Brown can not be called the most popular color for a manicure, because for many girls it seems too calm and even bland. Nevertheless, more and more masters use this shade to create bright and memorable images.
Style features
Brown manicure is actually suitable for any occasion, because this color is perfectly combined with other shades, it looks very noble on the hands and allows you to experiment with different techniques and styles. Combining brown with other color palettes, the use of glitter and stickers, the choice of patterns and drawings, as well as the length and shape of the nail plate are determined depending on what situation the coating is made for. For example, an office dress code implies the use of only the most subtle and minimal details, and for special events it is recommended to use several techniques at the same time, add more glitter and eye-catching elements.
Matte pastel-colored coatings, such as sand or beige, or warm chocolate tones are most suitable for everyday wear. They will not stand out much or catch the eye, but still harmoniously complete the image. By the way, such shades (dark brown and beige) are perfectly combined with short nails - it looks neat and natural. Perfect for a business image and trendy moon manicure with a snow-white or transparent unpainted moon, as well as a beige or chocolate base, complemented by a pair of empty or decorated rhinestones arcs. It is always appropriate to look beige french with a white glossy "little smile", although recently the alternation of French and regular manicure is considered much more fashionable. In this case, a pair of plates is covered with a brown tinge, and on the rest it is used to design the tips.
It is important to add a few words about short nails. In order for such fingers to look their best, one has to try to combine dark and light shades, in no case use large-scale decorative elements and try to fill the plates with images. In this situation in manicure it is better to stick to minimalism in general. In general, brown manicure, mainly beige, requires high-quality preliminary nail care. The cuticle is to be treated very carefully, and the nail plate is also ground. Otherwise, the varnish will not be able to lie flat, and all the flaws will be noticeable.
Shade selection
Since brown manicure allows you to experiment with different tonalities of the main shade, the lacquer is selected depending on the color type of the girl, the complete image and the specific situation. For example, it can be beige, dark brown chocolate, copper, light brown sand, caramel, mustard, coffee, ginger and many others. By the way, it is better to select decorative elements depending on the length and shape of the nail plate.
Combination of colors
If a girl does not want to be limited to one brown, then she, of course, can add other colors, but it is better only as small accent elements. Alternatively, it can be rhinestones or sequins. Green, yellow, red and dark blue glitter will organically fit on a brown base.The main shade will be successfully combined with a golden sheen, and the above combinations equally apply to rhinestones. However, lilac, turquoise, purple and purple shades in this situation are completely out of place. Various shades of brown are traditionally used to create a gradient. The transition from dark to light is done either on all the nails, or on one as an accent.
A brown background and an extra green tint are usually chosen to create floral designs., and bright colors provocatively look in the summer. Golden or bronze glitter on a beige background will be the perfect solution for a holiday manicure. However, it is worth remembering that the acid and pastel shades will be lost on a dark brown background, which means that it turns out that this combination is very unsuccessful.
Brown lacquer does well with all the basic shades, that is, white, black, beige and gray. Its combinations with a large pastel palette look quite harmonious. Even the traditional jacket will turn to make, using the brown and beige flowers. By the way, the most successful bright "pairs" are yellow with brown and pink with brown.
Color in techniques
A manicure on the basis of the above color can be matte, patterned, with holes, with a gradient, a regular jacket or a variety of decorative elements. A nail plate covered with a coffee shade and painted with light curlicues or abstract geometric compositions will look very stylish, but not strikingly. Another interesting option will be beige lacquer images of droplets, leaves or wavy lines. If there is no desire or ability to draw, then it is quite possible to use stickers, because brown will be a beautiful background for them. For example, in the autumn time, gold leaflets, coffee beans, or the silhouette of a red fox look great on the nails.
Approximately the same images are relevant in the winter, but in the cold season they are added with snowflakes, a “sweater” ornament and “patterns on the glass”. In the spring flowers bloom on nude nails and appear as branches with leaves. In the summer, as a rule, on the nails they simply draw bright pictures of different plots and moods, without forgetting about spring fashion. And besides, at any time of the year fantasy textured images are relevant. For example, it may be the bark of a tree, the skin of an animal or the surface of a precious stone.
Of course, it is worth mentioning matte brown manicurewhich looks very elegant and noble in both dark and light versions. As a rule, in this case gold is chosen as an additional shade: metallic lacquer or stickers. The combination of glossy and matte surfaces is memorable. Usually, the nails are covered with a matte varnish, and lines, dots or complex stencil patterns are applied over gloss.
In some cases, it is enough to limit the rhinestones on some of the nails - in combination with a matte plate, they will look great.
Glittering pebbles form a semicircle on the edge of the nail, or a hole is formed. You can create from them something abstract, smooth pattern, or simply stick one or two points to the corner of the nail plate. By the way, glitter, by the way, can also draw a line of a service jacket, form a pattern or create abstract spots.
For more subtle natures, rhinestones can be replaced by lace, and for bright ones that want to be the center of attention, glitter in combination with acrylic powder. Brown manicure does not do without fashionable animal prints, stamping and gradient. By the way, if instead of drawings, patterns are chosen, then it is better to apply them with white or black varnish. In the case when the nail plate is painted dark brown, monograms, plant patterns or lace link can be drawn with black.In a situation of light brown tones, white is used for the same purpose.
In the fashion now and “sand” manicure, performed with the help of special acrylic sand. Nails are covered with a powdery shade, immediately sprinkled with sand, and he takes over its color. Thus a very unusual texture is formed. Many masters propose to make clients “snake eyes”: paint most of the nails in a light brown shade, on the two remaining hands on each hand, first process the foil to imitate reptile skin, and then draw the eyes themselves.
Fashion ideas
Festive nail design, as a rule, involves the use of glitter or volumetric details. Also the plate can be with rhinestones. For example, a brown manicure with gold accents, supplemented with accessories from the same noble metal, is perfect for a festive event. For the base is chosen varnish with a hint of "dark chocolate", and his nails are covered twice. Without waiting for the top layer to dry, the plate is filled with golden glitter. By the way, such a manicure is best done on long nails of beautiful shape.
A bright solemn image will arise if you use in the manicure large gold glitter for only one ring finger. The rest of the nails are covered with chocolate varnish, and only the tips of the plate are slightly shiny. In another embodiment, again, one nail is painted over completely, while on the other glitter is used rather abstractly, creating an effect of randomness and even some kind of scuff.
Those girls, whose outfit involves the use of silver jewelry, can complement their manicure and this unusual shade. To do this, you will need to cover the nails with beige lacquer, and on top of it you can either paint or paste thin stripes or snowflakes of silver color. Incidentally, the silver parts in this case can be replaced with small strazikami on a pair of fingers. From them it will turn out to put a small crown, a flower or a usual scattering. It is worth mentioning that if you do everything deliberately, then in a festive manicure you will succeed in successfully combining rhinestones and sparkles.
To learn how to make an ombre manicure for every day in shades of brown, see the following video.
