Stencils for gel polish

The use of stencils in manicure is a very popular, stylish and sought-after trend in nail design.

They came up with and began to use them back in the nineties of the last century. These blanks gained their first wide popularity when creating a French manicure.

You will learn more about creating a manicure using stencils in the following video.

They are for moon manicure and jacket, for creating a variety of geometric patterns (spirals, corners, geometric shapes, etc.), for drawing hearts, all kinds of silhouettes and other patterns.

And most importantly, stencils for nail design are ideal for use not only with regular polishes, but with gel polishes.

Using stencils for nails is not difficult at all.

First of all, it is necessary to apply thin protective layers of the base and cover with gel polish of the selected color. After that, you need to separate the template from the leaflet and glue it as tightly as possible to the nail. This is a very important part of the job. Glue the template carefully, since the coating cannot be allowed to flow under the sticker. The next step is to apply the second shade of gel polish in one layer on top of the stencil. At the end, it remains only to remove the stencil and dry the drawing in a UV lamp.

Unlike simple polishes, gel polishes are much denser in consistency and don't shrink as much as they dry.

When working with stencils on gel polishes, you should remember the basic rules:

1. When painting over the template pattern, pay attention to the gel polish layer: you need to apply it as thinly as possible, this guarantees complete drying, it will be easier to remove the template from the nail, and as a result you will get a neat and beautiful pattern.
2. Be sure to check how tightly the template fits the nail plate, especially around the edges. In order for the template to stick as tightly as possible, it is necessary to remove the sticky layer from the gel polish, for this you can use the buff. It is best to paint over the elements of the template at the edges of the nail last, otherwise the gel polish may leak along the edges while painting the central patterns.
3. Before using the stencil, it is most convenient to cut it out. Thus, it will be easier to separate it from the substrate and it is more convenient to work further.
4. Parts of the template that protrude beyond the edges of the nail will also be more convenient to carefully trim with scissors.
5. It is best to remove the template with tweezers. It is necessary to pick it up as close as possible to the nail and peel it off literally by a millimeter. The movements should be parallel to the nail.
6. Align design is best, using a self-levelling top.
7. When applying simple patterns, you can use toothpicks or thin brushes.
8. When creating geometric designs, it is most convenient to use stripes for a French manicure., and sometimes you can even get by with a simple tape.
9. For easy and most even application of ideal circles and dots, you will definitely need a special brush, at the end of which there is a ball - such a brush is called dots.
10. Designing nails, stop your choice on any one geometric figure, you should not mix different shapes in one design.
11. Geometric shapes look stylish and advantageous in nail design, arranged in a checkerboard pattern, in the order of a broken curve, and also in the form of a mosaic.

A wide color palette of gel polishes in combination with vinyl stencils works wonders, with their help everyone can create unique and original nail designs. Let's look at a few different techniques.

1. Technique "negative"- it uses only one color of the coating, and part of the nail is simply not painted over, which results in patterns that can be compared with cutouts in clothes.
2. When used in a manicure of several colors technique will look very impressive "ombre" (gradient) with a stencil applied.
3. Restrictions on the number of shades used There are no gel polishes in manicure, the most important thing is that they all harmoniously combine with each other.
4. When creating a two-tone manicure with stencils, it is best to choose gel polishes with different textures. It can be, for example, a cream color of the coating paired with glitter and so on.
5. original solution there will be the creation of various patterns using the technique of slider design (water-based stickers) or stamping (printing on nails).

Try different master classes and experiment, because the same pattern can look completely different on different shades of the coating.

In addition, stencils are also very economical to use. Each sheet with templates usually contains an average of at least twenty stencil windows. Many you can even use twice, creating embossed and embossed patterns.

Gel polish stencils are sold in all nail service stores.

The choice of templates is simply impressive in its abundance - you can easily find the options you need.

The price of stencils for gel polish is quite low and averages from 50 to 150 rubles.