This year, the relevance of dark tones has increased significantly, which is very pleasing to many fashionistas who are simply crazy about dark nail art. A manicure in a dark color scheme looks noble and elegant. The dark coating looks especially attractive and elegant on short nails. Don't think that dark design is boring and gloomy. You can easily combine it with lighter shades. Do not exclude additions in the form of sparkles, drawings, kamifubuki, broths, rhinestones and other decor.
Warm dark shades of coffee and chocolate
“Delicious”, warming chocolate and coffee tones are great for the “Casual style” at any time of the year. They are both modest and attractive, bringing back pleasant memories and uplifting your mood. The transitional gradient across the fingers, from dark chocolate to soft beige, looks elegant. Floral patterns and prints, geometry, and a few shiny decor combine well with the brown color scheme.
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Everyday manicure with matte finish
The design of nails “for every day” is chosen so that when changing clothes, the manicure looks relevant and does not contradict the image. Matte finish is now in trend, suitable for any shape and length of nails.
Dark French and lunar nail art
Lunar technique and French-style manicure looks beautiful in any shade, but dark tones give it a special nobility and a certain touch of mystery. If dark shades in these techniques are used as a background, then for an additional color (to color the tip of the nail, the hole) you can use the usual white varnish and transparent coating, but various experiments are also possible.
Lunar manicure
Dark French
French and lunar manicure can be combined in one design, alternate this design with plain coatings, decorate and decorate. A dark solution to these techniques is suitable both for daily wear and, if necessary, for a festive manicure.
Glossy finish
The alluring shimmer of gloss, especially in dark colors, looks very impressive and feminine in a manicure. A variety of nail designs and techniques can be combined with a glossy finish. For example, black gel polish in a glossy form looks beautiful in the lunar technique, using transparent varnish for the holes.
Glossy dark manicure
To make the gloss on your nails more pronounced, you can use a special glossy topcoat for gel polish. If regular varnish is used, then a transparent glossy varnish is applied over the color coating.
Glitter Rhinestones
An invariable option for decorating nails is sparkles and rhinestones. In dark shades of manicure, light elements will stand out: golden or silver sparkles, red or blue kamifubuki, silver rhinestones, etc. For a shimmering or shiny effect, you should choose sequins or glitter to match your manicure; rhinestones can be used according to the same principle.
Sparkles in dark manicure
Rhinestones in dark nail designs
Options for nail art with shiny “things” on the nails can be varied. Shiny elements are placed at the edge of the nail, at the base, replacing the entire nail plate, adding them to drawings, ornaments as accents, etc.
Cat's eye on nails
A fashion trend is a dark “cat” manicure. And if you also use magnetic varnish, then this design of your nails will be beyond competition. It is important to combine a dark varnish with this effect with glossy dark varnishes (for example, black, if combined, then dark blue, etc.).
Dark cat manicure
To create a unique design, laconic decorations are suitable for the “cat” coating: rhinestones, liquid stones, Swarovski, but colored sparkles, foil, etc. do not look very appropriate.
For very short nails (“at the root”) with a wide nail plate, you should not use a coating with a “cat” effect, since the overflow will distort the shape of the nail.
Ombre and dark gradient
Smooth transitions from color to color make the manicure interesting and fashionable, and darkening adds mystery to the design. Gradient manicure and ombre in dark colors look more impressive on nails longer than 3 mm. Combinations may be different, but the classic option is darkening with black at the edge of the nail or at the base. With the ombre technique, the dark transition can be from the little finger to the thumb.
Ombre with dark colors
Dark gradient on nails
Also, transitions from light to dark can be done in the same color scheme, simply by changing the tone of the color. For example, from soft blue to dark blue or from pastel green to dark shade.
Nail designs
Contrasting designs will stand out favorably against a dark background, but there is a difference in the method of application. Water stickers will not show up fully, so for nail design it is better to use stylish designs:
- geometric patterns (in recent seasons - just hot in manicure);
- floristry (the trend is laconic contour painting in a contrasting color);
- animalistic patterns (leopard prints, paw prints, etc.);
- thematic and seasonal images (leaves, snowmen, flowers, etc.).
Examples of drawings on dark manicure
For a smooth surface of the nail, the designs should be covered with a clear varnish or topcoat. If you don’t want to paint your nails, then you can make a design with water stickers. It is worth making a white background under them so that the image can be seen clearly and with all the color nuances.
Stones
We are talking about imitation of natural materials. For example:
- marble;
- quartz;
- tourmaline.
Such textures look mysterious, impressive and expensive. However, it is better to use them not on all nails, but only on a few. Otherwise the view will be overloaded. Successful ideas can be seen in the photo of a dark manicure.
If a marble design is chosen, you can use related shades or, on the contrary, contrasting colors. When creating a quartz texture, small sparkles are often used to highlight the dramatic transitions.
Burgundy manicure: wine and marsala ideas for the 2022 season
This season all shades of burgundy are in demand. This is a classic that never goes out of fashion and suits absolutely any type of woman. The masters provided a variety of techniques to choose from that correspond specifically to this color scheme and fully reveal its potential. The red color, which is taken as a basis, in a duet with brown, simply looks amazingly beautiful both on long, pointed nail plates and on short lengths. It goes perfectly with the golden notes of the design, it simply looks royal with stones and in a powdery design.
Photo of dark manicure on long nails
A significant length of nails is not an indicator for demonstrating an excellent sense of style. The trend is oval nails, as an option - a slight narrowing at the end of the nail. On long nails it is convenient to make gradients, experiment with decorations and designs, and do careful painting or appliqués.
