern manicure is possible. The base is needed to enhance the tenacity of the pigment, and the finish coating will extend the life of the manicure.
When working with hybrid varnishes, you need to consider many points.
For example, they can be corrected before drying, but after it will be problematic. It will be necessary to apply the products in thin layers, drying each separately after application. You will have to draw on the dried pigment, and you need to try so that there is not much paint on the brush. You can not apply a lot of pigment, as this will significantly reduce the life of the coating.
After the base is prepared, the top, pigment, contrasting varnish, as well as drawing tools, begin to color the nails. This process includes the following steps:
- the nail plates are covered with a thin layer of the base and dried in a lamp;
- the first layer of a monophonic coating is applied to the base and dried;
- the unpainted areas are covered with a second layer and the coating is dried again;
- the nail is decorated with a pattern (sticker, stamping);
- a top layer is applied on top of the drawing and dried.
Now it’s worth considering how to create a picture on painted nails. When there is no experience, it is better to pick up a sketch in advance and try to draw it so that it fits on the nail plate. A drawing in the size of the nail will be useful. Drawing on already proven technology will be much easier.Suppose these are nails with umbrellas flying in the wind. They take white paint and a thin brush, draw thin lines like snowflakes, draw the line of the legs. They take black paint and tint the white leg with black: the flying umbrellas are ready.
To draw a fluffy dandelion, put a dot in the right place, and then draw a ball according to the principle of snowflakes. Then at the ends of the lines create small corollas. You can fill the middle with simple lines or another row of umbrellas. Black paint creates a receptacle just below the middle of the resulting ball. Then they paint the pedicel and leaves. If it is planned to use gel instead of umbrellas, they do not draw corollas at the ends (fluffy snowflakes are enough).
Stylish Design Ideas
It is worth considering several examples of manicure with dandelions on nails for inspiration.
- A gentle solution against the background of a jacket using a transparent modeling gel.
- Summer manicure with gel and laconic pattern.
- Marshmallow design with sparkles and sticker.
- Delicate lilac manicure with soaring umbrellas.
- Composition with a girl in coral color using a silhouette pattern.
- A simple drawing of black paint on accent nails.
- White dandelions on a dark background look gentle and beautiful.
- Design with stickers on accent fingers.
- Variant of design using acrylic powder.
See how to make a combined manicure with a dandelion on the nails in the next video.