Manicure is the calling card of any girl. From the nails you can immediately understand what a person is: whether he cares for himself, whether assembled, which has a sense of style. There are many varnishes, shades and nail design options. Any lady, even finicky, will be able to choose nail art to her own taste. The most relevant this season is a gentle manicure in pastel colors.
What are pastel colors
Before you go to the salon and tell the master about your intention to make pastel manicure, you need to determine for yourself what the word "pastel" means.
These include warm and cold shades of pink, green, yellow, blue, turquoise, blue and lilac.
Who is suitable for manicure
A manicure in gentle colors is very popular among girls who want to look as natural as possible, but at the same time beautiful. If you get bored, you can always diversify it by adding an unusual ornament or sparkles.
Rescue for office workers
This design will save office workers who, because of their careers, do not want to be content with ordinary nails covered with a transparent layer of varnish. Manicure in gentle colors does not focus on yourself too much attention. It will satisfy the taste preferences of a woman without prejudice to work.
It is a mistake to believe that manicure in pastel colors is boring. There are many different design options, among which each girl will find something to her liking.
Blue tones
Gentle manicure in blue tones looks beautiful. This color is best used on nails of medium length. You can simply make them up with your favorite shade of blue , or you can combine them with soft pink. As an option: the manicure on the middle and ring finger is pink with a geometric blue pattern, and on the rest - pure blue. Closer to the cuticle, you can glue several "beads" - so a manicure in gentle colors will become even more interesting.
It goes well with blue and pale yellow. Color the little finger and the nameless one in yellow, and apply a floral pattern to one of them .
Gradient
The design of nails in the form of a gradient is very popular. Basically, pastel colors that combine with each other are used for this technique. It can be orange and yellow, pink and blue, blue and green. A great option would be to combine all these shades into one pastel manicure. Due to the delicate colors, the design will not look awkward, on the contrary, the tones are interconnected and seem to flow smoothly into each other.
The very expression "gradient manicure" has become familiar to girls relatively recently. Many wondered how to create such a design on the nails. In fact, everything turns out to be quite simple. The gradient is done with a sponge. Previously, it is painted alternately with each color.
The simplest option: paint most of the nail plate with the main shade, and down with a sponge, apply a second color with a thin layer.
The most difficult thing is to choose the right colors so that they combine with each other and do not "interrupt" each other. In addition, it is important to pay attention to the fact that on short nails, the gradient from a minimal set of shades looks prettier, while for long nails it is better to choose several different colors.
The location of the shades does not matter. You can make the cuticle darker and then lighter, or vice versa.
Drawings
A manicure in bright, delicate colors looks beautiful. But some girls prefer to "dilute" it with interesting drawings, so that the design will not soon get bored.
Pastel colors are perfectly combined with any drawings, whether it be minimalistic patterns, geometric shapes, animals, flowers or hieroglyphs.
In order for such a design not to look too childish, it is better to decorate not all nails at once, but only one or two (most often this is the ring finger and middle finger).
It looks beautiful when the edge of the nail is painted in the same color as the base.
Flower ornament
Flowers as a design for nails have always been incredibly popular. It is beautiful, feminine and very cute. Especially in combination with pastel colors.
There are many different colors that can be used in manicure. The main thing is to choose the right size and color so that the ornament is combined with pastel manicure. It’s immediately clear that carnations, tulips or bright red roses will not fit here. It is best to give preference to branches of lilac, delicate daisies and white roses.
Points
Do not be surprised, this is a very popular technique for applying manicure. Dots are both minimalism and a way to give the nails a certain charm. The whole charm is that the dots can be made of any color and size, clear or with blurry edges, one, three or thirty.
Do not hold on to a mortal grip on the color scheme and the desire to work only within it. For example, small black dots will look no less beautiful with a beige or pale pink manicure than a scattering of pale circles on a background of the same color.
Strips
Manicure in gentle colors can be "diluted" with stripes. They are created using special manicure tapes.
The strips will make the manicure several times more interesting if you choose the right size, color and location. An excellent option would be a French manicure, where the tip of the nail is separated by a strip from the base.
Sparkles
Sequins are the easiest way to diversify pastel manicure. They do not attract too much attention, fit into the general concept of nail art, only adding to it a twist. The glitter design is equally well suited for both work and evening relaxation.