The art of manicure has existed on the planet for thousands of years and takes its roots somewhere from Ancient Egypt. Even back then, women painted on their nails with henna and other herbs. Now technology has stepped far forward, but one thing has remained unchanged: every woman strives to keep her hands in order and do a manicure. And if she doesn’t have enough money or time to entrust her nails to a professional, she takes care of her hands at home. How can you make your nails not just well-groomed, but interesting and original? Let's look at a few ideas with step-by-step instructions and photos.
Before you start your manicure, don't forget to prepare your nails. To do this, take a salt bath, remove cuticles and hangnails, and shape your nails. Their shape can be round, square, triangular. The rectangular shape is considered classic. After this, proceed to coating the nail plate with varnish.
Be sure to remove any remaining polish from the leather. To do this, use a cotton swab.
Manicure “Grid”
A romantic and truly unusual idea that is perfect for girls going on vacation. Such nails will create the appropriate mood for both their owner and everyone around her.
Tools:
- thin mesh or lace fabric;
- nail polish in shades of “turquoise”, “swamp” and “indigo”;
- glitter for nails or makeup;
- sponge;
- quick drying coating.
How to do:
Paint your nails turquoise and dry well. Apply “swamp” and “indigo” to the sponge in a chaotic order, sprinkle with glitter, then lightly press the sponge to the nail plate through the mesh or lace. Treat each nail this way. Apply a protective coating on top.
Advice: You can take any color of varnish; the mesh with a black base looks great.
Making a marble pattern on your own nails is not as difficult as it seems at first glance. You can take different shades of varnish, but the following duets are especially popular: black and white, white and soft pink, heavenly and lemon, lilac and scarlet. Triple combinations also take place: crimson and black and white, amber-azure and hot pink, amethyst and black and white. Any three shades of the same color scheme are also perfectly perceived.
Tools:
- a bowl of water at room temperature;
- varnishes of the required shade;
- cosmetic fatty ointment;
- sushi stick or skewer;
- nail polish remover;
- cotton sticks.
How to do:
Open all the polishes you want to use. Alternately drop a drop of each polish into the center of a bowl of water. The varnish spreads on water and forms a film in the shape of a circle. You can stop at 10–14 drops. Lubricate the stick with greasy ointment and start drawing on the varnish circles, creating a pattern. Treat the skin around the nail plate with cream and dip the nail in the varnish film. It should cover the entire surface of the nail. Excess can be easily removed with a cotton swab. Repeat the procedure for each finger.
Video - Malachite water manicure
Manicure “Marble”
A lightweight version of a manicure with a marble effect is done using ordinary plastic film. In this case, the pattern has more precise lines and shapes than when using water.
Tools:
- film or bag;
- varnishes of two shades;
- coating for fastening.
How to do:
Paint your nails with a plain polish and wait until it dries. Apply the second shade of polish to the painted nail and at the same second begin to blot this layer with film. Use blotting, rubbing, or jerking movements. The end result will be a sloppy pattern consisting of the two shades that you initially chose. Apply a clear coat on top to ensure longevity of the design.
Gradient manicure
Gradient manicure is characterized by a smooth transition from one shade to another. This results in the so-called ombre effect, so popular among fashionistas.
Tools:
- base coat;
- sponge or sponge;
- varnish coating of two or more shades;
- clear nail polish.
How to do:
Cover the nail plate with a base coat, and then apply the lightest shade of polish you have chosen. Soak a sponge in water and dip it into the second shade of polish. Gently press the sponge onto your nail, but don't overdo it. You can extend the gradient strip by moving the sponge along the plate. Cover the plate with clear varnish without waiting for the gradient to dry completely. For each finger, update the palette on the sponge.
Video - Gradient manicure with a pattern
Manicure "Pea"
Depending on the shade of the varnish, you can make a polka dot manicure either playful and uncontrollable, or restrained and laconic. When using bright colors, you get a fun manicure, suitable for a festive event, relaxation, or just to lift your spirits. Black and white polka dots will make a manicure quite acceptable for a business meeting or office work.
Tools:
- dots (a stick with a ball at the end);
- varnishes of the required shades;
- fixative
If you have difficulty purchasing dots, you can use a toothpick, thin brush, cotton swab or ballpoint pen instead.
How to do:
A “pea” manicure is done simply. “Peas” are applied to the varnish base in any order. The matter is limited only by your imagination. The pattern is fixed with a quick-drying agent or a clear varnish coating.
Ideas for a “pea” manicure:
- make each strip of peas a different color, take shades of the same color scheme;
- apply polka dots to a gradient manicure;
- draw “rounds” of different diameters;
- change the shades of the base and polka dots (make polka dots of the same shade on your left hand, take this color as a base on your right hand);
- apply the peas in a vertical column, widening towards the bottom;
- Apply polka dots only to the regrown part of the nail, leaving the nail plate untouched.
Manicure “Moon”
Moon manicure is also called reverse French manicure. It is done using special templates that are sold in any cosmetic department. You can create them yourself, you only need paper tape. However, you can do a lunar manicure without using templates.
Tools:
- base varnish;
- hole varnish;
- fixative;
- brush with a fine tip.
How to do:
Cover the nail plate with a single-color polish. Put a little varnish on the brush that you are going to use to paint the holes and outline the future crescents. Paint this area with the desired shade of varnish and cover with a transparent tone.
Ideas for moon manicure:
- Make the holes not in the shape of a semicircle, but in the shape of a triangle. This will make the image bold and defiant.
- Black nails with light holes look very sexy. Black nails with purple, white, steel holes, as well as crescents of a natural shade look especially attractive.
- Decorating the holes with rhinestones and sparkles will make the manicure festive and elegant.
- Make several holes of different shades under each other.
- Nails with transparent holes look neat and elegant.
Manicure “Graphics”
Graphic manicure is full of surprises and surprises; it is varied and non-monotonic. There are an endless number of graphic manicure ideas: chess nail art, vertical, diagonal, horizontal stripes, graphic shapes and so on.
Let's look at the most spectacular graphic pattern - the golden-black checkerboard pattern.
Tools:
- black and golden varnishes;
- masking tape;
- clear nail polish.
How to do:
Cut out two large squares from masking tape. Cover the nail plate with black varnish. Let dry thoroughly. Apply the tape so that one quarter of the nail surface remains free. Cover it with golden matte varnish. Work this way on each finger and let this layer of varnish dry thoroughly. Then repeat the procedure for the other quarter of the plate to create a chess effect. Cover the finished drawing with clear varnish.
Ideas for graphic manicure:
- Paint your nail with three vertical stripes of polish in different bright shades and let dry. Then apply thin strips of masking tape to the plate so that the ends peek out beyond the nail. Cover the nail with black polish and let dry. Remove the tape. The result of the work will be an unusual manicure.
- Apply the base color to the nail. Cut out waves or zigzags from masking tape, place it on your nail and paint half of the plate with a different shade of polish.
Manicure “Cute figures”
A very cute and delicate manicure that suits young girls. Figures on nails can be completely different. Girls especially like hearts, bows, flowers, cute animal faces and Teddy bears.
Tools:
- base varnish;
- brush with a thin tip;
- dark varnish for drawing a pattern;
- fixative
How to do:
Apply a base coat to your nail for a long-lasting manicure, then cover the plate with your base color. Next, start drawing. You can use a stencil cut from a regular sheet of paper. Apply clear varnish over the design.
The good thing about a home manicure is that you can practice it an infinite number of times. In addition, if you have free time, you can change the designs on your nails at least every day.
Beautiful nails give self-confidence, lift your spirits, and increase the status of their owner.
But not everyone can afford to visit a salon all the time. For many, the topic of manicure at home is relevant.
To properly make a beautiful manicure, preliminary preparation is necessary.
It includes the purchase of manicure tools, disinfectants and related items that you cannot do without.
Necessary tools for manicure at home
Good, solid tools– this is the key to high-quality cuticle care, prevention of nail splitting and high speed of the procedure.
For a classic edged manicure you will need the following tools:
| Tool | Description |
| 1. Cuticle tweezers. | It is best to purchase a Solinger brand tool, this is an old German brand of cutting tools. Tweezers have their own sizes. They determine the length of the blade. It’s good to take 0.5 cm. |
 2. Pusher (translated as pusher)
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Double-sided cuticle spatula: on one side it resembles an oar, on the other it resembles a hatchet. Must be metal. |
 3. Knipser
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Tool for cutting the length of the nail. It looks like a small guillotine, it can be used for fingernails and toenails. |
 4.File 180 grit
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The grid should be imprinted on the file itself. |
 5. Polisher 2000 grit
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There are double and triple polishers, then the grit for each side must be printed. |
| Related Items: | |
 1. A large bowl, preferably ceramic - it holds the temperature well; |
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 2. Towel or napkin; |
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 3. Cotton pads; |
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 4. Orange sticks; |
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 5. Nail polish remover. |
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| Disinfectants: | |
| 1. Chlorhexidine; | |
| 2. Alcohol solution 70%. | |
| 3. You can purchase a professional product for treating hands and metal tools at the pharmacy. | |
Which manicure tools should you use and which should you not?
If you still have little experience in nail care, orange sticks will come in handy. They can move the skin near the cuticle and clean the eponychium.
Some people use it to trim cuticles. manicure scissors. This is acceptable, but the best quality manicure will be if you use tweezers. Scissors have straight blades, while tweezers have beveled blades. That's why It is the tweezer that cuts the skin more and deeper and after them the manicure lasts longer.
Nail fork Since we are talking about the cuticle area, No blade pressure is allowed. This can damage the matrix - the growth cells of the nail under the hole. As a result, the nail will grow crooked for the rest of its life.
Choosing a nail file, which one is used for what
Files vary depending on the grit. Grits measure the amount of abrasive applied to 1 square centimeter of a file:
The coarsest file is 80 grit. It is used to reduce the length of artificial nails;
Technique for performing European unedged manicure at home:
Step 1: Wash your hands with soap;
Hand washing Step 2: Apply cuticle remover;
Applying cuticle softener 
Step 3: Starting from the little finger, use the rounded tip of a file or an orange stick to push the roller away;
moving away and grinding the roller Step 4: Remove the softened thin skin from the surface of the nail;
Cuticle removal Step 5: Process the rollers with a 180 grit file;
processing rough rollers with a file Step 6: Wash your hands with soap;
Step 7: Degrease nails with an alcohol solution;
Degreasing nails Step 8: Apply varnish coating.
Varnish coating How to paint your nails evenly and beautifully
There is no difficulty in painting your nails easily and quickly and doing it exactly at home, without using a brush on the roller.
First of all, the varnish must have a certain consistency. The new varnish applies well and dries quickly, because the solvents have not yet evaporated from it. If the varnish has thickened, add 3-5 drops of varnish solvent to it.
Do not try to thin the varnish with acetone. or nail polish remover. These products will cause the varnish to curl.
Technique for applying varnish in bright or dark tones:
Step 1: Dip the brush into the varnish, squeeze out the excess with the back of the brush onto the bottle in a “pull away” motion.
Step 2: Place the brush in the middle of the nail at an angle of 45 degrees and move towards the cuticle. Before reaching the roller, stop the brush and move towards the free edge of the nail. This entire double movement must be done without lifting the brush from the nail or stopping it.
Positioning the brush 
Smooth movement towards the cuticle 
Moving the brush towards the free edge Step 3: Place the brush on the nail in the cuticle area so that the brush lies in the hand perpendicular to the finger. Make a stroke with the brush along the cuticle to the side roller, round the stroke along the contour of the nail (the brush changes position - now it lies in the hand parallel to the finger) and bring it to a free edges of the nail.
Movement to the side roller Step 4: Repeat this movement on the other side of the nail. If you run out of varnish on the brush during the process, turn it over and continue.
Step 5: With a well-wrung out brush, run along the end of the nail, sealing it.
Result Technique for applying varnish in nude and dense pastel colors:
Nude polish Step 1: Dip the brush into the varnish, squeeze out the excess with the back of the brush onto the bottle in a “pull away” motion.
Step 2: Place the brush in the middle of the nail at an angle of 5 degrees and move towards the cuticle, holding it almost suspended. The brush does not put pressure on the nail, only the polish touches the nail. Before reaching the roller, stop the brush and move towards the free edge of the nail.
Step 3: Bring the brush to the cuticle area. Keep the hand parallel to the finger. Barely touching the nail, move the brush towards the side roller and down to the free edge. The brush should go along the side of the nail without touching the roller.
Step 4: Repeat this movement on the other side of the nail. If you run out of varnish on the brush during the process, turn it over and continue.
Step 5: With a well-wrung out brush, run along the end of the nail, sealing it.
Nail designs at home
There are beautiful design options for which you don’t have to go to the salon. They can be done at home: rhinestones, glitter, gel pen painting, stickers, bouillons, varnish painting, craquelure, velvet, cat's eye.
Cat's eye - stripes 
Cat eye-waves 1. Cat's Eye Design. For it you will need to purchase magnetic polish and a Cat's Eye nail magnet. Still releasing options “Wave”, “Stripes”" and others. But the most spectacular is “Cat's Eye”.
Cat's eye - made with gel polish It is done on the newly applied layer of varnish. The magnet is brought to the nail so that the strip is along the nail. Hold for 1 second.
If you hold the magnet closer to the nail, there will be a clear line, further away it will be blurry.
If you bring a magnet first vertically and then horizontally, there will be a bright point.
Gel polish - made with ordinary varnish 2. Craquelure design. A new product, hard varnish, has appeared on the product market. This is a special cracking varnish that is applied to the dried previous layer.
Substrates made of gold, white, and black varnish look good. Crack polish dries quickly. It can be thinned like regular varnish.
If you apply it in a thick layer, it will crack into large pieces. If in a thin layer - into small ones. You can combine it: make one side of the nail with large fragments, and the other with small ones.
Craquelure - large, medium, small. 3. Velvet design. The varnish for this effect is called “Satin”. After drying it becomes matte, hiding all the unevenness of the nail.
If you apply a top coat on it, it becomes shiny, like regular varnish. You can make two nails shiny and leave the rest matte. This design looks good in dark or bright colors. On pastel colors it is almost invisible.
4. Leopard design. On a dried substrate (for example, coffee-au-lait color), uneven spots are applied with a brush with a slightly darker (beige) varnish and, without waiting for them to dry, a black dot is added to each spot. Using an orange stick, each dot is given the appearance of a comma.
Leopard design This design is classic. It can be performed not only in natural tones, but also in avant-garde ones. A turquoise backing with blue spots and black commas looks good.
5. Zebra design.
Zebra design Black lines are applied to a dry white substrate with a thin brush. There are varnishes for design, they have just such brushes.
The lines are drawn diagonally on the nail. The first line is drawn simple. The second, parallel to it, with a thickening coming from the middle of the line. It looks like a very narrow triangle. The third line is drawn simple along the previous one. The fourth is drawn with a thickening on the other side. The fifth is simple.
You can draw with a regular black gel pen. When the drawing is dry, simply seal it with topcoat. One zebra nail looks good, the rest are white.
Nails with rhinestones and bouillons 6. Design with stickers, bouillons and rhinestones. It is used on special occasions (weddings, graduations) and requires a beautiful dress.
Decorate two nails, tightly covering them with rhinestones of different sizes.. Swarovski rhinestones are suitable; they can be purchased in a set. The largest stone is placed in the center, closer to the cuticle. Near it on both sides there are smaller stones.
The smallest stones are placed on the edge of the nail. The space between large stones can be filled with golden broths. On the remaining nails, place one small stone in the center near the cuticle.
Pencil for rhinestones Place stones on wet varnish. The stone is taken by simply bringing an orange stick moistened with water or a special pencil for rhinestones to it and it sticks to it (there are special pencils for attaching rhinestones on sale). It is placed on fresh varnish, corrected, trimmed, it sticks to the varnish and releases the stick.
Sterilizing instruments at home
In nail salons, instruments are sterilized in a dry-heat oven.
Manicure tools At home, you can use the oven for these purposes. Place metal tools in a specially designated bowl, turn on the oven at 250 degrees and heat for 15 minutes.
If during the procedure a wound was caused and blood came out, the instrument is soaked in the solution before sterilization chlorhexidine or wiped three times with 70% alcohol(in the presence of special pharmaceutical products, it is better to carry out processing with them, according to the instructions).
Files and orange sticks can also be soaked in a disinfectant solution. But if there was no blood while working with them, it is enough to wipe them.
Below you can watch a detailed video about sterilizing manicure instruments; some information will be useful to you at home.
What pharmaceutical products may be useful?
In addition to chlorhexidine, you can buy hawthorn tincture 70% in the pharmacy. This alcohol solution can be used as a disinfectant.
The professional line of pharmaceutical products for sterilization is very diverse. Disinfectants are divided into two types: for hands and for metal tools. The pharmacist at the pharmacy will always tell you what products are available.
You may also need it glue BF-6. This is a medical glue for treating wounds. It is convenient for cuts, disinfects and seals the wound instead of a band-aid.
Good to have on hand for warts "Mountain celandine", brown herbal balm. If a wart is discovered during the manicure procedure, you can immediately cauterize it with this balm.
Baths and oils for strengthening and growing nails after manicure
To keep nails healthy, they need to be nourished and treated. The aggressive environment makes them thin and brittle, appear on them. To avoid this, it is good to do it with sea salt.
You don’t have to buy expensive sea salt; the kind sold in grocery stores will do. You can add it during manicure to steam your nails.
In the process of saturating the nails with such water, a phenomenon called osmosis. This is an exchange of salts between two environments. Nails, like appendages of the skin, are an excretory organ. Nail effusion emerges through microscopic holes on the surface of the nail.
After taking a course of antibiotics, it forms very actively, preventing artificial nails from sticking to the nail bed. That is why after taking antibiotics, two weeks must pass before nail extensions.
Those who spent a lot of time in sea water on vacation notice improvements in the condition of their nails. Baths do not have to be done for a long time. 15 minutes is enough. This procedure can be carried out in the evening while watching TV.
After the bath, hands are lubricated with nourishing cream. The best creams are with fruit oils. This could be avocado, aloe, or apricot oil. Just do not confuse them with essential oils. This is a completely different product.
If the cream says that it contains mineral oil, it is better not to buy such a cream. This is a product of chemical distillation of petroleum. It won't be good for your nails.
You can always look beautiful, you just need to get used to it.
You've probably heard more than once that a woman's hands speak volumes. A beautiful and unusual manicure makes a woman more confident, attractive and stylish. Of course, professional manicure is not available to all female representatives. But this is not a reason to be upset. A beautiful and unusual manicure at home can be easily done with several varnishes and accessories that every housewife definitely has. All you need is a non-standard approach and creative ideas. They will help you create an unusual manicure that will reflect the inner world of a beauty.
In addition, a creative do-it-yourself manicure is more than just polish applied to the nails. This is a masterpiece that the girl creates herself, which means it will be unique. Let's look at some of the most popular manicure options that can be easily repeated at home.
Water manicure
This unusual manicure, photos of variations of which you have probably seen many times, has been popular for several years. It stands out for its richness, uniqueness, brightness and attractiveness. Although the process of creating such a manicure is quite complicated, it can be mastered. Even if the first attempts are unsuccessful, you should not despair. If you show persistence and perseverance, masterpieces of nail art can be created without leaving your home.
An unusual water manicure allows you to create beautiful and original designs on your nails, the color and type of which completely depends on the imagination and ideas of the craftswoman.
Before you start applying polish, you need to prepare your fingers. To do this, cut out stencils in the shape of the letter “P” from tape so that they go around the entire nail plate. Then you need to fill a container with lukewarm water and drip the selected varnishes one by one, a little at a time, waiting for the previous layer to spread. To create a design in a container, you must use a stick. Pass it over the layers of varnish, it will mix and create an unusual picture. Immediately after this, you can dip your nails one by one into the container, holding them for a few seconds just below the varnish film. Although the tape will protect the cuticle from excess varnish, small errors may still remain. To remove them, you can use a cotton swab and nail polish remover.
Please note that an unusual manicure at home, a photo of which you once saw, can never be repeated identically. Indeed, in the process of applying water manicure, many factors play a role, such as the thickness of the varnish, the method of creating the pattern, and the color scheme of the varnishes. The unusual manicure described above cannot be created using gel polishes.
Newspaper manicure
Using regular newspaper, you can also create an unusual manicure. The photo, of course, does not convey all its beauty, but trying to make it at home is simply necessary.
First apply the base coat, then an even layer of white varnish. After it dries, you need to carefully place pieces of newspaper soaked in water or alcohol on your nails. In just 30 seconds the design will already be on your nails. But you need to remove the newspaper carefully, or better yet, using tweezers. And then all that remains is to apply a fixative, which will make it possible to enjoy a newspaper manicure for at least several days.
Matte manicure
Although special varnishes have long been available to create a matte manicure, due to the high price they are not available to everyone. But few people know that any glossy varnish can become matte in just a few seconds.
To do this, you need to apply the first ball of varnish and let it dry. After applying the second ball, each nail must be held over the steam of a preheated kettle for several seconds. It is advisable to wait until the varnish is completely dry. This little secret will help you save money, but at the same time get a matte manicure no worse than in a professional salon.
Lunar manicure
This type of manicure is quite popular, but there are so many variations that you can experiment on your own and create an original manicure yourself, using the polishes that you have in your cosmetic bag.
Although the process of creating a moon manicure is much more difficult than a French manicure, the result is worth it.
The procedure for creating a manicure begins with preparing the nails. Then you need to apply stencils and carefully apply layers of varnish. Only after the polish has completely dried can you remove the stickers and carefully apply contrasting polish to your nails using a brush. To fix the result, you need to apply a clear varnish.
Caviar (beaded) manicure
Although caviar manicure appeared quite recently, it has become very popular. This manicure looks very impressive, although doing it at home is easier than it seems at first glance. The name itself suggests that this manicure will require special beads.
First you need to apply 2 layers of varnish. After they are completely dry, prepare a container and pour microbeads into it. Then apply clear varnish to each nail in turn and immediately dip the nail plate into the beads, pressing down a little so that it sets. It will take about 15 minutes for the clear coat to dry completely. Only after this can the caviar manicure be secured with clear varnish.
There is a second way to create a beaded manicure. You can use a needle or toothpick to glue the beads. The “caviar” should be applied quickly. This method makes it possible to create a caviar manicure using several colors of beads.
Tired of the classics? Then it's time to start experimenting with the already familiar French manicure. To add variety to this type of manicure, you can make it unique by adding color. For example, draw a bright flower on a white line. For those who do not know how to apply designs on their nails, there is a slightly simpler option - buy special stickers or stencils.
Don’t despair if you don’t have the time or opportunity to visit a beauty salon to get your nails in order. To create an unusual manicure, you just need to use your imagination and find some free time. Stay beautiful no matter what!
Every girl wants to look her best, and manicure is not the least important part of her look. It’s easy to spot a girl who takes care of herself by her well-groomed hands. Agree, no one likes to look at broken, unpolished nails.
Most of us are accustomed to painting our nails with one color of polish, and the most we can decide on on weekdays is a few rhinestones or a couple of highlighted nails in a different color according to the teachings of Feng Shui.
However, monotony gets boring, and often you want something unusual. Due to their inability, girls refuse such experiments, but in this article we have collected the 10 best photo tutorials for creative manicure for any occasion.
Option 1. White with stripes
Paint your nails with white polish. Wait for it to dry completely and stick thin silver metallic manicure strips (nail tapes) to your nail (or several nails). Such strips can be bought in a store or ordered online; they cost about 50 rubles per roll of one color. Use nail clippers to cut off any excess strips. Don't forget to coat your nails with clear polish or sealer. It turned out to be a great everyday manicure!
Option 2. Blue and white stripes
Cover your nails with dark blue polish and wait until dry. Glue 2 wide white stripes on some or all of the nails, pinch off the excess ends. Using a thin brush, draw a small heart on the tip of your fingers. Don't forget to seal with clear varnish.
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Option 3. Flag of the United Kingdom
There are a lot of fans of this manicure, but not everyone can do it with their own hands. For this design you will need 3 varnishes: red, white and blue, as well as brushes of different thicknesses.
Apply 1-2 layers of blue varnish and let it dry. Using a brush, draw a cross on the nail with white polish, and 4 diagonal lines from the center with a thinner brush. Using the thinnest brush, paint a cross with red varnish inside the white cross. Seal with clear varnish. The flag is ready!
Option 4. Black matte + gloss
A very stylish evening manicure for girls who are not afraid to stand out from the crowd. Apply matte black polish to all nails and let it dry. Next, you need to take masking tape and cut out a zigzag (the pattern can be any). Apply tape to the nail and paint the remaining half of the nail with glossy black polish. There is no need to coat it with clear varnish, otherwise you will spoil the combination of matte and glossy shades.
Option 5. Pineapple motif
Chic manicure for summer and the beach!
Cover your nails with yellow polish, then use a thin brown brush to draw diamond shapes with dots inside. Emphasize the brown lines with white varnish. Use green polish to paint “grass” on the tips of your nails. Pineapple is ready!
Option 6. Clear geometry
This manicure is suitable for both office and leisure. Glue a triangle of tape onto unpainted nails and paint the free ends with silver metallic polish. Next, move the triangles closer to the hole and outline the shape with a simple pencil. Fill the resulting triangle with gold varnish.
Option 7. Skin effect
Paint your nails with the desired color of polish in two layers. Without waiting for the second layer to dry, apply a piece of fabric mesh to the nail and press. Carefully remove the fabric. Can be secured with clear varnish. This manicure can be worn both at the office and on an evening out, it all depends on the color.
Option 8. Bow
Cover your nails with turquoise polish and let it dry. Paint the tip diagonally with white varnish, try to make a curved line, as in the picture. When the varnish is dry, paint a bow in black along the line where the flowers join. This elegant manicure can be done for a celebration or just worn to work by drawing bows on only some of the nails.
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Option 9. From rich to light
A very interesting manicure for everyday wear - not flashy and original at the same time. You can achieve such color transitions with just two varnishes: the main color and white. Paint your thumbs with polish. Then make 4 middle dots of this polish on the paper. Take white color and start dripping into these points. One drop in the first, two in the second, and so on. Mix polishes at each point and paint the corresponding fingers.
Option 10. Stains on nails
You can probably go anywhere with this design. On the main white color of the nails, add blue and light blue drops. Using a needle, make streaks in a chaotic manner. Seal with clear varnish.
Which manicure did you like best?
An original manicure looks different for every woman. For some, the height of originality will be a different shade of varnish on the ring finger, and for others, originality is manifested in the creation of real masterpieces of fine art on the nails.
In any case, there is no arguing about tastes! In order to perform an original manicure at home, you need, first of all, ideas on what exactly to depict on the nails, in what color palette, what materials to use to implement everything planned.
How to make an original manicure at home?
How to make an original manicure at home interests many women who always want to look fashionable and stylish. For home options, there are a lot of techniques that make it very easy to get an original nail design. For four decades now, French manicure has not gone out of fashion. Today, the trend is reverse French manicure or moon manicure, which looks very stylish, identifying its owner as a girl who follows the latest fashion trends.
In order to easily cope with the task and carefully draw a hole, you can use special semicircular stencils that are applied to the nails at the height you want. It is important that all the holes are the same size, which means that the stencils must be applied at the same level. Then the entire remaining surface is covered with the selected shade of varnish. When the varnish has dried, apply another coat. When it dries, you can remove the stencils. Cover the entire nail plate with a fixative.
If you want to perform a lunar manicure in two colors, that is, cover the hole with varnish, there are four easy ways to do this, as the following video demonstrates.
Original manicure at home, (Photo) step-by-step process
One of the simplest options for performing an original manicure is a manicure using foil. Only your imagination can limit the use of this material at hand for nail design. Foil can be used in a variety of shades, completely cover the entire nail plate, or be part of a design, for example, a heart, a butterfly wing, a goldfish, stars, etc.
Foil is a very thin and delicate material, so it requires care and the fastest possible coating with a fixative. This material requires a special fixative. In order to properly perform such a manicure, you must first do a regular manicure and cover your nails with the desired shade of varnish.
Once it's dry, you can start designing. The foil is glued with special glue if you do not cover the entire plate with it. In this case, a base coat can serve as a base. Without waiting for it to dry, apply the foil to the nail and carefully cut off all excess.
Another popular way to create an original manicure at home is nail stickers. To make such a design, you can purchase ready-made stickers, for example, floral patterns, hieroglyphs, images of birds, animals, fish, etc. Then stickers are applied to the already completed manicure. You can place them however you like - along the edge of the nails, on each nail or on one, as you please. Stickers must be covered with a fixative.
Using special paper tape allows you to create a variety of designs on your nails. Moreover, they can be done easily and simply, even without special skills in nail design. An original manicure at home (Photo) will allow you to do it step by step with minimal time and effort.
The use of beads, stones of different colors and sizes is the most favorite type of home nail design.
Many girls are interested in how to do a “newspaper” manicure? For this you may need: a newspaper with the necessary inscriptions (usually taken with English letters), alcohol, cotton pads. A piece of newspaper is applied to an already completed manicure coated in a contrasting color and covered with a cotton pad soaked in alcohol. It presses for a few seconds.
This time is enough for the design to transfer to the surface of the nail. Then you can finish the design here and cover the surface of the nail with a fixative, or you can use it as a background for further nail design. This can be seen in detail in the step-by-step instructions (Photo) for performing such a manicure.
Ombre manicure is also popular today.
To complete it you will have to be patient. After a regular manicure is completed, a white coating is applied. Once it's dry, you can start designing. First you need to choose the shades of nail polish that you like, for example, blue and green. Apply two strips of these varnishes to a very delicate sponge. Then apply them to the nail, as if imprinting a design. Step-by-step (Photo) of this process clearly demonstrates the entire process.
Then apply the fixative and carefully remove excess from the skin with nail polish remover. To make this as easy and quick as possible, before performing a manicure, apply a rich cream to the skin around the fingers.
An original manicure looks different for every woman. For some, the height of originality will be a different shade of varnish on the ring finger, and for others, originality is manifested in the creation of real masterpieces of fine art on the nails. In any case, there is no arguing about tastes.
In order to perform an original manicure at home, you need, first of all, ideas on what exactly to depict on the nails, in what color palette, what materials to use to implement everything planned.
If a woman does her own manicure, without turning to manicure specialists at a spa salon for help, then she can implement many original nail design ideas on her own. To do this, she will definitely need a thin brush, varnishes of different shades, a fixative, and dots. Dots are a plastic stick with a ball at the end. It is used to apply circles on nails.
One of the simplest and most affordable ways to make an original manicure is to apply peas of a contrasting color to the finished coating. Peas can be the same size, different sizes and colors, on the entire nail plate or only on part of it, on all nails or just on one. There are a lot of options, but all of them can be easily done at home, without the involvement of specialists from expensive beauty salons.
