Manicure with red varnish

Hands give out a woman, as they say, “with a head” - the success of the image in general and the level of self-confidence depend on how well-groomed the fingers are. A manicure with red varnish will undoubtedly attract the attention of others, but in order for the effect to be 100%, the coating must be done perfectly.

A woman with scarlet nails will not leave anyone indifferent. Red varnish is courage, sexuality, self-confidence, the desire to be in the spotlight. And although a manicure of this color is, of course, a classic, it is difficult to compare it with a "little black dress" that is suitable "both in a feast and in the world." Red nails are good when they are appropriate.

There is a concept "manicure etiquette": what colors and length of nails are appropriate in a given situation.

Bright scarlet nails will undoubtedly be appropriate at a party, cocktail, disco. A formal evening event is also a great occasion to get a red bottle off the shelf. If you have a date, you need to decide on the mood. For those whose relationship is in the “candy-bouquet” stage (going to the cinema, a walk along the embankment, a romantic evening on the observation deck), it is better to choose a more delicate shade: pink, beige. But for an incendiary evening “with a continuation”, you can paint your nails in bright red.

You can go on vacation with bright nails, especially if the trip is active and fun. For those who want solitude and tranquility, a quiet holiday with the family, go for a detox, it is better to choose a more modest color. In any case, for the holidays it is better to use gel polish.

For all these occasions, you can choose options with a nail design: for example, on one (usually ring) finger. Drawings, rhinestones, applications and decorations in other techniques are quite acceptable.

Whether to wear this color of nails to the office is a moot point. Much depends on the individual style and features of the dress code at the enterprise. If scarlet varnish is not prohibited, then you can afford to wear it to the office, but best of all on the average length of a natural nail. A win-win option is burgundy varnish, wine-colored manicure.

Having figured out whether a bright manicure is appropriate, you need to correctly do it. Red color will not tolerate misses! OThe general rules for applying nail polish are known to everyone. Features of the use of scarlet varnish:

• It requires perfectly well-groomed hands. Bright varnish will draw the attention of others to the hands. Every scratch and every burr will be visible. Take care of the skin of the hands before doing such a manicure, you need at least a week in advance.
• In addition to well-groomed skin, hands and fingers should be beautiful in themselves. It makes no sense to draw attention to the hands if they are not the best part of the body.
• The coverage must be perfect: chips, scratches, dents will be very clearly visible. If the coating on one of the nails is damaged, it must be repainted!
• Experts advise buying red lacquer from a good manufacturerso that it is a high-quality product with a comfortable brush.
• Etiquette experts believe that you can’t wear many rings with red manicure.. One is enough - the most modest of your collection or engagement.

Many women today prefer to use gel polishes: they are very resistant and have "volume", look better on the hands. But since you don’t look like red nails for a long time, there is no point in using such a bright gel polish. It will be enough and the usual, but good quality. After a party or a date, it can be easily removed to go to work in the morning.

If you managed to find a good shade of red, you can not fool around with the design and make the usual glossy monochromatic finish. This option is suitable for women of all ages and for most situations in which red polish is generally appropriate.

• The novelty of last season - matte finish - remains relevant today. As if dusted, such a manicure looks expensive and adds severity to the image (a good option for the office!). There are homemade ways to make a matte finish, such as holding your nails that are still wet over a pot of boiling water, or adding some cornstarch to a bottle. However, it is better not to experiment and purchase a matte varnish.

• Matte lacquer looks good solo, however, based on it, you can fantasize. For example, create a pattern in the same shade in gloss: stripes, peas, geometric patterns, flowers.

• Very fashionable design, reminiscent of "French": matte surface of the nail and the same shade - glossy tip.

• Lunar manicure looks good with red color. This term is called the coating, where the lunula is accented - a white semicircle at the base of the nail. You can take two different shades of red, or you can play in contrast by outlining the lunula in white, black, brown, or other suitable colors. The semicircle may not be filled in completely, but only indicated by a stripe. In any case, this option will be bright, cheerful and eye-catching.
• You can combine matte and moon manicure in one. Some designers even boldly combine moon and jacket together, emphasizing both the hole and the tip of the nail.

• For a party or other fun event, you can color bright red polish with rubbing. These are special powders that, when rubbed into the nails, create shine and overflow.

On a layer of gel polish dried under a lamp, special sparkles are abundantly applied, which are rubbed into the nails with your hands (while the top layer is still sticky). The smaller the sparkles, the more effective the result will be. Rubbed into dust, rubbed into 2 layers, they create a completely mirror finish. And if you cover your nails with a glossy top on top, the result will exceed all expectations.

• Volumetric manicure looks very interesting and stylish. For different occasions, it can be your own: funny “strawberry” nails, glossy ladybugs, matte manicure with a “knitted” or “quilted” pattern (very “warm”, winter version), three-dimensional floral pattern, monograms. It is important to remember the sense of proportion: 10 nails with the same three-dimensional pattern do not always look good. It is best when 1 or 2 fingers are selected in this way, and the rest have a monochromatic coating.

• Another trend that never goes out of style is ombre. It looks very nice in shades of red. Just like on hair, ombre involves a smooth transition from one color to another. This transition can "occur" at the end of the nail or at its base - both options look equally good. This gives the image of mysticism, mystery. An unconditional favorite is a red-black or red-brown ombre.

• Patterned design - also a worthy option, especially since the masters of nail art do not stop coming up with something new. Geometry, dots, flowers - win-win options for a vacation or a fun evening.
• stripes - vertical or horizontal, drawn with a contrasting varnish, can visually improve the shape of the nails.
• Stamped design (when the drawing is applied using a special stamp) will help to make a professional manicure at home.

• Nail trends such as "Negative Space" and "frame" will go well with red. The latter involves outlining the entire nail along the perimeter with a contrasting varnish (this technique visually shortens the nails, so it is better to do it on long plates), and "negative space" involves "leaving" uncovered, transparent zones on the nail. Initially, the plate is painted with a transparent varnish, and then stripes, triangles, or other patterns are applied to it in red.

For those who want to make themselves a monochromatic office cover, it is worth considering the type of appearance and skin color. Blondes and fair-skinned girls are best suited for a salmon shade. Dark-skinned women most of all go wine shades, dark red, raspberry. For owners of light beige skin, an orange-red or ocher shade is ideal. And the classic deep and bright scarlet color can be worn by everyone.

• Red and black - a classic combination, allowing you to make a bright and dramatic design. Strict colors look perfect in such tones. nails with stripes, french, geometric pattern, ombre. Black and red manicure, of course, for a special occasion. These colors must be duplicated in clothes, shoes or accessories.

• The combination of scarlet and white is fun, light, girlish. On the basis of these tones, gentle and naive designs are created - polka dots, flowers, moon manicure. Often this combination is adopted by the bride.

• If you want to “lower” the degree of brightness and make the design light and playful, you can combine scarlet with pink. Sometimes they even pick up several shades that, as it were, "reduce" the brightness to nothing. An important rule: pink should not be doll-like. Ideally, if it is from the same range as the main color, just 2-3 tones lighter.

• If you add blue, you get a very bright and flashy combination.. In order not to look tasteless, you need to think carefully about the design. Based on these two colors, you can make a good manicure-"crack" (alas, it has not been in fashion for the last few seasons) or gorgeous maritime-style marigolds by adding white. For themed parties, they make a design a la the American or British flag. You can also do Russian, however, the appropriateness of such a manicure may raise questions.

• Red and beige colors go well together. A solid scarlet design with a beige nail on the ring finger looks very good. Another option is for office prudes: Nude manicure with a red stripe on the ring finger or French type.

The use of various decor in manicure is popular, but more and more often stylists say that in this matter sense of proportion is extremely important. Especially when it comes to design with a predominance of red shades.

• Glitter design will look goodif it is a rub or a small amount of gloss on the tips of the nail. A good option is one shiny fingernail. If you want all 10 fingers to shine, it is better to do it on natural nails of medium length and do not add any more effects.

• Expensive and outrageous looks design with gold. It can be a “smile” line, a nail hole, a stripe, a monogram. Gold glitter or powder is applied in a dense, uniform layer. In this combination, any decorating methods will be good.

• Dark red lacquer is well complemented by silver jewelry - rhinestones, sparkles, powder. It is worth noting that the use of rhinestones should also be dosed - usually they decorate the holes of the ring fingers or the tip of the nail. A good option is a vertical strip of rhinestones on the middle or ring fingers.

• Microbeads are perfect for young girls - they cover the entire nail or lay out some kind of pattern. Also, to create a fun design, fimo is suitable - ready-made miniature figures that are attached directly to the nails. Most often fimo depict pieces of fruit or vegetables, funny faces, cartoons, flowers and insects. Fimo design is most strongly held on artificial nails.

Fimo is available in the form of tubes, which the master cuts himself before use. Thus, by adjusting the thickness of the slice, you can create a three-dimensional or flat image. The perfect design for a vacation or beach party!

• To create a luxurious, regal and “expensive” manicure, “liquid stones” are suitable. This, of course, is a salon type of manicure, only the most experienced craftswomen can do it. The pattern is drawn with gel polishes, polymerized under a UV lamp, then a foil is attached to the nail, which after a while is removed with a jerk, leaving a beautiful mark. Volumetric "liquid stones" are drawn with a special composition, which are then hidden under the top base as if under glass.

• In red shades, a combination with a white "stone" will look good., or you can simulate a ruby ​​​​on the nails of some other color.

• Slider design is ideal for decorating nails at home. One or more stickers with patterns are applied to nails previously painted in the base color. After applying the fixer, dry well.

• One of the novelties of the season is flock decor or velvet nails. On solid red nails will look very elegant! After applying the nail polish, a special bristle is sprayed on the nails, which sticks to form a soft and pleasant to the touch surface.

• You can decorate a scarlet manicure with lace - black or white. It looks great on the nail of the ring finger. A piece of lace is cut out according to the shape of the nail, glued on top and sealed with a top. You can imitate a lace pattern with a sticker or stamping. It is appropriate to complement such a pattern with a pebble or rhinestone.

• Nail piercing is back in fashion. A tiny silver or gold jewelry on a chain of 2-3 links and is put on the nail, in which a small hole is drilled in advance. This option is only for artificial nails.

• Dramatic red and black combinations are in fashion. You can make an ombre at the base of the nail in black, apply a geometric pattern or “spray” voluminous flowers.
• Beautiful color "French" with a twist: on the ring finger, the colors of the nail and the “smile” are reversed.
• With what this variant of manicure is combined, it is immediately clear: is it a black dress or suit. It is a manicure, as well as a good handbag or shoes, that will be able to diversify the boring black color of clothes, while not going beyond the permissible.

• The combination of red and white will never go out of style. There are two current trends in this manicure at once: a voluminous, like a cast pattern and a delicate addition with rhinestones:
• An interesting combination of bright varnish, technique "Negative Space"and voluminous artistic painting. By the way, asymmetry is increasingly common today: two nails are decorated on one hand, and only one on the other.

• A very elegant and expensive "evening" combination of matte and glossy finishes. "Matte" fingers are decorated with a pattern of rhinestones, forming a semicircular line. The combination of colors - cherry with silver - looks bohemian.

• A more "predatory" version of the moon manicure - semicircles turn into sharp triangles, which visually stretch the nails. To combine with black, a dark shade of red was chosen.
• Though geometric, but gentle: this pattern is obtained due to the combination of three different shades. The base is matte light pink, the sides of the plate are covered with scarlet and cherry flowers. Fingers look elegant, bright, but without excessive drama.

• The design with velor powder is not suitable for every day, but it looks stunning - no other decorations are needed for the nails. Here it is worth playing on the texture: there must be something velvet in the image - ideally, scarlet shoes.

In the next video - step by step manicure: red jacket with gel polish.