A wedding is a special event in the life of every girl. Of course, you want everything to be perfect on this day. The sun was shining brightly, the guests arrived in a good mood, the tables were laden with snacks, and the host's jokes were really funny.
To organize the perfect wedding, you need to think through everything down to the smallest detail. From the wedding venue and banquet menu, to the bride’s manicure and the color of her bridesmaids’ dresses.
In this article, we will analyze the pros and cons of different manicure options and talk about fashion trends in 2022.
Opal nails: what are they?
This design first became popular with the help of American stars on Instagram. Just like with the ballerina or Pipe shape, opal nails have also come into fashion. Fashion has reached our country, and now this design is ordered quite often. The main advantage is that such nails do not look very flashy and correspond to the trends of nude manicure. The design cannot be done on all nails, but only selectively, that is, on the ring or middle ones.
To make this design, they use foil, kamifubuki, shells, and even Yuki flakes. Let's get acquainted with the most common and simple options for creating an opal design. The main task when applying the coating is to give the nails shine and cover them with a matte top to create a kind of cloudiness or muted shine, as well as radiance.
Opal on nails
Key trends 2022
The trend of recent years in fashion and manicure is the same - individual style. Therefore, if you know exactly how your nails should look on your happiest day, tell your manicurist about it and don’t worry about fashion. After all, it is much more important to like yourself than to follow fashion trends.
If you are still looking for the perfect manicure, then our article will help you decide.
Multi-colored metallic
At the end of 2022, multi-colored metallic nails burst into fashion. Gold, silver and iridescent sparkles have settled tightly on the nails of celebrities and millionaire bloggers.
Letters on nails
It is customary to state your own views loudly, clearly and clearly. Why not do it with letters on your nails? Decorate your manicure with the initials of the bride and groom, or indicate the date of the celebration on your nails.
Natural nails
Nails with a transparent coating are suitable for girls who love naturalness in everything. This manicure will complement the bride’s look in a rustic or Provence style. If you are planning to celebrate your wedding outdoors, then an uncoated manicure will ideally complement your look. Healthy, neatly polished nails will add tenderness to the look.
Reflective Sequins
The complete opposite of natural manicure is reflective glitter on the nails. They will create a bright accent and add audacity to the image. Please note that in photographs with flash, the manicure will glow brighter than the smiles of the newlyweds.
"Marble" nails
The effect of marble or spreading resin can be created on each finger, or you can focus only on the ring finger. In which manicure can you combine several colors and organically add metallic sparkles?
How to make an opal nail design with foil?
The simplest option is to create a design using Broken Glass foil. That is, it is not transfer foil or material in pieces that is easily torn with tweezers that is used, but dense foil.
Instructions:
- To create the design, the nail is covered with white gel polish. Pieces of foil are laid out on the wet base, which is applied over the main color. It should have a blue or pink tint, preferably in different colors.
- In this case, you should give preference to translucent foil, which is practically invisible, it only shows itself as shiny.
- After this, the design is again covered with a thick leveling layer of base. If necessary, the stickiness is removed and sanding is carried out with a file in order to get rid of protruding corners, which often happens with broken glass.
- After this, the design is covered with a matte topcoat. Thus, all the shine that is created with the foil becomes muted, creating an opal effect. This is not the only way you can create an opal design.
Foil design
How to make opal nail design with kamifubuki and mica?
To create this kind of manicure, kamifubuki are often used. Recently, stars, circles, and also a month have become common. The color material is selected in the same way as foil.
Instructions:
- These are translucent plates with multi-colored tints, that is, blue and yellow, as well as blue.
- Kamifubuki are applied on top of a white base on a not completely dried base, which is dried after laying out the design in the lamp.
- Next, it is covered with a thick layer of base and covered with a matte top. The design has a muted shimmering shine.
Opal on nails
Opal nail designs can also be created using a glossy top coat, however, in order to achieve a blurry effect and get rid of the pronounced shine and texture of the decor, they often use milky gel polish or make it themselves. We offer you several options for creating an opal design.
Instructions:
- In this case, mica is used; these are small flakes that are distinguished by a varied number of shimmers. To create the design, the nail is covered with a white base. After this, pieces of mica are laid out on the wet base in a chaotic order.
- Choose thin pieces to spend less time straightening the nail plate. The mica pieces are covered with a thick layer of base. It is best to take rubber to create the perfect highlight.
- After this, the matte top is not used, and the top of the nail is covered with milky gel polish. If you don’t have it, then add a few drops of white polish to your regular nail topcoat to achieve translucency. The resulting translucent mixture covers the nails.
- After this, the decor is covered with a layer of finishing coating. This way it is possible to slightly dull the shine of the mica.
Opal kamifubuki
Inlaying nails with opals: photo
Opals for nails, that is, the stones themselves, which can be purchased on AliExpress, are also quite popular. They are rhinestones, only cloudy and similar to moonstone or opal. Now quite popular in design. Below we present several photographs with inlays with such opals. They are sold in different colors and sizes.
They are often combined with bouillons and regular shiny rhinestones and Swarovski stones. They look good in combination with pixies, as well as bouillons of black and silver colors.
Opal inlay
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Opal in nail design
Opal on nails using liquid stone technique
You can also make liquid stone on your nails. It will look stylish, as imitation rings on nails are very popular this season. The liquid opal stone will become its central part.
Instructions:
- For the design, choose a tone, cover your nails with it in two layers, after which you need to cut out a piece of foil with a blue tint. It is best to take Broken Glass foil, the size should be the same size as you want the center to be, or even a little smaller. Because the entire composition will be decorated with small rhinestones and broths.
- Next, the foil is glued to a not completely dried base, which is then polymerized in an ultraviolet lamp. You need to prepare a milk gel. To do this, a small amount of white gel paint or gel polish is mixed into the sculpting gel.
- Make sure that the resulting mixture is translucent. Now, using a brush, you need to apply a small drop onto the resulting foil base, simulating a stone. This composition should be convex.
- Everything is quickly dried in a lamp; if necessary, a second layer is applied if the sculpting gel is very liquid. Now you need to work along the contour with small rhinestones or bouillons. Next, you need to lay out the harnesses that extend from the ring.
- These are thin strips that can be made from a scattering of small rhinestones, securing them with additional bouillons. This composition looks very cute. Try to keep the size of the stone small, because there will be additional decor from stones and broths, which will make the central stone look massive.
- It is necessary to leave a small gap for thin lines that will extend from the main stone.
Liquid opal
Features of opal manicure
The stylists were inspired to create this unique manicure by the exquisite shimmer of opal, a very rare and valuable mineral. The noble opal, unique in its beauty, prompted Zinya Langsword, an Australian manicurist, to develop a design that imitates a gemstone sparkling in the sun. This girl’s clients liked the idea and today any woman can decorate her nails with this original design.
The color palette used in opal manicure is very diverse and most often corresponds to the shades of natural stone, of which there are a great variety in nature. Thus, the red color is dedicated to fire opal, yellow to wax opal, blue and pink are associated with the exotic Peruvian mineral, and green to the mysterious prasopal. And this is not a complete list of the tones used, because nature’s imagination is truly limitless.
Comment! A special chic is the imitation of black Australian opal. An exclusive gemstone in its unprocessed form has a gray-beige shell, from under which a stunningly beautiful bright turquoise core emerges - based on these colors, a beautiful opal manicure is created on the nails.
Not only the amazing color, but also the special texture turns the original opal manicure into a real work of art. The unusual pattern that is applied to the nails exactly repeats the smooth streaks and cracks that cover the surface of real opals.
Although opal manicure is completely self-sufficient, the right decor will make the manicure special and very stylish. Rhinestones and geometric patterns go well with the “stone” design; gold and silver veins perfectly highlight the unusual texture.
Expensive and at the same time elegant, opal nail art looks in the classic black and gold version - this color combination attracts attention, it harmonizes perfectly with sophisticated evening dresses and is suitable for strong, self-confident women.
How to make an opal nail design using rubbing?
Quite often, opal nail designs are created using rubbing. This is one of the simplest options.
Instructions:
- To do this, the nail must be prepared, covered with a base layer and two layers of flower bed. It is best to choose thick white gel polish. Next, a thin layer of topcoat without a sticky layer is applied, which is dried and rubbed into its surface.
- It is best to use pearl rub, unicorn, for this purpose, and one that does not apply sparkles, but a uniform mirror coating. It shines very beautifully in different colors.
- After this, the rubbing is covered with a thin layer of base, and the ends are processed using a file. The sticky layer is removed so that the sawdust from the nail does not stick to the stickiness of the base. After this, everything is covered with a matte top.
- If desired, you can draw it using a glossy topcoat. The shimmering shine that the rub gives is very difficult to see through the matte top, but it gives the effect of opal on the nails. At the same time, the glossy top will enhance the shine and make the design voluminous.
- This is a very simple yet beautiful design that even a beginner can do.
Rubbed opal
Do you want to be trendy? Then be sure to create an opal design on your nails.
Fashionable shades 2022
If you want to add color, but not overload your manicure with small details, plain bright nails will come in handy.
A matte finish will help make the coating unusual. It will remove excess shine and give the color a special depth and nobility.
Purple Haze
The Pantone Color Institute named lilac the color of 2022. Therefore, nails of this shade will look relevant throughout the year.
Pure white
White color is a symbol of innocence. Bright white color will suit brides wearing a white dress. You should not choose white nails if your wedding dress is ivory or champagne, as the color of the dress will appear dirty against the background of bright white nails.
Classic red
Classic red is a nail color that is timeless and timeless. It is impossible to go wrong when choosing it. The main thing is that the nails of a bright color are not too long and sharp, this will give the image a bloodthirstiness, which is useless at a wedding celebration.
