How to do casting on nails?
Nail casting is a type of extended nail design that is created using specialized tools. The design is created using metallized foil, gel, rhinestones and, of course, a UV lamp.
Casting on nails
Casting is the creation of a unique design using foil stamping from polymerized gel designs.
To perform casting you need:
- Cover your nails completely with gel and draw a design on top with foil.
- Place your nails in a UV lamp for five minutes
- Then tear off the foil and cover with the finishing layer of gel.
Casting is based on making a pattern with imitation gold and silver, as well as applying patterns in the form of precious stones, curls, flowers, and butterflies.
Casting on nails
Manicure 2022: floral design with rhinestones
When it comes to decorating nails, many people imagine a delicate shade of varnish with a floral pattern. This is not surprising, because it is this design that personifies natural feminine beauty and lightness. Therefore, flowers are often depicted on nails to make the image more feminine and romantic. Well, a small amount of rhinestones will add the necessary brightness, which is also needed in modern manicure.
Despite so many well-known types of decor, rhinestones are considered perhaps the most versatile option for decorating nails. The variety of shapes and sizes allows craftsmen to create a wide variety of designs and experiment endlessly. Moreover, rhinestones always give a manicure a special shine and charm.
Nail casting technique step by step
The casting technique involves applying gel to both the entire nail plate and half.
Casting on nails
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The tools you will need to perform casting are: manicure set, gel, fine-tipped brushes, silver or gold foil, coating, UV lamp.
Casting on nails
We perform the technique step by step:
- We apply the gel as a basis to protect the nail plate from aggressive pigments
- We polymerize the first layer of gel under an ultraviolet lamp, apply colored gel, French
- We fix a colored background under the lamp
- We take a contrasting gel to apply the pattern itself, using a thin brush
- Create visual volume and dry it in a lamp
- Take the foil and press it tightly to the nail for 5 minutes.
- Rip it off sharply and let it dry in a lamp.
- Apply sealer and dry
- To create liquid stones, before the fixing layer we sculpt them from polymer gel
Advantages of casting:
- Manicure lasts more than two weeks
- Convenient and simple creation of a unique manicure
- Fast technique and application speed
- Custom nail art with exquisite details
Casting on nails - materials
Nail design using casting can be done at home. To do this, you should purchase the necessary materials with a variety of gel paints, several shades of foil, a UV lamp, and a set of manicure brushes.
Thanks to the use of foil, a beautiful mirror shine is created and this effect will depend on the color of the base gel.
Necessary materials:
- Medium-priced gel for creating a higher-quality coating.
- Liquid for removing the sticky layer from a coating or napkin based on alcohol.
- If casting is combined with liquid stones, you will also need: stained glass gel, polymer stones and decorative jewelry, rhinestones.
Fashionable manicure with rhinestones in minimalist style
Fans of not too bright designs will definitely appreciate minimalism in manicure. It assumes the presence of not too large details, applied manually or using stamping. Basically, for the base in this case, light, delicate shades of varnish are used. This allows for a natural design, but with small details to attract attention.
Rhinestones of different sizes and shapes are great for this. Moreover, you can place them in completely different ways. Moreover, we are not talking about the usual large compositions, but about a more laconic design. For example, the decor of the root zone looks great in everyday life. After all, such a manicure is ideal even for office work. A strip of rhinestones on one nail will look brighter. And of course, you can always decorate your nails in an interesting way by randomly placing decorative details.
Gel for casting on nails
To apply and create a base for casting, you need to have a number of colored gel bases. By combining shades, you will get the desired color depending on the purpose and season of the manicure.
Most manufacturers produce this gel in silver and gold shades. A good quality material has sufficient stickiness, which can be checked in a store, and due to this, such a gel is actively used for casting.
Gel for casting on nails
Foil for casting on nails
The emergence of new trends in decorative manicure has increased the product line of casting foil. Now you can buy foil in a wide range of colors and shades: with a metallic sheen, with gold and silver tints, with hologram patterns.
The foil is designed to perform all kinds of embossing, mosaics on nails, to create patterns on the entire nail or part of it. The casting design turns out luxurious when using foil in gold, silver and even bright red, creating an imitation of the Barocoque style.
Foil for casting nails
Casting paint on nails
Casting paints are used to produce exquisite design patterns of the highest complexity. Gel paints help create paintings with the finest lines due to their viscosity. These paints dry under a UV lamp for 2 to 8 minutes, depending on the manufacturer.
To obtain a voluminous decor, the paint is applied in several layers and each of them is dried. The most popular paint manufacturer is Masura. It offers the richest collection of colors and is much cheaper than its analogues.
Molding patterns on nails
Casting on nails always involves applying a variety of patterns, from openwork to the liquid stone technique. Mosaic and stained glass patterns are very popular, which require some skill and experience.
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The casting design with a cracking effect in blue and gold color looks very noble.
Molding on nails in blue and gold tones.
The marble jacket with silver casting also looks very beautiful. For this purpose, silver-colored foil is used.
Casting with liquid stones with a matte effect Marble French with silver casting
For bright, eccentric girls, the casting technique with an aggressive black and red design is suitable.
Aggressive red casting
Casting with a French jacket is an ideal solution for the holidays and for every day.
Casting with French
Stylish, fancy patterns made in gold, with the help of a floral jacket, are suitable to complement your everyday look.
Floral print casting on owl nails
Peculiarities
As already mentioned, casting is a type of nail art that requires foil to create. This technique has its own subtleties, and without clear instructions it cannot be implemented, because fixing the foil on the nail is not so easy.
The cast design looks much more impressive on long nails, so it is often used on extended nails or tips. The impressive shine of foil has made it possible to use it in many designs and discover new styles.
Gold foil has become the most popular; it is often used in combination with colored gel polishes. A real sensation was created by such shades as purple, black, red, emerald - they all go perfectly with gold casting. Using this combination, you can create a festive manicure with a spectacular pattern. Thanks to the foil, the nail is decorated with an intricate image of various curls and geometric lines.
Nail design with liquid stones casting
For lovers of the brilliance and chic of precious stones, the technique of casting liquid stones was developed. To implement such a design solution, it is necessary to use a specialized polymer that imitates such precious stones as sapphire, emerald and malachite.
We perform casting with liquid stones step by step:
- Initially, we apply the French coat using white gel.
- Fix for a few minutes.
- We cover the top with a colorless layer and perform polymerization.
- We use black gel to make casting designs. Using a brush, we draw volumetric lines to secure the foil. Place your nails in the lamp for a few minutes.
- Apply the foil for 2 minutes and then tear it off. We repeat the casting along the remaining gold traces.
- We outline the attached polymer stone with colored gel in two colors to obtain an overflow. We perform a two-minute drying.
- We apply a special stained glass gel. We fix the polymer for another two minutes under the lamp.
- To give the stone a natural look, we cover the top of the pattern with sculptural gel.
- Then we apply the finishing coat and cure it in an ultraviolet lamp.
- Casting with liquid stones is ready.
French casting nails
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To create a spectacular and neat manicure, fashionistas choose French casting. White French is very famous for being cast in gold and silver with the addition of the effect of liquid stones. The golden and silver border gives the French manicure a rather sophisticated look, and girls usually choose this manicure for a wedding or special celebration.
Summarizing
Now you know absolutely everything about the technique called “liquid stones”. If you have never done a manicure like this before, you should try it immediately. You will see how your hands and nails will transform. By following the instructions above, you will get stunning results and will never want to part with this decor again.
Create your own ideas for applying patterns and shapes of stones. If you don't succeed the first time, don't be discouraged. All comes with experience. Practice and you will succeed. Let your nails always sparkle with precious stones!
Why didn't casting on nails work?
Many masters fail to cast nails for various reasons:
- If the design does not have sufficient stickiness and has time to dry, it will not print completely and will ruin the entire casting. It is very important to purchase high-quality foil and a powerful drying lamp.
- If the UV lamp is low power, all your casting efforts will be in vain - the gel will not dry completely and everything will be ruined. You also need to remember to change the light bulbs. Old light bulbs will negatively affect the casting quality and will not dry out the gel layers.
- The foil must be pressed with force against the nail plate and torn off with the same force. When these conditions are not met, the desired design will not be produced and the lines will be blurred.
If something goes wrong, you just need to remove the deformed foil using a special liquid and repeat the coating.
Adviсe
Manicure casting is a fairly broad topic. There are a huge number of options and ideas. And there are even more subtleties in this matter. There is much more theory here than practical part. A number of tips to help make your design even more perfect.
- It is desirable that the shade of the gel polish on which the film will be printed is as close as possible to the color of the foil itself. If the tone is not imprinted somewhere, the color of the substrate will be visible. And if they fit together, the effect will be hidden as much as possible.
- The choice of foil itself is also important. There are some that print well, and some that don’t. The important thing here is to try.
- Try to make do with a minimum number of movements when printing. There is no need to press hard, the foil will be printed without titanic efforts.
- It is advisable that there is no foil at the end of the nail so that the nail can be sealed well on all sides.
- Do not paint those places with gel polish where the foil obviously will not be imprinted (side rollers and near the cuticle).
- Sometimes, when covering with top, pieces of the coating come off and slide down along with the top. It is worth polymerizing the foil a little before applying the top, and this problem will be solved.
