Modern fashion trends sometimes give women pleasant surprises. Take at least such an important detail as the design of the nails: among the usual techniques, new ones appear, allowing to make the female image delicate and subtle. One of these types of design is the technique of "veil". What is it, how it is performed, which tones are better to use, and what needs to be considered, we will consider in detail below.
Features of technology
Technique manicure "veil" is based on the game pattern and translucent background coverage. In fact, it is a delicate and almost weightless pattern, applied to the translucent tone of the nail. In contrast to the negative space technique, in this case the nail plate is colored completely here. This nail design looks stylish and incredibly feminine.
This design is notable for the fact that It is suitable for women of different age categories, and fans of different directions in clothing. It is characterized by variability of design and allows for combination with well-known manicure techniques. For example, it can be harmony with a jacket, lunar decoration, classics. Each such combination allows you to add a special mood and status to a voile design.
For this technique, not all types of varnish products are suitable. For example, it is useless to do it on pearly or jelly varnish with translucent pigmentation. Such varieties as mirror or magnetic varnishes can be used only as a supplement to the veil technique, painting the nails completely with these pigments.
To make the design truly beautiful and expressive, you need to choose matte or glossy coatings for it.
Color solutions
You can use the “veil” technique in different shades of the color palette. For example, especially gentle is her performance in white. However, there are some nuances: the lacquer used must be pigmented, since the expressiveness of the veil design will depend on it. It is important to understand that neither the tone nor the tint will not work, therefore, the choice of a suitable varnish should be taken care of in advance.
Not suitable for creating a capron manicure tone under the skin. On the background of the natural nail plate, they will simply be invisible. However, as contrasts, such pigments will be very useful. Drawing the same as the design as a whole, it is better to create in dark colors. It will look great in black, as well as in deep purple, rich blue, chocolate brown, coffee and bronze tones.
How to do?
You can perform the “veil” technique in two ways. In the first case, first create a picture, and then cover it with a layer of translucent varnish. The second method involves the initial coating of the nails with a smoky base, and then decorating and fixing the picture. Common to the two embodiments is the basic set, which includes:
- drying ultraviolet or LED-lamp;
- top (preferably with a frosted effect);
- base coat;
- dehydrator (degreaser);
- acrylic-helium paint;
- thin brush to create drawings;
- dots with different nozzles;
- foil to create a disposable palette.
First, prepare an improvised smoky layer. To do this, use a transparent top, foil and a few drops of the selected pigment. Foil is made into a small palette, on which the future coating is stirred to a state of uniformity.
If the top in the bottle remains a bit, you can mix inside it.Such a lacquer is unlikely to remain untouched in the future: as a rule, having tried it once, you will want to experiment again and again with a veil technique. After the working material is ready, proceed to the main steps of the methodology.
- Nails are soaked, after wiping dry, remove the cuticle and pterygium.
- After shaping the top edge, a layer of gloss is removed from the nail plates (to increase the adhesion to the varnish and to extend the durability of the manicure).
- Residual sawdust removed using a dehydrator.
- The nail plate is circled along the contour, trying to achieve a line of the same thickness.
- After a stroke on the nail, put dots, draw a mesh, and complete the design as you see fit.
- When the drawing is done, a layer of translucent coating is applied to the nail.
- Top dried under the lamp for about one to two minutes. The exact time depends on the type of varnish used and the type of lamp itself.
When a picture is created on an already painted nail plate, another layer of topcoat has to be applied on top of it to fix the manicure, and thereby prolong its durability.
Alternative Design Ideas
Not every woman knows how to draw beautifully, which can complicate the implementation of a veil design. However, in this case, you can resort to some tricks. For example, today it will not be difficult to buy stickers on a transparent basis, which can be glued to the smoky layer. In this case, the design will look quite nice, and meet the basic principles of nylon technology, including translucency.
If you do not want to mess around with stickers, you can replace the tedious drawing with a cunning invention - stemping. These are ready-made patterns with a variety of engraved patterns. Patterns from them are transferred by means of a special roller, which makes it possible to make an image on a translucent coating in a matter of seconds. In this case, the lines of such drawings are always smooth and clean, due to which the manicure looks professional.
Expert advice
To make your veil manicure beautiful, stylish and effective, It is worth taking note of several recommendations of the masters of nail salons.
- We must try to make the background light, without an abundance of pigment.
- To apply the coating, as well as drawing, you need layers of minimal thickness. The more material, the less the life of the manicure.
- You can use single rhinestones for decorating the "veil".
- The decoration of this technique with the use of a rubbed technique will look beautiful.
- You can combine the "veil" with the classic, making out two techniques on the nails at the same time.
- After applying a translucent texture, you need to give it a little time for uniform spreading.
Make out the nails in the nylon technology can be different. For example, it could be the design of the entire nail plate, a vertical inset on a contrasting background, a part of the nail separated by a diagonal or even a wide “smile” of a French jacket. As for the implementation of the design in white color, then here it will be better to look at the nail design over the entire area. To make the manicure look impressive, you should choose no more than four nails for “capron”, and paint the rest with white lacquer, and cover it with a velvety top.
Three fashionable design manicure "Voil" you will see in the video below.