Volumetric manicure: features and technique

The volumetric manicure, which is one of the last hits in the field of nail art, will make the female image unusual.

A manicure with a 3D effect is created using a special technique. This nail design is quite affordable for self-execution at home. You can use regular nail polish, but a beautiful manicure will last much longer and will look more effective if you use gel polish. The effect of volumetric coating will allow you to create a combination of matte and glossy varnish.

When creating a volumetric manicure, you can use varnishes of any shades, but it is best to use complex color combinations and delicate pastel colors. It also uses artificial stones, glitter, shimmer, tips, beads, stars, rhinestones, shells, flowers, drawings of polymer clay and other decorative items. Volumetric manicure will look good on long nails and short ones.

There are only two types of gels that are used to create a bulk manicure: 3D gel and 4D gel. The first is a solid plastic mass, which is very easy to work with, you can recreate it with any form. For work, you need a brush with quite stiff bristles.

The simplest elements of the 3D gel will be able to create and novices in the field of nail art, and for the image of complex compositions you will need to pretty much fill your hand. At the end of work with the gel nails become covered with a finish. With the help of 3D gel, you can create the most intricate three-dimensional shapes: flowers, animals, insects, cartoon characters, magical creatures. A supple mass will allow to work out the image to the smallest details.

4D gel has a very dense texture, resembling the structure of a chewing gum. Just because it does not dry, it must be dried under a UV lamp, so you can work with the material until the desired result is obtained without worrying that a part of the fragment made dries out before you do the whole composition. Initially, 4D gel has rich shades, but after drying, they become dull and not so bright. Even newcomers to nail art will be able to work with such material. Topcoat for 4D gel is not required. The palette of 4D gels is presented in white, as the main color, and nine more color. The white shade allows to make neon colors not so bright. The basic shade is less plastic in comparison with the others.

According to the latest surveys conducted among the masters of nail art, The most popular manicure options with a 3D effect are:

• sweater and fur motifs;
• beads, bouillons, pearls;
• velvet sand;
• stucco floral ornaments (leaves, flowers);
• lace, lace patterns, monograms;
• drops, blots;
• abstract volume elements;
• reptiles, under the skin of animals.

3D manicure can be very different. The style of its design depends on the specific purpose or event for which it is created.

On this day, the bride must be irresistible.The special atmosphere of the holiday will create a volumetric manicure gel varnish. You can choose a classic French manicure with stucco elements, such as flowers - it is always a win-win. Good on the nails on a solemn day will look pearls, gold and silver parts, rhinestones.

Gentle tones look on fingers with a volumetric manicure very fashionable and original. You can diversify nude design with the use of different shades, as well as by adding patterns, monograms, small beads, rhinestones or artificial stones.

"Wearing" animals on the nails - a very fun idea. As such, you can choose cute bears, frogs, cows and other representatives of the four-legged. As a rule, such images are preferred by young girls, so the animals are molded in fairly bright colors. Experienced ladies can choose a design that imitates reptile skin, animal skin, and peacock tail.

Making marigold volumetric flowers - this is an ideal option for everyday and solemn exits. This manicure is suitable for girls of all ages. You can decorate all the nails or focus on one or two. Flowers can be small or large, as long as the lacquer, which is the basis for their “growth”, is contrasted.

This manicure is best to look at the nails in the summer. As images, you can choose trees or grass against a blue sky, stars, clouds, drops on the leaves.

The manicure with effect 3D, imitating a knitted product or fur will look smartly. Ordinary knitting with “braids” or traditional “winter” ornaments of Scandinavia can be used as a knitted pattern.

Volumetric nail design can be worn as a daily option, including work in the office. However, it is better to give preference to calm shades of lacquer and make volumetric elements a little more restrained. It is best to make an unusual focus on one or two nails, and the rest to paint in a light shade.

All elements of the composition are applied to the nail plate in the form in which it will be fixed. All parts, differing in color, are dried under a UV lamp separately. This is necessary in order to prevent the mixing of shades.

To create a voluminous manicure you will need:

• base coat;
• top;
• pointed tassel with stiff bristles;
• dots;
• gel polish of the desired color;
• Ultraviolet lamp.

The nails are covered with a base, a colored gel polish is applied on top of it. Then the top is applied, and the sticky layer is removed. With the help of dots gel is recruited. With the help of fingers from the mass, a ball is made and fixed on the nail, right in the place where the final placement of this element is planned. If you plan to create a bud, then the brush should mark the center of the flower head, slightly pressing in this place on the mass. At the same time, the petals are formed: from one droplet of the gel - one petal. All elements are dried under a UV lamp or LED lamp. Drying using the first device will last 2 minutes, and with the second - just 30 seconds.

When working with sculptural gels It is necessary to adhere to the following recommendations.

• All the details of complexly complex ideas are dried under a UV lamp separately. The thicker the gel layer, the more time it takes to dry the elements well. The average drying time is 3.5 minutes.
• The elements should not be allowed to merge. Although the density of the material prevents spreading, but at this point it is necessary to pay close attention.
• For beginners, nail art does not need to buy large sets of sculpted gels, it is enough to buy 2 or 3 primary colors. They can easily be mixed together and get a diverse design.
• The consistency of the sculptural material (viscous, pliable) allows you to intersperse into the composition such decorative elements as pebbles, rhinestones, sequins, shells and others.
• Before starting to work with the gel, the nail plate is required to be covered with a base so that a beautiful design does not adversely affect the health of the nails.
• If the entire technology of applying the gel, as well as the means and finishing coatings preceding it, was carried out strictly according to the instructions, then such a manicure does not lose the brightness of the colors and does not peel off until it is removed.

A delicate pink manicure with artificial pebbles on the ring finger will be appropriate even in a strictly dress code. Another option for a manicure that would be appropriate for office employees is a nude shade of marigold, a decor of middle fingers with powder, and anonymous ones - roses made of powder on a glossy basis. 3D manicure with the image of the sea depths and their inhabitants, thanks to its realism, vividly recall the time of holidays. The decor under the skin of reptiles looks very rich and status. In order not to overload the nails with such a design, it is enough to create an unusual effect on one or two.

A classic jacket, decorated with rhinestones along the moon and voluminous lace, will give the hero of the occasion even more tenderness and charm. Representatives of informal circles of communication as an individual accent can choose a manicure with transparent rhinestones and studs in the form of spikes, fixed on a monochromatic snow-white coating. Flowers of nude hue against the background of pink-blue ombra, complemented by a composition of rhinestones of different sizes and shades, look very unusual and will undoubtedly attract admiring glances of others.

How to make a 3D manicure at home, see the following video.