Nail extension: designs, effect of craquelure, aquarium, smoke, broken glass, tights, stone, water

Extension of nails allows you to form the desired length, visually correct the shortcomings of a natural plate. She may have defects that are easiest to correct with nail designs and art decorations.

Design of extended nails 2019-2020: features and trends

Late 2019 - early 2020 nail design seeks to reflect the ideal of femininity.

The art industry uses fashion trends:

• The storyline of the decor, which is repeated in the elements of each nail. They may be different, but similar in specific details.
• Drawings and painting are relevant since 2020. A woman's hand with them looks flawless in any color scheme.
• Color: trendy shades must be consistent in tone. Do not combine warm paints with cold pigments.
• The strict style can already be diluted with rhinestones and stickers.

Recently, imitation stone, veil, synthetic materials, as well as combinations have become popular: natural materials like wool, satin.

Types of materials for design

To achieve the perfect manicure, nail art masters began to use not only a basic set of tools:

• sequins and rhinestones, broths and volumetric relief stones;
• pigment paints;
• acrylic paints that air dry;
• gel paste to create a dense volumetric pattern;
• gel paints for drawing small flat details;
• inks for stamping when creating engravings and transferring finished sketches;
• 3D stickers for drawing convex lines;
• non-glossy decorative elements.

In addition, more modern and lightweight materials began to be used as building materials. Their advantage lies in the ability to make the thickness of the nail as thin and strong as possible. In addition to gels, acrylic pastes, soufflés and acrygels are used. They are characterized by increased strength and ease of handling.

Stylish ideas of manicure extended nails

Extension of nails (designs allow you to keep the classic trends of the direction and change the decor elements to maintain fashion) can be performed to prepare the nail plate for a particular decoration.

French

Today, technologies allow you to create beautiful French-style designs for short and long nails:

• gradient transition from the base layer to the end;
• clear boundaries of camouflage and white colors;
• painting the tip of the nail;
• stylized jacket.

Gel paint must be applied to the surface of an artificial material - acrygel or gel. To cover the native nail with strengthening materials, you need to use a rubber base, a base with a sticky layer with mineral additives, or a healing base to strengthen the nail plate.

French manicure can be done on the almond-shaped and square-shaped nails.

There are types of extension:

• on top liquid forms using a polygel;
• on tips and soft forms using gels (jelly, soufflé);
• on a substrate using the laid-out arched jacket technique.

A permanent jacket (painted with paints) can be done with a brush and stencils.

The lay-out type of manicure should be done like this:

1. Use a dehydrator to cleanse your nail.
2. Next, you need to apply a primer and base in a thin layer and dry it in a lamp for 2-3 minutes.
3. Next, you need to use the lower forms to determine the shape and length of the nail - you can use gel or acrylate.
4. After drying, you can give your nails the desired shape.
5. Pigment is applied on top of the artificial nail - the desired color, with which the tip of the nail and the nail bed stand out.
6. After completing the design, you need to cover it with a top - the finish coat can be matte and glossy.

To maintain fashion trends, a jacket can be done using aero puffing to erase the boundaries of white and pink. It is undesirable to use bright contrasting colors this year.

Drawings

At the end of the season, the oriental style of manicure is gaining great popularity. This is an interesting idea for those who want to beautifully diversify a plain color.

The trend in the global segment covers popularity and varieties:

• Animal prints are a great idea for winter designs. They must be done using art design techniques, so plain stickers and gel structures will not work.
• The winter image allows the use of images of birds.
• To paint nails, it is enough to take gel polish for monograms (paste or paint), or use acrylic paints.
• Abstract or geometric patterns can be done using stencils or a brush.

Designs like these look beautiful on short and long nails.

It is important to observe the color orientation when mixing materials:

• Gel polish is applied to the base. Gel paint can be used over gel polish.
• Gel-based paste is applied only to pigment gel polish.
• Stamping gel can be applied with a stamping device on a dry surface without a sticky layer.

Volumetric drawings need to be done with a viscous paste designed to draw small details. If you put sprinkles on the gel polish, the figure will spread. The dense texture of the paste does not allow the dressing to "slide out", keeping the decor in a given shape.

Rhinestones and rivets

Decor elements have always been in fashion. Today this direction of design takes a leading place - sprinkles, rubbing, stones and rhinestones - everything has become so natural that it is appropriate to wear such a manicure to work, a walk or a party. The advantage is that any decorative product looks great on nails of different lengths.

To fix rhinestones or stones, you need:

• Apply a dotted base coat - a pebble is placed on it.
• Apply a top or tacky finish and shrink the stones in the desired geometry.
• Use glue to fix rhinestones and broths.

To secure the result, you can cover the design with a transparent finish without a sticky layer. It does not affect the gloss of the decor like a transparent gel base. The latter can overshadow the brilliance of rhinestones by several tones.

Point manicure

For this manicure, it is enough to have a dots with a metal ball, the different diameters of which set the volume of drops. New Year's manicure can be performed in the form of a contrasting dot pattern. The design is done with 2 balls on long and short nails.

Kamifubuki

The technique of Japanese manicure involves the application of clear varnish or gel varnish together with large round sequins. In a modern way, voluminous grains are also used, creating the effect of a filled nail layer. A manicure is suitable for short and long nails, provided that the kamifubuki on the extended nails will fill ¾ of the spaces.

Craquelure

Extension of nails (designs are suitable for different lengths, which makes them universal and trendy) under the effect of antiquity can be done using a regular gel or polygel.

To achieve randomness in patterns, you can use:

• gel paint - manually paint the areas of cracks;
• gel polishes and stencils to create an even pattern on all nails;
• permanent shiny paper, which is applied to the sticky surface of the nail pointwise with tweezers.

For brightness, you can use a matte top that will bring out the aged texture of the nail in detail.

Gradient manicure

The design of a color transitioning into a shade of a lighter tone can be made using a puffing - a small round foam sponge that mixes different colors. Due to this, you can achieve a smooth transition without borders. In the absence of a tool, you can replace it with a rare brush, which allows you to stretch the gel polish between layers of a different color.

You can also achieve a smooth transition by sprinkling:

• one part of the color is applied to ¾ of the nail from the edge of the cuticle;
• the other part is distributed at the tip of the nail;
• by overlapping the color from one part to another, you can achieve a smooth transition.

All this must be dried in a lamp and only then remove excess glitter with a dry brush. If the gel polish is not evenly distributed, you can cover the nail with a duplicating layer.

This design looks beautiful in a matte role. On top of it, you can apply a pattern, taking the gradient as the background. The manicure looks beautiful on long and short nails due to the possibility of visual lengthening of the nail plate.

Aquarium effect

This manicure will suit the owners of long nails. In this case, the main form is almonds, which should be outlined with black gel polish. The aquarium design is found in the laid-out french technique, when the tip of the nail is transparent, and inside there may be different patterns covered with a transparent gel.

It's easy to make such a manicure:

• It is necessary to prepare the nail bed - to make extensions on the lower forms, giving them the desired length.
• Next, you need to complete the "steps". The main part (3/4) of the nail will be lengthened with artificial material. Layout will take place using a souffle gel or acrygel.
• The tip of the nail should be marked with black paint. The butt must be made in the style of an aquarium design. You can use pictures, patterns, stickers.
• The painting of the free edge must be covered with a translucent gel - color + transparent gel.
• After laying out the gel, it is necessary to perform filing so that the junction of the substrate and the pigment is not noticeable.

After finishing the design, you can cover the nail with a finish.

Acrylic Powder

Acrylic is considered the most dense and strong building material. Also, acrylic powder is used to strengthen native nails - you need to mix it with a transparent or camouflage gel. To create a design, it is enough to paint and cover the drawing with powder on a wet surface.

It can be coarse and finely ground, colored and transparent.

This design can be found on long and medium length nails. Due to the texture, the powder allows you to maintain the volume of the picture when using gel-paste. After drying, the remaining acrylic must be removed with a brush.

Smoke effect

This design appeared relatively recently, as well as veil painting, and imitation of the style under natural granite and metal.

The decor can be done on short and medium-length nails:

The easiest way to paint the haze on a white backing is by mixing different colors with nail polish remover. In the process of drawing details, it evaporates, and the pigment can be dried completely in the lamp.

Sweetbloom

Design in this technique can be done on long and short nails. It is recommended to use pastel shades that differ from the color of the substrate.To draw a contour, you need to use gel paint or gel paste to make the outlines flat, but keep the relief of the future drawing with filling.

Further:

• You need to mix the gel paint pigments with white gel polish.
• Gel polish is more liquid, its content in the mixture should be about 1/3 of the total volume.
• Gel paint holds the texture tightly, but due to its liquid consistency, it can hold its shape for 1 minute.
• It is necessary to apply 1-2 layers of paint with gel polish, drying them alternately so that adjacent areas of the fill do not touch each other.

To create a three-dimensional design using the Sweet Bloom technique, you can use rhinestones, which will serve as a point for a push to draw a whole ornament. Any landmark can be chosen - points, stripes and stones.

NegativeSpace

The design was popular in ancient India when people painted their nails and hands with henna. In modern times, the technique involves leaving the free areas of the nails not painted over. This is a large part of the nail (up to the beginning of the free edge), which is not provided in this technique for overlapping with pigment.

It is better to do a manicure on long nails, so that by painting the tip of the nail, you do not visually shorten the nail bed. It is enough to choose a camouflage base or gel that will cover the defects and aesthetics of the native nail plate.

Broken glass

Extension of nails (designs can be done using paper, film and New Year's "rain") for this decor you can not do - just use special rainbow films that will decorate the nail for any celebration. A stylized manicure is suitable for both long and short nails.

The nail plate must be covered with any color on top of which the mosaic and cut pieces of film are lined. It is important to maintain equal space between the pieces so that the effect is the same as after broken glass.

Liquid metal

More recently, a popular manicure that looked like a nail was turned into a piece of iron. Thanks to rubbing in a dark color on a black background of gel polish, the effect was perfect.

To create a design for "liquid metal", you need:

1. Pick up gold or silver foil sheets - they are needed to create a backing.
2. The rubber base is needed to form the future image of the metal. You need to put a drop, stretch it with a brush. The rubber base will keep the shape of the borders without going beyond it.
3. Apply a matte foil to the drop without pressing it to the surface. Part of the foil should be larger than the drop itself so that the texture envelops the liquid.
4. The layer must be dried for 30 seconds. in the lamp, then remove the foil layer.

As a result, a layer of foil paper will remain on the base drop, resembling a hot liquid metal as a whole.

Tights effect

To draw small lines, you need a thin long brush and black gel paint. For decoration, you can use stamping so that the pattern is uniform and even in relation to other nails.

Cobweb

To create such a simple design, you need to purchase a spider gel. This is a viscous gel paint that allows the threads to leave a mark on the nail without blurring on the surface.

You can apply paint with your fingers by squeezing the correct amount of spider-gel and spreading your fingers apart. Sticky threads are formed between them, which are transferred to the nail. You can also use dots or orange sticks. Depending on the style chosen, there are classic, combo designs and geometry.

Veil

The style of the manicure differs from the "tights" due to the presence of a black translucent substrate. If you imagine a stretched nylon fabric, it seems that the skin becomes darker by several shades.

The veil effect in manicure is presented as a combination of invisible threads of the veil fabric with the flesh-colored skin of the face. The result is the following effect: The gray-transparent substrate should be combined with other shades.Often such a manicure is performed in dark colors with elements of painting or pastel colors.

To create a semi-transparent layer for the veil, you need:

1. Take 1 part of clear gel and 2-3 parts of black gel paint.
2. Mix black pigment with clear gel until desired effect is obtained.
3. Stir the formulations until smooth so that there are no streaks during the application of the gel.

The design looks beautiful on long nails in a matte style. You can draw monograms on it and cover them with acrylic powder to create visual volume and decor.

A rock

The effect of natural marble looks "cool" in manicure for nails of any shape and length. There are special gels that are mixed with an organic base to apply the finished design.

It is enough to cover the nail with 1-2 layers and dry them in a lamp. An alternative would be a mixture of nail polish remover with gel paint, which has a higher density compared to gel polish. The thinner the texture, the higher the chance of getting watercolor streaks.

Water drops

Extension of nails (designs with a rubber base are suitable for nails of different lengths and shapes) with decorative elements is a fashionable trend, especially if the color of the decor is based on a matte and glossy scale that imitates natural objects.

Separately, it is worth highlighting such decor as drops:

• They can be created using a topcoat - the drops spread quickly, so you need to dry each of them separately.
• The rubber base keeps its shape well, does not visually make the nail plate heavier. With its help, you can create a full-fledged application.
• With the transparent modeling gel, a series of drops of different sizes can be applied. The disadvantage is that the gel dries for a long time, and the gloss disappears after drying.

To avoid dull drops, it is recommended to apply them on a matte finish.

Cat's eye

With the help of magnetic gel polish, you can create the effect of a cat's eye. These varnishes allow the particles in the composition to form geometric patterns. The decor element can also be created by overlapping with thermal gel varnish.

2D and 3D effects

2D and 3D nail design can be done using special stickers. They should be used when building, as well as after covering the nail with gel polish. The convex parts of the pattern should be left light, and in the depths of the pattern, paint over the base with pigment. Multiple colors can be selected to create an acrylic sculpting effect.

Stencils can be used to create a 2D effect. Against the background of a matte layer, flat glossy elements will look bright and unusual, especially when it comes to imitation of natural fabrics or textures. And with the help of holographic rhinestones, you can create volumetric patterns.

The dark gradient with elements of negative space is beautifully combined with the bursting manicure technique - 2 parts of the nail smoothly merge into a single whole, creating a 2D effect style: color depth and design contrast.

New trends in stylistics and extension techniques cause the development of many original nail designs. Today the most popular trend in the nail industry is imitation of natural natural objects.

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