How to do a marble manicure

Not so long ago, a new feature appeared in the field of nail art, called marble manicure... As the name implies, the result of this procedure is very similar to real marble stones. How to make yourself fashionable marigolds on your own, read this article.

How to make a marble manicure with varnish

You can make such a manicure with ordinary varnishes. The simplest option is to purchase a special varnish that you just need to apply to your nails and dry. In such bottles, you can immediately tell that it is a marble varnish, most often consisting of two shades that do not mix with each other.

There are also varnishes called craquelure. The effect of this varnish is also very similar to marble. It is necessary to apply a base under it, dry it, and then apply a layer of cracking varnish. You can fix it with a simple transparent varnish.
To make marble marigolds from simple varnishes, you need a little time and imagination. There are several techniques. Naturally, before the very staining of the nail plates, it is necessary to do a manicure, what it will be - edged, not edged, combined- it's up to you to decide. But the old covering needs to be removed remove cuticles, trim and file the marigolds.

The first option is to apply a clear base coat and let it dry. It should be immediately noted that varnishes for marble need to be selected according to their density, the thicker, the better the pattern will lie. Apply the base color of the varnish, dry slightly. Now take a different shade of the coating, drip it onto the nail and start drawing colored veins with a thin needle. Only your imagination works here. For the best effect, coat the nails with a layer of clear varnish. The second option is called water, you will have to spend a little more time with it. It is better to choose the colors of varnishes in advance, these can be bright shades, gentle, or light and gray. But to get closer to real marble, it is better to take shades of turquoise, blue, gray, blue, black and white.

As in the first option, a transparent varnish is applied first, after the main one, and all this is dried. Take a small container, pour clean water, preferably at room temperature. Pour a little varnish of any shade into the water, and drip on top with a slightly darker color. Intensively make stains with a needle or a toothpick. It is desirable that the pattern looks more like marble. Now gently lower the nail, keeping it parallel to the surface of the water. A film of patterned varnishes will remain on it, you can pull out your finger and wait until the film dries.

Since with such a procedure, not only the nails are covered with varnish, but also the skin of the fingers, it is better to lubricate them with a greasy cream first, and then simply remove the remaining varnish with a cotton swab. In order for the manicure to last longer, each nail should be covered with a fixing transparent varnish. By the way, such a film can be applied directly to fingernails, without applying the main color coating.

How to make marble manicure gel polish

Such a fashionable decor can be made not only with varnish, but also with the help of gel varnishes. To do this, you need: 10 pieces of cling film, a couple of gel varnishes of different shades, a base, a top coat and a drying lamp.

• As always, fingers and nails must be treated first before any coating.
• Apply a base coat, cure with a lamp.
• Now cover all the nails with the main color gel varnish, in one or two layers, depending on its density, dry.
• The second color will depend on the first, it should be slightly darker or lighter than the base. It is applied in a layer, after which a cling film is used. It needs to be crumpled and pressed against the nail once or twice. You will get stains, dry your nails.
• Apply a top coat that also needs lamp drying.

Another version of marble using gel polish, it is similar to the first option, which is made with ordinary varnishes. Only instead of a needle, you need a thin brush to blend colored droplets and draw veins. In this decor, you can add silver-colored veins, or gold with foil.

Marble manicure: video

You can see and study in detail how marble manicure is done in the videos below.