With the appearance in the arsenal of nail airbrush designers, the thinnest lines and the most complex drawings are no longer a problem. But how to save money and make a beautiful design yourself? A thin manicure tape comes to the rescue.
What is a manicure with scotch tape
The design on the nails has long imitated a different structure: leather, velvet, knitwear, marble and the like. Using the technique of layer-by-layer coating, masking areas with tape, you can achieve interesting patterns that mimic the fabric.
When the master sticks a piece of adhesive tape on the nail, he remains uncoated varnish. This principle formed the basis of such a technique. If you use this technique several times, masking covers all new areas. So you can achieve fine even lines and the same patterns on all nails, which is impossible when drawing.
Scotch manicure: ideas
A detailed review of these styles will help you choose the appropriate design option. All are united by one principle - the use of a thin adhesive tape. You can buy it in a professional store or order on "Aliexpress".
Scotch manicure is in the following styles:
- "Patchwork".
- Fry Ville Style.
- "Nautical".
- "Plaid".
- "Paradise."
- Aragaille.
- Puzzles.
Patchwork
Patchwork - a design resembling a patchwork quilt. Usually these are multi-colored squares or rhombuses. First, the nail is covered in a light tone, for example, pastel mint. Then, after drying, stick thin strips. They will need 4 pieces, glued obliquely, as if dividing the nail into three parts. Two diagonally with a distance of about half a centimeter and the other two perpendicular to the first, so that you get squares.
Then each square is carefully painted over with a semi-dry brush, using the method of stuffing color. When the coating dries, remove the auxiliary ribbons and cover the nail with the top.
"Tartan" - often red and green squares, on which green thin stripes pass along the red background. It is done similarly to the first option, but the substrate is made white. After removing the auxiliary ribbons, some white stripes are painted green. This can be done with a brush with a very long thin hair, it was created specifically for applying straight thin lines.
"Fry villa style" is almost the same, but the squares are not so strictly placed, and you can not make a mint color substrate. You can do with two ribbons glued crosswise.
Colors can be any, but not dark. After removing the auxiliary ribbons, the borders of the color are drawn with a gold or silver gel pen. Dry well and top coat. Some stick new ribbons instead of drawing. It's not for long. The foil even leaves through the top, revealing the coating. These tapes are auxiliary, they are not suitable for such a design.
Colorful stripes
“Marine” - a style in which there are blue stripes on a white background. Marigolds are coated with white varnish. After drying, thin scotch strips are placed, covering half of the nail with them. Some pieces stick obliquely. Blue stripes are stained. One or two nails can be done in red stripes. You can depict a red semicircle on one nail and put the inscription with white dots. It will be a life buoy.
"Paradise" - multi-colored stripes, may be unequal in width. The main thing is contrasting tones. It is carried out similarly to sea strips.
Aragail is a design of strict light and dark squares, crossed out with a white dotted line. Blue and beige combinations look good.
Puzzles is a fun picture that is easy to do on your own. The nail is divided into four parts, dark and light squares are located opposite each other. After drying, large dots of contrasting tones are placed. It turns out an imitation of puzzles. Looks good yellow with red, pink with black, orange with green.
All ingenious is simple
A simple manicure with scotch tape is obtained if part of the coating is shiny and part is matte. To do this, you will need two tops: regular and satin. First, we cover the nails with the usual top, shiny. Then, after drying, mask them with ordinary masking tape, which is located diagonally. Apply a matte top, after drying, remove the tape.
It turns out a simple and effective manicure. On light shades, it is better not to use this technique, it appears juicy and bright only in deep dark ones.
Good for this design are plum, eggplant tones, black, cherry, burgundy. A manicure with tape can not be done on all nails, use a matte top - and this will significantly increase the number of possible design options.
What will be required for a manicure with scotch tape
Stencils can be cut from regular masking tape. Especially wavy or jagged lines. They mask the light substrate, which is then painted over with a dark contrasting varnish. This stencil is located along the side rollers. If there is absolutely no ability to draw stencils - it does not matter.
A manicure with scotch tape can be done without them. A simple masking of the vertical strip in the middle of the nail is also very effective. On it you can put rhinestones and go on a holiday.
But it’s best to master a technique using professional thin tape. It is available in different colors. This is used when masking layers in complex designs. Consistently removing the same color strips, apply a coating to all nails. It turns out identical pictures.
So, a manicure at home with scotch tape involves the following materials and tools:
- Thin professional color adhesive tape.
- Masking tape.
- Scissors.
- Tweezers.
- Basic varnish coating.
- Top shiny and matte (optional).
- Palette for pushing the brush.
- Gel pens - gold, silver and black (optional).
Small workshop with sticky tape
How to make a manicure with scotch tape? Everything is described in detail by our step-by-step instructions:
- First you need to do a manicure, shape the nails and cut the cuticle.
- Then the nails are covered with a thin layer of the base.
- After drying, a color is applied that will serve as a substrate.
- After drying (some do it the next day) mask the nail with tape in accordance with the chosen design.
- Semi-dry (not dry, just well wrung out!), Gently paint the areas with a brush method.
- If design requires it, the color border is drawn with a gel pen (optional).
- After drying, remove the tape and cover with a top.
- If necessary, repeat the masking and application of color.
Whatever design option you choose, even the simplest, you need to dry the varnish well and only then remove the adhesive tape. This guarantees straight lines and a spectacular result. In addition to accuracy and caution, nothing is required. Try to make yourself a gift, and you will surely succeed.