Manicure with Mickey Mouse: nail design, photos, drawings step by step

A manicure with Mickey Mouse can be seen on the nails of many modern girls today. He is popular because at one time the cheerful, energetic and very cheerful cartoon character became a favorite of both children and adults.

It is difficult to find a person who does not understand who we are talking about. The Mickey Mouse face is to some extent an American symbol, which is depicted everywhere - on bags, T-shirts, clothing, accessories. And it is not surprising that beauty salons now offer such a service as a manicure with Mickey Mouse.

Features of manicure

Any nail shape is suitable for a Mickey Mouse manicure. It’s just that on short ones you can make a small-sized image, and on long ones the picture will look quite original, occupying the entire surface of the nail plate.

Variations of execution can be completely different. The composition may include a drawing of Mickey; his girlfriend, Minnie; and adding interesting cartoon elements: bows, hearts, etc.

Or it could be a minimalistic option: when only Mickey's head is drawn with ears on an accent finger, and the others are covered with a neutral background (or a polka dot background).

Combination of shades

When choosing color solutions for a Disney-style manicure, you can limit yourself to two colors: black (for the Mickey Mouse picture) and white (for the background). This is a stylish and classic option.

Ideally, to fully convey the mood of the hero, you should add a red tint - it will perfectly complement the design.

In the summer, when everything around is full of colors, you can add bright blue, green, yellow, crimson and orange.

Required Tools

To draw Mickey Mouse on your nails, you need to prepare the necessary materials and tools:

file for natural nails (180-220 grit);
buff for polishing (150-220 grit);
degreaser;
acid-free primer;
rubber base coat for gel polish;
flower beds;
top coat for gel polish (glossy or matte);
liquid for removing the sticky layer (it is better to buy 3 in 1: a product for degreasing, removing stickiness and dehydration);
auxiliary materials: lint-free wipes, orange stick, tweezers.

Important: the instrument for performing manicure must be subjected to mandatory disinfection and sterilization.

Design with decor

Any drawings can always be beautifully enhanced with additional details, and for our image with a mouse, small crystals, rhinestones, beads, glitter and other decorative elements will be the ideal addition. Decorations can directly participate in the design of the drawing, for example, instead of drawn eyes and a mouse’s nose, beads or pebbles can be attached to the nail. You can also lay out the entire animal in this way or draw in the details of the design with glitter. Mouse portraits using the modeling technique look no less chic.

Today we tried to offer readers not only the simplest examples of manicure with a mouse, but also important recommendations from nail service professionals that will help you boldly decide on the design and choice of varnish shades.

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Hygienic manicure

We perform manicures using any technique convenient for you: hardware, edged, combined or European.

We pay special attention to cleaning the pterygium, because its remnants will cause peeling of the coating in the future.

We shape the free edge and remove the gloss from the nail plate using a buff or file of the appropriate abrasive. Be careful, you only need to remove the top glossy layer and create roughness for better adhesion of the artificial material to the natural nail. Do not rub your nail until it turns red, as this will only cause harm.
Apply the degreaser and immediately the acid-free primer with a wrung-out brush, using gentle rubbing movements, and let air dry for 1-2 minutes.
Apply the base coat. If the nail plate is uneven (this can be easily checked by looking at the highlight), we perform alignment in compliance with the correct architecture. In this case, it is better to work one nail at a time.
We apply the color coating in several layers. We dry each of them in a lamp.
We carry out the design (instructions are described below).
We fix the coating with topcoat.

Lunar design

Ask how you can combine lunar design and mouse designs in a manicure? Very simple and even quite interesting! We choose the main shade of varnish that sets the mood and cover the nails. We think in advance about which fingers we will focus on in the form of a pattern, and on the remaining nails we will create a lunar design. You can highlight the lunula with one of the colors that you intend to use when applying the design or paint it with a darker shade. You can borrow slices of cheese from the Frenchman and move them from the tip of the nail to the base. A lunar manicure also looks impressive when the hole is highlighted with a transparent line. In this example, you can beautifully combine colorful designs, lunar designs, and negative space elements on one hand.

How to draw correctly

You will need:

gel polishes black, white, red and yellow;
a thin brush (a kolinsky brush is perfect);
dots (if you don’t have them, use a toothpick).

The figure can be depicted on one or more fingers.

Ombre

To design an ombre with a mouse that is fashionable in 2022, you should give preference to discreet or laconic shades. Smooth transitions can be made on all nails or combined with a monochrome design, while additionally decorating several nails with designs. To depict a rodent, you can use more contrasting shades or stick to the tone of the entire manicure. You can additionally paint the image of the animal with shiny varnishes or complement the entire design with glitter stretching.

Mickey Mouse

Before drawing Mickey Mouse on your nails, it is better to first practice on paper. The technique is not the simplest, so carefully study all the details of the drawing.

Let's start creating the design:

On a white background we draw the outline of Mickey Mouse: arms, legs, muzzle, tail and body.
Use black gel polish to paint over part of the mouse’s forehead and ears, as well as the main body (leave space for shorts and boots);
We paint the shorts with red gel polish, the boots with yellow, and the buttons and gloves with white (highlight with a black outline).
Using dots we draw eyes (first white ovals, and inside them, below, black circles), a nose and a mouth (with a red tongue inside). Dry it in a lamp.
Some places should be highlighted with a thin black outline to give the picture volume.
Cover everything with topcoat, dry it in a lamp, remove the sticky layer. The design is ready.

Do not forget that each layer of application must be dried in a lamp.

Minnie Mouse

Mickey had a good friend - Minnie. She is drawn exactly the same as Mickey, only in a skirt and with a bow on her head.

An interesting manicure idea: choose the main color black on your left or right hand and draw Mickey on one finger.

On the second hand, take red as the main color and draw Minnie on one finger on a white background. This pair of famous heroes will perfectly decorate your nails.

You can also draw kissing characters on this finger, or on two neighboring ones - this will create a whole composition.

Geometry

Geometric designs on nails with Mickey Mouse imply a minimalistic and clear figure.

A completely black circle is drawn on a neutral background, ears are added to it - only the silhouette of the character is obtained.

The remaining nails can be covered with a polka dot print.

Mickey Mouse ears

Drawing not the cartoon character itself, but only his ears is a great idea for a Mickey manicure.

First, you draw a black headband of the desired size, and then the ears on the sides.
To represent Minnie, add a bow to the top of the headband.

Lunar manicure

Moon manicure is especially popular today.

With this design, the white hole near the cuticle is not painted over at all, or it is covered with a different tone, contrasting with the main one.

The following options would be stylistically appropriate:

white lunula, red base tone and red ears extending from the lunula;
the nails have red lunulae, a white base tone, and an image of Mickey on the accent nail.

It is not necessary to follow the suggested color schemes. The main thing is that the selected shades are combined with each other.

Stamping with Mickey Mouse

A quick, simple and worthy alternative to drawing is stamping. If you don't already have a hero plate, you can buy one.

Step-by-step design with Mickey Mouse:

We do the basic manicure before applying the top coat.
Remove the stickiness from the color layer.
We apply a special varnish to the stamping plate and use a scraper or plastic card to evenly distribute the paint over the design.
We transfer the design to a silicone stamp and imprint it on the nail.
Cover everything with topcoat. Dry it in a lamp and remove any residual stickiness.

If you stain your skin with stamping polish, it can be easily removed with nail polish remover.

Stickers

There are many nail stickers featuring Disney characters, including Mickey Mouse. This is the easiest option for manicure.

Another advantage is that there are even plot pictures. The main thing is to choose from the whole variety the ones that are right for you.

When choosing between water-based or adhesive-based stickers, it is better to give preference to the latter. They are brighter and do not require additional equipment for application: just remove the sticky color, stick on the image, press and cover with topcoat.

Fashionable colors

Our heroine leads a mainly nocturnal lifestyle, so when choosing a manicure polish with similar designs, you can use dark and muted tones, for example, blue, brown, green or black. Shades can be used as a background, as a stand-alone coating or for drawing out the details of a picture. It is also known that the fur of a mouse has a white or silver color, which allows you to design the design in light colors, including the irreplaceable white, gray, silver, gold, pearl and mother-of-pearl varnishes. The design with a mouse in brighter colors looks no less attractive. Pink, red, yellow, blue and many other colors will only add softness to your design and help portray the main character in a more colorful light.

Other interesting manicure options

Don't limit yourself to the ideas above.

Add creativity to your design:

A red jacket with white polka dots and a black bow on all nails, and two mice on the thumb will be beautiful;
Black and white heroes can be lined with rhinestones of different sizes;
black silhouettes or stickers on a silver background will look elegant and festive;
if length allows, add fun captions.

Whatever you choose, it is important to perform each stage correctly, then your manicure will be stylish and long-lasting.

Design selection

According to designers, “mouse” designs on nails can be done in many ways, as well as combining images with different techniques and decor. The most common design option for this manicure is to apply all sorts of designs with a restless animal onto a single-color coating. A mouse in a company with a friend can show off on two accent fingers or demonstrate its superiority in splendid isolation. “Mouse” stories with additional details of the picture look nice, for example, a mouse with cheese, with a flower, with a cat, a mouse in a hat, a dress, under an umbrella and other options. The image of the animal goes well with French, ombre transitions, lunar design, multi-colored and matte nails. As we have already mentioned, manicure can be done in both dark and bright or light colors. Neat decor in the form of small pebbles, glitter stripes and beads will only further decorate the nails.