Manicure for short nails, simple gel polish design. Fashionable and creative, ideas

Neatness and neatness are assessed by the surrounding people by the performed manicure. Healthy beautiful nails, covered with a beautiful fashionable coating, give the girl confidence. Every year there are more and more design options for short nails. However, even a simple design with gel polish will give the image shine and chic.

Fashionable colors for design on short nails with gel polish

Manicure for short nails (simple gel polish design is done quickly) suits everyone, giving them a neat and beautiful look.

The basic rules of manicure for short nails are:

• neatly sawed free edge;
• the shape ideally follows the cuticle, which should be well pushed back or trimmed to enlarge the nail bed.

There should be no protruding burrs, cracks and peeling. The most fashionable colors this season are dark solid colors.

Pastel calm monochromatic tones remain popular and in high demand. For those women who are tired of solid colors, cat's eye gel polish is suitable. Such an iridescent effect of natural stone is obtained due to the metal particles of the varnish itself and the use of a special magnet. It is better to buy a magnet of the same brand as the varnish itself.

A large selection of colors and a playful design with beautiful shimmers looks very good on short nails.

Actual patterns and drawings, flowers

There are many ways to paint beautiful flowers. There are a wide variety of stickers on sale, hand-painted, Chinese painting, airbrushing.

• Beautiful delicate flowers are obtained using watercolor technique. To do this, the colored varnish is mixed with the base and the outline of the flower is drawn, which is then dried in a lamp. The colors of different varnishes are mixed on the palette and the contents of the petal are filled with a thin brush. Depth and shadow can be added by adding dark colors. The contour of the petals is outlined in black or white. Such a design is considered quite complex and requires certain skills. Much more often, masters offer their clients to draw a twig or a stylized convex rose, which is much faster and easier to draw.
• Varnishes with stained glass effect. To begin with, the nails are covered with a dark color, and a bright shade is applied on top, which spreads on its own, and the shape of the flower is created by a master on a wet layer with a brush.
• Chinese painting is considered one of the most complex and beautiful patterning techniques.... To do this, you must have: acrylic paints, special brushes for drawing from natural bristles, liner, foil or palette for mixing paints, water and napkins. They take a solid color as a basis, painting is done with quick strokes using acrylic paints.
• The pattern with the help of drawn curls turns out to be romantic and sophisticated. It is combined with rhinestones and a French manicure. This design can be done using a thin, long-bristled brush.
• To make geometric laconic patterns even, you can use stencils or stripes.
• Airbrushing will allow you to transfer any drawing, pattern or gradient as accurately and realistically as possible. It turns out a beautiful art painting. The work uses an airbrush, stencils and paints. Any drawing can be drawn quickly with this technique, but it takes additional training and practice.
• You can create a beautiful pattern yourself using foil and stickers... It is quick and easy even for a novice master.

Simple polka dot manicure

Manicure for short nails is combined with the "polka dot" pattern, which appeared in the middle of the last century. Such a simple design can be done using gel polish and regular polishes. The pattern can be alternated with another pattern, French design or holes.

Polka dots can be painted with gel polishes, laid out with rhinestones or kamifubiki. In work, you can use a dots, an orange stick or a thin brush.

Moon manicure

It emerged as an antipode to the jacket. The most important rule in the technique of this design is to correctly choose the colors and carefully draw the hole, which is made in the cuticle area.

There are many ideas for such a manicure:

• Using a special tool, make a drop and stretch it in the form of a hole at the base of the cuticle.
• With a brush.
• With sticky strips.
• With rhinestones.
• You can use special openwork stickers.

The hole itself can be made both colored and transparent. The main advantage of such a manicure will be its neatness for several weeks.

Multi-colored manicure

Multicolored manicure is considered a trend in 2019.

Among modern execution techniques, there are:

• The design is iridescent. Different gel polishes of bright colors are used for each finger.
• The gradient is vertical. It is a multi-colored vertical shading.
• Neon. Bright, colorful, poisonous colors, such as sour lemon or bright crimson, will complement the look before a disco or party.
• Multi-colored jacket. Different colors of varnishes are used.
• Mosaic. Simulates a color image on nails.

Striped manicure

Manicure for short nails (simple design with gel polish and special adhesive strips is very easy and quick to make yourself) has various design options:

• marine stripe, the pattern repeats the marine vest;
• multi-colored strip;
• narrow and wide strip;
• gradient;
• two-tone stripe;
• vertical strip;
• horizontal stripe;
• diagonal strip;
• several stripes.

  

You don't have to be able to draw stripes yourself. Thanks to the wide range in stores, you can buy them in any shape and color.

Water manicure

An easy-to-follow manicure made from a mixture of gel polish and water, which came into fashion several years ago, takes on a unique look thanks to the drawings that are created using water.

Light varnish is taken as a basis. A few drops of different varnishes are added to a small container with water. They must be mixed with a toothpick, and in turn dipped nails into the resulting mixture. The main disadvantage of this technique is the high consumption of varnishes.

Gradient manicure

The manicure is performed using the color stretching technique. The work uses a special brush or sponge. You also need to have a piece of foil or a stencil to mix gel polishes.

On nails of short length, such a manicure will look good if you choose not too bright colors, closer to pastel shades. The gradient can be done with gel polishes, glitters, colored velvet sand. It can be horizontal, vertical, patterned, striped and combined with French designs.

Manicure - chameleon

To create a chameleon effect, special varnishes are used. The coating changes color when the ambient temperature changes.

This effect is obtained due to the fact that colored microparticles are added to the varnish, which give it a new color. This type of manicure is more suitable for owners of long nails, since the effect is pronounced due to the temperature difference between the free edge and the nail bed. As a rule, all thermal varnishes have a gradient in the same color scheme.

Craquelure

To create the effect, a monochromatic base is taken, which must be dried in a lamp. After drying, apply a special glossy varnish and 5 min. wait until beautiful cracks show. Creates the effect of cracked porcelain or snakeskin.

To make a design beautiful, you need to be able to choose the right color combinations. Classic colors are black or white base and gold or silver colored lacquer. You can also create a cracking effect using matte casting foil. It is necessary to apply the foil with quick movements on the sticky layer of the base or top.

Velvet

This type of manicure got its name due to the soft fluffy texture, tactile and visually, reminiscent of velvet.

To make this effect, a special fluffy powder is used, which is applied evenly to the wet layer of the base or top. After that, the nails are dried in a lamp and no longer covered with anything.

To make the manicure look perfect as long as possible, you should not take the light colors of such powder, as dirt quickly collects on it. Sometimes craftsmen use a special device for applying powder, then the coating is smoother and more beautiful. It can be used to create multi-colored velvet patterns.

Matt

A matte design can be created with a matte top, which removes the sheen from colored varnishes.

The matte effect looks best on dark varnishes and goes well with other designs such as gradients, sequins, rhinestones, and even a glossy jacket. It should be remembered that before applying, you need to make sure that there are no irregularities on the nail bed, since the peculiarity of such a coating is that it emphasizes the unevenness of the nail plate.

With rhinestones

Currently, there is a wide variety of rhinestones in size, shape and color. Glass rhinestones are usually used in manicure, they are inexpensive, shine beautifully and resemble diamonds.

Rhinestones look good with French manicure, holes, decorate the drawings on the nails, shine beautifully on a matte finish. To make such a manicure, it is enough to apply a base, and put rhinestones on top. Finally dry in a special lamp. In order for the rhinestones to hold better, it is better to use a thick rubber base in the work.

With sequins

It is fashionable this year to cover several fingers with sparkles. The glitter color can be any, but it goes well with the main color of the varnish. There are special glitter gels, varnishes, loose glitters in jars, which are applied over an uncured base.

Correct fixation of the sequins guarantees their durability and long wear. They can be laid out both on the entire nail completely or partially, by making a gradient. Sequins will decorate any drawing, it will become even brighter and more interesting. This simple design is an inexpensive design that fits any length of the nail plate.

Fashionable and creative manicure for home conditions

Manicure for short nails (a simple design can be easily done by yourself) is performed without special varnishes, lamps or other tools.

Among the most interesting designs that you can make yourself at home are:

• Design with a toothpick or needle. You can make beautiful patterns, drawings, put dots and get a manicure with polka dots.
• Old eyeliner can replace a brush for drawing fine lines, creating patterns and monograms.
• Use of stickers. They can be bought ready-made or made yourself.To do this, mix the colors of different varnishes in water and allow them to harden. Carefully remove the resulting film and prepare ready-made stencils for further application.
• Pencil with eraser. If you cut the elastic, you will get a homemade stamp, with its help you can create prints of a leopard pattern.
• Matte manicure. It can be made using a special matte varnish, or you can make it yourself by mixing clear varnish and light powder.
• A gradient that can be made with a regular foam sponge.
• French manicure with a stationery eraser. It should be pulled over the free edge of the nail and a smile line should be drawn with white varnish. You can mask irregularities with a shiny varnish. Another option for a French manicure is to use a stencil made from ordinary duct tape.
• A piece from an old washcloth can serve as a stencil in the form of a mesh. It must be applied to the dried first layer of varnish, and on top, using a foam sponge, apply varnish of a different color. After the last layer of varnish has dried, you need to abruptly remove a piece of mesh.

There are many simple manicure designs for short nails. Well-groomed hands are always in fashion and no matter how long the nail plates are. You don't have to go to a beauty salon to get an original manicure. In stores, you can buy various varnishes, tools and related products, and on the Internet you can watch videos and photos of manicure.

Interesting manicure ideas for short nails

Manicure for short nails at home: