Nail casting

Technique golden casting on the nails appeared thanks to the nail technologist Ekaterina Miroshnichenko 7 years ago. But, despite such a long period of existence of technology, nail design "Casting" familiar to not all. The recognition of the fair sex manicure in this technique was due to its spectacularity and ease of execution. Let's learn how to do the casting on the nails and create on our own handles a luxurious manicure with an imitation of a gold frame. And an interesting video tutorial and photo instructions will help us in this.

About manicure "Gold casting"

To create a gold cast on the nails will require a minimum of nail materials: gel-paint in black and transfer foil. However, the color of the gel-paint can be not only black, but it is on such a contrasting shade that the effect of a precious frame can be achieved most successfully and realistically.

The technique has the following features:

• Nail design "Gold casting" It can be performed both on gelled nails and on gel-coated plates. If you decide to buy a set of gel polishes and a lamp for the polymerization of nail coatings, you can create a chic design with your own hands at home.
• In order to create a gold manicure on the nails, a drawing is applied with a thin gel paint and then a foil is printed on top.
• Drawings that imitate a gold setting usually combine liquid stones with the technique. As a result, your pens will decorate the works of not nail art, but jewelry art.
• However, the patterns made in the technique of gold casting on the nails are not limited to imitating the precious frame. Using this technology, you can create a variety of abstractions, and using different combinations of shades of materials, the master can create any designs that his imagination is capable of.

In addition to the patterns, having resorted to this technology, you can create a metal coating on the nails of the entire plate, achieving a mirror effect, or individual sections, creating, for example, a moon manicure at home. To make a nail design for a full coating of plates, gel paint can be replaced with gel polish.

Creating a manicure "Gold casting"

Let's learn more about how to perform manicure casting. A little simple theory will allow you to achieve excellent results in practice.

Materials and tools for casting nails

To decorate your pens manicure gold cast, you will need:

• Black gel paint. The manufacturer can be any, as long as the material has residual stickiness.
• Thin brush. She we will apply the picture.
• Transfer foil. Better gold, but you can silver or holographic.
• Colored nail coverings if you want to make a complex design.
• Top without a sticky layer.
• LED or UV lamp.

Step by step scheme to create a cast on the nails

Nail art is created according to this step-by-step instruction:

1. After applying the colored gel polish on the nails, cover them with a top without a sticky layer.
2. Then dry the top in the UV lamp for a couple of minutes.
3. We take a thin brush and gel paint with a sticky layer and begin to draw our drawing.
4. Remember that the lines should not be too thin for the foil to print better.
5. When the drawing is completed, it is necessary to dry it in the lamp for 2 minutes. If you have a LED-lamp, it will be enough for half a minute.
6. After that, we take the foil and stamp it with jerky movements. You can print the foil several times until you achieve the desired density of the pattern.
7. If you want lightly "to make old" pattern, take a napkin and moisten it with a degreaser.
8. Gently rubbing with a napkin over the pattern to erase the foil in some places.
9. It remains to secure the result with a finishing top without a sticky layer and send the handle under the lamp to completely cure the materials.

Mirror nails using casting technique

Recently relevant mirror manicure or metallic nail art can be performed in this technique. To do this, you will need a gel paint with a sticky layer, a brush for applying it or gel polish and a selected shade of foil. If you want to add a manicure with a pattern on the nails, you will need gel paint and a fine paint brush.

To create a foil cast on the nails and get a trendy mirror nail design, use the step-by-step scheme:

1. After covering the nails with a selected shade of gel-paint or gel-lacquer and after drying the coating in the lamp, take a piece of shiny film.
2. Wipe the back of it with a degreaser to remove dust particles from it.
3. Apply the foil to the marigold and slightly smooth, and then tear off with a sharp movement.
4. If the film is not printed on the entire plate, repeat the action on the unfilled areas.
5. When the entire nail becomes a mirror, dry the coating under the lamp in just 20 seconds. This will extend the deadline. "services" design liquid casting.
6. Now it remains to fix the mirror design with top-coated. You can apply 2-3 layers to the result lasted longer. After the material dries under the lamp? design can be considered complete.

How do you like this technology? If you performed such nail art, share ideas and tips on how to increase its resilience in the comments below.

Video: Manicure gold casting