Do you want to make a dark jacket? Do not delay the realization of your desire for a long time. A few more months will pass and this trend will be irrelevant. If a standard French manicure today is considered a classic, then its variations become fashionable for a maximum of six months. What are the most fashionable trends in nail design today? Combination of matte and glossy coatings. Look for interesting ideas for manicure below.
Mat and gloss
This variation is suitable for girls with any long nails. Even if your nails are very short, you can still make them a dark jacket. How to realize this interesting idea? Even beginners will have no problems. First you need to do a manicure, and then gash your nails with a buff, removing the glossy coating from them. Apply the base with the next layer and dry it. In two layers should be applied color. In order to make manicure interesting, you need to use a matte top. Apply it on nails and dry. The final touch is the creation of a French manicure. Stick special stickers on dried nails, and then paint the tips with black varnish on the stencils. Remove them and dry the result. To fix the manicure, you should use the finish.
You can upgrade this design variation. For example, make the design not in black, but in blue or burgundy colors. You can also draw simple geometric patterns or stick sliders. But decorating manicure, remember that minimalism is in fashion today, so do not try to hammer all nails with drawings. Focus on one or two fingers.
French sequin
Is your holiday coming soon? A beautiful dark french jacket can easily be made interesting by simply decorating it with sparkles. How to create a similar design? To do this, you will need special strips for manicure and sparkles. Saw your nails with a buff, and remove the sticky layer from the plate. Apply and dry the base. If your nail plate is uneven or has a non-uniform color, then you should apply not a transparent, but a camouflage substrate. Stick stencils on the dried layer. Using a brush, create a black French manicure and dry it.
Apply the varnish in two thin layers. Do not try to immediately paint the space with a thick layer, otherwise it will break off very quickly. Remove the stencils and use flat synthetics to apply sequins to half the nail. It is advisable to make a smooth stretch so that the sparkles at the middle of the nail plate come to naught. If you wish, you can use decorative dust, scotch tape or various rhinestones. Choose a design variation depending on your mood and event.
Gradient
An interesting modernization of French manicure is found in gradients. If you want to make a non-trivial design, then take a look at this option. To create a similar French manicure stickers are not needed. What will need to be done? Saw your nails and remove the sticky layer from them. Apply camouflage as the first coat. If there is no such varnish in your arsenal, then first use the base, and then paint your nails with a neutral color. Choose the varnish that will be the main in the manicure. This year the trend is ultraviolet, so be sure to look at it. Using flat synthetics, apply nail polish to the tips of the nail and stretch the color to the middle. It is necessary to achieve a smooth transition, in which the color will disappear to the middle of the nail.
If you did not like this design option, then you can make your nails in a more classic style. For example, to draw the boundary of the gradient overflow not in the middle of the nail plate, but in the upper free part of the nail.
Golden French
Do you like custom manicure options? French in dark colors can be created without any problems if you use screen foil for this purpose. What will you need to do? To start, gash and degrease the nails. Then you need to apply a transparent base. Try to distribute the first layer as thinly as possible. This will extend the life of manicure. Apply black color in two layers. If desired, you can cover the glossy surface of the varnish with a matte top. When the substrate is dry, you can start the design.
Take the foil blanks for French manicure and glue them to the nails for a small amount of finish. Stickers should be positioned so that their width is the same on all nails. After drying, cut off the excess parts of the stencil and cover with the finish. Particular attention should be paid to the ends. Dry the finished work. Such a manicure can be supplemented with rhinestones or a simple pattern.
Foil
You don’t have time for a complicated dark manicure, but would you like to get an interesting design? Then you should use a special foil for manicure. With it, you can achieve a variety of effects. How to make an interesting design? First you need to prepare your nails for work. Saw and degrease the nail plates. Next you need to apply the color of the substrate. It can be transparent or neutral. On all but one of the nails, attach patterns for a French manicure. Paint the tips of the nails black. Varnish should be applied in two layers. Stickers should not be removed. When the substrate dries, carefully print pre-prepared pieces of foil on it. She will leave part of her paint on the nail. According to your desire, create the necessary design. After that, you can remove the stencils and cover the result of your activities with a finish.
Sliders
An interesting dark manicure can be done even by those girls who do not know how to draw at all. For their creativity, ladies need to purchase sliders. Special nail stickers are sold with a variety of designs for every taste. How to create an interesting manicure? The first step is to file and degrease the nails. After this, it is necessary to apply the base. Next, you can make a dark jacket with a pattern. To do this, take the sliders and cut them to the shape of the nails. Place each sticker in turn in a glass of water for 15 seconds. Dip a sticker on a napkin and place the image on the nail. When the design is ready, cover the nails with a finish. After the first drying, cut off the extra details of the picture from the ends of the nails and seal the stickers with the finish again.
White stars
You can make a dark jacket in this version. Even those girls who are just beginning to master the art of manicure will be able to create this design. To repeat this design, you will need a base, dark and white varnishes, special stencils for French manicure. The first phase of the work will be preparatory. File your nails and degrease them. Apply base on the nail plates. Stick stencils on your fingertips. Paint the free edge of the nail in any dark shade of your choice. After drying the varnish stencils can be removed. Armed with a thin brush at the junction of the base and the dark strip, you should place small dots. And in the corner of the nail you need to draw something like a snowflake or asterisk.
This manicure has many variations. You can make a maroon jacket with gold stars or with silver trim.
Rhinestones
One of the very simple ways to decorate a dark jacket is to decorate a strip along its edge with rhinestones. But a similar design will not look advantageous. The option presented above looks spectacular due to its unusual decor. How to repeat a similar drawing? Dark jacket with rhinestones is created according to the following scheme: nails are sawn and degreased. Then stencils are applied, and the free edges of the nails are painted over in black. Rhinestones of different sizes are glued onto two nails, and then thin strips are drawn down from them. One of the nails can be fully decorated with a pattern. It can be either a stamp or a slider. The finished design should be finished. On nails with rhinestones, the finish must be applied twice. If you wish, you can stick rhinestones on the nails with black stripes. Such a manicure will look original.