Delicate manicure with rhinestones. Photo, French designs, rubbing, sequins, sprinkles, pearls

To create light, delicate and feminine looks, the nail art industry offers collections of pastel manicure options with rhinestones decoration. The shine of acrylic or glass decorations on pastel backgrounds is suitable for everyday life and for special occasions.

General recommendations for a delicate manicure with rhinestones

Delicate manicure with rhinestones is performed on the basis of a pastel background coating. To create it, you can combine several colors in a geometric or abstract pattern. Designs like these are appropriate both during vacation and in a strict office setting.

For a restrained manicure, smaller rhinestones are used and they decorate only the French line or the nail hole with them.

The necessary set of materials and tools to create a delicate design

You should arm yourself with such a minimal set to create a delicate design using rhinestones yourself. In this case, the sequence of application of materials and the rules for attaching rhinestones to the surface of the nail should be strictly observed.

Techniques and methods of gentle manicure with rhinestones

Delicate manicure with rhinestones can be done at home using different techniques for applying the material. The combination of color and texture materials, the sequence of their laying on the nail, can create diametrically opposite effects.

The design, made from the same materials, turns from naughty and romantic to business. To do this, it is enough to change the abstract background pattern to straight lines and geometry.

The sequence of applying layers in decorating with rhinestones:

1. Perform a hardware or combination manicure to prepare the nail plate for coating.
2. Treat with an acid-free primer.
3. Apply a thin layer of base, with which to level the surface of the nail after manicure, dry in an ICE lamp for 30 seconds.
4. Apply the main background (plain or pattern). With layered design - all layers are polymerized one by one in a lamp for 30 seconds.
5. Apply top, fix for 30 sec.
6. Strengthen rhinestones.

Rules for attaching rhinestones:

• stones are attached with rhinestone glue or any thick gel;
• small rhinestones hold well after installation on an undried layer of the top and polymerization in a lamp for 60 seconds;
• it is recommended to process crystals around the perimeter with a rubber top, using a paintbrush or dots, additionally dry them in an ICE lamp for 30 seconds;
• rhinestones are not covered from above with any polymer compounds, otherwise it makes them dull, violates the refraction of rays in the crystal edges.

Techniques that are used to create a delicate manicure:

• classic jacket with decoration of the smile line;
• moon manicure, when rhinestones are located in a convex or concave arc at the base of the nail;
• using stamping followed by sprinkling with velvet sand;
• aquarium design with kamifubik and glitter;
• floral ornaments using rhinestones, which are performed by drawing (watercolor technique, Chinese painting) or sliders.

In order for a manicure with rhinestones, made as a delicate, pastel design, to last longer (not fade, not chipped, not lose rhinestones), it is necessary to use high-quality materials.

When attaching rhinestones to the top, it is recommended to use a rubber polymer mixture, which is characterized by high viscosity.

Solid gentle manicure with rhinestones

Compositions with rhinestones look graceful on a plain cover. These designs are appropriate for women of any age. Delicate manicure will complement a sophisticated, elegant feminine look, without being too aggressive. The hands of ladies of "balzac age" look elegant with such a design, and with its help, young girls create romantic images.

To create the main background, pastel-colored gel polishes are used. It is not necessary to use only pink or beige shades. A soft, advantageous for rhinestones, the background can be created using blue, gray or green colors, which, with the addition of white, go into a line of pastel colors.

At home, you can get pastel shades on your own. Put a drop of the selected bright color on the palette and dilute it to the desired shade, gradually adding white gel polish. To achieve an even coverage, light shades are applied in 2-3 layers. Each layer is dried in an ICE lamp for 30 sec.

Delicate manicure with rhinestones

A manicure in this style is obtained by placing rhinestones on a plain coating. Abstract drawings and painting in watercolor technique are also used as a complex background for decorating with rhinestones. Watercolor painting on nails is gaining more and more popularity. Nail art brands produce special watercolor varnishes for this technique.

Varnishes are often placed in capsules, which are inserted into specially designed pens. It turns out a kind of felt-tip pens for drawing on nails with gel polish. With their help, soft, blurry multi-colored patterns are obtained, which, after polymerization, are painted with thin lines with gel paint and decorated with rhinestones.

In watercolor technique, drawing is also allowed with ordinary gel paints. Then the contours of the picture are blurred by hand with a thin brush dipped in the top. On such designs, rhinestones are dotted in the center of flowers or at the ends of petals and leaves.

Floral jackets are also popular, when the plant design is located in the free edge zone and is decorated with rhinestones.

Matte delicate manicure with rhinestones

Delicate manicure with rhinestones gets a new sound when performed on a matte background. The glitter of rhinestones plays in a new way on the matte surface of pastel colors. When creating such designs, special attention should be paid when attaching crystals to the surface of the nail, so as not to flood the surface of the nail with glossy adhesive.

To create a matte background, craftsmen use two methods:

• application of a special finishing coat with a matting effect;
• removal of gloss after gel polish with a soft abrasive buff.

The rhinestones are arranged in a line across the nail for a classic, elegant design. It can be oriented along or across the nail, as well as diagonally.Craftsmen advise not to overload such designs with large stones in order to emphasize the delicate matte background.

Options for a gentle manicure with rhinestones, patterns and drawings

The design of the nails turns out to be delicate and graceful when the rhinestones are dotted over the pattern on the nail. For example, a flower print decoration, in which rhinestones look like dew drops on flower petals.

How to get a drawing on your nails:

• by drawing with gel paints applied to a thin brush for painting;
• stamping;
• sliders in the form of pictures or stencils.

When using stamping or stencil sliders, the drawing is overlaid with a finishing layer without residual stickiness and over painting or drawing with gel paints is performed. When the desired result is achieved, the design is covered with a top, on an undried layer of which rhinestones and broths are attached.

A stamping or slider serves as a rough outline of the image, which is finalized and decorated at the request of the customer.

A fashionable trend in the manicure industry is the salon version of the openwork jacket. A lacy smile line is transferred to a solid background of delicate pink or nude tones using a stamp on the edge of the nail. It is usually done with white gel paint or stamping varnish.

After drying in a lamp, the jacket is covered with a top, small rhinestones are built along the smile line or along the lace fabric of the jacket. Small stones (SS2-SS6) are used for this decoration.

Decor on delicate manicure with rhinestones

Manicure with rhinestones gives a solemn look when using voluminous backgrounds. A convex pattern is applied to a pastel monochromatic coating using a thin brush. After curing in the lamp for about 20 sec. sprinkled on top with white acrylic powder. The result is a velvety, convex design that dries in a lamp for 60 seconds. The remains are brushed off with a soft fluffy brush.

These decors do not overlap with the top to maintain the rough texture. Rhinestones are attached to them after spot application of glue or top to certain places. This must be done carefully to avoid getting a large amount of resin on the background pattern.

By the same principle, silver or gold rubbing is applied to drawing with black gel paint with a sticky layer. The result is the effect of a metallic pattern on a delicate background. After being decorated with rhinestones, any design takes on a bright, solemn appearance. Unlike acrylic powders, designs with such rubbing are covered with a finishing layer and dried in a lamp for 60 seconds.

Fashion trends of delicate manicure with rhinestones in 2019

The classic jacket, made in pastel and white colors, does not come out of the set of fashionable designs. A non-standard smile line, which is carried out by transferring complex lace patterns from a plate (stamping), adds variety to this decor. These designs look graceful and elegant, suitable for women of any age.

It is recommended to use very small rhinestones (ss2-ss3) to decorate the "lace jacket". Craftsmen recommend overlapping the design with a double layer of the top without residual stickiness, since the white stamped pattern is prone to abrasion in everyday life.

The novelty of 2019 is considered to be the decoration of a jacket with small black rhinestones. They emphasize the delicacy of the white part of the manicure and look bright against the background of the pastel finish.

Decorating a delicate background with holographic rubbing is considered a fashionable trend. As a rule, this effect is created on 1-2 fingers, and the rest are decorated with rhinestones on soft nude substrates. The attractiveness of the design is given by the contrast between the overflow of nails with rubbing and glitter of rhinestones.

Modern fashion does not consider delicate manicure boring and simple, designs with rhinestones and bold backgrounds make the manicure unique. Fashion trends are aimed at showing individuality and emphasize the character of the wearer, and are not part of her clothes.

Video about the rules for fixing rhinestones on a manicure

How to fix rhinestones on gel polish so that they hold throughout the entire wear: