Since ancient times, for many girls, manicure has become an indispensable part of the image. The fairer sex is trying to choose elegant shades and methods of applying varnish to emphasize their sophistication and elegance.
One of the most popular and successful manicures is considered to be "lace". At the same time, there are a lot of options for applying the pattern, so any girl can make her image not only more tender, but also unique. Also, a manicure with lace (photo below) is popular because of its versatility. After all, it is suitable for any celebration and just for everyday work.
There are several ways to apply lace to the nail plates. The option is selected depending on the experience and preferences of the girl herself.
1 way. Doing a manicure with lace (photo)
Step by step, he will now describe how to make such nail art using a dotter or thin brush. Manicure requires perseverance and practice. However, it is not as complicated as it seems at first glance. The whole process of applying lace is divided into several stages. Therefore, if you strictly follow the instructions, the final result will exceed all expectations.
Before applying any varnish should prepare the nails. To do this, you need to align their size with a nail file, remove the remnants of the old coating and process the cuticle.
There are two ways to perform the last action:
- With the help of manicure tweezers (the procedure requires some skill and experience). In this case, keratinized areas are carefully removed by the tool.
- Using a stick of orange tree (the cuticle is softened with a special tool, after which it simply moves to the base of the nail with the blunt end of the device). This method is much safer, especially if you hold your fingers in hot water before processing.
Having finished the preparation, you need to apply a leveling layer of colorless varnish on the nail plates. When it dries, you can continue to create a manicure with lace.
It looks very interesting option that combines lace and geometric shapes. To stain your nails with triangles, you can use special stencils. First, one layer of colored varnish is applied to the plate. After it dries, a stencil is glued on the nail, and the surface is painted in a different color.
When the varnish dries, you can begin to create lace. Arcs are drawn along the edge of the upper triangle, located approximately in the middle of the nail. Then a little higher, the same arcs are drawn in the second row. Moreover, their size can be arbitrary. At the very end, peas are arbitrarily applied to the arcs (to make them uniform, you can use dots). Finish the manicure with a fixing transparent varnish.
2 way - faster
Applying lace with a stamping kit. It includes a wide variety of stencils, stamps and scrapers. This option is considered the simplest.
To get the most incredible manicure with lace, you just need to make an impression on all the nail plates. In this case, the girl herself can choose the main color and shade of the pattern. The limitation is only the imagination of the fairer sex.
3 way
Applying real lace on the nails. This option is the most creative. Indeed, in this case, the lace can be completely different, starting with the color and ending with the pattern itself. Having made a choice, you need to cut the material into small pieces. In this case, the size of each nail plate should be taken into account and cut into pieces so that they turn out to be slightly larger than the nail itself.
Initially, a varnish base is applied to smooth the surface of the plates. Only when it dries, the nails are painted with decorative varnish. Hue is better to think in advance. The main thing is to choose so that the shade of varnish is combined with lace. When the color layer dries, the plates need to be coated again with a colorless base. Then, without waiting for drying, stick prepared lace on them.
In this case, the decorative elements must be properly pressed to the nail plate, and a transparent varnish is additionally applied to the sides to prevent twisting of the lace. When the varnish is completely dry, you can proceed to the final stage: with the help of nail scissors, excess material is removed.
Varieties of Lace Manicure
There are no restrictions in such decoration of nails. Therefore, you can show imagination and create the most incredible manicure with lace. In this case, you can additionally decorate the pattern with stripes, rhinestones, sequins and others.
In addition, it is not necessary to create the same pattern on each nail. A manicure with lace looks very interesting, when on the ring fingers the pattern is different from the rest. However, even if each nail is decorated with a different pattern, nail art will make the image of the girl attractive and interesting.
Conclusion
In our article, we described in detail how to make a manicure with lace. A step-by-step (photo above) process description is presented above. This will help to understand the technology, as well as what should result from nail art. So, we can conclude that lace manicure is an ideal way to express individual preferences.