The design and decor of the moon manicure: what happens and who suits?

Many lovers of the original manicure are haunted by the question of why a moon manicure is called this way and not otherwise. In fact, everything is obvious - the lower edge of the nail plate near the cuticle is called the moonula, and when a lacquer is applied to it, there is a feeling of a crescent playing with different colors. This is a fairly stylish, but extremely refined type of manicure.

The history of the moon coating for nails has a long history - it was first introduced back in the 20s of the last century and remained at the peak of popularity among Hollywood stars throughout all pre-war years.

There are several basic versions of the appearance of such nail design. The first is related to the fact that just at that time women achieved equality with men and started working the same way as they did. If in previous years in the office and public institutions the representatives of the weaker sex could work exclusively in gloves, for girls engaged in physical labor, this attribute significantly hampered the performance of work duties. This led to the fact that they everywhere began to abandon the use of gloves. This led to a powerful revolution in the production of varnishes and enamels for decorative manicure, which became available to most women.

At the same time, the ladies of high society considered dirty hands to be the mauve, they tried in their manicure to combine at the same time cleanliness of hands, the presence of varnish and at the same time exceptional elegance. So the idea arose to varnish the nails not completely, but partially leaving the edge near the base of the nails.

The second version indicates that women were afraid to paint their nails entirely, believing that this would not allow them to "breathe", as it was believed that the plates coated with varnish grow poorly. This led to the creation of the moon manicure in that difficult period.

The advantage of the moon manicure is that the nails look elegant, this coating will look harmoniously in the office, but can also effectively complement the evening dress. At the same time, it doesn’t matter how long the nails are - the moon cover looks great on both long and fingered nail plates.

Moon manicure is often called inverted french - because of the technique of execution, it is as close to French as possible.

In the classic version, moon manicure involves two options, in which in one case the hole remains unpainted near the base of the nail, and in the second - on the contrary, only the moon is colored.

It is easy to make it - just three simple strokes with a nail brush are used for this. One - in the central part of the coverage area, and the other two - on the edges of the nail.

But first you should cover the entire nail plate with a base varnish of a transparent color or nude shade. This is necessary in order to disguise the yellowness - so they look healthier and cleaner, and the tone of varnish will be much more saturated.

After that, you need to take a special adhesive tape for applying lunar manicure.Usually it is shaped like a ring, but in the absence of such an attribute, you can cut arcs of a suitable size from ordinary adhesive tape.

Arcs of adhesive tape are fixed to the base of the nail and along the edges, after which the remaining area is covered with the basic color scheme and left to dry. As soon as the varnish dries completely, you need to very carefully and slowly remove the sticky layer.

In conclusion, the lacquer is covered with a layer of protective enamel, which helps to hide the flaws of the relief and even out the tone.

In recent years, moon manicure has become more fashionable and modern. Stylists allowed themselves to experiment with color and decor. For example, in 2010, a “mirror” manicure was presented at fashion shows - the wells, as it were, turned back, in the opposite direction, and this trend was immediately picked up by many fashionistas.

In recent years, manicure with a luxurious monogram has become widespread., made in black colors - while the main part of the nail plate was covered with a nude shade, and the hole and the monogram were performed in a dark color.

It has become very fashionable to combine French manicure - french and moon decor, a similar color scheme looks spectacular and is truly universal.

Not so long ago, lunar nail design broke into trends, in which not the whole hole is painted, and only its part, thus, the treated area does not copy the natural features of the nail. A similar tendency is called a reverse coat with a dark varnish - such a manicure can be considered as moon, only with a very overall hole, which takes up almost half of the nail.

It looks very stylish contrasting coating in which the coating involves the use of both matte and glossy decorative elements.

A few years ago, stylists presented a new view of the moon cover. - against the cover of khaki or purple color, yellow-golden triangles are painted at the very base of the nail. Of course, this design is very far from the traditional one; nevertheless, it was immediately attributed to one of the moon varieties, while the size of the triangle itself and the shade of the base coating became variable.

For the current season, the current trends in the nail industry have significantly transformed the lunar manicure.

One of the trends continues the tradition of triangular design - now the most fashionable secular divas extend the triangle in the manner of the Eiffel Tower to the very edge of the nail.

Another feature of the last season is the design of the hole with clear varnish.which completely corresponds to the tendency existing in recent years to a healthy lifestyle and naturalness in manicure and make-up. At the same time, for the main tone it is not forbidden to use bright and saturated colors at all, scarlet and dark blue are especially popular.

If you prefer to make your nails with a concave hole, then it is covered with a transparent or light varnish, and matt shades of a beige color scheme are used as the main tone - this trend is more suitable for tender and romantic girls.

Moon manicure is suitable for nails of any shape, but in the case of short nails, a number of nuances should be kept in mind. This is due to the fact that a manicure with a convex line of the hole visually shortens the nails.

If you follow a few simple recommendations, you can make your nails longer visually.

• Do not make the hole too large; on the contrary, it is better to slightly reduce it or to apply a curved thin line along the very edge of the moon.
• Try to give preference to natural shades of natural light varnishes, because dark shades form an too clear border on the nail, because of which the latter look much shorter than they actually are.

• As much as you would like - you should not use any additional decors. In the case of short nails, it is better to forget about the coating with glitter, with rhinestones and patterns - all these decors visually overload the manicure and it looks much wider.
• On short nails is not recommended combination of direct and reverse french.

For decades now, the trend moon cover has been a regular guest on the well-known red carpet of stars all over the world and on secular outlets. This is a minimalistic style that attracts with its conciseness, but at the same time allows the image to be not too uniform and boring.

This manicure enjoys the deserved love of many stars. - it is his show Kendall Jenner, as well as Rihanna, Fergie and Beyonce. And the recognized queen of burlesque Dita Von Teese even launched her line of stylish false nails with a traditional reverse jacket.

How to make a moon manicure, see the next video.