Manicure with animals

In the modern world, it has become very fashionable to make an unusual design on the nails. This is due to the fact that many ladies began to take better care of their nails and hands. Many of the fair sex are wondering what a fashionable and modern manicure should be, and where it is better to do it - at home or in a salon. Next, you will learn about interesting types of manicure with animals that will definitely not let you get bored, about their various options, execution techniques and expert advice.

Most of all, an animal design manicure is valued among young girls, although many older ladies also do not mind portraying, for example, luxurious owls with rhinestones.

There are a lot of different variations of manicure on the theme of animals. So many that very often just run up the eyes. Young ladies now and then choose colored seals or cute cubs, older girls prefer tigers, butterflies or birds. Of course, these are only conditional distinctions.

Nails are decorated with animal prints using hand-painted paints, gels or regular varnishes. To save time as much as possible, many use decorative sliders with ready-made animals.. What you prefer is up to you. If you are going to make such a design at home, then be patient.

To date, there are a large number of techniques for performing designs for nails, and very often they are not used in their pure form, because they can be skillfully combined. Here are some common options:

• You can draw unusual animals or their faces with paints. To do this, you will need a set of special brushes that all manicure masters have. If you still doubt your abilities or you need such a manicure only for a holiday, give preference to a professional. If you are for experiments, and the drawing will be difficult, then first practice on paper.
• An excellent solution could be an imitation of an animal skin - for example, you can make zebra stripes or leopard spots on your nails. This design can be supplemented with a brilliant drawing and decorated with small stones. Everything will look “expensive” and original.
• If your priority is long-lasting and rich coverage, then it is best to choose gel polishes. - of course, if you have at least some experience with them. On the gel, you can paint with acrylic paints or gel polishes themselves. But this technique is more suitable for nail art masters.
• Very often, cartoon animals are depicted on the nails - for example, the heroes of Disney cartoons. Hello Kitty or Tom and Jerry can be a great addition.If you do not take into account Western cartoons, most often girls ask masters to portray cute bears with hearts, bunnies, rabbits, dogs and cats. It can be the faces of the animals, and their silhouettes.

• If all the previous techniques do not suit you in one way or another, then why not give preference to ready-made animal stickers or sliders. This is the most convenient, harmless and simplest decor, which is very easy to translate into reality right at home. If your sliders are of high quality, then this is doubly a plus, since such drawings on nails will look no worse than a real painting.
• Stamping nail design looks good and realistic - with the animal stencils you need. It is performed quite easily, but most often special varnishes are needed.
• Graphic animals or origami nails can also look very unusual. (and even somehow futuristic). It can be deer, pandas, wolves, giraffes - anyone.

If you apply for an "animal" decor for nails in a salon, then you will be provided with a standard hardware nail cleaning - or another one offered by a beauty salon. If you are doing a manicure at home, this does not mean that this step can be skipped. So, before applying varnish and drawing, you need to do the following:

• Wash your hands thoroughly and use only clean, disinfected tools and nail files. Yes, even at home, you need to maintain hygiene in relation to nail clippers and spatulas.
• Process and remove the cuticle in the usual way for you, remove all burrs. Use a nail file to shape your nails to the desired shape.To remove the cuticle most painlessly and safely, before this procedure, steam your hands in warm water - for example, with sea salt.

Cleaned and filed nails should be treated with a degreaser. You can use regular nail polish remover for this purpose. Thanks to this, your further coating will be more stable. Next, it’s worth considering step by step how to create a panda manicure using stickers. Of course, this is just an approximate design, you can choose any animal yourself. Procedure:

• Apply 1-2 coats of green polish as a base coat. The number of layers depends on the quality of the varnish, as well as on whether it will shine through or not. Sometimes one layer is enough.
• Let your nails dry.
• Stick stickers on your nails - you can stop the choice, for example, on small pandas. Fix them with clear varnish.

Next, consider a small master class on how to decorate a classic white jacket with the help of birds or any other animals:

• Cover all nails with a clear base coat. Let them dry.
• Using stencils pasted below the free edge of the nail, paint over it with white.
• You can paint birds with varnishes or choose ready-made stickers. After creating the pattern in the way you have chosen, again cover the nails with a transparent varnish - a fixer.
• Moisturize cuticles with cuticle oil.

The pattern does not have to be the same on all nails. You can draw, for example, only two fingers - middle and ring fingers.An unusual design can be an option when two fingers are drawn, and one is made up with shining varnish.

At home and with the help of ordinary varnishes, you can make a cute design with ladybugs. For this you should:

• Cover the prepared nails with white varnish, let them dry.
• With the help of red varnish and a thin brush, make small circles on the nails. There may be two or three of them - or even one at all.
• Then you need to paint the back of the ladybugs with black varnish and a very thin brush. Points can be made using a special dots. Don't forget to make small paws and antennae.
• With the help of white varnish and dots, small dots should be made - these will be the eyes. Black varnish needs to make the pupils inside the white ones. So you get a very realistic insect.
• After completing the drawing on all nails, do not forget to cover them with a fixative.

If you work with gel polishes, you can make one ladybug, and lay out the dots on its wings using white sparkling rhinestones. The main thing is not to be afraid of experiments. Of course, such a chic insect should not be done on every nail. If you use all sorts of pebbles and rhinestones for decoration, decorate the rest of the nails in a single color.

If you think that nails will be boring even with animals on them, Don't be afraid to use the following materials:

• large and small rhinestones (they can decorate butterfly wings very beautifully);
• rubbing for nails, which easily diversifies the overall design;
• shiny dust for decoration and velvet;
• a variety of stones;
• colored foil;
• small broths;
• decorative threads;
• feathers with which you can create the most luxurious "bird" manicure;
• lace;
• regular stickers, decals and sliders.

Of course, this is not the whole list. If you are not a professional nail designer, you usually do not need all this. However, variety can come in handy if you want to experiment with nails. So that more boldly bring your unusual ideas with animals to life.

How to make a manicure with animals, see the next video.