What kind of jewelry for nails! Nail design even has its own fashion. Previously, a manicure with rhinestones was considered festive and suitable only for young people, now it is included as an addition to many options for an office jacket. Short nails and rhinestones are two incompatible concepts, our grandmothers thought. Nevertheless, many designs with gel polish for short nails delight with bold solutions.
Rhinestones in 2018 are in demand more than before. Now these are not just sets of Chinese plastic droplets and hearts. They are assigned a place in the production by more than one large company of the nail industry, including manufacturers of famous stones from Swarovski. Rhinestone manicure has become not just a decoration. By his appearance, you can determine the status of the lady. Some rhinestones are quite expensive, so they are used several times, carefully removing them from the nails.
Many of their options are produced, some of which will be discussed.
What are rhinestones?
The purpose of rhinestones is to replace gems. Previously, clothes were decorated with sewn beads made of precious and ornamental stones or pearls, gold and silver buckles, pendants and other details. Now the whole range of jewelry is hard to imagine. A considerable share is occupied by rhinestones.
They are not only made of glass, although stamped or faceted glass rhinestones are very beautiful. Refined products from rock crystal - an ornamental stone similar to glass are considered to be exquisite. But mainly in the production of rhinestones used acrylic, zirconium and some types of plastic.
Separately stand Swarovski crystals, which are difficult to distinguish from diamonds. They are made of two types: with a conical and flat base. For nail design, a flat base is used that better adheres to the surface.
Rhinestone manicure ideas are based on the quality characteristics of these jewelry substitutes. Cheap plastic crafts can have manufacturing defects in the form of burrs, irregular shapes, opacities. They are not suitable for nail design. They can be used to paste over shoes, and the nails are always in sight, so the slightest defect will immediately become visible. That is why craftsmen prefer Swarovski crystals.
Kamifubuki
In 2018, kamifubuki fashion remains. This is foil confetti, which comes in all colors and sizes. On the nail, they reflect light in different ways, depending on the angle of the rays. This property of them is used in the technique of gel polish. The photo shows a red manicure with rhinestones kamifubuki. Three sizes are used: medium round and hexagonal, large round and small round.
Kamifubuki of different sizes are placed in the area of the hole, they can overlap each other. On the remaining surface of the nail put one or two small accents. To keep the rhinestones well, they are covered with a sufficient layer of top. The advantage of this option is smooth nails that do not cling to anything, but at the same time have a manicure design with rhinestones.
These confetti are best done on one or two fingers so that it is not vulgar. But you can choose kamifubuki very large size. Since the nail in the zone of the hole is very convex, it is better to put such spangles in the center. If you choose a red manicure with rhinestones, then all nails, except the nameless one, are covered with red gel polish and a matte top. Unnamed is coated with black gel polish. Then red glitter is sprinkled over the dispersion layer and kamifubuki are placed. Top cover.
How to use rhinestones?
Rhinestones are available in different sizes and shapes - from round to faceted, from drip to round. Creating a manicure design with rhinestones, the master is like a jeweler. The rule “better is less than more” applies both in the workshop and in the salon. The worst thing that can happen in the design of rhinestones is weighting it, which looks tasteless.
However, this does not mean that rhinestones should be placed on the nail rarely, at intervals. Finding a cross between a pile of stones and their sparseness is a task requiring artistic taste. A considerable influence on the final result is accuracy. A slight displacement of the stone from the right place will immediately catch your eye. Especially glue streaks.
More recently, stylists did not recommend combining manicure with rhinestones with modeling or Chinese painting. Large stones were left for extreme lengths of nails - usually artificial. This was largely due to the lack of quality materials in nail design. Now the situation has changed radically: the painting is supplemented with rhinestones (the main thing is to choose harmonizing colors), rhinestones are placed in the center of the stucco molding, often one nail is decorated with a continuous laying of different-sized stones.
Fashion is changing. At the beginning of the development of the nail design, rhinestones on each finger caused sympathy and a smile: tastelessness, what to do ... But a fashionable manicure with rhinestones appeared and quickly became a classic, in which stones are evenly placed on the surface of the nail. You can bandage them with a mesh, performing it with gel paint, you can leave it just like that. The design looks spectacular on any color, with any rhinestones. It is called "Rivets" and was first used in black background and metal rhinestones in the Gothic version. But now, made by small Swarovski crystals on a pale pink background, it adorns the catalogs of many wedding salons.
Bright design options
Using gel polish “cat's eye” will provide a winning background for a bright manicure with rhinestones. To avoid a tasteless pile of jewelry, make all nails different, observing the same style. For example, the nails on the middle and ring fingers are covered with black gel polish, make a red "cat's eye" and put red rhinestones. The rest of the nails are made red matte. Swarovski crystals are placed on the forefinger in the hole zone, on the little finger - one red strass in the hole zone, and on the large one they are laid out with a white strass square with a red strass in the middle.
This design looks good in other colors: blue, green, turquoise, amber. The golden design looks very impressive. Instead of a magnetic gel, you can use foil or a mirror rub for one nail, cover one or two with gold glitter and put rhinestones over the entire surface. Rhinestones are better to choose white so that they do not get lost against the background of gold.
Light and pastel colors will not be able to convey the depth of the magnetic varnish, but there are no less interesting options for them.
When are rhinestones on nails inappropriate?
There are situations in which rhinestones look defiant or simply uncomfortable. These are mourning events and a working dress code. Here you can add baby care.
- The first situation is mourning. Traditionally, a mourning dress code implies the absence of any jewelry, except for wedding rings. Exceptions are agate and black pearls. Modernity is making adjustments, and small stud earrings are already acceptable. However, decorating with rhinestones manicure is considered disrespectful to the deceased and his relatives. Perhaps, only a matte manicure with rhinestones made of opaque black plastic on a black background will resemble mourning lace.
- At work related to food production (cook, pastry chef), any coating for nails is categorically excluded. Accordingly, and rhinestones. It would not be nice to find them in the cake.
- Caring for a child whose delicate skin is easily injured eliminates all the protruding and sharp elements of the decor: they cling to everything, scratch, can fly off and get to where you don’t need to.
Of course, if the nails are very short, and the nail plate is small, it is better to abandon the rhinestone. They visually reduce the nail, and this is a dubious decoration.
Trendy ideas for using rhinestones in design
The principle "all nails are different, but in the same style" is used by many designers. This allows you to create a real composition without overloading each nail with individual parts. To do this, it is enough to master several techniques and combine them. One of the fashion trends of 2018 was a matte manicure with rhinestones. Here are some of its options that can be performed in the composition:
1. French. Pastel shades of the base can be made matte, covered with a special top. There is a top for regular varnish and gel polish. If necessary, the dispersion layer is simply removed from the color coating and is not covered with a glossy top. A smile is performed with a glossy top. Small rhinestones put a line on the line of a smile.
2. Lunar manicure. On matte nails, the hole is completely isolated with rhinestones, putting one large stone and several small ones. On one nail, the hole is made glossy and its line is distinguished by a line of small stones. One nail is decorated with a “reverse jacket” - stones are placed along the cuticle line.
3. Two matte nails with rhinestones.
In the photo one of the options for such a composition with two matte nails of a contrasting color, a moon manicure on one of them and a screen rose on the other.
Short nails and rhinestones
On short nails, the “spikes” design looks good, which is done with small rhinestones with sharp conical tops. They can be gold, silver, black. The background for the design is suitable for saturated dark tones - black, burgundy, violet, blue. If you choose classic transparent rhinestones with a foil base for its execution, then the background can be light pastel colors. Gold rhinestones with round tops are suitable for red, yellow, turquoise colors.
A manicure with rhinestones on short nails can be very elegant. For a small black cocktail dress, a nail design made by black gel polish and a diagonal arrangement of multi-colored rhinestones on the ring finger will do. The mesh drawn on short nails will be adorned with staging small stones in interweaving lines. You can fill the entire nail with rhinestones, but do it on only one finger.
Highlighting the cuticle area will not reduce the nail, but add charm to it. If the nails are very small, you can perform a manicure with rhinestones on short nails, adding stones with gold or white broths. They can put a semblance of lace.
Gel polish and rhinestones
To put rhinestones on a regular varnish, you need glue. You can gently put them on a completely dry polish. In the case of gel polish, the technique is different. To keep the stones well, not to be flooded with top and whitish areas not to appear around, you should know how to make manicure with rhinestones using the gel polish technique.
Rhinestones are placed before coating with top gel on a dispersion layer or on a rubbed nail. They are glued to manicure glue for crystals. After several minutes, cover the work with top gel, trying to carefully close the glue with it. If this is not done, when the dispersion is removed from the top, the glue will turn white, you will get ugly white spots around the stones.
For the same reason, glue is not used in manicure with rhinestones when decorating them with a finished gel polish already coated with a top. Well, unless you overlap with another layer. But now there are such thick top gels, some without an adhesive layer, that you can put rhinestones directly on a fresh top, and then dry them in a lamp.
If rhinestones are drowned in too large a layer of the top, the whole effect will be lost, although wearing such a manicure will be more convenient - there’s nothing to cling to, never fly off. But the radiance will disappear, since the faces that reflect light will go under the cover. This should be avoided.
White and pastel designs
The ideas of manicure with rhinestones on a light background are very numerous. Due to the fact that all pastel colors blend well with each other, apply floral painting with a middle of stone in contrasting colors.
Monograms drawn with white gel paint can have a small pebble in a curl. For white drawings, silver and gold rhinestones with smooth hemispheres are suitable.
As always, spikes and strips of them look good, which can be located both in the middle of the nail and from the edge. You can use them instead of the white tip of a smile, because the base is already white.
In 2018, it is fashionable to leave the part of the nail open. This does not mean that there is absolutely no coverage in this area. Base gel and top are present anyway. And to highlight this zone will help one or two crystals.
Manicure for a wedding celebration.
Classics in wedding manicure, pink and white colors, go well with Swarovski crystals of medium and small sizes. Ordinary glass rhinestones with a foil base are also suitable. The bride can choose light cold tones of pink, the older generation of ladies will use warm shades of pastel roses or nude.
A pale pink manicure with rhinestones should not leave an impression of an office jacket. It is correctly selected stones that will cope with this best of all. If the bride can make a composition of rhinestones of different sizes and colors, then ladies at an elegant age can be distinguished with stones the whole nail, but only one.
French and rhinestones
A classic smile can be made with rhinestones. They can also lay out the hole. For a manicure with rhinestones to be original, on one nail a smile can be on the side, from the cuticle to the free edge. And you can make it on both sides of the nail, then the area in the middle will resemble an hourglass. It can even be left the color of a natural nail. It is very fashionable.
In the zone of the hole, it is good to make acrylic modeling - a flower with leaves, in the center of which to put a beautiful stone. In the photo, this option is supplemented with small silver-colored broths that depict the stem. The symmetrical composition of rhinestones of different colors and sizes looks interesting.
Conclusion
The ideas presented here are just a small part that the salon masters perform every day. Sometimes interesting designs arise when discussing everyday options. Do not leave them for the holiday, wear it now! And tomorrow there will be new ones. Successes.