Spring nail design

02-02-2018

Manicure and pedicure

With the arrival of spring, you want something new, bright and unusual. Every girl begins all changes from herself, from her image, in which every little thing is important. And since a woman’s business card is her hands, then perhaps it’s worth starting with a manicure. To date, the nail industry masters are offered a lot of nail design options, but one of the interesting and unusual ones can be called "stained glass window". Therefore, further and talk about how to make a stained glass manicure and what is needed for this.

nail art "Stained glass window" and its features

The considered variant was originally a type of the long-known french, which is characterized by the design of the free tip of the nail with gel, paint, varnish and other means. But in this version it is not necessary to stick to the usual pink and white tones and it is not necessary to make out only the tip. The long-standing French neyl-art has gone beyond its classical framework and now allows combining several styles in itself.

The stained glass nail design is distinguished by the transparent tip of the nail plate. It should look like glass. Due to the fact that it is impossible to achieve the desired effect on natural nails, it is necessary to use a gel basis.
Stained glass nails look original and, which is important, very feminine. Without a doubt, with this option, no one will be left without attention.

Varieties "Stained Glass Nail Art"

This type of nail art is performed both by professionals and at home. There are several techniques for doing this nail art:

Mosaic. It is carried out with the help of gel varnishes of different shades, as well as foils, mica and spangles, which decorate the free tips of the nails.
Combination. It is performed using several techniques. Combining different techniques, the design of the nails turns out to be original and very creative. This scheme is suitable for both professional and independent use.
The painting. This technique allows you to realize your imagination and design ideas. With the choice of the pattern will help the photo, where step by step the process of drawing a picture.
Contour manicure. Here you will need stained glass nail polishes, which fill the contours, traced on the tip of the nail contour varnish.

Design options "glass" nail art

Transparent texture "glass" gel varnish makes it possible to use various decorating materials, such as, for example, a foil substrate, or to apply stamping or painting. All those techniques that are used with conventional gel polishes, on a translucent basis will look new, will play with new colors.

Especially advantageous stained glass combined with a banner, color or transparent jacket. When creating it, you can use acrylic paints for drawing individual elements.
More depth and volume of nails will give the popular "cat's eye", which is perfectly combined with stained varnish.
Like any other, glass nail art can be supplemented with lace, rhinestones, sparkles, mica, broths.

Necessary materials

To create your own nail art "with glass" handy will need to have a certain set of tools and tools. You will need to get:

stained glass gel. Many masters recommend the use of conventional gel, which is added to stained paint. But in this case, the result is unlikely to please. Stained gel polish, in addition to a rich color palette, is characterized by the content of reflective particles that ensure its transparency and proper effect;
base gel;
finishing;
You will also need: paints, pigments, foil, glitter, bouillons and other decorative material;
tassels of different widths;
instructions for working with gel polishes;
special UV lamp.

Use stained gel polish

To perform a manicure with a stained glass gel must be phased in:

The base is applied on the previously prepared nail, after which it is covered with a top coating;
The next layer is colored gel polish. If the nail design is performed on a transparent background - you can immediately apply stained glass;
The color layer is covered with a fixative. Each layer requires drying in a UV lamp.

Creating a stained glass window with ordinary varnish and gel polish

You can study more detailed instructions for creating gellakovy stained glass in the video below the article.

Little nuances

It is not recommended to apply the entire stained glass gel polish on your nails. It is better to use it for the design itself, since it is more designed for decoration. As a full coverage is recommended not to use.
Before applying gel polish, it must be thoroughly mixed, so that the pigment settled on the bottom is evenly distributed, and "glass" the design was made exactly, without stripes and bald spots.