Dark blue manicure has not gone out of fashion for several years. Moreover, such a design has already acquired the status of a classic. The versatility of shades of dark blue allows you to create a manicure in bright colors or, conversely, to decorate the nails in color more restrained.
Color spectrum
To make the manicure look beautiful, it is necessary to cover the nails with varnish, which goes well with the shade of the skin on the hands. It is recommended that representatives of a cold color type choose coatings in tones of a cold palette: sapphire, indigo, blueberry, cobalt, electrician, dark azure. Owners of a warm skin tone will have a turquoise color, rich blue and blue-gray. These shades of blue look very elegant and harmonize with varnishes of other tones.
The choice of color for a manicure directly depends on the length of the nails. Delicate shades of flesh to bluish-transparent are suitable for owners of long nails, and sapphire, amethyst and similar shades will harmoniously look on short nails. If you paint a long nail plate in dark colors, the manicure will look vulgar.
Short nails covered with light shades of blue look very pale and visually give hands fullness.
According to the designers, dark blue varnish looks harmonious in combination with coatings of pink-orange and yellow shades (summer version), with cream-white and olive-mint, lilac varnishes and a touch of “wet asphalt” (classic neutral, restrained manicure ), with blue and blue tones for coating using the ombre technique, with gold and silver. A manicure with varnish of these shades will be appropriate at any time of the year.
Especially like pastel colors for romantically minded girls. A pink-blue manicure with the addition of lilac elements will look harmonious in winter, and if you dilute the pink-blue coating with mint-yellow tones, you will get a spring manicure.
The combination of yellow and blue varnish looks very fresh. The base dark blue coating can imitate the starry sky, and the stars themselves are created by a bright yellow palette and sparkles. This option for designing nails is suitable for a festive evening out. Blue-yellow manicure for spring days can be arranged as follows. Each nail plate is varnished in the color of Prussian blue, and on top draw a few lemon slices with leaflets. Geometric shapes of yellow color look spectacular on a dark blue background: rhombuses, squares, spirals, zigzags.
Yellow can be chosen as a base coat, and all decorations are applied with blue varnish.
Blue and green shades are well combined. With their ensemble, one tone should be slightly lighter. For example, on a dark blue coating, you can draw light green leaves, and on a dark green varnish - blue lines. It will be interesting to look at a manicure where the nails are painted alternately or in a chaotic manner with blue and green varnish. Looks interesting manicure in blue and black colors. To create the desired effect, the base varnish should be selected in the colors of Berlin blue.
A floral pattern on a varnish of a light blue hue will look very elegant, while on a coating of rich blue tones the pattern will be poorly noticeable.
The combinations of white and blue can be truly endless: a white-blue graceful pattern on sapphire lacquer on all nails, an ombre effect on the entire hand, starting from the white coating of the little finger to dark blue, the gradient from white to blue on each nail.
Fashion trends
Dark blue is at the peak of popularity. It is beautiful in itself and does not need additional decor. However, using certain techniques and design, you can achieve an unusual decorative effect. Color saturation can be emphasized using Cat Eye gel polish or the famous Swarovski crystals. Such coatings are evening, suitable for any special occasions.
If the nails are long, then you can dream up and create an entire picture from crystals of different sizes. It can be floral motifs, a crown or geometric abstraction. Crystals of blue, snow-white, silver-gold shades are well combined with blue manicure. Pebbles of green and deep red colors will look ugly. If you want to decorate everyday manicure with rhinestones, then you can draw both ring fingers with one crystal. A manicure will not look very brilliant, but it will contain a highlight.
Glitter manicure is very popular, because depending on the design technique it is suitable for any event. For the New Year holidays, designers recommend decorating blue varnish with the help of rubbing. As such, glitter can be used, liquid or dry. It is much more convenient to work with the product in liquid form, but the advantage of dry glitter is a denser coating of the nail plate.
For an evening out, it is better to choose the basis of dark shades, since the sparkles on it will look more impressive. The color solution of the rub also depends on the metal jewelry that you are used to wearing.
Gold spangles are combined with gold, and silver - silver decor options. With the help of rubbing, you can create a fashionable mirror manicure.
Glitter can be combined with crystals, but care must be taken not to turn manicure into bad taste. Sequins in manicure can be used for everyday wear, and not only during festive events. To do this, the light blue shade of the varnish is decorated with silver glitter, but not entirely. The main thing is that the nail plate has a beautiful light shine. Spangles of silver-gold color in combination with marine manicure will look relevant. They effectively emphasize a beautiful tan.
To create a space manicure, it is recommended to combine a blue tint with "metal" coatings. The technique of execution can be the most diverse: rubbing, applications, glitter. Navy blue manicure with camifubes looks unusual. All nails are covered with a blue tint of varnish, and the nameless one is transparent. On top of the colorless coating are kamifubiki in random order.
The dark blue manicure in the classic version may contain geometric patterns, the decor of the holes in the nail growth zone, a jacket. It is possible to decorate only individual nails, for example, to decorate the ring finger with geometric lines in black and white or gold.
On a blue background, pictures in contrasting color varnish or special stickers will look very beautiful. As a winter option, a knitted manicure is often used. The decor can be an intertwined braid, deer and other popular winter-themed items. A more harmoniously knitted pattern will look on short nails. For everyday winter manicure, you can decorate a matte blue coating with white or bluish snowflakes. For festive events, it is better to cover the nails with a glossy coating, apply snowflakes over white varnish, decorate them with rhinestones and sparkles.
When choosing a glossy or matte finish, you need to remember that they can be combined on one nail, but such a manicure does not look spectacular.
It is good to decorate spring blue manicure with cornflowers, lilies of the valley, tulips, snowdrops, roses or lilacs. As a basis, you should choose a light blue coating. Summer manicure involves the use of marine design elements, including a blue and white strip resembling a vest.
You can upgrade the traditional jacket by replacing the white strip on the edge of the nail with a dark blue. Nail holes can be coated with colorless or body varnish. This design is suitable for daily wear.
For special occasions, it is recommended to design the holes with a shade of silver metallic in addition to the main dark blue coating of the nail. A few rhinestones can be glued onto the ring finger. This design will look especially expressive in the cold season. Despite the fact that the dark shades of the varnish visually make the nail smaller, the dark blue coating will look excellent on short nails. In this case, it is better to use a matte varnish. As a decoration, rub, foil or glitter can be used.
Application Technique
A manicure made in dark blue tones attracts more attention than the design of nails in bright colors, so the coating should look neat, without visible defects. In order for the varnish to spread evenly over the nail, you must first apply it to the middle of the nail plate, and then all over the nail. At the end, a topcoat is applied, it will make the initial shade darker and more resistant to various mechanical influences. Varnish can be used both glossy and matte. Additionally, nails are decorated with broths, patterns with rhinestones, sparkles.
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