Today rubbing is one of the most popular elements of nail art in nail art. However, still few people know how to use it properly to achieve the desired result. The material of our article will acquaint the reader with the basic nuances of rubbing and will tell you how to avoid common mistakes.
What it is?
Rub in - special manicure powder with a fine fraction of particles. Depending on the variety, it can be compared to powder or even crumbly shadows. Someone calls it dust. The powder may have a different pigmentation. When applied to the surface of the nail, he is able to give the coating a different effect, including all sorts of play.
This “pollen” got its name from the way of working with it: it is rubbed into the painted nail after a small drying of the coating in a special drying lamp. The powder is made of polyester, it is packaged in small jars, complementing the convenience of a special applicator. Loose pigment can have a different fraction of particles, it creates a different effect on the light and dark colors of the coating. In this case, the powder can easily imitate nacre, matte the working surface or make it velvety.
Features
The rub in is remarkable in that in a short time it can create a smooth and high-quality coating that many mother-of-pearl varnishes and varnishes with a mirror texture cannot cope with. It is characterized by durability, increases the manicure wear. In addition, the powder is resistant to UV rays, it does not fade under the sun. This allows the design socks all the time look fresh, as if it just completed.
An important point is the fact that water does not harm such a coating. The powder itself is harmless to the skin of the hands, it does not irritate it in the place of the removed cuticle. To date, no cases of detection of an allergic reaction of the clients to the office have been registered. It is important to take into account the fact that any pigmented varnish of matte and glossy varieties is suitable for working with this material.
Even a single powder can be used for varnishes available at home. In addition, a weighty argument will be the simplicity of work: usually the process of work takes less than one minute.
The disadvantage can be called the fact that you can buy a decorative product for decorating nails only in a specialized store or online. Someone considers a minus and a small amount of powder. However, the powder is very economical, although we are accustomed to the fact that there should be a lot of good. Another nuance is the need for some practice, without which you can make mistakes in the work, affecting the quality of manicure.
Varieties
Nail dust can be very diverse. For example, today, besides the usual mirror one, it can be holographic and even pearl. Its original versions with the effect of glass and chameleon. Few people know, but the pigments can be combined with each other, thereby obtaining new effects or subtones.
Mirror rubbing was the first, the effect of metal or chromium was immediately appreciated by modern fashionistas. However, such a powder needed a black substrate, otherwise the mirror effect was difficult to achieve. On the bright colors of lacquer, he looked completely different, and rubbed it into such a substrate is not so intense.
Today in the trend of pearl dust. Such a powder literally envelops nails with a weightless veil with mother of pearl. Moreover, it looks great not only on pigments, but can also be used for a french coat with a transparent coating instead of a background pigment. The effect on a transparent background turns out to be special, due to which even a simple manicure seems status and elegant.
Pearl rubbing is used for light, nude and dark tones. However, this variety can not convey the modulations of tone. That is why trademarks produce so-called chameleon pigments. In fact, such manicure powder has an overflow of two tones. They replace each other, if you look at the nails from different angles.
It is this category vtirok today considered one of the most fashionable. It is overgrown with its own varieties and has its own range of modulations. For example, today you can buy such products, chameleons, like a may-bug, unicorn, aurora, prism, flakes. Each species has its own characteristics.
Finer grinding in the May beetle, it is used only on a dark or black substrate. The unicorn is characterized by a rainbow overflow, such powder has a very fine fraction of particles of an almost transparent shimmer. On a light background, it will appear tender, on a dark background it can give out in gold. Sometimes this kind of master is called "mermaid".
Aurora allows you to recreate the effect of the northern lights, it is characterized by the effect of flicker. By the way, it can create a beetle effect, if it is used on a dark substrate. At the same time, the price of such powder is noticeably less than elite powder. A prism is nothing but a variant of the holographic type. She is able to recreate the coating, reminiscent of the play of gas in the water.
However, this product, unlike other products, is universal, since it can be used on a different color of the substrate. Other options include powder-flakes. It is used in two ways on which the effect will depend. This powder is also versatile and is designed for different colors of lacquer.
Use cases
A rub for nails is used in different ways, depending on its variety. For example, if these are flakes, they can not only be rubbed across the entire surface of the nail, but also spread out one by one, making up a pattern or, alternatively, imitating a peculiar gradient. In addition, the powder can be rubbed into all the nails or used only for accents.
For example, it will perfectly replace the shimmer hybrid coating, if applied to a white gel polish. In this short rubbing will create the effect of a light veil, and therefore the manicure will not look vulgar. If you do not want to decorate with powder all nails, it can be used to highlight accents. In this case, especially beautiful, it can look on a dark basis. Today, the powder is used even for partial allocation of the accent nail. In this way, they create a gradient, decorate the smile of a traditional or inverted service jacket.
In this case, you can use the powder:
- in the form of colored or monochromatic glitter on the base varnish;
- gold or silver chrome on black lacquer;
- any effect under the further decor.
How to apply a rub in?
As for decorating the coating with powder applied, such an application opens up a lot of possibilities for the flight of creative thought. If in the simplest version it can be a contour stroke, then more professional craftsmen paint gel polish over the rub, and then sprinkle it with acrylic sand or so-called sugar. After removing the excess and drying in a special lamp on the accent nail, a voluminous pattern is obtained, from which the background with a rub-in appears.
Immediately it is necessary to indicate that more rubbed put on a hybrid varnish or gel varnish. Such a coating will not only be the best base: the material is perfectly stretched along the nail and has no bald spots, like ordinary varnish coatings. According to the rules, the use should be done on a not completely dried layer of the drying coating.However, you can rub it in the gel surface, which has not yet been in the drying lamp.
Nail preparation
It is important to understand that no experiments with a different substrate material will give the desired result, since it is two methods that are the foundation of all the work. It is necessary to comply with a simple technology, as which you can consider the method of applying rubbing on the gel varnish. Before covering the nails with anything, perform a manicure, removing the cuticle and growing into the nail of the pterygium. In order not to harm the skin, try to use special preparations for keratinized epithelium. Anything extra can be removed not with metal tools, but with the same orange stick. It is undesirable to soak your hands, as well as float them before processing and coloring the nails. In the process of preparing the nail plate are subject to mandatory grinding. However, only gloss should be removed from them, since excessive polishing will thin the nails, thereby causing their fragility and fragility of the manicure.
Coloring
After the nails are in order, proceed to the application of the base material. It is transparent and slightly watery, and therefore it is better to apply it with a thin layer. So it will not flow beyond the limits of the nail, and it will be better to hold, providing excellent grip to the nail. Be sure to go through the butt of the nail, sealing it. Any hack work will cause quick coating cleavage. After the base is applied, it is dried in the lamp, and then proceed to paint the nail with the pigment chosen for the nails. It is advisable to use varnish with good pigmentation in the work. This will apply it in a single layer. Instead of varnish, you can use the gel, and it is usually applied with a single layer.
Rubbing
Until the varnish is dried to the end, the glitter is collected from the jar on the foam-head applicator and begins to rub it into the nail cover. Someone does not use the applicator, but performs this process with a brush, other masters prefer to work with their fingers. It is usually rubbed with powder until its layer becomes dense and completely covers the initial pigment of lacquer. As in the course of work, it is impossible to avoid spraying the working area, the table should be protected from pollen in advance by placing a plain sheet of paper or oilcloth.
When the desired result is achieved, the nails are dried in the lamp. Drying time may increase slightly to ensure that the coating has dried better. It may also depend on the type of varnish and the lamp itself. After rubbing with varnish dried, it will remain to seal it with a layer of glossy top, dry it and remove residual stickiness, waiting about 30 seconds after drying. The mirror effect is achieved by rubbing the powder in the gel or finish without stickiness. Adhesion will be better if you apply the powder on a gel without a sticky surface. Before you use the powder, you need to thoroughly dry the nail. Otherwise, the effect of the mirror may not turn out, and the crumbly powder rolls up into grains. To prevent this, you can dry the base twice.
If there is no gel polish, rub it in on ordinary polish. In this case, the coating layer should be as thin as possible. The surface must be dried, but not completely hardened. Pollen generously showered the nail and rubbed it until the desired result is achieved. The coating should look even and smooth. After that, the remnants of the powder product are removed from it and, for strength, they are coated with clear varnish. It is advisable not to wet the hands of the first two - three hours after the manicure.
Common mistakes
Unfortunately, the end result is not always obtained as it was intended. And there may be several reasons. For example, you can not use for sealing design top with a matting effect. It is able to absorb shine and deprive the nail of a special effect.
In addition, in the process of work, it is impossible to do without the use of a special silicone coating that covers the skin around the nail. It quickly hardens, at the end of rubbing it is removed, thereby the powder will not fall on the skin, which will allow the manicure to look aesthetically pleasing. The use of silicone protection will eliminate the need to use cotton and sticks to remove excess rubbing.
You also need to know that rubbing on the nails does not hold for other reasons. For example, if it immediately took a spot, it is better to redo the design again. Ideally, the layer should immediately be smooth and beautiful. It is important to consider that the powder has a different size. The design is preferably done using a product labeled 1 or 2. If it doesn’t hold well, it means that the drying time is not maintained or it is not enough.
The powder with a larger fraction dries faster, but falls on the surface of the nail worse. If he initially does not give the desired result, you will have to choose a more fine fraction product. When the pollen does not want to stick to the surface of the substrate at all, this indicates a bad sticky layer of gel polish. In addition, you can not ignore the stages of drying, because with its insufficiency glitter can simply roll down, following the brush with the top.
In order for the coating to look more neatly, when applying the gel-lacquer under the rubbing it is worth leaving half a millimeter from the base of the plate and along the edges. The powder will stick to the base more evenly, it will not stick out of the contours. If it seems that rubbing is unreliable, you can apply a base coat over it to increase strength, and then finish the finish. Of course, the total thickness will increase, but the strength will increase. In order not to overdo it with the thickness, and the base, and the top applied preferably in thin layers.
Design examples
Thanks to the beautiful examples of design, you can appreciate the possibilities of manicure pollen. Skilled masters in the field of nail art prove what to do with it you can use a variety of design, creating a manicure for any style of clothing and status in society. We offer on the basis of 10 different examples to see how beautiful and different can be a modern manicure with a rub.
- Chic evening option that will allow a woman to be the center of attention.
- A gentle solution in bright colors that can complement the image of a romantic nature.
- A beautiful version of nail design, claiming the title of a luxurious evening manicure for publication.
- Laconic solution for daily manicure, which can decorate the bow of a modern city dweller.
- Variant in rich colors, which is difficult to pass for lovers of color play.
- Dark manicure with a unique texture created by rubbing, is able to make a status even in a laconic female outfit.
- The solution for holiday in bright colors of colors will not leave indifferent any modern fashionista.
- Excellent decision with a binding to seasonality, emphasis on the choice of shades.
- Beautiful manicure in bright colors with delicate decor will appeal to many women.
- An elegant solution for sophisticated ladies who can bring tones of aristocracy and elegance into a bow.
On how to properly use rubbing nails, see the following video.