Modern nail design offers fashionable women the most incredible color combinations. This season is especially popular yellow and pink colors in manicure. This trend is also due to new techniques of work. Ombre is one of such fashionable variants.
Ombre
Ombre is an advanced type of gradient in which the borders between colors or shades are blurred. It is popular, as smooth color transitions look spectacular. In addition, thanks to a huge palette of colors ombre gives the opportunity to complement the bow in any style and color.
This type of manicure is easy to perform at home. So, the preparatory stage includes the standard treatment of the working surface and does not require any special tools. To prepare the nails for work will need:
- cotton swabs;
- nail polish remover;
- cuticle remover;
- manicure set.
After processing the nails, a base is applied on their surface. It can be either a tonic or a clear or colored lacquer. If the last option is chosen, then you need to use the lightest shade in the palette. In ombre, the tonality of the nails from the light base to the dark ends looks the most impressive. For further work, you will need a gamma of colored varnishes, a thick cream (for hands), a sponge, a brush for decorating (you can use a toothpick), a small palette for mixing, a fixative and cotton wool (tampons).
After applying and drying the base, the skin around each nail is smeared with cream. The procedure will help to easily remove unwanted varnish residues. Next is the grading. It runs in the direction from the base to the tips. Accordingly, each subsequent layer is superimposed. The second color is applied at a short distance from the nail base. Here it is necessary to orient yourself and determine the approximate distance depending on the number of tones.
Then, with a brush, gently stretch the lacquer borders so that they maximally merge into one. The same procedure is performed with subsequent layers. The tip of the nail will be the darkest. For greater clarity, you can circle it again at the end. After the varnish has completely dried, a fixative is applied and the cream is removed.
There is an alternative way. It is simpler for those who only master the ombre technique. After preparing the working surface, the varnish is not applied immediately. First, all the colors of one nail are mixed and stretched on the palette, then they are transferred to the surface with the help of a damp sponge. Wet sponge simply pressed to the finished template and make an imprint on the working surface.
It is very important not to press hard on the sponge, as it can absorb more varnish, than put on the nail, or leave deep prints that are difficult then to align with a brush. Application can be repeated several times for a brighter color. For each nail, the composition must be mixed again, as it not only dries quickly, but also partially absorbed into the sponge. Then the color is covered with a fixative, which will help to hide small irregularities from the sponge.
Color combinations
In this technique there are no color restrictions. They can be selected under the clothes or mood. The most fashionable this season on the right are yellow and pink tones. Shades of yellow are recommended by famous nail designers. After all, this is a very sunny color that creates a good mood and is able to fit into any image.In addition, this color has excellent compatibility with other colors. It is suitable for cold and warm, pastel and bright colors.
Pink pastel shades give femininity and tenderness to the bow. That is why one of the current options for the ombra this season is yellow-pink manicure. This combination may seem too bright and even flashy at first. But this ombre option in pastel colors looks very gentle and subtle. The pink shade will perfectly support the modern make-up of natural colors, and the yellow one will add a bright touch even to a business bow. A slight contrast of these color schemes will give an additional zest to the image.
Design and decoration
Gradient yellow-pink color can be performed in various variations. The combination of colors is made as a horizontal transition, and vertical. The second option can be combined with the ombra, when the brightness of the tones increases with each subsequent nail. The intensity of the color is regulated not only by brighter tones of yellow and pink, but also by the number of layers of varnish applied. The most fashionable variation is the asymmetrical ombre. This is another opportunity to emphasize a bright individuality and uniqueness.
If you play a little with shades of pink and yellow, having drawn the slope in different directions (mirror reflection of the hands), the bow will be immediately filled with mystery. But this possible asymmetry does not end there. The slope of pink and yellow tones can be changed several times in one or different layers of varnish. You can get two completely different designs. If you work with one layer, you get blurred curved lines that resemble abstraction.
When using a bevel change on several layers of different colors, a stepped pattern is obtained, creating a visual illusion of a three-dimensional pattern.
Life hacking
Many fashionistas care about the excessive brightness of the manicure. This problem is easily fixed, even if the design is made in pink and yellow shades. For this you need to make a matte finish. There are several available and simple options. In the first case, you can simply buy a matte varnish.
The main thing you need to remember and take care of in advance is the perfect shape and polishing of the nails. If irregularities remain on the surface during processing, this will be very noticeable after applying the color.
A good solution will be the matting coating for varnish. It will not only make a modern and sophisticated manicure, but also save money. After all, the coating will be able to mat any color of varnish. Alternating the above techniques and design options, you can look modern and intriguing every day.
Master class on creating ombre, see below.
