Hands can be called the calling card of every woman. To ensure that your nails are not just neat, but look stylish, you have to follow fashion trends. In 2022, most fashionable manicure designs involve coating your nails with gel polish. You can effectively highlight your manicure using a matte finish. To do this, you don’t have to visit a salon and shell out a decent amount of money. You can make your nails matte at home with your own hands if you know how to perform the procedure.
Beautiful matte manicure
Using a matte topcoat
The easiest and fastest way to make a matte manicure with gel polish involves purchasing a matte top coat. This remedy comes in several types. It allows you to imitate satin with a slight shine or velvet, rough to the touch. Matte top coat for gel polish is produced by many famous companies, such as OPI and Masura.
Dark matte manicure
Before carrying out the procedure, it is necessary to prepare all the tools and consumables:
- base;
- degreaser;
- gel polish of the desired color;
- liquid for removing the sticky layer (clinser);
- drying lamp;
- matte top.
Designer matte manicure
Matte nails are created using standard technology:
Nail pre-treatment
- Nail treatment. Includes pushing back the cuticle, removing its lower layer (pterygium), and polishing with a buff. If necessary, you need to remove the length a little. A matte manicure will look good not only on long, but also on short nails.
- Degreasing. Without this stage, the gel polish will not be able to stay on the nails for a long time.
- Applying base coat. It needs to be distributed over the entire surface of each nail, moving from the center. The base on the nails is dried for about 1 minute. in an LED lamp and about 2 min. in a UV lamp.
- Applying gel polish in two layers. Each layer is polymerized under a lamp, the excess is removed with an orange stick.
- Using a matte top. It applies and dries in the same way as a standard top coat. Be sure to remove the sticky layer.
- Apply cuticle oil to the area around your nails.
Applying the base
The procedure for creating a matte manicure based on gel polish can be seen in the video.
How to choose a quality one?
Purchasing a top finish for a matte manicure should be taken very seriously. The final result will depend on its properties. Unfortunately, not all brands represent quality products.
When choosing a top, you need to pay attention to how it fits on the nail. If the product does not stretch well over the surface of the nail plate or lies with bald spots, this finish is not worth buying.
It is important to know! The texture should be thick and flexible, the color should be slightly opaque. The brush must pick up and hold a large drop, the consistency cannot be very liquid.
Application of grinder
A slightly longer way to make gel polish matte is to use a sander. Its degree of abrasiveness should be in the range of 180-220. Working with the tool requires a little practice.
It is necessary to dry the coating thoroughly
The process of creating a manicure should follow the standard scenario: base-gel polish-top. After removing the stickiness from the top coat, you should use a sander. Using a tool you need to get rid of the shine. However, you should not rub for too long. If you accidentally remove the top coat, you can significantly reduce the wear time of your manicure.
Advice! To reduce the risk of cutting off the topcoat, it is recommended to apply it in two layers.
Wedding manicure
Sand with mirror or rainbow sand sparkles is indispensable in a wedding manicure. It adds a subtle shine to the base design. The classic white color acquires volume and a fascinating texture. This manicure is worthy of being included in a wedding album photo.
Wedding manicure ideas - from classic to avant-garde
Creating a velvety effect
A matte manicure can be achieved using acrylic powder. First you need to cover your nails with a base coat, and after drying - with gel polish of the chosen color. Then a top coat is applied to the nails and immediately, without drying, transparent acrylic powder is scattered on top. To do this, it is recommended to use a fan brush.
Velvety effect
When the acrylic powder covers all the nails, your hand should be placed under a UV lamp for polymerization. After complete drying, excess powder should be removed with a brush. The resulting manicure will have a velvety effect.
Design Features
The velvety coating of nails allows you to show your imagination and bring your wildest whims to life. Here you can use sparkles, rhinestones and all kinds of glitter.
The combination of a matte effect with gloss is very contrasting.
Sometimes special tape, strips or a brush are used for this. The necessary elements are drawn on top of the matte coating.
The “invisible jacket” turns out especially beautiful. To do this, apply a glossy top coat to the tips of the nails.
Use of colored dust
You can make a matte manicure at home without using colored gel polish using matte dust. First, apply the base, let it dry, then apply the top coat to your nails, dry it and apply colored dust on top with a brush. Excess dust is brushed off with a dry brush.
Rubbing powder
To get a rich shade, mix a few drops of topcoat and colored dust and apply the mixture over the base. Afterwards, the nails are dried and covered with top coat. At the final stage, rub in another layer of dust.
Varnish + shadows
If you have a favorite polish that's about to run out, the final uses can be perfected to transform that glossy, shiny color into a velvety, matte finish. To do this, select a pair of loose eye shadows and pour them into the bottle. Within a day, the mixture will become homogeneous and ready for use. The shadows will give the polish the desired velvety feel, and you won’t even need a matte topcoat. This method may seem too complicated, but let's be honest, girls sometimes want to cheat.
Life hack: if you find eyeshadow of an identical shade to your polish, but it turns out to have a slight shimmer, don’t worry. The crumbly texture will still give the desired result, and the shimmer will be a small accent on the matte surface.
Color trends 2022
Matte finish looks best in bright colors. The undisputed leader of 2022 is the color blue and all its shades: turquoise, blue, sky and others. A dark blue, almost black color looks impressive on nails. You can apply matte blue gel polish on both long and short nails.
Fashion trends in manicure
The red color does not lose its high position. According to experts, he will always be at the peak of fashion. If a girl doesn’t like the traditional red color, she can choose one of its many shades: carrot, wine, burgundy or another.
Classic black color on nails looks stylish and confident. Visually, a black matte manicure looks like velvet. It is able to emphasize the sophistication of its owner.
Fashionable black manicure
Lovers of pastel colors can paint their nails with gel polish in gray, beige, light lilac or cream. The monochromatic matte design of the gel polish will create a discreet image of a successful and confident woman. An interesting version of a matte beige manicure on short nails can be seen in the photo.
Ombre
An effective gradient with sand sprinkles is applied to a ready-made gradient with gel polish. The varnish transfers its color, and a smooth, beautiful transition is obtained. In detail about the technique of performing a gradient.
The second option is to use two or three shades of sprinkles in a horizontal or vertical transition. Due to the fine-grained texture of the material, the gradient is smooth and delicate.
DIP system for nails: reviews
Craftsmen have an ambiguous attitude towards the DIP system. In some cases, this is the only possible option if the client has a severe allergy to gel polish and wants long nails. This is why many women resort to this procedure.
DIP system for nails, reviews:
Olga . I have only used this system twice. I haven’t applied gel polish for more than 2 years due to severe allergies, which I treated for 6 months. Then I took antihistamines and rubbed in ointments. The nails were burned out and there were wounds around the nail plate from which liquid was oozing. At my own peril and risk, I made an appointment with a specialist who offered me a new coating based on minerals. I was very disappointed by the small number of flowers. My master had about 5 of them, most of them were light and shiny. I don’t really like such color schemes, but I had to use a light milky shade with a silver sheen. I can say that I completed the master coating in just 1 hour and 20 minutes. Initially, I didn’t really believe in this system, since everything that happened during the manicure seemed quite strange and unusual to me. The first correction was done after 3 weeks. Everything held up well, except for two nails, on which detachments appeared in the area of the sides of the nail. But I almost always had them there when I covered my nails with the gel system. I am very pleased, because for me this is the only chance to have well-groomed hands and a beautiful manicure. I hope that manufacturers will soon release a wide range of colors and the ability to create interesting designs.
Maria. I work as a manicurist at home, so I decided to buy this system, because among my clients there are those who suffer from allergies. For them I use expensive products that are affordable. I can’t say that the DIP system was cheaper. The whole set was quite expensive. But overall I was satisfied. Two clients have already come for correction with good socks. There were minor detachments, but I was surprised that given the small thickness there were no chips on the free edge. I don’t really like that it’s impossible to clearly draw the edging at the cuticle, because the powder lays unevenly and can scatter a little to the sides. But overall it looks good, especially if you use light shades. Now I want to master French with the DIP system. Since no paints are used during the application of the products, it will not be possible to get deep whiskers. To create a jacket, two colored powders are used: camouflage and white. A white tip can be obtained by dipping the nail into white powder. Accordingly, the manicure turns out natural, with shallow mustaches. It is ideal for short nails. Most of my clients want a soft, well-groomed manicure.
Violet. I am not allergic to gel polish, but I wanted to try this system because there is a lot of information on the Internet about its environmental friendliness and naturalness. In the end, I regretted coming because of the strong chemical smell of the base, which was reminiscent of superglue. Perhaps this smell only comes from the manufacturer whose products my master uses. Overall the technology is interesting. I had coverage for about a month. After removing it, I still went back to gel polish, because I don’t have allergies. A wide range of colors and designs when coating with gel polish is a big advantage for me. I think this is a good option for allergy sufferers, although the strong smell surprised me.
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So far, the system is popular among allergy sufferers. Some masters are happy to use the new product because of the speed of coating, which saves time and allows them to serve more clients, increasing their income.
