Floral motifs are very popular today, both in clothing design and nail art. They add a touch of femininity to any look. A manicure with poppies will give any beauty passion, mystery, mystery.
For those who saw these flowers and had the opportunity to examine them well, it would not be difficult to depict them on their nails. Compare poppy, for example, with an orchid, a rose or a gladiolus. It becomes clear how much easier it is to draw this unpretentious, but such a beautiful flower. In addition, poppies are very recognizable - just draw bright red petals and black centers with delicate yellow stamens.
Delicate flowers
Poppies grow in the fields and in the gardens. This flower needs sun and space. Bright scarlet heads can be seen from afar, but one careless blow is enough for the fragile beauty to disappear. Remember the features of the flower when you are planning to portray it.
Today, a variety of manicure ideas with poppies are popular. These flowers are best suited for a casual casual style. You can decorate your nails with poppies before going on vacation or if your work does not have a strict dress code.
Dominant shades
For work, you will need red or scarlet varnish - for drawing petals. To draw the middle, arm yourself with black. Be sure to add green strokes to represent the leaves. To make the poppies look expressive, take care of the proper background - it is better to make it beige or milky.
Some masters prefer to do manicure with poppies in unusual colors. For petals, you can use orange, cherry or even black varnish. For special occasions, accents can be made with silver or gold touches.
How to draw poppies on nails
Always work with varnishes of the same class. The drawing process itself is similar for regular and gel. But the stages of work differ.
When working with gel, cover the nails with a base coat according to the 4 + 2 + 4 pattern. To save time on drying, first place and dry in the lamp the index, middle, ring and little fingers of one hand, then the nails of both thumbs, and after them 4 nails of the other hand.
After drying the base, apply the background with a light varnish. Send to dry in the rays of the lamp. Then draw flowers on all or some of the nails and let them bake. Do not forget about the finish! The final stage is the removal of the sticky layer using a special fluid.
It’s better to draw the petals from the middle to the edges. At the poppy there are 4. Near the base, at the very middle, black spots are located on them. You don’t have to worry about the even edge, in the original it is wavy.
When working with ordinary varnish is still easier. The main thing is to let each layer dry.
Other techniques
A poppy manicure can be made even simpler. Today, nail design stores abound in stickers and decals with any flowers. You can get patterns with thin lines and high detail with the help of ready-made drawings.
Today's mega-popular stamps can also come in handy for a manicure with a poppy pattern . You just need to find the disk with the desired pattern. It will allow you to get a perfectly smooth contour. But to make the poppies look realistic, it’s worth to draw red petals and add green leaves.
French manicure with poppies
The usual jacket seems to many too banal. If you want to make a highlight, decorate your nails with bright poppies. There are many ways. You can draw the same flowers on all nails, depict large flowers only on some, or cover small smiles with poppies.
Experiment with colors. You can cover the edges of the nails not with white or beige, but with green varnish. It harmoniously complements the pattern, symbolizing the leaves.
The idea of a special nail
Poppies are spectacular flowers, bright and catchy. If you are afraid to overload the image, embody the idea of manicure in Feng Shui. It is believed that nails secreted in a special way can attract a certain energy. For those who crave love, it is worth paying attention to the ring fingers - they are responsible for the sphere of relations. Well, if you want to improve things, portray poppies on the nails of the middle fingers.
Of course, not everyone believes in this. If you are not among the fans of Feng Shui, choose special nails based on your own aesthetic preferences.
A manicure with poppies looks very unusual when one large flower is painted on two nails. The rest is best left plain, in extreme cases, garnish with thin leaves. Today this idea is very relevant.
Stylish extras
Poppies on the nails can be decorated with small black rhinestones, placing them in the middle of the flowers. Both matte and “Swarovski” are suitable, the main thing is that the stones are of good quality and very small in size.
You can also experiment with light transparent half beads that will symbolize dew on flowers. If you are confident in your artistic abilities, you can apply velor powder to the leaves - so they will look even more realistic, because in nature the leaves of poppies have a velvety surface.
Experienced masters sometimes use foil for manicure with poppies to give shine to the petals. Repeating this on your own is not easy: you will need a special glue, a tool and sufficient experience. But with the help of a flickering varnish with a shimmer, you can also get a wonderful effect.
Matching jewelry
Like any spectacular pattern, poppies do not harmonize well with large jewelry, especially with colored stones. Limit yourself to a couple of laconic metal rings. Its color should be in harmony with the pattern depicted on the nails.