A selection of chic manicures for 2022, incorporating all the best ideas and new popular techniques. This year we will have access to bright and pastel colors, achromatic and contrasting color combinations, as well as bright and unusual prints and patterns. In this article you can find beautiful and interesting ideas that you will like.
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Trend No. 1 – Abstract web
Topping the list of new trends is perhaps the most fashionable manicure design of 2022 – “spider web”.
Gossamer or spider gel is a viscous gel paint that has made a splash in the nail art market. With its help, you can create many interesting nail designs: from minimalist abstract lines to complex geometric patterns.
Technique for designing with spider web gel paint
There are two options for working with cobwebs. The first involves using a skin defender and “throwing” strips on the nail. You need to dip the dots in spider gel, lift the dots up, as if pulling out the paint, and carry the dots over the nail. At this time, the gel paint itself will lie in an even line on the surface of the nail. The second option for using cobwebs in nail design is placing dots on the nail and then pulling out the gel from them. This way you can draw snowflakes, geometry and other patterns. Also, when creating a fashionable 2022 manicure with cobwebs, masters use stencils to create original designs.
New minimalist nail ideas for 2022-2023
The elegance and natural beauty of the fingers will highlight the new manicure with a simple and uncomplicated design created using a certain technique. This is fashionable minimalism in nail art.
You can always decorate spectacular shades of beige, cream, flesh colors, and, if desired, any others, with simple and unpretentious lines and dots that create minimalist patterns.
New manicures with contrasting tones, elegant images of plants in the form of flowers, trees, leaves and branches, geometric figures - feel free to use all this to create and recreate the new “minimalism” manicure this season.
Trend No. 2 – Manicure with “motivator” stickers
The second place in popularity is occupied by fashionable manicure with stickers. But not simple ones, but text ones. As a rule, these are various motivational inscriptions and interesting thoughts. Stickers are combined with a textured manicure, geometric designs, or simply attached to a nail covered with a camouflage base.
Technique for performing fashionable manicure design with inscriptions
Let's take an example of a stylish manicure with foil and stickers. We cover the nail with gel polish of any shade or with a camouflage base. Dry the coating. We apply foil to the sticky layer and make an impression. Place the sticker on a damp cloth or dip it in water for a second, remove it from the backing and attach it to the center of the nail. We cover the design with a glossy or matte topcoat.
Gradient is still in fashion
A color that smoothly transitions from one shade to another is a gradient. This also includes stripes of similar shades and ombre. The latest trend is to cover not all nails, or even just one, with a rolling manicure, but just part of the plate - a small strip in the middle or closer to the edge. The gradient does not have to be the same color scheme. Several combined shades look beautiful, especially pastels: peach, mint, lavender, powder rose.
Trend No. 3 – Manicure with foil
This design is also called foil craquelure. Impressions are made on the surface of the nail, which vaguely resemble the effect of cracks on nails. Although now a manicure with foil can be in the form of one large print or a variety of colored spots. There are plenty of options. Foil is combined with matte coatings, with patterns, stickers and rhinestones. Below are photos of the design with foil in different interpretations.
The secret of performing a manicure with foil
Almost all craftsmen know how to work with foil. However, there are small nuances that will help beginners avoid mistakes.
- The first rule when creating a manicure with foil. It is necessary to degrease the back surface of the foil.
- Second rule . Use gel polishes with maximum stickiness. Make impressions on the gel polish, and not on the top coat, for example. Gel polishes have a stickier layer than top coats.
- Third rule . Before giving a fashionable manicure to a client, experiment with tips to check how the foil will fit on the material you are working with.
Gradient manicure on nails
The new-fashioned gradient has changed and appeared in the new manicure products for 2022-2023, which will delight lovers of something new in nail art. An unusual ombre is not shown on the entire nail, but only on a section of it - in the form of an island with a gradient. Social networks are full of new ombre manicures, and we recommend that you also try the spectacular gradient new nail art. You can also add to them the ideas of a linear gradient, stripes with a gradient, as well as ombre in the form of uneven lines reminiscent of abstraction.
Trend No. 4 – Translucent designs
This manicure is especially popular in the spring-summer season. In 2019, designs with translucent patterns will only become more popular. Using watercolor technique, flowers, leaves, twigs and other floral designs are painted on nails. This type of manicure may seem complicated to beginners, but if you watch step-by-step photo and video tutorials and practice a little, you can get a good result. You need to start simple. Below is a photo tutorial on how to make a similar design. If you don't succeed at all, there is one simple solution. You can buy stickers with similar designs. They are sold in a well-known store that supplies goods from China.
Techniques for performing fashionable manicures with transparent designs
The secret to performing a transparent design lies in step-by-step drawing, mixing shades on a palette and shading the gel polish directly on the nail. First you need to apply the background for the drawing. To do this, the colored gel polish on the palette is diluted with a top coat. Then a darker shade is mixed and a shadow is drawn. And finally, with a very thin brush, the contours and veins of the flowers are drawn.
Trend No. 5 – Stones
Fashion trends for 2022 in nail design delight with their diversity. Here you can find a manicure with decor, painting, simple options for designing nails with stickers, and much more. However, the real know-how was the design with voluminous stones. It is quite complex and labor-intensive. Here you need to experiment with techniques and materials. But in the end it looks like a beautiful stone on the nails.
How to do a manicure with a diamond?
In short, you need to make a base from the base, then take the foil, carefully roll it up with tweezers until you achieve the effect of a stone, fix it on the nail, cover it with several layers of top and finish this fashionable manicure with a scattering of rhinestones and bouillons.
Beautiful nail design
If you are looking for an interesting, beautiful and creative nail design, then you will love our selection of manicures:
Trend No. 6 – Geometry
Fashionable geometry is so loved by many girls that it will remain in trend for another season. In 2022, such types of geometry as minimalism, stripes, designs filled with sparkles, and matte textures will be relevant. You can also create geometric designs quickly and easily using the spider web already mentioned above. Yes! This is a real salvation for girls who have not yet mastered the technique of drawing smooth, thin lines on their nails.
Technique for making geometric designs using cobwebs
How to make a geometric pattern using spider gel? Very simple. We take a brush or dots, dip it in the gel, put a dot on the nail and stretch out the “rays” from this drop. Next, we repeat the procedure until the desired ornament is obtained. The design can be filled with colored gel paint or glitter. At the same time, you will disguise the “droplets”.
Acrylic Powder
It is still relevant to use acrylic powder for design. With its help, the master creates a velvet pattern that is the same on all fingers or highlights 1-2. For winter, a pattern that imitates a knitted sweater will be trendy. Neon sand will create a texture suitable for hot summer parties. A delicate hint of lace sprinkled with a powdery veil is chosen by brides to complete their wedding look. Acrylic powder not only creates a good decor, it strengthens the nails and prevents delamination. But nails made using this technique can only be removed by filing.
Trend No. 7 – Volumetric design. Bas-relief
A beautiful three-dimensional design can be made using a thick gel paste. This new product turned out to be very convenient and is great for creating bas-relief designs on nails. You can make a plain matte bas-relief using similar shades of gel polish and gel paste. Or you can cover the volumetric pattern with a mirror rub and get a shining, stylish manicure. In general, by using the latest new materials for nail art, you can create beautiful designs much easier and faster than with conventional materials.
Technique for making bas-relief design in silver
Everything is quite simple. Take white or black gel polish and gel paste of the same shade. We cover the nails with gel polish. Rub in the pigment. Then we draw a picture, dry it and also apply a rub on top. Cover with top. Or you can make it even simpler. Cover your nails with gel polish, apply a design, dry and top coat all this splendor with gel polish with a chrome effect, air dry it and cover it with a top coat.
Rubbing
Rubbing, as in 2018, will remain a very popular material for adding individuality to nails and some zest to the whole look. Chameleon, mother-of-pearl, hologram, mirror - they look simply gorgeous on nails.
However, it should be noted that rubbing is more suitable for creating a bright manicure, intended rather for various holidays, ceremonies and other special events.
Trend #8 – Layered and Textured Designs
The skill of nail art masters is growing every year. Now some girls can paint real masterpieces on their nails. The trend is a beautiful manicure with multi-layered complex compositions. Even ordinary branches have been transformed over the past year. They are painted with several colors, one on top of the other, covered with sand, and broths and rhinestones are added. In general, the more complex your design, the cooler it will be. Below is a small collection of photos of beautiful manicure 2019 with complex multi-layered designs. There is no point in writing about the execution technique; they are all very different.
Trend No. 9 – Peas
It is impossible not to mention one of the main trends in the world of catwalk fashion. Peas are coming back to us! This print was forgotten for several seasons, but has returned again and become the main trump card of the spring-summer 2022 fashion season. This year’s fashion trends suggest that polka dots will be relevant as a print for a summer dress and even for a business suit. To make the look complete, let’s draw a “pea” print on the nails as well.
Execution technique
You can make a simple dots pattern to match the dress. Alternatively, you can make a color drawing in the form of dots. Also, kamifubuki will most likely return to fashion, but not in a glossy version with sparkles and rhinestones, but in a calm color scheme, covered with a matte top.
Stylish print 2022
Manicure with pied wings
Masters often depict manicures with butterflies on a pair of nails, where one wing is on one nail and the other on the other. 2019 invites us to use bright, achromatic and rich tones to draw butterfly wings.
Nude and calm shades will also be in fashion, but for the summer it is better to choose a bright version of variegated butterflies.
Manicure with a clock
An original and unusual print with a clock will suit you not only for the New Year. A painted clock in a funny, cartoonish version can decorate your nails for any event.
And if you use the drawing technique in the style of Salvador Dali, then your watch will have the creative appearance of a leaked candle. This print can be depicted in different ways, creating any coating for it.
Stamping technique
The stamping technique uses special stencils through which the master applies amazing and very complex designs to your nails. 2022 allows the use of a rather alluring print, where there is a large abundance of flowers or patterns.
But it’s best to choose a minimalist stamping technique, where your nails will only be slightly decorated with such a miracle.
Trend #10 – Colorful Sliders
Well, how can you not make a simple, beautiful and fashionable manicure with a bright pattern when there is such a variety of sliders on store shelves. Sliders are not a sin to use not only for beginners, but also for experienced professionals. After all, using stickers does not mean that you cannot draw. Simply, sliders are a great time-saving option. In addition, sliders fit perfectly on short nails, but painting on very short nails is difficult.
Manicure technique with bright stickers
Stickers look best on a light-colored backing or on a transparent camouflage base. The sticker is attached directly to the sticky layer of gel polish. Sometimes craftsmen cover the gel polish with a small layer of top coat so that the slider glides better over the surface and can be quickly stretched and straightened. After applying the slider, it is important to seal the ends well, namely, run a brush dipped in top coat along the edge of the nail.
Trend #11 – Baby Boomer
This top design has become an excellent alternative to the classic French jacket. Baby Boomer is a nude manicure based on acrylic or a camouflage transparent base, and a white stretch is made on the tip of the nail. Since there is no clear boundary, this fashionable manicure looks very gentle and pretty. This design is universal. Both to the feast and to the world. If desired, it can be supplemented with some simple, unobtrusive pattern. Winter delighted us with openwork snowflakes, the coming spring and summer will certainly be generous with floral designs, and autumn 2022 will not be complete without themed designs with bright leaves.
Baby Boomer Instructions
The classic baby boomer is made using acrylic. First, a drop of material in a natural beige-pink shade is placed at the base of the nail and stretched with a flat brush dipped in degreaser towards the tip. Then a drop of white acrylic is taken and the same procedure is carried out only in the opposite direction (the white color is stretched from the tip to the base of the nail). Then the nail needs to be filed, dust removed, degreased and covered with topcoat.
Trend No. 12 – “Stretching” sparkles
Another great alternative to a French jacket in 2022 will be a design with “shading” or “stretching” of sparkles. As a rule, it is done on the tips of the nails. When combined with camouflage or acrylic, the design is reminiscent of millennium French. For stretching, use glitter-filled gel polishes, gel paints with large glitter, or loose glitter mixed with top coat. A manicure with large glitter has become a favorite among New Year's nail designs.
Execution technique
Stretching with glitter is not difficult even for a beginner. First you need to make a base, namely apply a colored base, acrylic or gel polish in a light pastel shade. Then you need to lay out a strip of glitter on the edge of the nail, then take a brush generously dipped in the top and blend the glitter towards the cuticle. Glitter should not occupy more than half of the nail. You can leave the manicure as is and cover it with a top coat. And you can implement almost any drawing ideas. This design goes well with snowflakes, lace, abstraction, and monograms.
Volumetric decorations
For holidays and celebrations, you should pay attention to wealth and luxury in the form of rhinestones, crystals, a scattering of stones, and crystal chips. It is recommended to cover no more than one nail with bright elements that shimmer in the light of evening lamps, otherwise the design will turn out provocative. In the new season, preference is given to lengths above average. But don't rush to grow glamorous claws. If you like short, neat nails, keep them well-groomed and give them a beautiful shape:
- soft square;
- almond-shaped;
- peak;
- clear square;
- beveled;
- stylet.
Long nail plates are well suited for realizing the artist's fantasies, but are less convenient for everyday activities.
The most fashionable and current manicure colors in 2019
As for fashionable colors, in winter and early spring the gray-blue color scheme will prevail. The favorites for summer 2022 will be orange, yellow, grass green and coral. Also, manicures made in beige and brown tones will be relevant throughout 2019. Autumn will delight you with golden tints. Red and brick shades will also be relevant. They are perfect for painting autumn foliage on your nails. In 2022, rubs, foil, holographic varnishes and any other shiny coatings with a hint of metallic will remain trendy.
Mosaic drawings
Well-known “mosaic” designs since 2018 (especially in combination with calm matte colors) will be an excellent option to add bright notes to everyday regularity, while at the same time not deviating from the general trend for restraint. A good addition would also be a combination of texture and gloss, foil and various sparkles.
A new branch in 2019 will be three-dimensional designs, also called “marble”, which look very stylish.
Ideas and new items for seasonal manicure
Regardless of fashion trends, classic seasonal prints will always be relevant. And we can’t escape autumn foliage, floral prints and snowflakes on nails. True, as new materials are released onto the market and the professionalism of nail artists grows, seasonal nail designs may change. Winter this year pleased with various voluminous designs and shiny backgrounds under classic snowflakes. In the fall, you could often see textured manicures reminiscent of tree bark. We also couldn’t do without gold foil, which can successfully complement any design. In spring, the design with classic branches became somewhat more complicated. It became multi-layered and decorated with various materials. Well, summer pleased us with light and weightless designs with transparent flowers made using watercolor technique. All these drawings and design techniques will be relevant throughout the next year.
Trendy spring nail design - a combination of stickers, stripes and dried flowers
Fashionable layered summer print
Trendy autumn manicure 2022 with foil and wood texture
Popular winter nail designs
Step-by-step instruction:
Geometry or smooth lines?
New season fashion trends allow for both geometric asymmetry and smooth soft lines of the design. Shapes, patterns, stripes on a matte or glossy surface diversify the design of nails of any length.
Wedding design 2022
Wedding manicure for the 2022 season will be quite laconic and simple. The classic French jacket can be complemented with a cute ring made of rhinestones and bouillons. The pattern of translucent floral lace will also be relevant. And more daring and advanced brides will give preference to a fashionable novelty for 2022 - manicure with inscriptions and themed 3D stickers.
Beautiful holiday manicure 2022
If you are choosing a manicure for a special celebration, then you cannot do without bright accents. A manicure with stones, rhinestones, sparkles, micro sparkles, and acrylic powder looks luxurious and festive. You simply add rhinestones or sparkles to a monochromatic manicure and it will sparkle with other colors; just decorate one or two nails.
