Pedicure with gel polish: how to make and beautifully design?

Beautiful pedicure makes the female look flawless. Despite the fact that you can make it at home no worse than in a nail salon, not every woman has information about the main nuances of the pedicure technique. At the same time, huge investments in the purchase of equipment and the varnishes themselves are not required. The material in this article will help to fill in the lack of information.

Gel polish is a hybrid varnish that combines the properties of varnish and gel. The secret of a beautiful pedicure using gel polish lies in two rules: quality and stylish design. Quality is achieved using good varnish products and decor, as well as following all stages of the pedicure. If you ignore the rules of execution, coverage will not last long.

Therefore, it is selected before the start of the pedicure, choosing decorative elements for a specific female image or for everyday outfits. Since this coating lasts longer than conventional analogues, the design is selected in such a way that it fits most of the items from the women's wardrobe. In this case, you can use different decoration elements (from flat to 3D voluminous).

Gel polish used today for pedicure differs from the usual coating by its greater attractiveness of color tones and durability of the applied composition. Depending on the manufacturer, it stays on the nails for two to four weeks, or even more. Sometimes the nail plates have time to grow well, and the coating does not chip. The secret lies in two factors:

• the thickness of the applied layers, which in total a pedicure can have up to five;
• using a quality lamp to dry each applied layer on the nail plate.

Each applied layer should be very thin, almost airy. So it will be distributed along the nail plate without stripes, and in addition, it will not run over the cuticle and the side rollers of the nail. It is important to understand that the equipment used in a nail salon is different from what women use at home. The method of removing pterygium is also different, because in the cabin it is hardware, and at home for this they take ordinary manicure tools.

The type of pedicure itself also matters, which, in addition to the usual one, today can be unedged or the so-called European. If the traditional technique associated with soaking nails is almost always associated with the difficulties of removing the cuticle and pterygium (and sometimes the burr), then the European or dry type (aka Japanese and spa) is more gentle. With him, the cuticle is not cut, but pushed back. Some masters are sure that it is dry pedicure that lasts longer on the nails, because with it the nails do not change their shape, which cannot be said about the traditional version (they become flatter). However, in general, not the type of pedicure is important, but the correctness of its implementation.

Before you apply layers of gel products on your nails, it is important to prepare the nails themselves, because without this you can not count on a high-quality and durable result. Preparation of nail plates has its own characteristics. As a rule, the task of the wizard is to create the perfect base for the coating. Consider how this is done in the traditional way.

Fingers can be soaked for 10 minutes in warm water. From this pterygium, located on the sides of the ridges, it will be easier to separate from the nails. It will be easier to remove, as well as move, and then raise the cuticle itself. After the nails are soaked, they are wiped dry and, if necessary, a special softening oil is applied to the work sites with the cuticle.

Next, pterygium and cuticle are removed. Tool movements should not be sharp and tearing. This injures the skin and imperfections in the work of the master appear. It is necessary to remove all unnecessary in the direction not up, but forward. To prevent cutting of most of the skin in the cuticle area, it is first lifted using a special spatula, and then pushed away with your fingers. Such a trick will eliminate the appearance of wounds, and a woman will see how much and where to remove.

If it is inconvenient to use tweezers, the cuticle can be cut with manicure scissors. The roughness in the upper part of the nail can be removed with a nail file, but this must be done before soaking the nails. After the pterygium and cuticle are removed, and the upper edge of the toenails is given a beautiful shape, it remains to remove the layer of gloss from the nail plates. This will enhance the adhesion of gel polish to the nail and extend the durability of the pedicure.

It is better to use a special soft grinder for this purpose. He will not injure the skin around the nail from the side of the rollers, nor below in the cuticle area. Since particles of dust particles after grinding can interfere with the application of coatings, they are removed with a soft cloth and degreaser. If there is no such substance at home, you can use gel polish remover instead.

The quality of the pedicure will depend on the level of preparation of the toenails and the accuracy of the master. In fact, the process of applying layers of gel polish is not so much complicated as it is lengthy, because each applied layer will have to be dried. And if you take into account that the master can first deal with one accent nail, filling it out to the end, then all the nails can take more than an hour.

First you need to prepare everything you need. The standard set includes:

• base coverage;
• pigmented gel polish;
• top
• UV lamp for drying;
• decorative elements.

In addition, for decoration it is worth preparing a thin brush with an elastic pile. If you plan to lay out a picture of rhinestones, prepare the appropriate devices, because taking small parts with your hands and creating a sticky-based pattern from them will not work. Consider the main stages of a quality pedicure.

If the master is unsure of the accuracy of the applied varnish layers, he applies a special silicone coating around the nail plate (on the sides and bottom). This substance can be of two tones (pink and white), it dries and after drying the last layer is removed from the skin in the form of a thin film. This is done so that the master accidentally does not smear the gel polish past the nail plate. The fact is that after hardening, it will be difficult to remove the coating from the skin, and such a pedicure will not look beautiful anymore.

The basecoat is designed to hold pigment and top better. In its structure, it is a transparent substance with a sticky consistency. It is applied to the nail plate as neatly and evenly as possible, without calling on the side rollers and the cuticle area below. This is a shiny base that is applied in a thin layer and dried for one to two minutes (depending on the type of coating used and the type of lamp).

After the base is applied and dried, the nail is stained with gel polish using a coating of a pre-selected shade. As a rule, one thin layer is not enough to cover the nail plate. Therefore, pigmented on the nail twice. However, so that there are no stripes, after the varnish is applied, you need to wait at least one minute: the composition will stretch along the nail plate and the coating will even out. If you do not wait a minute, after drying, the strip will remain.

The finish or top layer is the completion of a classic manicure. This substance may have a different type of structure. For example, it can have not only glossy, but also matte, and even velvety effect, to be with a sticky layer or not. Which option is better - each woman decides for herself. The sticky version is good for decoration, glossy allows the pedicure to look fresh for a long time.

There are situations where the steps of a pedicure may involve intermediate decoration. It depends on the type of decor used. For example, if these are water-based stickers, then they are glued after the base and the first layer of pigment. At the same time, in order not to change the expressiveness of the shades of the sticker, the basis for them should be light tones of gel polish.

After drying the pigment layer, a top layer is applied to the nail. Stickers are removed from the cut-out nail shape, then the blank is lowered into cold water. After two to three seconds, they pull it out, remove it from the paper substrate and apply it to the nail with a layer of top. The decor is aligned using a thin brush, distributing the sticker evenly throughout the nail plate.

Next, the nail with the pattern is dried, and only after that the excess film is cut off from above. Then apply another layer of the finish and dry it under the lamp. Around the same technology, the nails are decorated with the famous Japanese kamifubuki decor. Also, crystals with small rhinestones are laid on a dry top and then dried under a UV lamp. The same can be said about decorating toenails with microbeads and flock powder.

However, if glue-based stickers are used to decorate nails, they are applied to the dry top layer. Then they are covered on top with another one so that the sticker does not fall off the base too quickly. If we talk about stamping, it is applied to the pigment.At the same time, the necessary pattern and contrasting color of gel polish are selected for stamping. After the drawing is pressed to the base of the nail, it is dried under the lamp, and then the nail is covered with a top and dried again.

There are other decorating techniques. Some do not need a final topcoat over the decor, because, firstly, the decor is glued to the top, and secondly, the top layer can spoil the aesthetics of the appearance of the pedicure. If we talk about modeling, then this decor can not be called practical and durable. The reason for this is the constant grazing of nails with a pattern on shoes, washing feet.

Removing gel polish from nails is much more difficult than regular coating, because if you properly cover the nails on your feet, it lasts a very long time (up to 5 weeks). As a rule, due to the grinding of the nail plates, the adhesion of the nail to the varnish is quite strong. Therefore, you will have to soften the gel polish with a special wash. The usual nail polish remover will not work here: you need one that is designed for shellac or gel polish.

After the required time has passed, take an orange stick and use it to pry and remove the varnish. In one piece, it is rarely removed, so it will take a lot of time to remove the gel polish. Do not wash the coating with a nail file, because the nails are already thinning with a pedicure, which is harmful to them. It is useless to rub the nail plates endlessly with a damp cloth: this will not work. It will be difficult to remove gel polish from nails without softening.

This season, fashion trends presented fashionable women with several design novelties. For example, one of the extraordinary solutions today is the allocation of the cuticle area. If earlier it was customary to decorate the lower part with rhinestones in the form of an arc, today the lower part is allocated almost close to the base of the nail throughout the entire area where the cuticle is removed. It is fashionable to highlight this area of ​​the nail with rhinestones, a pattern of rhinestones and crystals, as well as gold and silver.

The jacket has also changed. If earlier he adhered to the classic arched lines or the so-called "smile", now he is striving for asymmetry. The lines of this season are diagonal, and a combination of different tones, connected by lace patterns and rhinestones at the same time, is welcome. This season, the jacket is especially elegant and spectacular: if the length of the nails allows, the design can consist of several shades and a pattern on top of them.

A newspaper pedicure is popular, for the creation of which ordinary pieces of newspaper are used. They are dipped for several minutes in alcohol, and then applied to the pigment layer (for about 30-40 seconds) and then cover the printed pattern with the finish. To give a vintage effect over a newspaper pattern, accented toenails are often decorated with small stickers.

This season's trends suggest paying attention to the design of toenails using special foil. If desired, a woman can choose between four varieties of this product, giving the pedicure not only a unique and effective, but fashionable and modern design.

One of the extraordinary decisions of this season is a partial decoration of nails. In this case, the drawing is applied to an unpainted nail. This design looks interesting and fresh. In addition, vertical lines are in fashion: the nail plate can be decorated with two contrasting shades of the product, closing the joint between them using a number of rhinestones or lace, pattern.

A beautiful and simple pedicure can be done on the basis of water stickers. They significantly save time on drawing small elements. This pedicure design looks beautiful and professional, as if it were performed in a nail salon.Lovers of painstaking drawings should look at decorating toenails with broths and rhinestones, laying out various patterns on accent nails from tiny beads.

See how to make a gel polish pedicure in the next video.