Dark blue manicure for several years does not go out of fashion. Moreover, this design has already acquired the status of a classic. The versatility of shades of dark blue allows you to create a manicure in bright colors or, conversely, to decorate your nails in color with more restraint.
Color spectrum
To make a manicure look beautiful, you need to cover your nails with varnish, which goes well with the skin tone on your hands. It is recommended that representatives of the cold color type choose coatings in the colors of a cold palette: sapphire, indigo, blueberry, cobalt, electric, dark azure. Owners of a warm skin tone suit turquoise, rich blue and blue-gray. These shades of blue look very elegant and are in harmony with varnishes of other colors.
The choice of color for a manicure directly depends on the length of the nails. Delicate shades of flesh to bluish-transparent are suitable for owners of long nails, and sapphire, amethyst and similar shades will look harmoniously on short nails. If you paint a long nail plate in dark colors, the manicure will look vulgar.
Short nails, covered with light shades of blue, look very pale and visually give the hands fullness.
According to the designers, dark blue lacquer looks harmoniously in combination with coatings of pink-orange and yellow shades (summer version), with cream-white and olive-mint, lilac varnishes and shade under “wet asphalt” (classically-neutral, restrained manicure ), with blue and blue tones for coating in the technique of ombra, with gold and silver. Manicure with a varnish of these shades will be pertinent at any time of the year.
Especially like the pastel colors of romantically-minded girls. Pink-blue manicure with the addition of elements of lilac color will look harmonious in the winter, and if you dilute the pink-blue covering with mint-yellow tones, you will get a spring manicure.
The combination of yellow and blue varnish looks very fresh. The basic dark blue coating can imitate the starry sky, and the stars themselves are created with a bright yellow palette and sparkles. This version of the nail design is suitable for a solemn evening out. Blue-yellow manicure for spring days can be arranged as follows. Cover each nail plate with varnish in the color of Prussian blue, and on top draw a few lemon slices with leaves. Geometrical figures of yellow color look spectacularly on a dark blue background: rhombuses, squares, spirals, zigzags.
Yellow can also be selected as a base coat, and all decorations are applied with blue lacquer.
Well combined lacquers blue and green shades. With their ensemble one tone should be somewhat lighter. For example, you can paint light green leaves on a dark blue cover, and blue lines on a dark green lacquer. It will be interesting to look manicure, where the nails are painted alternately or in a chaotic manner with blue and green lacquer. It looks interesting manicure in blue-black tones. To create the desired effect, base varnish must be selected colors of Prussian blue.
The floral pattern on the lacquer of a light blue hue will look very elegant, while the pattern will be hardly noticeable on the rich blue tones.
The combinations of white and blue can be truly limitless: a white-blue elegant pattern on sapphire varnish on all nails, an ombre effect on the whole hand, starting with a white little pink to dark blue, a gradient from white to blue on each nail.
Fashion trends
Dark blue color is at the peak of popularity. It is beautiful in itself and does not need additional decoration. However, with the help of certain techniques and design, you can achieve an unusual decorative effect. Color saturation can be emphasized using the Cat's Eye gel Polish or the famous Swarovski crystals. Such coatings are evening, suitable for any special occasions.
If the nails are long, then you can fantasize and create a whole pattern of rhinestones of different sizes. It can be floral motifs, a crown or a geometric abstraction. Crystals of blue, snow-white, silver and gold shades are well combined with blue manicure. Pebbles of green and rich red colors will look ugly. If you want to decorate everyday manicure with rhinestones, then you can draw both ring fingers with one crystal. Manicure will not look very brilliant, but will contain a zest.
Manicure with sparkles is very popular, because depending on the design technique, it is suitable for any event. For the New Year holidays, designers recommend decorating the blue lacquer with the help of rubs. As such can be used glitter, liquid or dry. Working with the tool in liquid form is much more convenient, but the advantage of dry glitter is in a more dense coating of the nail plate.
For an evening out it is better to choose the basis of dark shades, since the sparkles on it will look more impressive. The color scheme of rubbing depends on the metal jewelry that you are used to wearing.
Gold spangles are combined with gold, and silver - decorative options. With the help of rub, you can create a fashionable mirror manicure.
Glitter can be combined with crystals, but you need to follow the measure, so as not to turn a manicure into bad taste. Glitter in manicure can be used for everyday wear, and not only during festive events. For this, a light blue tint of lacquer is decorated with silver glitter, but not entirely. The main thing is that the nail plate had a beautiful light shine. Topics will look glitter silver-gold color in combination with a marine manicure. They effectively emphasize a beautiful tan.
To create a space manicure, it is recommended to combine a blue tint with coatings “under the metal”. Technique can be very diverse: rub, application, glitter. An unusually dark blue manicure with kamifubikami looks. All nails are covered with a blue shade of lacquer, and the nameless one is transparent. On top of the colorless coating, kamifubiki are arranged in random order.
In a classic version, a dark blue manicure may contain geometric patterns, decor of the holes in the growth zone of nails, and a French jacket. It is possible to decorate only individual marigolds, for example, decorate the ring finger with geometric lines of black and white or gold shades.
On a blue background will look very nice pictures of lacquer in a contrasting color or special stickers. Knitted manicure is often used as a winter option. The decor can be interlaced braid, deer and other popular items on winter themes. More harmoniously knitted pattern will look on short nails. For everyday winter manicure, you can decorate the matte blue coating with white or bluish snowflakes. For festive occasions, it is better to cover the nails with a glossy finish, apply snowflakes over the white lacquer, decorate them with rhinestones and sparkles.
When choosing a glossy or matte finish, you need to remember that a combination of them on one nail is allowed, but this manicure does not look impressive.
It is good to decorate spring blue manicure with cornflowers, lilies of the valley, tulips, snowdrops, roses or lilacs. As a basis, you should choose a light blue coating. Summer manicure involves the use of marine design elements, including the blue and white stripes that resemble vest.
To modernize traditional french can be by replacing the white strip on the edge of the nail on the dark blue. Nail holes can be covered with a colorless or solid lacquer. This design is suitable for everyday wear.
For ceremonial events, it is recommended to arrange the holes with a shade of silver metallic in addition to the basic dark blue nail cover. On the ring finger can be pasted a few rhinestones. Especially impressive is the design will look in the cold season. Despite the fact that the dark shades of lacquer visually make the nail less, dark blue coating will look great on short nails. In this case, it is better to use matte varnish. As a decor it is possible to apply a grinding, foil or glitter.
Application technique
Manicure, made in dark blue tones, attracts more attention than the design of nails in bright colors, so the coating should look neat, with no visible defects. In order for the lacquer to be distributed evenly on the nail, you first need to apply it to the middle of the nail plate, and then all over the nail. In conclusion, the top coating is applied, it will allow to make the initial shade darker and more resistant to various mechanical effects. The varnish can be used both glossy and matte. Additionally, nails are decorated with bouillons, patterns with rhinestones, sparkles.
Read more about the technique of applying varnish in the next video.
