Well-groomed hands and nails - the dream of every modern woman. I want them to look beautiful, and at the same time do not interfere with manicure in everyday life. Thanks to the desire of fashion for naturalness, this has become possible: short nails are in the center of attention of fashion trends. Consider the features of a manicure with such a length and gel polish of red color, since red is considered one of the favorites of the nail fashion of the new season.
Nuances of form
Red color of a covering is considered bright paint of a palette. It is noticeable and attracts attention, but emphasizes even the slightest imperfections of the nail plates and their natural form. It is not scary if the side walls of the nail bed are parallel, but it looks rather ugly when they diverge or are completely arched.
In the latter two cases, it is necessary to get rid of visual gravity and balance the form, working with its proportions.
If the walls are parallel, red nail polish can paint the nail plate completely, without limiting the sides. If the nail is like a triangle with an acute angle in the place of the hole, or it is barrel-like, you will have to refrain the sides, visually creating the illusion of parallelism. This does not mean that it is necessary to equate the sides to the ideal. But it is necessary to straighten them a little with varnish, so that the shape looks more aesthetic, otherwise the red varnish will reveal the unevenness of the natural form.
As for the top edge, ideally its shape should be the mirror image of the hole. So bright red color will look beautiful on nails and will be able to rid the nails of perception. Choose for short nail plates can be three topical options to date. This almond, soft square and oval. Red varnish will look beautiful on any form. But only if it corresponds to the approximate shape of the hole.
The only exception is the form with parallel walls: such nails can be filed under any form without restriction.
Color solutions
Despite the fact that fashion does not dictate a rigid framework for color solutions today, the red color is quite capricious and does not tolerate rivalry. In addition, he was accustomed to set the status himself, and therefore is not combined with every pigment. For example, the design looks ugly when trying to add yellow to the red. However, with the same gold or silver red looks very different. It is expensive, stylish and spectacular. Originally looks red gel polish with duets of gray and white, here and there, black, tan and white, coral and white. Does not combine red with blue, roughly looks with green.
The combination of red gel polish with nude and run is a new trend that allows to add freshness and lightness to the design of the red manicure. Such mixes do not look as sharp as red-white contrast. This design feels soft, it is the nude that allows you to take a fresh look at the bright red color and use it in images of different styles.
At the same time, nude, as well as beige, can be a background of accent nails on which you can paint, glue a variety of decor or use powder materials to change the texture.
As for the black and red duet, it is important to choose the right colors and texture of used varnishes. A simple red tone is undesirable here: it is better to replace it with a wine one, choosing satin or velor type of texture.At the same time, in order for black contrast not to look coarse, you can turn to a veil technique with its characteristic translucency of varnish. A wine shade of red in the form of, for example, a red geometric shape on a translucent black background will look gorgeous. In addition, it will be possible to complement the design with thin gold stripes or contour rings.
Fashion trends
Today, a fashionable manicure is one that fits into the main directions of nail design. Now it is considered important to emphasize not the decor, but the texture of the gel polish used. In the priority game of matte surface and gloss.
Even an ordinary jacket, created with a gloss on a matte background, will look more stylish and spectacular than a manicure strewn with glitter and stones.
It is important to adhere to the principle: the simpler, the more status. Expensive texture, say, under textiles, will allow the red manicure to bring more chic into the female set, without limiting the choice of jewelry and accessories. Of course, the design can be complicated, but not lurid.
You can not sculpt a lot of jewelry on your nails, as this will increase the rivalry between them and varnish, as well as ruin the look of even the status cover itself.
Given the short length of the nails, you need to select the design so that it creates the effect of lengthening. This can be done through geometric shapes and vertical lines. So that the design does not lose its status, it is necessary to limit the number of accent nails or to simplify the decor to a minimum. Today even men know: the simpler a woman is, the more difficult her manicure is, and therefore the image of a magpie does not arouse their interest.
Fashionable stained glass coverings of red shades. They can create the effect of depth, applying a thin, almost weightless layer on top of any decor. In addition, in the fashion of liquid stones and light inlay. As for the latter, with respect to the red color of the base, it is important to understand: without a dosage, a manicure is doomed to a fashionable failure.
Here the point placement of rhinestones or stones is preferable. For example, it may be a belly of a beetle or a flower bud.
Current decor
Fashion constantly pampers us with new decorative materials, through which you can decorate a manicure. Some of them linger for a long time, others are suitable only for elegant decorations. As for the red color of manicure, here you can note several ways of decorating, by means of which you can add a zest to a bright manicure, without copying its elegance and status. It is important not to forget that it should not dominate the general background.
- Beautifully look on short nails red Japanese kamifubuki. If you choose a different size of confetti and portray their lunar design, the design will be spectacular and catchy. But for the status you need to use kamifubuki no more than two or four nails out of ten.
- In the new season there will be an incredibly demanded tear-off foil. In this case, you can use a red ribbon, decorating her black contrast manicure. Even a few nails with a chaotic shine will be enough to design a spectacular and expensive.
- For New Year's holidays you should choose mica flakes yuki. They can be decorated with accents of red manicure. And it can be done with different intensity of rubbing yuki into the prepared surface.
- Can be used to rub the accents of the red design with a different effect. For example, it can create a golden background for a three-dimensional design with acrylic powder. By this principle, you can create floral patterns, voluminous monograms that are now in trend.
- Those who adore stones, you can look at the coatings "cat's eye". Today, with their help, you can create the effect of real stones with their characteristic volume.
- Fans of design with rhinestones and a variety of shiny stones should emphasize the cuticle area. However, given the short length of the nails, it is important to use the minimum size of the decor.
Design Ideas and Prints
Choosing a one-color design as the main technique, you should focus on the shade of red and the texture of varnish. On accent nails, you can draw a gloss on a matte basis of monogram, curls, lace. If you do not like this option, you can gloss over all the nails, and the accent ones - with a matt gel polish and create a black backing on them. Then you can silver or gild it, creating a spectacular and expressive manicure.
Alternatively, you can use acrylic powder, creating with it the texture of knitted fabric.
So that at the same time the design does not look hard and boring, it is worth adding a softening companion to the red. It can be white or pale pink contrast.
Red manicure for short nails provides for small patterns and images. If you want to combine red with black, you can use stained glass lacquer. In this case, the black substrate for the design will be the perfect companion. If you still silver substrate with small glitter, and then cover with stained glass varnish, the effect will be stunning.
Red and white design can be created in different ways. You can choose a hand-painted on accent nails as the basis of the design. Light floral motifs or feathers or even geometry will be very useful for a spectacular and stylish manicure. It is important that, in addition to the figure, about half of the background area was visible. This will bring ease to the design and will not overload the design.
It is unrealistic to use the negative space technique. For example, an unpainted part can be a hole or a thin arch that repeats a hole. If you want to use this technique, you can leave the entire area of accent nails under it and perform a simple design on top of the clear lacquer.
Even a laconic arc of small rhinestones here will look very impressive.
It is fashionable to use the technique of seasonal manicure. With regard to the design in red, it can be:
- flowers, painted in white or golden color on a plain background for summer manicure;
- slider design with an autumn theme in red, white and silver tones;
- diagonal cage with silver contrast for winter design;
- love theme with Valentine's Day hearts;
- autumn leaves of brown color with a golden contour for autumn decoration;
- foiled golden flakes together with an application slider design in the form of a flower composition;
- foil lace as a fancy French accent nail for winter, spring, summer.
