Each nail design requires special care, and sometimes restrictions in any actions, so that beautiful and shiny nails do not lose their bright appearance. Therefore, a large number of women and girls around the world recently prefer such a coating as gel polish. Summer nail design with its help this year will be no less vivid, and new items and latest trends will please every fashionista.
Advantages of gel polish
- Saturation. Gloss and bright colors of this coating look much more spectacular than ordinary varnish. The patterns look much more interesting, and the nails are more chic.
- Durability. This coating lasts on the nails for about two to four weeks.
- Hypoallergenicity. Gel polishes do not cause allergic reactions.
Summer manicure trends
Summer nail design gel polish is very diverse, it is replete with bright colors, and also replete with all kinds of decorations. Here everything will depend only on the imagination and skill of the master. This summer, you can use everything for decoration: rhinestones, sparkles, lace, broths, drawings, pearls, etc. However, do not forget about the sense of proportion, although summer is a time of bright colors, but you should not arrange a carnival on your nails.
To create a unique design of summer manicure with gel polish on your own hands, you can contact a professional master. At the same time, you can come up with a drawing yourself, or you can draw some interesting ideas from the Internet or glossy publications.
When designing nails, it’s very important not to overdo it with decorative elements. Stickers or drawings should be delicate, with their help it is best to decorate no more than two nails. Rhinestones and glitter are best used to a minimum. As in previous seasons, this year confetti, broken glass and transfer foil remain popular, but they use all this in moderation, not forgetting about the main trend of this year - convenience and naturalness.
Recommendations and tips
To make the nails look well-groomed, and the coating was even and high-quality, you must adhere to the following rules:
- Before applying the base and base coat, carefully degrease the nail plate.
- It is necessary to choose a good base (rubber can be). It should align the surface of the nail well, while the coating will be worn much longer.
- The main varnish must be applied in two layers (if necessary, more can be done). The layers should not be too thick, otherwise they will dry for a long time, and the manicure will look sloppy.
- Varnish is applied starting from the base of the nail plate. The first wide smear should pass in the middle, then with short movements paint over the corners of the nail.
- In order for the manicure to last longer, it is necessary to paint the end of the nail.
- A high-quality top, like the base, is the key to a beautiful coating that will be worn for a long time, while the nails will be bright and shiny.
When all the recommendations have been studied, and the tool is ready to go, you can start gel-coating, summer design.
Fashion colors
Among the main trends in this summer's manicure are bright and saturated shades. Therefore, choosing a varnish color for the summer season of 2017, it is worth giving preference to the saturated shades of eggplant, fuchsia, scarlet and lilac.
Do not forget about naturalness, which is also no less popular this year. Beige, flesh, pale pink or peach are the favorites of this summer. At the same time, pastel shades can have any degree of brightness: from very delicate to more saturated. All of these colors can be done in plain manicure with gel polish, while the design will look no less elegant and chic.
Actual form of nails
Not only the choice of color should be approached with all care and responsibility. The shape of the nails is also important. Of course, the form with which it is most convenient and comfortable should remain a priority. However, this summer the scales are leaning towards naturalness and naturalness. Manicure should be unloaded and concise. A sense of proportion will be an indicator of taste and style.
The most popular this season is the natural oval shape of the nails. Girls who prefer a square shape need to avoid extreme lengths, otherwise the manicure will look vulgar. From stylet nails and sharp corners is best abandoned altogether.
For the almond-shaped form of nails, the best is a lunar or plain manicure with not very complex designs. Oval nails are painted in the most unusual way, the more you can place rhinestones of the most diverse shapes on them.
Gel polish: summer design on short nails
The view that beauty should be practical is shared by many fashionistas around the world. This also applies to manicure. Having short nails, you can safely do everyday business and not be afraid that the manicure will be ruined.
On short nails, as well as on long ones, you can realize even the most unusual idea, without fear that there will not be enough space for them. If desired, you can perform a monophonic coating and add any pattern, slider or rhinestones. On short nails, both a jacket and a moon manicure will look great. Moreover, absolutely any shape is suitable for such nails: oval, almond-shaped or square.
Drawings for summer manicure
And although this season a monophonic gel-varnish coating will be fashionable, the summer design using all kinds of patterns also remains no less popular. The most traditional for the summer season are images of butterflies, flowers, fruits, geometry, marine motifs, etc.
Geometry will become a stylish and fashionable choice for the summer season. Such a manicure looks especially impressive in bright colors. Unusually superimposed rhombuses, rectangles, triangles and other figures are able to combine into unique compositions that will not be inferior to abstract painting.
Flowers , perhaps, are one of the most logical summer designs with gel polish (the photos that can be seen in glossy publications are the main proof of this). This season, floral patterns in the style of "minimalism" are popular, as well as individual fragments in the form of a bud or petals scattered across the marigolds. For any celebration, you can choose a volumetric flower made using special powder or acrylic molding.
The marine theme is , without exception, associated with the summer and the vacation period. The peak of the popularity of such designs falls on the warm season. And if in past years complex naturalistic compositions were in demand, then 2017 is characterized by a minimalist design. You can simply designate the marine theme with the help of color, white stripes or waves on a blue background that are associated with the sea wave will actually look.
If this is not enough for you, and you want to see just the thematic drawing on your nails, then starfish, palm trees, dolphins, anchors, etc. will be quite appropriate. However, to make the design tasteful, only a few fingers can be marked in this way.
Animals can also become a worthy decoration of nails this summer. When, if not on vacation, you can escape from the strict working atmosphere and completely immerse yourself in relaxation and fun, and cute faces from familiar cartoons will help you do this.
Bees or ladybugs will look fun. Funny birds in their arms will also look no less original.
Fruits and berries are also always relevant in the summer. Exotic pineapple, juicy cherries, strawberries with cream - all this will become a bright element of summer manicure. Fruits can be drawn by hand or use sliders. And in that, and in another case, it is important that all colors are combined with each other.
Recently, ice cream has been particularly popular. One look at this summer masterpiece will instantly cheer you up. If you doubt your skills, then the lessons of summer designs with gel polish with your own hands will help to create a real masterpiece on your nails.
Stylish Ombre
Ombre, or gradient manicure, is not losing ground this season. It is performed both horizontally and vertically. The most popular are pastel shades, as well as "berry" combinations.
This season, transitions in one color scheme are relevant. Of the most common, coral-orange, orange-yellow and gray-violet combinations can be distinguished.
A real discovery this season was the linear gradient, when the transition does not mix, but is applied in even stripes.
Lunar manicure and summer jacket
French and moon manicure have long become classics and are popular both in summer and in winter. But even they change their appearance in the summer.
This season, for a jacket, you should choose a bright and unusual summer nail design with gel polish. The novelty was not the usual white varnish, but a juicy and bright shade. The colored edge can be the same on all nails, but it can also be made multi-colored. The triple or double smile will look original.
Recently, very often the summer jacket is supplemented with all kinds of drawings and floral prints. However, the manicure should not be overloaded, so often the pattern is performed on one or more fingers.
“Smile” can be made even more luxurious and original, having performed it in a metallic shine. This option is perfect for a special occasion or a trip to the club.
Lunar manicure, like the previous version, is best done in bright colors. A lunar manicure will look fresh, but not with a convex hole, but with a curved month. At the same time, it can be stylized as a slice of watermelon or a fruit slice.
Matte manicure
It is a matte manicure that looks especially luxurious, because it visually resembles such an expensive material as velvet. For a summer manicure in this design, the most appropriate and beautiful will be the deep shades of red, blue, brown, etc.
For a matte variety, you can perform a French or moon manicure, combining contrasting colors: black and beige, red and black. Matte manicure in combination with rhinestones will be no less original, they are the accent that emphasizes the unusual texture of the coating.
Broken glass, confetti, stickers and rhinestones
Summer is a time of unrestrained fun, relaxation and rest, so a little gloss on the nails will not hurt the manicure. Last year, all fashionistas loved the summer design with gel polish using broken glass. This is not surprising, because the nails look very bright thanks to the tint of sunlight that play on a holographic film.
Among fashionistas, so-called kamifubuki or confetti are no less in demand. They can cover any one nail, and if desired, you can lay out a simple drawing.
French or moon manicure can be supplemented with rhinestones. Most often they are placed at the base of the nail or along the line of a smile.
As you can see, summer designs with gel polish are so diverse that every fashionista will be able to choose something original for herself. Take advantage of the ideas presented in this article and create your vibrant nail designs this summer. The main thing is that you like the manicure and match your image.