Light nails design: fashion options

Any girl feels confident, if she is well-groomed, with a hairdo on her head and leaves behind a trail of a delicate aroma of toilet water. Not the least role in creating a complete image is played by the state of hands and nails. This is the part of the body that everyone has in sight and can affect the overall impression of a person.

Girls differ among themselves not only in appearance but also in tastes, preferences in styles. This involves a wide choice of design solutions for the design of nails, ranging from shape, thickness and finishing with color solutions.

Distinctive moments in the design of nails

In fact, the design of nails depends on many factors. The most significant are the following:

• Fashion for the shape of the nail;
• Fashion trends of the season regarding color solutions;
• Popular drawings and accessories;
• The mood of the girl;
• Place of work or presence / absence of any specific activity (work with products, chemical preparations, medical instruments, etc.);
• State of their own nails and their nature (evenness of the nail plate).

When choosing a particular type of nail design, ladies, as a rule, consult a master. To change the nuances of the natural state of nails (plate shape, its evenness, length), if necessary, use materials such as gel or acrylic. This allows you to prepare the basis for the implementation of the conceived design.

Types of coatings for ladies who like to stay stylish

What mood to give your manicure and how to decorate your nails: light design or bright ornament, short or long nails? This choice determines the material to be used. At present, the choice of varnishes is so wide that they can be divided into several types.

In cases where special means (acrylic or gel) are not required, the masters offer customers a choice of a variety of nail coatings. By the type of application, they are divided into several groups, some of which are basic, and some - to auxiliary tools.

1. Gel coatings: combine the properties of conventional varnish and gel, which prolongs the period of wearing to 3-4 weeks. During application, a brush is used, the bonding process is due to the action of ultraviolet rays.
2. Liquid varnishes: a classic lacquer, which is applied with a brush. The average term of wearing is 1 week.
3. Solid: they are dense stickers, which are attached by heat to the entire area of the nail plate.
4. Quick-drying: varnishes of different colors (often transparent or light), the drying time of which takes about 60 seconds. Most often they are used for the finish coat over the main, which allows to increase the wearing time of the varnish as a whole.
5. Varnish fixers: colorless varnishes, which are also used to extend the durability of the primary color, but the drying time is at least 5-7 minutes.
6. Varnishes for creating the base: colorless coatings for the alignment of the nail plate. They are applied in front of the main layer of color coating, they allow preserving the color depth of the decorative varnish and prevent it from darkening and cracking.

Classics do not go out of fashion

As familiar as it may sound, however, in the sphere of the nail industry, short nails are rather common, light design and decorative elements complement the manicure. Of course, for fans of bright colors there is always an alternative. However, in everyday life, it is most often the bright design of nails with gel-lacquer that takes an advanced place.

Such design allows the girls to look stylish in any event: from everyday work, ending with a visit to a restaurant or nightclub. To emphasize the design of nails, light colors are diversified with additional elements, accessories or drawings. A positive role in the design of the original idea is played by light shades of various colors, various textures of the varnish itself or the technique of performing manicure.

How to diversify the design of nails?

Short light nails will look great if, when performing their design, use combinations with the following types of varnishes to choose from:

• Craquelure: a varnish that crackles (it is represented by two types: with large cracks and fine mesh cracks);
• Magnetic varnish: it has in its composition small magnetic particles capable of creating a pattern in the form of a strip, wave, beam under the action of a magnet;
• Matt varnish: quick-drying, when using which does not need a fixer;
• Holographic varnish, a decorative varnish shimmering with all the colors of the rainbow;
• Thermolac: varnish changes its color when changing the air temperature (at cool temperatures it gets darker shades, with increasing temperature, the shades become lighter);
• Sand varnish: this is one of the types of matte varnish, after applying it, its structure becomes fine-grained;
• Shimmer: varnish with small particles that overflow and change their color under the influence of sunlight or lighting (able to inject volume and hide irregularities in the surface of the nail plate);
• Varnish with sparkles: varnish with shiny particles, which can vary in size, thus changing the appearance of the design;
• A mirror varnish (in another way it is called metallic) has a brilliant mirror surface;
• Fluorescent varnish: it has in the composition of substances that glow in the dark, it is ideal for those who lead an active lifestyle in the dark;
• Velor varnish: in the varnish there are velours, this gives the coating a special texture after drying;
• Caviar varnish: the varnish has in its composition small round granules resembling eggs or a scattering of beads;
• Jelly varnish: translucent varnish with reflective mirror elements, which in appearance looks like jelly.

Execution techniques that create an original manicure

Nails design: light colors, short nails, long nails, bright colors, innovative technologies in creating creative ideas - these are the components for creating a complete stylish image. Among the popular classic methods of covering nails, there were new products in the nail industry that are successfully used by masters, combined and as a result they give the girls original and interesting images. These technologies include:

• 3D-modeling (aquarium design);
• Stamping manicure;
• Art painting;
• Use of accessories (bows, flowers, stones, ribbons, newspapers, beads, beads, rhinestones, butterflies, sequins, etc.);
• Photodesign (use of stickers);
• Oil-manicure;
• Crumpled design;
• Marble design;
• Effect of broken glass;
• Design "liquid stone";
• Use of transparent glitter;
• Design with rings;
• Manicure using acrylic powder.

Stylish short nails

The short length and classic design of nails in light colors are always convenient and versatile.

Photos in the article provide examples of design of stylish short nails in a light color scheme with decor elements and without it.

Main trends in nail design

The following trends on light nails do not cease to be relevant (design, photos are presented below) which are considered optimal at any time of the year:

• Pastel colors (emphasize femininity and naturalness);
• The natural form of a free edge;
• Transparent coating (it will look stylish only if there is an ideal hygienic manicure);
• Classic "French" - covering the nail with the main color (pink, beige, pudrovym) and highlighting the edge of the nail plate with white color;
• Variations "French" - to cover the main color used varnishes of different colors (not just the basic ones for "French"), and the edge of the nail can be decorated not only with white;
• Moon manicure;
• Frame, graphic drawings;

• Combination: the allocation of one or more nails on the fingers of another color or the performance of its design in a different style.

Light nails: design, photo, coating options

For an illustrative example of the fashion novelties of the season, you can find photos of the works of various masters and choose the most suitable option for yourself. It can be used as a basis for the embodiment of one's own creative idea, by adding or modifying individual elements, or you can take as an example and practice in the performance of certain techniques.

For those who do not follow the fashion

Each master collects only the most successful works in his collection. Very often, for the creation of a portfolio of nail art masters, they train for a long time in performing various techniques, sharpen their skills, experimenting with various colors and forms of nails, replenish their collection with positive and negative experience, knowledge and new skills.

Those who do not follow the novelties, but want to remain stylish, will always be able to consult with experienced masters on the design, selection of color palette and performing individual jewelry on nails. The master of the manicure necessarily offers to get acquainted with the samples of works, tell about the pros or cons of some designs, because the nyl-industry does not stand still and all the time the general preferences change, there are innovative options for nail design. Do not be afraid that they will lie to you, since keeping regular customers, matching high level of performance of work - these are important components of the activity of representatives of the service sector.