Recently, the fashion for long pointed nails is gradually coming to an end. Modern women advocate natural beauty, which is why many people prefer to do a manicure on short round nails. In this article we will describe how to carry out the procedure at home, and offer beautiful design ideas for this form of nails.
At home
Many girls take care of their nails on their own, which is a snap. First of all, you should put your fingers in the tub with warm, soapy water. This is necessary so that the skin and the nail plate become softer and more pliable. After 10 minutes, hands are wiped with a soft towel, and the preparatory process begins. Using nail scissors, you should shortly cut off your nails, and then give them a rounded shape with a nail file.
Remember that short round nails are suitable for owners of medium or long fingers.
With the help of orange sticks need to push the softened cuticle. Professional masters do not recommend cutting it with scissors, as the excess skin will still grow, but it will become hard and rough. It is possible to slightly treat the surface of the plate with buff to level it. Nails are ready for manicure. Before you apply color varnish, you should cover them with a base for a more accurate look. Sometimes small bubbles appear on the surface, to avoid them, you should turn the bottle upside down just before using the varnish and shake it slightly. So all the air will rise and will not remain in the texture.
Color combinations
First of all, you should know which shades are strictly prohibited for short nails with a rounded shape. Owners of such a manicure should avoid too bright or acidic colors that look great on a long plate, but do not suit short. Beware should be yellow, white, orange, red and other colors.
This option is perfect any dark color. For example, burgundy, eggplant, dark red, brown and even black. If the above colors are ideal for winter, then in spring you can choose from a pastel palette. The best tones will be cornflower blue, canary yellow, purple, blue, pale pink, mint and even flesh. In the summer, make sure the manicure and pedicure are the same color.
Lovers of classic French manicure will have to forget about this design with short nails. and wait until they grow at least a couple of millimeters. Small length leaves no space even for a thin white stripe. It is not recommended to load fingers with rhinestones or sparkles, as they visually make fingers thick and ugly. You will have to give up the matte manicure, which has not lost its position for several seasons in a row.
If you really want to give your nails an interesting look, you can replace the matte texture with a more delicate powdery.
Design options
There is a mass of interesting design options for short round-shaped nails. All of them are aimed at giving the hands an elegant and beautiful look.
- Monochrome The standard version of the manicure, the idea of which is to evenly cover all the fingers with the desired color. Monochrome manicure is considered ideal for any shape and length of the nail plate.
- Peas. An interesting idea to create a summer design.First of all, the background layer is applied, and then a pattern in the form of dots is drawn with a brush or toothpick. They can be evenly distributed over the entire plate, make a vertical strip along it, or draw a dotted line at the base.
In winter, a dark shade of red, blue or violet can be used as a background, and the peas can be painted black. For summer, the ideal option would be the background of any pastel colors and white dots.
- Ombre. An interesting and beautiful design, which features a smooth transition from one shade to another, is of two kinds. In the first case, the transition occurs on each finger. The first layer is the base: white or nude. Next, a small segment of the usual sponge for dishes is painted in the right shades, and the drawing is transferred from the material to the nail. The most beautiful are smooth transitions from dark to light, for example, from dark blue to blue, and multi-colored ombre, where there is a combination of several colors, for example, pink, blue and lilac.
In the second embodiment, the transition of colors occurs alternately from the thumb to the little finger. The darkest shade is applied to the extreme finger, and each subsequent is painted in a slightly lighter than the previous one.
- Stripes. Very interesting on short round nails look special nail strips. They are a thin multicolored line with a shiny texture and adhesive base. It is better to have them vertically or diagonally - so the nails will look longer. Be sure to fix the manicure with a top coat so that the decor does not come off.
- Patterns. Nail art on short nails is not particularly welcome, but there are interesting options that are quite suitable for owners of the classical form. You can apply the selected color on all nails, except for the nameless one, and smear the rest with a transparent base and remove the drawing with a thin brush. Or put the image in a contrasting color.
As a picture, use a variety of curls, letters, notes or monograms. There are more fun ideas, for example, a bee, a butterfly, a heart, stars and much more, which is enough for the client's imagination.
- Geometry. Geometric patterns visually stretched fingers. Manicure will look very original, especially if you make each line of a different color. As a rule, zigzag or wavy patterns are drawn. Colors are chosen any. You can alternate black or burgundy with white, make a selection of several pastel shades or draw a kind of geometric ombre.
How to make a manicure for short round nails, see the following video.
