Every year the fashion for manicure changes. Nail polishing goes from simple to a real work of art.
Compositions, along with gel polishes, began to be decorated with drawings, sparkles, slider stickers, metallic stripes, and imitation of precious stones.
A manicure decorated with rhinestones looks like a real masterpiece. Among fashionistas, he is now the most popular.
And it all started with glamorous parties, which were attended in dresses decorated with crystals. Gradually, jewelry became an attribute of accessories, glitter began to be added to festive and evening makeup, and moved to the nail plates.
Manicure with rhinestones left the glamorous section, they began to do it for everyday working days. It is suitable for women of any age group, regardless of their occupation. The main thing is not to overdo it with an abundance of jewelry. In everything, a measure must be observed, harmony and a sense of taste must be present.
Rhinestones give the style of manicure not only elegance, but also a certain chic. Nails decorated with rhinestones look like expensive jewelry. Synthetic crystal used in nail design shines no worse than cubic zirkonia, its iridescent facets are comparable in brilliance to expensive diamond crystals.
Swarovski stones for manicure in 2022
Swarovski crystals are called crystal, obtained by a synthetic method. It does not apply to gems.
This is glass that has been processed in a special way. Faceted crystal crystals look so beautiful that they can be mistaken for diamonds.
The crystals used to embellish nail designs can have different sides, both faceted and smooth. The flat side is designed to fix the decoration on the nail plate.
For jewelry, along with Swarovski crystals, plastic, glass, and pieces of rock crystal are used. They are different in shape and color. Among them are very small and those that can cover the entire nail plate. Their average size is 0.5-4 mm.
The shape can be oval, round, square, multifaceted, drop-shaped. Crystals have different color saturation, over 20 shades.
Chameleon rhinestones look especially beautiful and festive on the nails, which change their shade under the sun’s rays. Of particular interest are pebbles with imitation of gold, silver, precious stones.
Nail length and rhinestone decoration
Those who think that rhinestones can look beautiful only on long nail plates are mistaken. For them, a square and oval shape of short marigolds is suitable.
Special femininity and harmony are given by rhinestones to medium and long almond-shaped and oval nail plates.
The basis of manicure for decorating with rhinestones
Decor with rhinestones is mainly carried out on nail covers with one tone of gel polish. This decor looks concise, harmonious and stylish at the same time. Stones can be matched to the color of the varnish or a sharply opposite tone.
Contrasting color stones look equally beautiful on a dark, light, pastel coating. Delicate, powdery shades of lacquer are combined with transparent or one-color coated stones.
The inlaid stones of matte coatings look gorgeous. For calm, light, pastel colors of varnish, a brilliant decor is more in harmony.
Transparent rhinestones look amazing on soft pink, peach, nude, white, blue. Such a tandem gives a woman’s hands sophistication and tenderness.
A pompous and chic look to dark shades of varnish is given by decorating the nail plates with shiny rhinestones. Stones look spectacular on a red, burgundy, cherry, blue, black, green, chocolate background of the nail coating.
This decor will never go out of style. It is suitable for business wear and evening dress, with it you can go for a walk in jeans or go on a date with your loved one.
Stones can decorate each nail of the hand or selectively 1-2 of them. Rhinestones lay out the holes of the nail plates, the cuticle, fill the entire space of the nail or part of it with one or two stones.
You can attract attention, stand out with a bright monochrome manicure, decorated with rhinestones.
You can create a unique image using neon, orange, hot pink, yellow, purple, turquoise colors and their shades.
Neutral nail colors covered with colored stones look no less bright. It is customary to decorate one of the nails completely or only part of it with an ornament of crystals.
Popular among girls is a jacket decorated with rhinestones. Rhinestones give a special effect to the classic French manicure, made in white.
The art of manicure has been known to people for over 5,000 years. Coloring nails with natural henna or charcoal was practiced in ancient Egypt and Babylon. And the first fashionistas were Chinese women.
It is equally well suited for commuting, business dates, and festive atmosphere, despite the restraint of forms. You can add chic to the design in the style of the classics by using colored stones in the inlay.
Drawings on nails inlaid with stones
Patterns, delicate romantic monograms, a thin mesh of strict geometric lines harmoniously fit into any style of women’s clothing. You can diversify the decor, add originality, zest to it by laying out the painting with rhinestones.
It is not necessary to cover the entire nail cover with decorations; the design looks elegant with minimal inclusions of small pebbles. Rhinestones should complement the main pattern, and not cover it.
If there is a desire to cover the entire composition with inlay, then these can be images of butterflies, dragonflies, a flower, a leaf, an umbrella.
You can lay out an abstract image or an image of the starry sky with small pebbles, complete the picture with small balls called bouillons.
Methods for fixing rhinestones on the nail plate during manicure
The so-called caviar manicure is applied to any color of varnish while it is still wet. On top of the beads, the dimensions of which range from the size of sand to imitation of precious stones, a fixer is applied over the entire surface of the nail. Then the manicure is placed in an ultraviolet lamp to dry.
To decorate patterns with broths, it is more convenient to use colorless glue. It is applied only to the pattern itself on top of the color coating. This method does not require additional drying, it is enough to simply press the eggs to the nail to fix the eggs.
The industry produces a large selection of broths of different sizes and colors, one tone or mixed with others.
Before you go shopping, you should consider color options. Colored rhinestones should complement the chosen image, and not break it.
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