Rhinestone nail inlay is one of the trends of the new season. Today it is fashionable that nails sparkled with iridescent stones. However, not always the design with rhinestones looks beautiful and expressive. The reason for this is often an insufficient length of the nails. How to make high-quality design of nails with sparkling stones on short nail plates, will tell the material of this article.
Features short nails
What we think is appropriate when decorating long nails is not always suitable for decorating short plates. Firstly, in this case it is impossible to use large elements. The large size of the glittering decor is able to visually shorten the already short length. Secondly, it will create a visual severity, in which it will appear that the main part of the nails had to be filed after breaking off.
It is also important to think through the location of the rhinestones, since the visual balance of perception will directly depend on this.
If at the same time the side walls of the nail plates are parallel, and the bed itself is elongated from nature, then there are more opportunities for placement and composition. When the bed is short and does not reach the beautiful oval, it is necessary to avoid asymmetric compositions and lines. Also in this case, it is necessary to think out a combination of rhinestones with another decor.
Harmonious placement of accents
It is important to consider that the rhinestones will attract attention. If there are a lot of them, they will create the effect of disco balls, merging into a single spot. However, even if the main varnish has an unusual texture, it will be lost on the general background.
Therefore, no matter how much you want to use everything at once, you will have to dose the sparkling elements strictly.
For harmony, they can be combined with glitter or broths. You can do this in different ways. For example, a rhinestone surrounded by bouillons, depicting with them the middle of a flower on an accent nail, will look more harmonious. You can use broths of different sizes, but crystals will be the main accent.
Tips
It is not necessary to attach large and voluminous rhinestones to the entire area of the accent nail plate, as it is considered indecent today. Moreover, you should not do this with every nail of a manicure. In addition, it is undesirable to sprinkle with this decor most of the nail, even if it is a flower or a geometric figure.
Also, do not try to depict a similar size of a gradient with rhinestones of the same size, positioning them from the bottom to the middle of the plate and further.
Do not contrast the sparkling decor with a catchy texture or design pattern.
It is important to properly use rhinestones, which means that they will have to be glued to the point.
So it will be possible to preserve the illusion of lightness and spaciousness, which is especially important for short nails. Even a single element can look better and more expensive placer inlays. This can be done in different ways:
- sticking over the slider design;
- using as an element of artistic painting;
- emphasizing certain areas of decor;
- aligning the cuticle line;
- combining with acrylic sand.
- Sliders. As for the slider design, this option is one of the easiest. Here you need to select a picture in which a place for rhinestones is pre-looked. After fixing and drying the pictures, paint on it contour lines and glue the rhinestones.
- The painting. In this regard, the principle of arrangement is almost the same. First, draw the image, then decorate it with rhinestones and glitter. In this case, the use of modeling gels is allowed, through which it is possible to create molded prints of a volumetric type.
- Replacing part of the picture. Such pictures initially involve the use of rhinestones in specific places. For example, you can draw a golden ear, and instead of grains arrange sparkling stones in it. The difference from the previous versions is the absence of the need to draw the elements that will be glued to the drawing.
- Correction of the form. This technique allows you to correct the imperfections of the nail bed. For him choose a few different sized rhinestones and create with their help a neat bow at the base of the nail. If the nails are very small and narrow, it is better to use 1 rhinestone, and instead of others, put the dots in silver with the help of dots.
- With powder. Such use of rhinestones is suitable only in the case of an elongated natural shape of the nail plates. Here rhinestones are inserted not over the entire area of the nail, but in places, using a special textured powder with a shine based on acrylic. For greater harmony, you can use crystals of different sizes.
Design Ideas
A beautiful manicure is one that does not “scream”, but attracts enthusiastic views of others. This can be done in different ways. For example, it is possible to accent with rhinestones the arch at the base of the nail bed. In this case, it is quite enough to choose classics or a smooth gradient as the main technique.
On the basis of the gradient, you can decorate two nails out of ten with a vertical of small rhinestones, selecting a sparkling decor of a transparent or colored type.
It is desirable to rely on the texture and color of lacquer.
For example, it is possible to conditionally divide the plate with the gradient made vertically into two parts, one of them - decorate with a lace pattern and separate it with a vertical of small rhinestones.
It is possible to use rhinestones in the lunar technique, if the natural shape of the nails is elongated from nature. They can emphasize the hole, selecting elements of different sizes in a single color. At the same time, it is also possible to assemble rhinestones with silver dots set by dots. Rhinestones in weaves of lace and on monograms look no less harmonious. Combination with white contrast is also quite appropriate.
Beautifully looking decorative stones in the design with artistic painting. After drawing the picture, which should be simple and light on short nails, the elements are dotted on the drawing itself and the neighboring nail. In this case, the next plate should be decorated at the base with no more than 3-5 elements. It will be quite enough for expressive design.
If the technique is based on art painting, you can use rhinestones to create volumetric centers. At the same time, you can choose a sparkling decor with a rainbow shine. When the area of the accent plate is enough, you can support the rhinestones with silver, tracing the arch in the cuticle area with silver glitter.
If a spider's web is chosen as a picture, then the rhinestones can be used to depict dew drops on it. It will look more harmonious if you choose transparent elements for decoration. Also, rhinestones can create a flickering effect by drawing fir branches, frost patterns. Similar decor looks beautiful when they are decorated with the center of snowflakes or imitate the leaves of plants when the print is very small. You can use colored rhinestones, depicting with their help flower buds.
If the nail bed is elongated, you can decorate it with rhinestones in combination with bouillons. At the same time accentuate the area of the cuticle, bringing up the vertical in the center of the plate, which is finished with broths. Given that this design is well combined with acrylic spraying the next nail, you can use the method of playing the textures.
How not to lose expressiveness?
It must be remembered: the more decor and accents, the worse.If you choose the nail decoration option, in which there will be more than a few sparkling elements on the plates, you need to reduce the number of accent nails. However, sometimes in the design can be enough and one nail with a few rhinestones. As a support, you can rely on a golden, silver gel, because it will look more harmonious. Silver or gold can cover the adjacent nail accent.
Also, do not glue one rhinestone in a classic manicure on the base of each nail, hoping that this will avoid the abundance of shine.
It is ugly and boring. It would be better to look at the design of a single nail plate, which can be decorated with vertical stripes and transverse, placing several rhinestones in it. Even if the rest of the nails will not have shine, look like a manicure will be stylish and impressive.
See the video below for ideas on manicure design with rhinestones.
