Today, practical colors are popular with women, especially in the off-season, - brown, gray, olive nails. Manicure design can be complemented by bright episodes - rhinestones, foil, glitter... Brown tones go well with all styles of clothing.
General recommendations for brown manicure
Brown nails are a manicure design that looks stylish on any nail shape (oval, square, almond, pipe, stiletto). The complexity of the pattern is limited by the area of the nail. Therefore, designs with simple geometry or floristry look elegant on short nails. For long nails, it is recommended to paint complex monogram designs or flower arrangements along the nail.
Brown color, in any undertone, combines well with silver or gold decor. For these purposes, rubbing or foil casting is used. Stretch marks of gold or silver color look stylish with glitter from the cuticle to the free edge of the nail. Champagne-colored rhinestones or holographic crystals most often fit into the metal decor.
Manicure in brown tones is used for both business style and evening dress code. If you choose brown as the main color, then it is complemented by any colors. For example, against a brown background, yellow neon flowers with a black or white outline of the outline look bright and bold.
Brown manicure techniques and methods
When creating any design, you should focus on the combination of colors. To facilitate the choice, beginners are encouraged to use color circles in which the colors - neighbors ideally connect with each other, and opposite shades in a circle - are incompatible.
When using basic (basic) techniques, you can come up with designs for different lengths and shapes of the nail. Most options are placed on any length of the nail, but complex geometry or floral arrangements framed by monograms look better on long nails.
Home Use Techniques:
| Name | Tools | Description | Materials |
| gradient | scallop gradient brush | two stripes of varnish of different colors are applied to the nail, using a brush with soft short strokes one color is pulled together to another, creating a smooth transition | 2 gel varnishes of different colors, but shades close in color palette |
| aquarium design | flat brush for modeling with gel, thin brush for painting | a gel polish of the selected shade is applied to the base coat, kamifubiki and glitter are attached to its sticky layer, covered with a transparent dense gel on top with a leveling layer, each layer is dried in a lamp for 60 seconds. | transparent construction gel, base varnish, glitters and kamifubiki |
| using rub | cosmetic sponge, fan brush | the pigment is applied to the colored background coating with swiping movements, then rubbed in with a sponge, the residues are removed with a fan brush, the design is covered with a top coating in 2 layers | rubbing pigment: holographic, aurora, chameleon, chrome (with metallic effect) |
| designs with sliders | tweezers, a set of sliders, a container of water, scissors, an orange stick | a thin film with a picture is transferred to the background covering of the nail with tweezers, overlapped with 2 layers of top | a set of sliders of the necessary topics |
| stamping | plate with pattern engraving, silicone or rubber stamp, scrubber, flat brush | spread the paint over the plate with a brush, remove the excess with a scrubber, transfer to the nail with a stamp, dry in a lamp | gel (paint or varnish) for stamping |
| "Velvet sand" | flat soft brush | acrylic powder is poured onto an undried layer of colored varnish or transparent top, after 3-4 minutes it is dried in a lamp, 60 seconds, then the remnants are brushed off with a soft brush, does not overlap with the topcoat | colored gel polish, finish or base, colored acrylic powders or transparent with holographic glitters |
To use each of the techniques at home, you should remember about the three-phase system in applying gel varnishes:
- the first layer of the base polymer material, which holds the artificial structure on the natural surface of the nail plate;
- gel layer (colored or modeling);
- topcoat with special fluids (matt or non-dispersive).
In addition, it is necessary to have in the master's arsenal a set of brushes and a lamp for polymerizing all layers of the design. Today, LED lamps of different wattage are used. The higher the lamp power, the greater the likelihood of high-quality drying (polymerization) of modern manicure materials.
Solid brown manicure
Monochrome manicure is considered a classic option that has been used at all times and has a group of its admirers. The complexity of a beautiful monochromatic gel coating lies in the smooth surface of the nail. The thick mixture of gel polish emphasizes all the irregularities, and the manicure looks untidy.
To do this, it is imperative to use lint-free wipes and buffs with an abrasiveness of 180 - 240 grit at the stages of nail preparation.
One of the simpler brown designs is to darken the free edge of the nail with black. To do this, craftsmen use an airbrush, and at home you can do it with an aeroofing brush. A dark haze is applied to the monochrome brown background of the nail along the free edge, which gradually fades away. The result is a strict and stylish design.
To add shine, you can add a thread of small crystals in the area of the nail hole. In the design of a monochromatic brown manicure, compositions with negative space (areas with the natural color of the nail plate) are often used, to create which, if desired, you can use a camouflage base.
Negative Space Brown Manicure Options:
- Using a self-adhesive tape, the nail is divided into 2 parts, one of which is covered with brown gel polish. This design can be decorated with "granulated sugar" (acrylic powder). A composition of white monograms on the area of an unpainted nail looks beautiful.
- The upper part of the nail is painted over with a brown tone, leaving negative space at the hole. Such a manicure is decorated with small crystals and broths along the color connection line. The drawing of a flower with white gel paint looks stylish against such a background, which takes its base in the zone of negative space and stretches with petals on a brown background. Decor with broths and gold glitter will be appropriate here.
- Any geometric shapes are used as negative space: a triangle or an oval from the hole up the nail. An elegant liquid stone of yellow or green color can be placed in an uncoated area. The brown tone around will provide a decent frame for the inlay and accentuate its shine.
Catalogs in which design options are exhibited, many master classes on the Internet allow you to make a monochromatic manicure diverse, not everyone loves bright multi-layered designs. Solid color manicure provides a calm and austere elegance.
Brown manicure in different shades
Brown tones are ideally combined with beige and yellow shades.The easiest way to create a stylish manicure yourself is a color gradient. When brown is combined with any nude shade, a third color is formed in the place of a smooth transition, which visually complicates the design. This technique is especially pronounced in horizontal gradients.
Vertical gradients from the same shades look different and are easier to execute. To do this, it is enough with a fan brush to walk along the border of two colors before they polymerize in the lamp. Foil, gold or silver sliders are used to enrich vertical gradient designs. It would be appropriate to draw monograms, which look especially elegant against a complex background.
Brown nails are a manicure design that allows for multicolor abstractions, some may include gray and green. To combine them into a single composition, it is enough to introduce pastel pink or yellow as light tones.
Two ways to create abstraction on nails:
- With the help of black gel paint and a linear brush, zones are marked, which are painted over in different colors with a thin brush. Each segment of the picture is dried for 10 seconds in a lamp so that the boundaries of the composition remain clear. After coloring, you can draw the outlines with white or black gel paint, depending on the theme of the composition.
- Transfer the borders of the drawing from the plate using a stamp. Carry out the coloring procedure with a thin brush. Dry in a lamp for 30 seconds, cover with a top without a sticky layer.
Gradient and abstraction are performed on nails of any shape, regardless of length. However, on short square-shaped nails, the horizontal gradient does not look. It emphasizes the short length of the nail plate and makes it visually wider than its natural size.
Matte brown manicure
Brown nails are a manicure design most often used under a matte finish. It is the brown tones without a glossy sheen that acquire the texture of velvet fabric, and with the addition of gold chrome rubbing, brocade. On such a surface, without a dispersion (sticky layer), constructions are made of casting and liquid stones.
It can be as light monogram ornaments with foil printed on them, and complex inlays with homemade liquid stones.
Both gold and silver foil are suitable for printing. Such designs look solemn and majestic. They are performed on long nails of any shape. The drawing can be created with a sticky layer by hand or using a stamping plate.
For short nails, square or oval shape, brown velvet sand manicure can be done. In this case, a fine transparent or colored acrylic powder is poured onto an undried layer of gel polish, then dried in a lamp for 60 seconds.
Such designs also have a matte appearance, but a rough surface (not overlapped by top gel on top). Not everyone likes the texture. Instead of acrylic powder, you can use a softer powder - flock. Then the surface will be more delicate, but such designs are short-lived in wear.
Options for brown manicure with patterns and drawings
The simplest pattern available even for a beginner is geometry. Black thin lines are used to draw the borders of the shapes for brown designs. To do this, choose a thin linear brush (columns). If you can't master the drawing of thin straight lines, you can mark the borders with a slider gel (cobweb). You can use a thin black marker for preliminary marking.
It will completely disappear after applying the gel polish, but will allow the novice master to see the boundaries of the drawing when filling. Then the geometric shapes are painted over with a thin brush in different shades of brown. It is recommended to dry each drawn segment in a lamp for 10 sec.
This technology will allow you to avoid mixing colors at the junction of the connection, make the boundaries of geometric shapes sharper. After filling with color, such a design is dried in a lamp for 30 seconds and covered with 2 layers of topcoat. In 2019, the fashion trend is the decoration of multi-colored designs with thin lines and dots using dots.
To add brightness or solemnity to such a design, along with brown, use gold gel paint or neon yellow gel polish. The brown color does not go well with multi-colored sequins and rhinestones.
As a rule, rhinestones are used to decorate designs in brown tones:
- champagne;
- transparent;
- holographic;
- black;
- yellow.
Rhinestones can be placed in the form of a string of beads, or create intricate inlays with broths and Pixie crystals. As a decor for ceremonial designs, they use a powder of a picture with shiny acrylic powder, then a three-dimensional 3D image is obtained.
However, such designs are not practical in everyday life. The modern nail service industry is focused on developing such materials with increased abrasion resistance. Today, special sets are produced, which include the base material and, chemically combined with it, acrylic powder.
In these cases, the firm guarantees the durability of the design. To clean it in case of contamination, a soap solution and a brush are enough, while neither the shine nor the bulk does not change. A simple way to decorate your nails yourself is to use gold or silver water sliders or 3D charmikons.
Fashion trends of brown manicure in 2019
In 2019, the square shape remains relevant, the fashion for long nails is a thing of the past. For medium and short lengths, many prefer to make an oval or almond shape. Designs in brown tones look stylish on all variants. Craftsmen suggest designs with negative space.
This technique is performed by combining a dense dark color with uncoated areas of a natural nail. On the border of the separation of two spaces, rhinestones or broth threads are often installed. You can paint with a thin brush in gold or silver.
Fashion trends in 2019 are moving in two different directions: minimalism and baroque. Everyone can choose a design to suit their temperament. Variations of designs using brown within the same direction will allow you to change the appearance of the design for the season of the year or an event in life.
Designs with negative space (areas of the nail without color coverage) are performed in the style of minimalism, any geometric shapes of “negative space” are complemented as a decoration with lines made with “spider web” gel. On top of the nail, several lines of different thicknesses of black or gold are thrown. As a rule, additional decor is not used anymore.
Baroque brown nails, as a manicure design, are made using foil casting technique. Printing of gold or silver foil is carried out on monogram compositions or floral designs (large flowers, branches with leaves).
Butterflies made in this technique look beautiful on a brown background. If you decorate the design with rhinestones and sequins, you get an 18th century baroque piece. Fashion for women using a brown tone in 2019 provides completely different possibilities.
Brown nails, at the request of the owner, can turn into a strict textural design or become a bright, daring manicure combined with neon pigments. Any shape and length of the nail is appropriate for the coating. Brown combinations are considered a classic and practical option.
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