Short nails always look neat and natural. Even women with healthy strong nails often prefer to leave the minimum length without extension and decorate short nails with varnish. Design for this length is not suitable for everyone, elegant neat short nails are well combined with pastel shades. For example, a great option is blue.
Advantages and disadvantages
The undoubted advantage of blue color in manicure is the variety of its shades, including pale blue hues and bright blue colors. In addition, the blue design can be easily timed for any occasion. It is perfect for a wedding, as its calm even shades will give the image of the bride tenderness and femininity. In winter, in blue you can paint snowflakes or fairytale heroes, in the spring such patterns or light air feathers will look very romantic, in summer this color harmonizes perfectly with the marine theme.
Another advantage of blue manicure is the ability to combine with almost any other color. In addition, beauty studios offer a huge variety of different shades of blue decorative lacquer, they are all widely available, and finding the most preferred color is easy.
Perhaps there are no flaws in such a manicure. It may be noted that some consider it unnatural for nails, but still this color has more fans than opponents. But also a minus can be called the need to strictly select an image. That is, a gentle blue manicure is unlikely to harmoniously look on a femme fatale in a red tight dress. In this regard, the choice of design must be approached strictly.
However, for the everyday image of blue manicure - a win-win.
Recommendations
When performing manicure in heavenly shades for short nails Use the recommendations of professionals.
- Choosing a design, try to abandon the cross lines. For example, in the case of geometry, give preference to vertical and diagonal strokes - they will visually enlarge the fingers.
- Do not be afraid of rich saturated blue shades. It will look great on short nails and blue. Rich turquoise - a great option for a short length.
- Try not to overdo it with additional decorative elements. This is especially true for women with short wide nail plates. Accents are recommended on one or two fingers.
- Blue shades are perfectly combined with any shape of the nail, but if they have a short length, it is better to choose the shape of "almond" or "soft square".
Shades and combinations
Speaking of blue manicure, it is not necessary to present the nails in a classic blue color, there are many variations of shades.
Heavenly
Gives the image ease, ease, freshness. In addition, this shade can be a great background for any art.
Turquoise
Color for dreamers and purposeful women. A great option for those who are going on vacation, as this color symbolizes the sea waves.
Blue blue
Calm smooth color. Its advantage is versatility: this color is suitable for any skin tone - dark or pale.
Gray blue
Color for supporters of neutral manicure. It goes well with the winter landscape or autumn theme.
As for combinations with other tones, give preference to proven combinations.
With pink
Especially beautiful pink color will look with a turquoise hue. For long nails this would be a defiant combination, but on short nails this design will look bright and beautiful. Suitable for a particular event, and for the daily image.
With white
Suitable for any situation. Very gentle, romantic, feminine combination. Excellent in this color looks french or moon manicure. Do not ignore the geometry.
With black
Pretty bold combination. It is better to depict black patterns on a blue background. Drawings will look interesting under the sparkles.
With brown
The cold of blue in this case is diluted with warmth and some sweetness. This combination can be called "delicious." The same combination will look great with golden sparkles.
With blue
Harmonious colors in one tone. Under this combination is very easy to pick up clothes and accessories.
Design options
Here are some examples of the design of short nails in blue.
Matt Blue
It turns out gently, feminine, neat and somewhat mysterious. For short length - one of the most successful design options.
Moon manicure
It looks great pale blue color of the nail plate and open hole. If you mark a hole with rhinestones on one finger, you will get a manicure with a “twist”.
Rhinestones
On short nails with this element, it is important not to overdo it, but in general, fantasy can be limitless. Design with rhinestones is well suited for a festive event.
French
French manicure in blue color looks gentle, well-groomed, elegant. Blue may be the edge of the nail, and the surface itself. Combination with any color is allowed, it can be pastel, nude or contrasting shades.
Sparkles
In this case, the master can again show imagination and use glitter, the effect of “broken glass”, shimmer and other techniques in manicure for short nails.
Master class on creating a gentle manicure in pink and blue colors, see below.