Manicure with a unicorn - a sensation in the "nail" design. It first appeared in 2015, in 2016 it became a recognized trend and never ceases to excite the minds of designers and lovers of unusual manicure. The unicorn can be found in different qualities: as a character of myths or as a cartoon. But in any form the image of a horse with a single long horn is well recognizable, so you can not limit yourself to creating original nail designs, especially since there is no shortage of varnishes with different effects and other devices and tools for manicure.
Unicorn of myths
Referring to the original image of the unicorn, which came to us from the myths of pre-Christian Europe, it is revealed that it is associated primarily with truth and purity. Such a manicure can show that you are a hard-headed person and, perhaps, well-read, interested in history.
Such a unicorn is a regular horse, most often white with a long mane and one twisted horn on its forehead. You can draw it yourself or buy special stickers, which are now sold in almost every specialty store.
At a later time, a rainbow began to be associated with the unicorn, so it can also be used. You can beat the rainbow as a background or put a unicorn on one nail, and a rainbow on the other. Interesting will look through a pattern on several nails at once. To do this, you can make bright and even rainbow stripes, and you can use the ombre technique. It represents a gradient transition from one color to another and is as close as possible to how we see a natural rainbow in the sky.
My little pony
The famous cartoon My Little Pony very quickly gained popularity throughout the world and continues to conquer it. Loved mainly among girls, he also attracted many adults, because we all, one way or another, leave a piece of childhood when we grow up. Therefore, some girls are happy to make a manicure with cartoon characters. And this manicure will look especially nice and funny to my mother, a little fan of My Little Pony. To make it in such style, for example, on the birthday of the daughter.
Those who are unfamiliar with the cartoon may think that only ordinary ponies of different colors are present in it. But there are unicorns there too, they even have special properties at the expense of their horn - they can do magic.
Therefore, in this design manicure you can safely use a variety of optical effects, for example, "cat's eye", holography or varnish, which changes color depending on temperature.
My Little Pony has plenty of unicorns, so you can choose the ones you like the most. Many of them are painted in purple colors, and this is the most trendy option to date. Effectively and stylishly it will also add white or pale pink and lilac. On the whole, pastel colors will look great.
You can also take bright colors and create a blue sky with a rainbow and a unicorn, which will give your nail design an image of childlike immediacy.
Manicure with rubbing
Even if the drawings on the nails do not seem to be something interesting, you can turn to more complex designs and designs. One of the most popular options associated with a unicorn is nails in the form of a screw horn. It is very easy to make such a manicure - just a basic gel polish, colored gel polish or pigment (for example, rubbing), which will give your nails the color you need.
Cover the nails with a top varnish or regular white, dry and rub on the resulting surface. After that, use bold lines to create parallel stripes using the main gel polish. They should be located diagonally and parallel to each other - so as to create the impression of one of the sides of a twisted horn. You can rub in after that on the resulting surface, but be careful - the powder should not accumulate in the grooves between the coils. To do this, you need to evenly distribute the base and remove the excess with the help of an applicator or sponge.
A very popular option is when only one nail is done this way, while others either are simply covered with a “unicorn” pigment or contain other decorations. Also, false nails are often depicted in the form of a horn, undermining their edges so that they taper to the outer edge of the nail plate.
Alternatively, the turns of the horns can be painted in the colors of the rainbow - it will be even more original than the plain version.
For such a manicure, you can use not only the rubbing and stickers, but also various stucco or factory elements. If you wish, you can make a unicorn's head with a multicolored mane from gel polish or add additional images: stars, moon, clouds, because a unicorn is also often a pegasus, that is, a horse with wings that can fly to clouds and rainbows.
Unusual design options
Speaking of special effects in manicure, one can not forget the so-called rubbing - it is a brilliant powder that is rubbed into the nail plate or manicure base and, after fixing with a transparent fixing layer, gives a hologram effect. To do this, you can use, for example, a special silicone brush, sponge for shadows, or apply it with your fingers if nothing else is included with the tool. And the tool itself is sold in many cosmetic stores.
There are several options for rubbing, and one of them was even named after the unicorn. It is distinguished by a delicate color with glitter that looks like a pearl. Its color transitions are from white to pale pink, but there are also variants of rubbing with brighter colors. However, the classic pink and white version is exactly what is needed in this case. It remains to add a small monochromatic image of a unicorn, maybe a couple of decorative elements, and you get a discreet manicure, which even at work would be quite appropriate.
And you can do nothing more than just a hologram - its rainbow effect itself makes the manicure non-standard and effective.
The rubbing "unicorn" is something between a powder and glitter. At the same time, many reviews note that it is distinguished by a “fairy shine” and on a white base coat can acquire a light bluish tint.
From the following video you will learn how to make a manicure "Unicorn Horn" with the help of rubs.
