How to use nail sliders?

The slider design is one of the most popular to date methods of decorating nails. This technique is an alternative to hand painting, it allows you to diversify even the most concise manicure. However, despite the fact that the sliders did not appear today, not everyone knows how to use them correctly, confusing them with stickers on a sticky backing. This article will identify the features of the material, focus on the technology of working with him, point out the causes of detachment and ways to prevent them.

Sliders call special water pictures to decorate accent nails. They are offered ready-made sets in an amount of 10 pieces. The sizes of the pictures are different, due to which you can choose the desired parameter for a particular nail. In this case, the set is divided into 5 symmetric pairs.

In the sliders are complex, it depends on the film thickness. If it is thin, it can break. Other types of elastic, but because they can be a little stretch. The substrate under the slider on the nail should be thin so that when adjusting from under the picture does not flow viscous mass. You can remove it before drying, but a large layer complicates the adjustment.

There is an opinion that the sliders are not only pictures that require translation technology, but also stickers on a sticky basis. In fact, these are 2 different materials for nail design. Each of them today has acquired its own variations. To understand the difference, you need to know the differences between the slider design and the sticky pictures.

Pictures with a sticky bottom layer glued on a dry basis, otherwise the decorative element will immediately peel off. Externally, these decorations are a set in one theme. In this case, the substrate they can be both paper and thin plastic. Otherwise, these pictures are called 3D stickers. They are voluminous, and therefore for sealing may need not one, but several layers of a transparent coating.

Today there are several types of slider design. By type of substrate, they can be classified into two groups: transparent and opaque. At the same time, two categories are distinguished by marking, which helps the buyer to understand whether the slider design has a working white background or a picture is applied on a transparent base. Transparent options require a mandatory light tone of the substrate, because without it, the sliders will not have the original clarity of the pattern and the purity of the shades.

Opaque products often have their own background, which is convenient and allows you to reduce the time to perform the substrate. However, it is not so simple: due to different thickness, often white lacquer under the picture becomes a prerequisite for high-quality design.

In terms of the sliders are partial or occupying the entire area of ​​the nail. However, regardless of the size, the technology of their fixation remains unchanged. According to the type of picture, the pictures can be colored, neutral (black or white), gold, silver and holographic.At the same time, neither paint nor gilding affect the durability of the picture itself: it is determined by the correctness of the technology by which the decorative element is attached to the accent nail.

Sliders are easy to use, so you can use this decor yourself, performing a manicure at home.

Manicure ordinary lacquer short-lived. Of course, it takes less time, but it also keeps the usual nail polish, usually not more than two days. Then he begins to split off, that with the time spent on the design will seem an annoying nuisance. Therefore, it is better to work immediately with modern hybrid products.

Such coatings will have to be applied in several layers, but the time spent is compensated for by three weeks of the integrity of the manicure. Gel polish refers to coatings that combine both gel properties and lacquer qualities. The disadvantage of this option is the mandatory presence of a drying lamp. This problem is easily solved: household appliances can be purchased for 350-500 rubles, ordering from an online store, for example.

As for the nails, the gel polish fits well not only on their native marigolds. It keeps well on the extended plates, but it is better to refuse overheads. Such nails often bounce off the natural base at the most inopportune moment. If its length for design is not enough, before embarking on the creative process, you need to grow your nails and give them the desired shape.

To glue the slider on the accent nail, it is necessary to prepare nail scissors and a flat brush. Scissors need to cut the picture itself in the form of the nail plate. A brush will make it easier to align the slider on the nail itself.

The work will need a soft file to remove excess slider and a basic set for a manicure:

• base;
• top;
• acid-free primer;
• pigmented gel polish.

Since the slider will have to moisten in the process, you need to take care of the presence of a napkin or a small container with water. Tweezers can also be useful to transfer the picture from the substrate to the nail plate as accurately as possible.

Preparation of the picture will be as follows:

• choose your favorite images based on the color and texture of varnish;
• select a picture that is more appropriate in size for a particular nail;
• using the nail scissors, cut out the finished image in an oval pattern, or cut a rectangular picture on one side;
• on the front side remove a thin protective film;
• Moisturize slider, trying not to wet the front side.

Moistening pictures can be done in water or on a damp cloth. For immersion in water just a few seconds, on a napkin the picture can lie down for 30-40 seconds. This is enough for it to easily separate from the base.

There are 4 ways to fix the slider on the nail. Each of them will differ only in the material on which they glue the picture. It can be a regular base, a special white one, replacing white gel polish, top or even ultrabond.

Gluing the sliders correctly is easy.

• Before you take the picture, put a base on the nail, but do not dry it in the lamp.
• A thin layer of pigment is applied to the base layer and dried in a UV device.
• The base will be lipkovat. The picture is removed from the substrate and applied to the base coat.
• Brush level the film, removing the folds.
• An acid-free primer corrects the design, carefully dissolving the folds.
• The nail is dried, then on top is covered with another layer of the base and sent back to the lamp.
• It remains to seal the design with a layer of topcoat or top. It is applied in a thin layer and dried.

When the picture is attached to the top, it is important to consider that it is not necessary to dry such a substrate. It is on the sticky top that it will be easier to distribute the sticker, and it even has a better consistency compared to the base. That is why it will not flow beyond the side rollers and the cuticle.

Work with the base is easy, it allows you to make the coating more reliable. If the film used is thin, you should especially carefully distribute it with a brush, avoiding tearing. Ultrabond is good because it does not create a large thickness. Its adhesive layer does an excellent job of fixing the slider.

Stickers on a sticky basis have a completely different fixation technology. Such varieties are difficult to stick on the entire nail. For self-adhesive decorative elements, it is also better to use hybrid varnish as a base. Someone they may seem inconvenient and even short-lived to wear, because often exfoliate in the first few days since the manicure.

The secret to working with them is to use a completely dry painted base. On the dried substrate glue the picture, trying to do it as closely as possible. Surplus decor clean file.

Usually high-quality work is kept on the nails for at least two or three weeks. It happens that the nails grow, and the coating remains without chipping and detachment. However, often the beauty on the nails exfoliates after a few days from the moment of the manicure. The reason for this is poor-quality processing edge.

We note a few major problems.

• Dim slides will be, if you glue too thin a film on a dark coating. You can not skip the stage of creating the substrate.
• The roughness of the picture on the nail due to the thickness of the slider and the features of the nail plate. Even one air pocket will lead to detachment, and therefore even small folds need to be leveled.
• If the coating is completely torn off by a random touch, this indicates insufficient drying of the varnish under the slider. The coating under it needs to be dried a little longer.
• You can not ignore the importance of the top layer. If there is no top slider, it will quickly fade or deteriorate, move away from the base.
• Manicure spoils the constant steaming hands. This can not only remove the stickers with all the layers, but also break off the edge. With constant hand washing need gloves.

On the methods of applying a slider design on the gel varnish, see the following video.