How not to get lost in a huge variety of materials for nail decoration and choose exactly the option from hundreds of possible that will really be the best? Rhinestones on the nails can look dazzling, or they can - cheap and tasteless.
How to glue rhinestones?
To glue rhinestones, it is enough to have a regular nail polish and top coat. Such a design will last exactly as long as the varnishes themselves, which is why it is important to choose a resistant top, and not an ordinary colorless varnish. If you need a more reliable fastening or rhinestones it is undesirable to cover with a top, you can use glue for tips, which is sold not only in specialized stores, but also in ordinary chain stores. Rhinestones adhere to a wet or completely dried base coat. The second option is preferable - there is no risk of smearing the base coat and you can easily outline the lines along which the decor will be glued. The lines are marked with a very thin brush, colorless varnish or, if the design is complex, in a different color. It is better to take rhinestones with a toothpick or thin brush dipped in water. You can use tweezers if the rhinestones have a suitable shape for this. As you can see, everything is quite simple, you do not need to have a nail designer diploma to create spectacular manicures with rhinestones, a little patience and accuracy are enough. And, of course, a carefully thought-out idea is needed.
How not to turn rhinestones on nails into bad taste?
The very first rule looks very simple: the less rhinestones, the better. The point is not only in the brilliance, which can become intrusive, but also in the fact that artificial stones make manicure heavier, not only in fact, but also visually. From this point of view, small rhinestones are more reliable. They can be grouped and scattered over the surface of the nail, without fear of excessiveness. Large rhinestones are good as an emphasis on one nail, but it is very difficult to apply them beautifully on all fingers. Although here they can help out flat rhinestones for metal. Now on sale a lot of jewelry for nails, which imitate not only precious stones. Crescents, rhombuses, drops, leaves - they can easily be made the main accents in the design and create a spectacular manicure without many paints and brushes.
An important point is the overall color scheme. Please note that in the photos to this article there are almost no design options that would use more than two shades. Of course, a variant of multi-color manicure is possible, but in this case additional decorative elements are not the main ones, on the contrary, they play a supporting role: the repeating motifs on each finger make the picture more seamless.
A mesh of rhinestones is very good - it is quite light both in external effect and in design. Rhinestones can be different in size and color, but the same will look spectacular. Instead, you can use broths - decorative balls made of glass ceramics.
Nail Design with Rhinestones: Fashion Options
Nails with rhinestones, the photographs of which you see below, are beautiful, of course, but they will look good only in some situations, for example, they will perfectly suit the image in the style of hime-gyaru. Otherwise, this will be what the English call "overdressed." In general, flower abundance on nails has long been out of fashion, and exquisite, restrained options are appreciated.
The photo below shows a bright evening option. Recently, manicure is looked at as a whole work, a single composition. Thus, to think over the design of one nail and just repeat it on the rest for a really fashionable "look" is not enough. This tendency is especially good in relation to rhinestones: you can decorate nails with decor, but it is important not to overload them.
Pay special attention to square rhinestones. The severity of the lines compensates for the bright shine and balances the manicure.
Rhinestones-squares under the metal are very beautiful. Despite the increased degree of brightness, they look very good in everyday manicure and successfully complement clothes with fashionable ethnic notes. However, it should be borne in mind that such nails themselves are a very bright accessory.
It should be borne in mind that only ladies with long nails can afford horizontal lines . If the nails are short and wide, it is better to refuse the transverse stripes. Vertical stripes, on the contrary, visually lengthen the nail plates.
The manicure in the photo below probably would not have been so spectacular without small square rhinestones that successfully interrupt the boring rigor of the monochrome gamut.
Large or convex rhinestones are best placed at the base of the nail - in the middle or at the tips of large decorative elements will look unnatural and hard.
And with flat rhinestones, it is quite possible to emphasize the protruding part of the nail, achieving the effect of the original jacket.
Rhinestones on the nails, located according to the reverse moon manicure scheme, look very relevant.
You can try to stretch with rhinestones, for such a fashionable manicure, in addition to artificial stones, you will need glitter varnish.
A mesh of rhinestones is ideal for those who want to decorate the entire surface of the nails with the same pattern. Pay attention to the manicure shown below. Firstly, recently popular white color was used as a basis. Secondly, rhinestones have an expressive conical shape, resembling spikes on rocker jackets.
Even multi-colored rhinestones of such colors as yellow, red, green, blue can be successfully combined in one manicure. In the design shown below, with their help it was possible to achieve an interesting stained glass effect.
What neighbors do rhinestones on nails “dislike”? As you can see from the examples above, you can beautifully file anything, even seemingly cheap at first glance bright colored stones made of plastic. However, one should be careful with such combinations: the bright color of the base varnish, for example acid pink, and large rhinestones; three and more active colors in manicure, rhinestones on very long nails, floral patterns and landscapes, other complex patterns with rhinestones.