Gel polish nail designs for short nails. Photos, fashion trends 2020

Natural beauty has been the most fashionable trend for several years now. This trend has influenced both fashion and cosmetology. The fashion for natural beauty has also influenced trends in manicure. Girls increasingly prefer short lengths of nails, but trying to stand out, they come up with many bright and unusual designs.

Fresh trends in nail art for short nails in 2020

The optimal length of nails in the new season is 3-4 mm. The most popular manicure designs are different every year. Further in the article are presented the latest nail art trends. They focus on sensuality and tenderness and are suitable for women of any age.

Silver, gold and metallic

Nail-art professionals claim that metallic colors will always be in fashion. Gold is a sign of wealth, silver is the color of nobility. If gold and silver are classic colors, then metallic can have many shades: bronze, nickel, burgundy, cherry and the like. These colors are successfully combined with black, white and their shades.

The metallic color can cover the entire nail in one tone, or be decorated with drawings or decorative elements: foil, rhinestones, spiderweb. You can also do a silver or gold cat-eye manicure. Such a pattern will look expensive and unusual.

Manicure with stylish fine stripes

Thin stripes in manicure also do not lose their relevance year after year. They are suitable for all girls with any nail shape. You can draw the lines by hand or stick on special strips available from professional stores. The classic version of silver stripes, they look laconic with both dark shades of varnishes and light ones.

But bright colored stripes in a matte style will look more interesting.

The lines can be located on all nails or only on some, for example, on the ring and index fingers. In this case, the direction of the stripes should be correctly selected. So, on short nails, vertical lines will look better, since they visually lengthen the nail.

Airbrushing on nails

Airbrushing on nails is done using a special tool - an airbrush. It sprays a thin layer of paint to create a beautiful finish. With this tool, you can create a gradient and various patterns using stencils. The most expressive airbrushing looks in dark or rich and bright colors. You can combine several bright matching colors in one manicure.

Solid color design

A nail design that works best with short nails doesn't have to be patterned. On a short manicure, one shade of polish is enough to make your nails look feminine.

The advantage of a monochromatic manicure is that it is much easier to choose clothes and makeup for it. To diversify the manicure, you can use a rub or matte finish. This will allow women to show their individuality even with a solid color on their nails.

Abstraction

Abstraction-style design does not allow clear rules and any restrictions. Sharp multi-colored strokes, dots and lines, as well as a combination of these elements, are all characteristics that distinguish abstract manicure designs from any other.

The main advantages of this design are the ability to experiment and complete uniqueness, since a manicure design can be thought up without focusing on examples on the Internet, but using only imagination.

Fashion accessories in manicure

The simplest manicure can sparkle with new colors if you decorate it with a small accessory. These can be golden rhinestones, silver broths, or metal elements. Decorative accessories can be used to complement painted patterns or create designs.

Stained glass

If it is difficult for a girl to decide on the color of the manicure, then you can make it in the form of a stained-glass window using from 2 to 5 different colors. Such a design will look festive and non-standard. In the classical sense, stained glass on nails is simple geometric shapes separated by lines, but in the case of this design, you can also experiment as with an "abstraction" design.

For example, using stained glass you can depict a flower or an animal, and lines can add volume to these drawings. You can also do a stained glass French manicure, which is a more sophisticated version of a classic French manicure.

Fashionable shades for manicure for short nails

A table of the most interesting shades and popular colors of 2020 and brands of varnishes, in the lines of which you can find these colors:

The advantage of nails with a short length is that any fashionable color on them will look advantageous and appropriate, since with their long they show their versatility and fit both an elegant evening dress and a strict office suit.

Features of creating a manicure with gel polish

Nail design (it is better not to decorate short nails with a lot of decor) with the help of gel polish has become an integral part of modern women due to the practicality and variety of designs.

If you do a manicure at home, then you need to know the following features of its creation:

• Keep your nails healthy. If there is any damage, cracks or inflammation on the nail plate, then applying gel polish is contraindicated and you should undergo a course of treatment with a doctor.
• The power of the lamp for drying the varnish should not be less than 36 W, otherwise the layers will not be able to dry completely.
• You should not skimp on a degreaser, which removes the sticky layer from the nails.Some masters may advise replacing this product with acetone or alcohol, but these substances can change the pigment of the varnish, and it is also ineffective to remove the sticky layer from the nail plate.
• You should also buy a quality base and top coat. The service life of the coating, the strength of the nails and the general appearance of the manicure depend on their quality.
• At the end, you need to lubricate the cuticles with oil or hand cream, which contains oil. This will help moisturize and soften the cuticles, preventing inflammation and dryness.
• Some girls cannot wear the same design for a long time. To add variety, you can apply a new design to the finished manicure and top it with a fixing layer of varnish.

Before work, all tools must be treated with antibacterial agents and dried in a dry heat cabinet. In the salons, they are opened only in the presence of the client.

Manicure techniques for short nails. Step-by-step instructions for creating a beautiful gel polish design

For every design, there are secret manicure techniques to consider. For example, when creating a French manicure, do not make a line that is too thick, otherwise the manicure will look like a child's. The same applies to stripes. So that they do not visually shorten the nail, the stripes should not be too thick and go either vertically or obliquely.

Before decorating a manicure, you should prepare the base.

The nails are filed to the desired shape, the cuticle is removed and the base coat and base color are applied. Then you can start decorating the basic manicure. In order for the design of the nail plate to turn out to be professional and not to spoil the overall appearance, you must follow the step-by-step instructions.

Festive Candy:

1. Decorative strips of various thicknesses are glued onto a dried monochromatic base (lines can be drawn with a brush by hand).
2. The strips should be glued obliquely, without cutting off 0.5 cm on each side, in order to better glue the edges and they will not peel off in the future.
3. When the strip fits snugly against the nail plate, it is necessary to cut off the excess edges and glue the remaining strips in the same way, leaving equal gaps between them.
4. The nail can be decorated with lines completely or slightly more than half.

"Snake Scale":

1. You need to take the white color of the gel polish as a basis and dry it well under the lamp.
2. On top of the white base, apply green, blue, purple or any other color similar to the natural color of snake scales (this layer does not need to be dried).
3. Starting from the cuticle with a stylus, it is necessary to draw the staggered scales.
4. Some scales can be coated with glitter.

Sticker Design:

1. Since many stickers have a white base, the base color of the nail plate should be painted over in white tones.
2. The drawing you like (or drawings) must be cut out and placed in water.
3. Having carefully peeled off the pattern from the substrate with tweezers, it should be glued to the nail and smoothed so that no bubbles remain.

"Broken glass":

1. It is necessary to prepare pieces of different shapes and sizes from a special film.
2. Cover the colored layer with a final layer of varnish and glue pieces of "glass" on it in a chaotic manner.

Volumetric monograms with powder:

1. On the main color, which is well dried, you need to put a point and stretch it in the form of a comma, and then do the same action several more times, creating the required pattern.
2. Each curl is drawn with a thick layer of paint and dried separately to avoid material spreading.
3. Then the monograms should be covered with a thin layer of the final varnish and the powder should be applied using a wide brush.
4. Remove excess material by turning your finger with your fingernail down and gently tapping on the pad of your finger.
5. No additional top coat is required for this technique.

The last step in manicure is the application of the top coat. It should be well dried in an LED lamp for at least two minutes, and then lubricate the cuticles with special oil. This will help soften and soothe the skin around the nail after being under the lamp for a long time.

Classic monochromatic gel polish manicure

A classic monochromatic manicure always remains a versatile option for any woman. The easiest way to match this type of coating is clothing, hair and makeup.

And if you choose a flesh color, then you don't have to worry about its combination with the appearance, since this varnish color is suitable for both an evening look and an official one. In 2020, monochromatic gel polishes in colors such as yellow, red and gray, as well as all their shades, are in fashion.

Moon manicure

Nail design (short nails in this case will be the most suitable option) with holes is most suitable for a short nail plate due to the fact that it visually helps to lengthen the fingers. Moon manicure is no less popular than French.

The wells can be painted in different colors or remain unpainted at all, and you can choose the most different shape options: from light rounded to deep triangular. A double hole will also look very impressive, where one of the lines remains unpainted.

French

A classic version of a manicure that looks equally good on nails of any length is a French manicure. This design, like the solid color, is ideal for any event.

Despite the usual round white bezel for everyone, modern girls have found several options for how to successfully diversify the classics. For example, instead of white, you can use any other bright color. On short nails, colors such as turquoise and lilac will look especially impressive. In addition to color, you can add a small decor in the form of 1-2 rhinestones or a small pattern.

Fashion drawings

Despite the fact that minimalistic nail design has gained the greatest popularity this season, the drawings still do not lose their relevance. Images of butterflies are very fashionable in 2020. They can be painted with varnish, special watercolors or lined with rhinestones.

Flowers are a symbol of femininity and tenderness, so it is not surprising that the floral print on the nail plate is one of the favorites of women. A flower that will stretch over several nails at once will look unusual.

"Marble" patterns on the nails will suit any dress code. This design can be done in light colors, for example, white or silver stains on a pink background, or you can get a dark manicure by drawing black lines on gray. A manicure in the form of marble will look beautiful both on all nails at once, and on several of your choice.

Short manicure with foil

Foil manicure is a relatively new type of nail design. There are several options for such a manicure. You can glue the foil with light jerky movements, then you get bright chaotic strokes.

Colored foil - gold - sold in small jars. You can use it to cover the entire nail or make interesting patterns. The leaflet is successfully combined with a gradient and painted patterns. Also recently, liquid foil has appeared on the market, with which you can make beautiful drops of a metallic color.

Matte design

Matte manicure is incredibly popular among young girls. Even a monochromatic finish will look completely new if you cover it with a matte top.

With the help of a matte finish, you can make individual patterns that will unusually emphasize the glossy finish of the nail plate. Matte gel polish is able to slightly muffle too bright shades of varnishes and make the manicure more businesslike.

Slider design

Nail design using sliders, especially on short nails, is a good option for those women who want bright designs on their nails, but are not ready to sit in one place for a long time.The slider can cover the entire nail plate, but usually they do not hold very tightly, even if they are done well.

The second option is stickers that are cut out and glued onto the main color gel polish. There are many options for such stickers: from the simplest geometric shapes to realistic animals and complex lettering. Particularly popular are short inscriptions pasted on the nail over white or black gel polish.

With rub and glitter

Rub-in and glitter, like matte finish, can be a separate design that doesn't require additional embellishments. They are able to successfully emphasize the already chosen color of gel polish and make it more saturated, create a certain accent.

An interesting solution would be a gradient made with rubbing or sparkles. And if such a design is made on a varnish of the color of a natural nail, then the places where the nails of the industry will not be visible.

Velvet manicure

A velvet manicure is created using acrylic powder. The nail is covered with a finishing gel polish, and then powder is applied to it with a wide brush. You can do the same with patterns, but in this case, only the pattern itself is painted over with the topcoat so that the velvet layer appears only on the created design.

Velvet manicure looks best on pastel-colored varnishes and on pale pink and purple monograms.

Black and white manicure

Black and white manicure remains the same classic combination in manicure. They can be paired in the same design or alternate on nails for a more austere manicure. Black and white designs can be scaled, marble, or monograms. Such patterns will look most impressive with the selected color combination.

With monograms

Nail design (short nails will look the most advantageous with this design) with monograms is an easy way to create an unusual pattern on the nail plate. Monograms are not difficult to draw, but they look impressive.

They can be flat or three-dimensional, multi-colored or painted in one color. And you can cover them with glitter, powder or rub in, creating unusual effects. Monograms go well with moon manicure and rhinestones. They are able to diversify the simplest, monochromatic gel polish.

With geometric patterns

Geometric designs in the form of squares and rhombuses are very popular in modern nail design. Such a design can be done on all nails, but then the combination of patterns should be correctly selected so that the manicure does not look massive. You can complement the geometric shapes with thin black lines.

Manicure design by seasons

Some women have difficulties in choosing a manicure design due to their huge variety. The season in which the manicure will be done can help determine.

Each season has its own actual colors and designs:

• Winter - This time of year is associated with bright colors, sparkles of silver and gold and red. Traditionally, before the new year, a manicure is done with painted snowflakes, stars and symbols of the upcoming holiday.
• Spring - just as nature blooms and turns green, manicure becomes more delicate and romantic. The design favored by women at this time of year is represented by a large number of patterns and designs in the form of flowers over varnishes in delicate pastel shades.
• Summer - the time of bright colors. In hot weather, girls start experimenting with unusual designs. Bright strokes and an abundance of accessories on the nails are the main symbols of summer manicure.
• Fall - to dispel the autumn melancholy, you can add warm shades to the manicure: orange, yellow, light brown colors. The design is dominated by autumn symbols such as leaves and raindrops.

Short nails are not a reason to give up experimentation. You can always find something interesting and new in nail design, especially for short nails.Such a natural length of the nail plate will never cease to be popular, because it allows you to experiment as often as you want.

Author: Elizabeth Krum

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