Ideas for pink manicure for short nails. Photo, design with rhinestones, pattern, rubbing, gel polish

A manicure made with pink gel polish is an ageless classic, relevant for the upcoming season. Delicate pastel nail art, created on short and long nails, testifies to the romanticism and femininity of the wearer, and also fits perfectly with any image and outfit.

Recommendations for pink gel polish manicure

Pink manicure (any shades are allowed on short nails) created by gel polish is one of the fashion trends in 2019. Nail art created in pastel pink tells about the tenderness, femininity, and dreaminess of its owner.

This color range is very practical, looks great on nails of any length, does not require a special selection of clothes and accessories, and is ideal for an evening and business look.

When choosing a pink shade to create nail art, you should be guided by:

1. Natural skin color. Coral, peach, warm pink tones with orange and yellowish tints are suitable for blonde girls. Blondes should avoid cold colors with the addition of blue, blue, green. Swarthy women are better off choosing a bright pink manicure of strawberry, raspberry, caramel colors.
   
2. Age indicator... Absolutely any design suits young girls. Up to 40 years old, if you wish, you can experiment by making a bright pink manicure "a la Barbie doll" with inserts from Disney cartoons. For women over 55, it is better to choose neutral pink shades that give the skin of the hands a fresher look.
3. By the season... For the winter period, nail art is preferred, decorated in pink and beige tones. Summertime demands brightness and bold decisions. Nails of any bright pink shade will look great.
4. Plate length... Short nails are versatile looking perfect under any shade. A long area should be covered with a pale pink range, close to the natural skin color. On nails more than 2 cm in length, a jacket made in pink looks good. The short plate is ideal for moon manicure, ombre, cat's eye.

Techniques and decorations used for pink nail art:

• monograms, curls, lace, drawn with white, gray, black flowers;
• various flowers, geometric shapes, lines of contrasting shades;
• lunar manicure created with pale pink and coral shellac;
• a classic jacket with a pink smile - perfect for an office dress code;
• ombre, which is a transition from dark pink to coral, peach colors.
  
• pink manicure with gold, silver, pearl rhinestones, rub in, glitter is created for an evening look, a romantic date.

Modern techniques of pink gel polish manicure

Pink manicure (short nails should be covered with a solid bright pink finish, decorated with rhinestones, monograms, 3-d floral patterns) is created using various techniques.

For instance:

French

Classic nail art, involving the drawing of a smile in a contrasting color on a monochromatic coating.

The classic jacket is independently made on a pale pink base using stencil strips sold in special sets.

During nail art, the nail plate is covered with a basic tone, on which a strip is glued, leaving the end of the plate open. A smile is drawn with a contrasting varnish (white, black, gray, hot pink), polarized in a UV lamp.

To create a French manicure yourself, you will need:

• transparent base;
• the main tone is pink;
• white (black, gray) gel polish;
• unknown top;
• strips stencils;
• thin nylon brush.

Moon manicure

The reverse variation of the classic jacket, involving the drawing of a contrasting circle on the lunula (base) of the nail. The design is created with white, pale pink shellac on a base made in a brighter shade.

Water manicure

A relatively new technique that has gained immense popularity, which consists in transferring drawings created on the surface of the water onto the nail.

For an independent water nail art you need:

• glass of water;
• toothpick;
• gel polishes of several shades of pink (can be combined with other colors, for example, blue, red gray, purple to create the dawn effect);
• Scotch;
• colorless base and top.
  

Before the design, the nails are prepared, degreased, covered with a transparent base. 1 drop of each colored shellac is dropped into a glass of water. A pattern is formed with a toothpick. The base of the nail is sealed with tape, the finger is lowered to the center of the pattern. The varnish is imprinted on the plate, screwed in with a toothpick. The resulting ornament is polymerized in the lamp and fixed with the top.

American manicure

Ideal for whites and blonde girls looking for pink lipstick or Barbie style. The essence of the technique is to apply a monochromatic nail coating of any pink shade that fully matches the color of the lipstick or gloss.

Spanish manicure

Nail art, for which the base is used in beige, cut shades. The main color, falling on a nude base, acquires a richer tone that differs from the original.

Cat's eye

A design that gets its name from a stone that has a reflective surface. For such a manicure, a special gel polish and a magnet are used to attract reflective particles of the coating, forcing them to line up in one strip.

It is created by applying a magnet (at a distance of 2-5 mm) to the applied, dried varnish.

Stamping

Nail art technology consists in transferring a pattern from an aluminum stencil to a nail plate with a special stamp.

Matte manicure

The popular trend of the nail art technique, in the process of which the nails are given a matte (velvet), rough surface. They are created using a special matte top or rubbing glitter powder into the gel polish (final top).

Ombre

A technology that represents a smooth transition of a darker shade to a light one, performed within one nail. When decorating with different shades of pink shellac, a pattern is created on the palette, which is a smooth flow of colors, for the subsequent transformation of the pattern onto a finger using a sponge.

Foiling

Decorating nails with glue and colored foil. The nail is covered with pink varnish, on which a stencil is applied for applying glue.

From above, the structure is covered with foil, left until the adhesive dries. After hardening, the loose foil is removed, leaving a pattern on the nail, fixed with a transparent top.

Photo design

Creation of nail art using ready-made drawings applied to pink gel polish of various shades. Before use, the purchased workpiece is moistened with water to remove the protective layer and placed on the plate.In a similar way, 1-2 fingers on the hand are decorated or a whole composition is created.

Manicure with glitter, rhinestones, microbeads

A design consisting of decorating nails with shiny materials:

1. Rhinestones are attached to the glue, after the completion of the manicure:
2. Microbeads, sequins are placed on an uncured shellac layer;
3. Glitter is sent out on color gel polish or mixed with it.

Art manicure

Nail art, during which monograms, flowers, geometric shapes, symbols are created on the main covering of a pink shade. The elements are drawn with a thin brush (toothpick, needle) dipped in acrylic paints or gel polish in black, white, gray.

Master class of solid pink manicure with gel polish

Pink manicure (on short nails it is recommended to apply a monochrome coating made in coral, beige, salmon, raspberry shades) can be done independently at home.

To create a solid nail art you will need:

• nail files;
• orange (wooden) stick;
• tweezers, manicure apparatus, raymouver;
• buff;
• shellac of the selected pink shade;
• colorless base;
• transparent top;
• gel polish remover;
• ultraviolet or LED lamp;
• cotton pads, sticks, napkins.

Stages of creation:

1. Preparing the fingers. Before processing, you must remove the previous coating, wash your hands with detergents.
2. The keratinized cuticle is pushed back with an orange stick, for subsequent removal with tweezers, a reimuver, a hardware disk.
3. The nail file is given the required shape. If desired, you can create a round, oval, square plate. For special occasions, the shape of the peak is suitable.
4. Prepared nails are polished with a buff, degreased with a cosmetic product.
5. The base is applied in the 1st layer - a transparent tone necessary to give strength to the nails. The product is polymerized in a lamp for 1 min.
6. 2nd, pink-colored gel polish is applied. Initially, the shellac brush is placed in the lunula, then moves to the left and right sides. The middle and the end of the nail are stained last. The plate is covered with 2 layers of varnish. After each application, shellac is dried in a UV or LED lamp for 1 minute. First, each nail is polymerized separately, then 4 fingers are placed in the device at the same time. The thumb polish is fixed separately to prevent it from flowing into the sides.
   
7. The last layer is a transparent top, to secure the cover. Drying time 2 min.
8. At the end of the manicure, the sticky layer is removed with a special solution. Apply emollient shea butter to the cuticle.

Pink ombre and gradient

Ombre is a popular technique characterized by a smooth transition from dark to lighter shade. A combination of palette is important to create the right design.

In the classic version, shades of the same color range are used, modern technology allows the use of contrasting colors for the picture. Gradient nail art is suitable for any look, does not require sticking to one color scheme.

Gradient types:

1. Linear... Created by drawing stripes of different shades of pink within one plate. Differs in the absence of smooth transitions, the presence of clear boundaries. Allows an increase in the number of colors up to 7.
2. Vertical - characterized by the application of varnish of several shades of pink to various fingers. When choosing a technique, the ombre effect becomes noticeable only when all fingers are connected.
3. Horizontal... A classic gradient created by a smooth transition from dark to light. Assumes blurred boundaries.
4. Gradient French - drawing a smile of a lighter or darker color on a contrasting base coat.
   

One of the trends of the 2019 season is the gradient, which is a combination of two different, but matching colors.

A similar design is used to create the appearance of a sunset sky, dawn, natural scenery.

Popular shades of pink:

• flamingo;
• sakura;
• dead and purple roses;
• peach;
• powdery.

Reversible colors for combination:

• lilac;
• turquoise;
• silver;
• the black;
• white;
• swamp;
• brown;
• red;
• Violet

Cat's eye in pink

Manicure, performed in pink tones using the "cat's eye" technique, is equally appropriate for everyday and evening looks. On short nails bright pink shades look perfect, a long plate assumes a pastel finish (peach, powdery).

Cat nail art is created by giving the nails a special shimmer characteristic of the cymophane chrysoberryl stone, known for light reflections. The luster is created by magnetizing the particles included in the shellac.

To create a pink "cat's eye" you need:

• manicure tools;
• buff;
• transparent base and top;
• degreaser;
• pink gel polish Cat Eye;
• magnetic pen, magnet;
• curing lamp

Technics:

1. Nails are processed from the cuticle, sides, polished with a buff, degreased.
2. The nail surface is covered with a colorless base, dried in a lamp for 1 min.
3. Pink Cat Eye varnish is applied to the plate. Each layer is polymerized for 1 min. Upon completion of fixation, a magnet is brought up (distance 2-5 mm) to create glare.
4. Shellac is fixed with a top, dried for 2 minutes.
5. The sticky layer is removed from the nails.
6. A magnet (magnetic pen) is applied to the finished manicure to create a brighter reflective effect.
7. The cuticle is lubricated with shea butter.

Features of nail art "cat's eye":

1. The design is very popular. Looks elegant on nails of any length. Cleans up in the office and at the party.
2. The magnet can be positioned along and across, it is possible to create monograms and connect highlights using a magnetic pen.

Contrast pink manicure

Contrasting pink nail art is one of the trends of the upcoming season. A similar design is created by classic techniques (French, moon, ombre), rainbow, various patterns made on a pink background.

Features:

1. It is allowed to combine monochrome colors of pink shades.
2. It is allowed to combine only warm or cold colors in one design.
3. The office version allows for highlighting with a contrasting shade no more than 1-2 fingers on each hand.
   
4. Contrasting gel varnishes are used to create a jacket, moon manicure.

Colors matching pink:

1. Black, gray are used in monochrome on individual fingers or to create decor.
2. White and pink are the classic options for french and reverse designs.
3. Mint, turquoise, light green - trendy shades added to a gradient manicure created for young girls or the vacation period.
4. Beige, caramel, powdery - trendy nude range used in a business style. Chosen to create a jacket, reverse her art.
5. Dark blue is a rare combination of colors in the decor. Recommended for geometric designs.
6. Red is the 2019 ombre trend.

Combination with embellishments and additions

The décor is used to create an evening look or as a way to color up a casual business style. Types of festive nail art:

With rub

Mirror shine is achieved by rubbing shiny polyurethane dust into non-dried gel polish. Particles are spread with a brush over the entire length of the nail to achieve a mirror effect. Metallic, gold powder is ideal for creating an evening look.

In everyday life, it is better to decorate pink with pearl dust, which creates a pearlescent reflection. Pearl design is unconstrained, elegant with any outfit.

With drawings

It is most often used to decorate everyday nail art, but it is limited in an evening out.

Ornament suitable for pink manicure:

With sequins

Sequins are used for an evening out. It is recommended to use sparkles of a metallic, golden hue, on any pink background. For fixation, sequins are placed on incompletely frozen shellac, fixed with a top and polymerized.

With rhinestones

For a romantic date or a party, a pink manicure decorated with silver or gold rhinestones is suitable. The stones are fixed with glue applied to the nails after completing the main manicure.

The ideal number of stones is 2-4, a larger number can create the effect of a Barbie doll. On short nails, rhinestones are placed horizontally to visually lengthen the plate.

New items and fashionable solutions in 2019

Pink nail art is one of the trends in 2019. In the coming season, the leading manicure is made in pink pastel colors, with the addition of contrasting shades, geometric designs, rhinestones, and floral prints. For pink coverage, nails of any length are suitable, formed into an oval, almond-shaped, peak shape.

Trending color combinations:

1. Pale pink monochromatic coating, using the moon technique, French... The ideal option for the office in 2019 is considered to be a pale pink color of nails, decorated with a floral print, black lace.
2. Hot pink... It is performed on short nails with raspberry, strawberry shellac. Decorated with silver rhinestones, black lace.
3. Black pink... Hit of the summer season. Offers combining contrasting colors in geometric designs.
4. Pink-blue... Appears as an independent design used in the ombre technique to create the effect of dawn. Diluted with white, gold tones. An interesting option for 2019 is the lunar and French manicure, made in bluish-pink tones.
5. Gray pink. A classic used in monochrome finishes, for decorating 1-2 nails, French manicure, with lace design. For an evening look, it is proposed to decorate nail art with rhinestones, glitter.
   
6. Red pink - new in 2019, which allows you to combine 2 colors close to each other in a gradient manicure.

Popular jewelry 2019:

• color print;
• geometry;
• symbolism;
• 3-d flowers;
• rhinestones, glitter, diamond powder.

A manicure done in pink is the current trend of the upcoming season.

To create a unique nail art on short and long nails, it is recommended to use a nude range, complemented by glitter, rhinestones, a discreet floral or geometric print.

Article design: Anna Vinnitskaya

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