Marble manicure with gel polish

There are millions of nail design options from the classic monochromatic finish to intricate patterns, from the usual jacket to unique stylish novelties. In the new fashion season, you can see marble manicure on the hands of fashionistas - original, stylish and admirable. He became a real hit, and young fashionistas literally “hunt” for him.

The marble effect on the nails is achieved using a special application technology and the use of two or more shades of gel polish. Both calm shades - gray, black, white, silver, beige, and bright pigments - emerald, red, blue or blue will help to recreate the natural beauty of the stone.

Marble manicure is an imitation of natural stone on the nail plate. Among the classic designs, gray, white and black shades can be noted - they are perfectly combined with each other and are suitable for daily wear. The original decision will be the choice of green or blue colors in order to "draw" malachite and any other gem on the nails.

It is not difficult to recreate the natural pattern of a stone on a nail: There are several techniques for making a drawing using water or a regular toothpick. You can also make a similar drawing on your nails at home, the main thing is to arm yourself with knowledge, patience and a few jars of gel polish.

There are several ways to apply a marble pattern to the nail plate. Let's take a look at them right now.

• With polyethylene film.

Take a regular plastic bag, for convenience, you can cut it into one small rectangular piece and crumple it in your hand beforehand.

1. Repeat all the preparation steps and apply the base color on the nail, dry it in the lamp;
2. Apply one or more colors of lacquer to the nail and blot them lightly with plastic wrap, without keeping it on the plate for a long time;
3. Follow the procedure with each nail to create an interesting natural pattern.

• Drawing a picture with a toothpick or a thin brush.

On the main color or base, drop a little varnish and draw curved smooth lines with a toothpick. You can use one or more contrasting shades for a calm or bright design.

In order to get a natural effect, use shades of gel polish close to it. Particularly popular among them are gray (from light to ultra dark), black, emerald and turquoise.

• Water technology.

For its implementation, you will need a liquid with water at room temperature, a set for creating a gel polish coating and the colors themselves. It is necessary to arm yourself with 2 to 4 bottles of colored varnish, provided that the shades blend well with each other. For example, you can take black and gray or choose something brighter - pink, blue, green. Another rule - let at least two colors contrast with each other.

To create a marble effect, you will need a manicure set - tools, fat cream, cotton swabs or discs.

1. First you need to prepare the nail for applying varnish: shape it, remove the cuticle and smooth the surface with a special buff;
2. Next, you need to degrease the plate well clinser, in a minute apply primer - it is used for better adhesion of the nail and the base;
3. Next stage - applying the base and drying it in the lamp;
4. Can apply base color, for example, white, beige or any other. This step is intermediate and not mandatory. It is necessary if you plan to create a light stone texture on a light background;
5. Now you need to prepare your fingers - treat the skin around the nail with a greasy cream so that the gel polish can be easily removed from it after drawing the picture;
6. Prepare a small container of water at room temperature, drip one drop of thick varnish there, then another, a third, connect them together with a toothpick and “draw” the texture of the stone on the water surface (to do this, you can use the finished picture);
7. Gently dip your nail in this drawing on the water;
8. Let the pattern dry on the nail and remove its excess from the skin with a cotton swab or disc;
9. The procedure must be repeated for each nail. or those on which it is planned to create a similar "engraving";
10. It is necessary to fix the nail design with a top coat, dry it in a lamp and remove the resulting sticky layer.

• Marble varnish.

You can create a stone manicure using ordinary gel polish, which is called marble. It differs from a ready-made pattern, which is visible during the classic application with a brush. It usually has a base shade and marble inclusions to create an amazing natural pattern on the nail plate. Today, such products are easy to find on sale in specialized stores or manicure parlors. Their main advantage is the ability to get instant results - effortless marble nail design.

Today you can find tens of hundreds of manicure designs with the effect of natural stone: from bewitching marble to a brilliant emerald with gold splashes. Here are some tips when choosing a design:

• New in marble design are bright nails, often green, emerald, dark blue and even black. It is important to add "cracks" of a contrasting shade: white, gray and yellow. Today it is fashionable to create not only a texture close to natural shades, but also a fantasy one.
• The effect of the stone itself looks unusual, thin ribbons or gel polish of golden, silver color will help to make it even more original. Geometrically correct ribbons will create a modern design, artificial cracks - a little retro or bring chic.
• Classic marble on the nail plate is usually achieved by pre-coating it with a light-colored gel polish (white or beige) and drawing with a brush, toothpick or needle, sometimes polyethylene film is used to create natural stains. How to breed dark lines at home, girls are often interested. We answer: by any means at hand, from a regular bag to a thin sewing corner. The more natural the lines are, the more natural the drawing will look. Do not chase geometry.
• The marbled coating looks nice not on all fingers, but, for example, only on the ring and middle ones. The rest of the nails can be painted in some muted shade, blue, pink, white or beige. Asymmetry always looks good and remains relevant.
• To make a manicure original and memorable, choose the main color of the sky, combine it with delicate pink, white and gold. The latter will bring a little chic to the nail design, especially if you mark the edges of the nail plate with it or create additional holes at its base.
• Looks stylish green as the main shade, while it is important to choose a deep and rich color, it is appropriate to combine it with white and gold.

Marble manicure can exist separately or be used in combination with other techniques. The stone design looks especially attractive with holes of a light, dark shade, shiny or transparent.Unusually, marble is combined with a classic jacket - a rare combination, but always relevant and stylish.

Nude manicure will cease to be boring if you diversify it with a marble mood and apply contrasting stains to a pair of marigolds - index and middle or middle and nameless. For bright women, dark basic shades and light contrast stains are suitable. Blue and white interspersed with gold look unusual, just like rich green, purple, yellow, black, blue.

Numerous master classes from masters and lovers of original design in manicure allow you to bring unique ideas to life even at home. It is not necessary to be a top master in order to paint natural stone patterns on your own nails.

Master classes allow you to step by step make nail design using the "marble manicure" technique at home. The first of them is aimed at creating a picture using a film:

1. Build a solid base for further coverage - apply one layer of a transparent base and dry it under the lamp;
2. Further - choose the main or background nail color. Light shades like white, beige or light pigmented ones are perfect - soft pink, blue, purple, lavender. Apply color in two layers for saturation;
3. Before you start creating natural divorces it is necessary to take care of the skin around the nail and treat it with a greasy creamBy the way, many girls use ordinary PVA glue - with it, gel polish is perfectly removed from the skin with one movement of the hand;
4. To get the effect of natural stone, apply on the central part of the nail a drop of the main color and contrasting it, blot with plastic wrap or regular package
5. Now carefully remove this film, let the varnish “play” a little on the nail and take on a natural shape, remove its excess from the skin with a cotton swab or disc, dry the nail plate in the lamp;
6. Now the same procedure must be carried out with the rest of the fingers and already after fixing the stone manicure with a top coat.

Numerous master classes from masters and lovers of original design in manicure allow you to bring unique ideas to life even at home. It is not necessary to be a top master in order to paint natural stone patterns on your own nails.

Marble manicure is easy to draw on your own with a special thin brush. To do this, prepare the nail plate and choose the color scheme in which the future design will be executed:

• On a nail pre-painted in the base shade, drip a little contrasting color and add a transparent varnish for better shading (the same gel base will do);
• Take a brush and make smooth strokes yourselfpointing them in opposite directions. It is important here not to focus on geometry;
• To make the design look complete, bring the lines to the end of the nail plate with a sharp movement so that this “cliff” is natural and soft;
• After painting dry the nail in the lamp and fix the result with a top coat.

To diversify the manicure, add shiny elements to it, like strict thin ribbons or sequins, even a blitter or regular glitter polish will do. Any of the elements can be applied with the same thin brush, repeating the contours of the stains.With a decorative tape, you can divide the nail plate in half, 1/3, or highlight the edge of the nail to create naturalness and at the same time severity.

In the video below - a master class on creating a "marble" pattern.

Water manicure - an alternative to dry application. It is interesting in execution and gives an even more natural watery effect. Let's talk step by step about how to make natural stains using ordinary water and a set of gel polishes:

• Prepare nails for drawing: remove the cuticle, apply primer and base on the surface of the nail;
• Pour not cold water into a small container and drip gel polish into it: first one shade, then another, and so on several times. Now create a rock pattern on the water with a toothpick;
• Dip your nail in this gel film, take it out and evaluate the result;
• It is recommended to clean the skin around the plate immediately with a cotton swab, after which the nail should be thoroughly dried in a lamp.