A gentle pedicure always emphasizes the girl’s natural beauty, her neatness and grooming. This design of nails will always distinguish a sophisticated person from the crowd, distinguished by good taste.
Features
In the summer, the girl's legs are always in sight, so care for the feet and nails should be carried out more regularly and efficiently. A big plus of a gentle pedicure is that it is made in pastel colors and does not catch the eye, due to which it can be in harmony with any outfit. However, the lack of a bright nail coating shifts attention to the quality of foot care. But there can be numerous problems on the feet: dry skin, corns, contamination of certain areas, corns.
To eliminate many shortcomings, before creating a beautiful pedicure in pink tones, it is necessary to carry out comprehensive skin care of the legs.
How to do it yourself?
Those who have found the strength to do pedicures with their own hands, will have to purchase the appropriate tools.
- Nail file. It should not be too rough, with the effect of sandpaper. Such files lead to delamination of the nail and its unhealthy appearance. Better stock up with a glass file.
- Polishing tool. The file is a tool with two working surfaces. One is rather rough to the touch, the second is softer. Thanks to this tool, the surface of the nail plate becomes perfectly smooth.
- Baths (for steaming the skin of the feet).
- Foot cream (nourishing or moisturizing).
- Pumice (with a fine-grained structure). Designed to remove coarsened sections of the feet (corns, corns).
- A file of wood. The tool is intended for the cuticle. The latter is better not to trim, and periodically push back with a file. If the cuticle is quite rigid, in addition, oil-based softeners can be used.
- Spacers for fingers.
- Varnish coating.
- Topcoat.
When creating a gentle pedicure, first of all, attention is paid to the smooth and beautiful skin of the feet, ankles, well-groomed fingers and nails.
Foot Care Steps
The preparatory phase includes several points.
Steaming
This procedure will make skin cleansing more effective, clean all corridorous places, corns and corns. For steaming, baths of various types of action are used:
- for the prevention of fungal diseases - mix soda with water and tea tree essential oil;
- relaxing - water is mixed with tincture of marigolds or chamomile;
- tonic - peppermint oil and sea salt are added to the water.
All bathtubs should be no longer than a third of an hour. Water should not be hot, feet should be pleasant.
Peeling
It is performed using pumice. In those places where it is inconvenient to use pumice - in the interdigital space, you can use a scrub.
Moisturizing
After the feet have been cleaned and dried well with a towel, they must be moistened with a cream or other alternative means (for example, olive oil). Rub the products well into the skin of the legs and allow to soak.
Nail treatment
Before you begin, between the fingers you need to insert extenders. The file should move in the direction of nail growth. Any deviation from this rule can lead to unpleasant consequences: nail ingrowth, suppuration, inconvenience when wearing closed shoes.
Polishing
To make the nail plate smooth, first use the rougher side of the file, then the back. The length of the nail should not extend beyond the tip of the finger, otherwise it will look rough and even vulgar.
Coating
Before applying a new varnish to the nail, the surface must be degreased. For this, a liquid without acetone will go. This procedure allows you to evenly apply the subsequent coating and improve its adhesion to the surface of the nail. When the surface of the nail is completely dry, you can begin to apply varnish.
A decorative coating is applied from the base of the nail to the edge. This rule is paramount for owners of wide nails. This method of application will visually lengthen the nail.
Decoration with appliqués and rhinestones is done on top of the varnish. To keep the beautiful pedicure as long as possible, the varnish is covered with a finish fixer. It allows the coating to dry faster and be more resistant to all kinds of damage.
Color spectrum
A gentle pedicure, especially if it is created in the summer, is an original color scheme and patterns. At the peak of popularity, the idea of combining naturalness and glamor. The decorative design of a gentle pedicure is based on pastel colors (light pink, peach, creme brulee), which are closest to skin color. As an accent, you can use shades of orange, aquamarine, deep pink. If these colors seem too provocative to you, you can replace them with less bright analogues, or make a tint coating (from light to dark).
For a gentle pedicure, you can use colored varnishes, the main thing is that their color is not too bright: lemon, sky blue, soft purple. Any bright shade can be matted with a special coating that removes the gloss, making the main tone mute lighter.
Drawings and applications
The most suitable for a gentle pedicure are wildflowers (daisies), wavy lines, polka dots, butterflies. Rhinestones are very popular, which add lightness and soft radiance to the whole image. It is important not to overdo it with the number of decorative elements.
Fashionable solutions
The most popular thing is to make the decoration of one thumb because of its area, which allows the master to realize various creative fantasies, and the monophonic coating of others. The design of the thumb looks stylish with a basic varnish of a neutral shade with a bright accent, and the rest of the nails - in a tone from this color accent. For example, the basis of the thumbnail is a snow-white varnish on which pink buds have beautifully blossomed. The remaining toenails are covered in a similar pink color.
The same rule applies to decorative elements - rhinestones. They adorn one toenail in the growth zone.
The most gentle and feminine version of the pedicure is French. It will look harmonious with any outfit, so it never goes out of style. It is possible to perform classic, European or modern. The first option involves covering the edge of the nail with a thin white strip of varnish, and the rest of the nail with varnish of natural shades (pink, transparent or light beige).
The European French from the previous differs only in the presence of a pattern. The modern jacket implies the decor of the border of the base and the white edge. For this, beads, thermal stickers, rhinestones can be used.
Original examples
The so-called lunar pedicure is popular. To create it, the nail in the growth zone is varnished in white, and the rest of the nail is decorated with a different shade. In the pedicure, a pattern resembling flowers from a bride's bouquet can be used. Then the wedding image will be more complete.
To keep the coating for a long time, it is necessary to apply 3 layers. Each subsequent can be applied only after the previous one has completely dried. When choosing a shade, remember that each subsequent layer makes the overall color of the coating darker.
A note of naughty in a gentle pedicure will add the use of nail art. The emphasis should be on the thumb and middle (or ring) finger. As ornaments, voluminous figures of stars, metal applications, rhinestones are suitable. Unusually looks pedicure in the style of "a la fresco."
Decorating nails with colorful geometric shapes intricately interwoven with each other, causes associations with stained glass technique and the method of painting Venetian glass. This design of nails will definitely not go unnoticed.
A pedicure with a two-tone varnish on the thumb and ring finger looks very cute and original. Black and gold bows add a touch of elegance to the bandage, as if “tying up” a nail.
See how to make the perfect French pedicure gel polish in the next video.
