Chic gloss on nails

“Hands are a woman’s calling card.” That is why the hand care industry and, in particular, nails, will always be popular among the female population in any developed countries. Experts conquer us with more and more new ones design ideas, sometimes combining several so simple ideas into one that you can’t help but wonder how you didn’t think of this yourself.

How to make a glossy manicure

A glossy monochromatic manicure is the simplest and most common thing a woman can do with her nails.

But there are still a few secrets on how to make an ordinary nail coating even more shiny and eye-catching.

• When covering your nails with gel polish or shellac at home, many experts advise not to wipe the finishing layer with a cleaner or other degreasers, but simply wash your hands thoroughly with soap and lubricate your nails with cuticle oil and your hands with a rich cream. If you believe this advice, the coating will shine “in a special way”, and the nails will become even more glossy, and this result will last at least a week.
• Once you've painted your nails with regular nail polish, run them under ice water for a few seconds. The coating will not only dry much faster, but will also acquire an unusual glossy shine, similar to long-lasting shellac.

And, of course, we should not forget that any nail coating, be it ordinary varnish or long-term gel polish, shellac or simply a healing transparent varnish - applied only onto the prepared nail plate:

1. filed nails of the same length;
2. absence of calluses, etc. on the side pads of the fingers around the nails;
3. cuticle removed and processed in any way;
4. the polished surface of each nail, without any irregularities or roughness;
5. fat-free nails and hands;
6. an applied and well-dried base coat, such as regular clear varnish.

Only if these conditions are met, will your nails not only shine the way you want, but will also delight you with the result for a long time.

Combination of matte and glossy manicure

The secret of the fashionable contrast of matte and glossy combination excites every fashionista who does not yet know how to achieve this. In fact, there is nothing complicated about this; such a manicure can be done at home and even without any special devices. By reading this article to the end, you can see for yourself.

To get a matte finish, you don’t have to buy all sorts of shades of matte varnish, although, of course, this method also has a right to exist - even in the smallest store with nail design accessories you will find a lot of such varnishes from various brands.

The simpler way is to purchase one single matte coating, which will make absolutely all your varnishes matte when applied as a top layer.

Well, the simplest method, which does not require any additional costs, is described below:

1. place a small saucepan with clean water on the stove;
2. cover your nails with one layer of regular nail polish;
3. While your nails are drying, the water in the pan begins to boil, don’t turn it off, let it boil;
4. cover two nails with a second layer of the same varnish;
5. bring these fingers to the pan and hold them over the steam until they are completely dry;
6. repeat steps 4-5 on those nails that you want to make matte: the result will not take long to arrive!

Matte nails look interesting on their own, but if you wish, you can additionally paint any patterns on them with regular clear varnish. This way you get a contrasting combination of matte and glossy finish.

Matte manicure with glossy jacket

French manicure has long become almost the most classic nail design. Countless variations and modifications of this simple, but elegant and always appropriate type of manicure cannot be listed even with a strong desire. One of the most popular options recently has been the combination of a matte nail and a glossy tip of the same color.

Although, in some cases, fashionistas do the opposite, leaving the entire nail glossy and covering only the tip of the dried layer of varnish with a matte coating, acting as when applying an ordinary jacket with white tips of the nail. In our opinion, this most often visually shortens the nail, but rely on your taste.

And sometimes girls even give free rein to their imagination and manage to combine not only the contrast of matte and glossy finishes, but also using completely different shades, which, however, sometimes also looks pretty good.

Black glossy manicure

For a matte nail finish, professionals recommend choosing bright, rich colors: most often these are numerous shades of red, black and their combinations.

Red glossy manicure

Red nail polish and all its shades from pink to burgundy have come to us since the days of the legendary Marilyn Monroe. At the same time, by the way, such a fashionable one appeared today. moon manicure.