Every year, lunar manicure is gaining popularity. Quick in execution, refined, with multifaceted variations, it won the hearts of the fair sex. Experienced and novice nail artists willingly work with this technique. It is performed at home, as one of the most affordable, not requiring special skills and equipment.
To draw holes according to the classic pattern, you need special circle stencils and two colored gel polishes. Colors are selected according to the mood or the created image, so that they harmoniously combine with each other. This season there are no strict restrictions on colors or saturation, so women can choose any tones: from pastel to richly bright, contrasting acid shades.
If a fashionista wants creativity, imagination, sense of taste and fresh techniques of leading nail designers come to the fore. Modern “holes” have stepped far beyond traditional performance. Often, at first glance, it is difficult to determine the exact classification of the created composition. At the same time, they are all delightful and impeccable, emphasizing the elegance and femininity of the owner.
How to perform a lunar manicure: TOP 10 innovative solutions
The classic technique for drawing holes involves the use of white varnish or one similar to the base coat. The shape is made extremely close to natural, in the form of an even semicircle. However, today nail artists offer dozens of unusual solutions, which are not immediately recognizable as the original technique. Fashionistas can only choose the most suitable performance, in tune with her inner world, character and habits.
Holes of unusual shape
Do you like experiments in nail design?
Fashionable nails with unusual types of holes will become your inspiration, because with their help you can turn the most unexpected types of designs into reality. How about a romantic manicure with heart-shaped holes? Or maybe you like stylish holes diagonally or framed with liquid glitter? There are plenty of variations: choose the desired type of nail design with holes in our large and current photo selection. Amazing and fun lunar manicure 2022-2023: fresh ideas, new examples and types of nail designs with holes
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Lunar manicure with negative space
When performing a “negative space” design, the semicircles at the base of the nails are not painted over, remaining transparent. This is a fairly common option that looks great on both long and short plates of any shape. It can be varied at your discretion:
- decorate the border between the colored and transparent coating with crystal, bullion or rhinestones, metal rivets, ornaments and strips of foil;
- add miniature drawings, images of vines, dots;
- complement the design with ombre color tints, French or stripes, broken mirror.
If you need a quick but long-lasting manicure, nail design experts recommend using long-lasting gel polishes. Under the influence of ultraviolet light, the layer instantly hardens, creating a film resistant to adverse influences. This coating lasts for 10-15 days, while the appearance remains flawless.
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Colored holes on a lunar manicure
The technique is similar to the traditional one, but to outline the root zone, a variety of paints are used that differ from the base layer. They are contrastingly bright and expressive. Or soft pastels, depending on the chosen design. The advantage of the design is that the color does not have to be coordinated with makeup or clothing.
Geometry in lunar manicure in the form of triangles
As the name suggests, the hole area is highlighted not by the usual semicircle, but by a triangle. An excellent choice for oval and almond shaped, pointed nails of medium length. The design is not very suitable for plates that are too long or short and looks less impressive.
Triangles are made with blunt or elongated pointed vertices. One of the trends of the season is that the top continues to the tip of the nail, thinning into a stripe. Another interesting move is a narrow, highly elongated triangle, against the backdrop of a negative hole. They are painted with paints, left transparent or laid out with shiny elements.
Triangular holes
You can get a stylish and laconic manicure by choosing unusual hole shapes, for example, triangular. This lunar manicure looks very impressive with glitter decor, graphic prints and contrasting shades of varnish. What is important is the perfect combination of triangular holes, both with square and almond-shaped nails.
Brilliant moon manicure decor
To turn a simple, everyday design into a festive one, just add sparkles, kamifubuki. The most popular, universal option is small sparkles of golden or silver color. Crumpled or mirrored foil looks just as great. They are combined with all available varnish colors and negative space. They perfectly complement matte finishes and enhance the effect of glossy ones. This is the most popular decoration for New Year's balls and carnivals.
This decor can be combined with light coatings, but it looks especially expressive against a rich background - dark red, burgundy, emerald, cornflower blue, black.
Matte top on moon nails
Matting coatings were invented relatively recently, but have already firmly won the love of beauties of all ages. Regardless of the chosen shades of foundation, the presence or absence of “negative space” in the socket area, the matte finishing top invariably gives an excellent result. Also, it is combined with inlays of crystals or pearls, broths, and glitter.
Nail art with moon manicure
Painting on nails instead of a boring monochromatic coating on the base of the nails is a hit this season. Drawings are selected individually, according to mood. It can be:
- lace, vignettes;
- small flowers, curved branches;
- ornaments, ethnic patterns.
Volumetric decor
The modern industry offers fashionistas an excellent selection of decorative jewelry for manicure. They are glued onto the finished coating, making the design more expressive, atmospheric, and lively. The most popular are large and small bows, flowers, rings and chains.
Floral patterns
Another interesting technique for drawing a hole is voluminous flowers from many multi-colored elements arranged in a semicircle. They vividly resemble patterns in the Eastern tradition. Since color combinations can be chosen at your own discretion, this design is ideal for holiday outfits and everyday light summer sundresses.
Reverse French
An excellent option for square and oval nails of medium and short length. Instead of the traditional semicircle, with its apex directed towards the tips of the nails, the plate in the lower part is framed by a narrow, elongated strip. The rest of the space is covered by the selected background.
This manicure visually lengthens the fingers and plates, making them elegant and aristocratic. And the accent color can be any, contrasting or consonant with the main tone, from sparkles or foil. And on holidays, the stripes are replaced with small rhinestones or beads.
Lace ligature
Magnificent lace patterns successfully replace the usual colors. They are applied to the main background (you can use stamps), or to a neutral, transparent coating. The color may vary; it is not prohibited to include shiny elements as accents. There is only one limitation: the pattern must have an arched or triangular shape, highlighting the space of the hole.
Double French manicure 2022
One of the new trends in French manicure, which has long become a classic, is a design with an original way of drawing a smile. A double French manicure is characterized by the outline of the tip of the nail with two refined lines. Such lines come in different shapes, shades, and can be additionally decorated, but an indispensable condition is sophistication. This is an even more delicate and fragile design option, emphasizing the femininity and grace of the girl’s image as a whole. This newfangled French design is best implemented in a manicure on medium-length or long nails.
Whatever type of French manicure you choose, such a popular and beloved design by many is always magnificent and self-sufficient. Among its obvious advantages are conciseness, simplicity, elegance, practicality and versatility.
The most popular moon manicure colors this season
The classic shades for performing lunar manicure are three primary colors: white, black, red. But these days, the nail industry offers so many amazing shades that limiting yourself to just three is a real crime. Nail designers only approve of a non-standard approach and creative, atmospheric solutions. It is this manicure that fully reflects the inner essence of a lady, gives her self-confidence, and creates a great mood. The design can be made in the following colors and combinations:
- white;
- black;
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- red;
- blue;
- beige;
- pink.
French with a hole: how to make at home
If you decide to make a French manicure with a hole yourself, you need to stock up on the following tools and materials: a manicure set, two contrasting varnishes, and auxiliary sticker stencils. As for the combination of colors and shades, the choice in this case is left to you. Before you start creating a Hollywood lunar manicure, take a bath, adjust the shape of your nail plates, and remove cuticles.
- The first stage of the classic French with holes is applying the base. You choose the color yourself.
- The second stage is gluing the stencils. In this case, the stencil should not be placed at the edges of the nails, as with a French manicure, but at the base of the nails, do not forget about this. Such a sticker will protect that part of the nail at the base that does not need to be coated with varnish during the first stage; the reverse crescent should contrast.
- Stage three - applying varnish. It is better to cover the nail with a contrasting color. After the base varnish has completely dried, you need to very carefully remove the stencil.
- The last step is to apply a colorless protective varnish to the nail.
Lunar French with shellac, regardless of the length of the nails, will take more time than decorating your nails with regular varnish. The first thing you should do is decide on the color scheme. Today, red with all its shades and black are in fashion. But still, the choice is yours, and only you can decide whether the colors will be pastel or bright.
- Stage one is preparatory. First, you should steam your hands in a special bath with the addition of essential oils, and then carry out a manicure procedure. It is imperative to thoroughly degrease the nail plate, the coating will stay on the nails longer, and you will be pleased with the jacket with holes for more than three weeks.
- Stage two - next we apply a base layer of gel polish, it can have a shade of red, or any other of your choice. It is better if the base tone is applied in two layers, this will add brightness to the base color and make the base denser. Dry each layer in a UV lamp for at least two minutes.
- Stage three - working with the stencil. Carefully apply the stencil to the base of the nail plate, apply contrasting varnish, then remove the elements used to form the hole from the nail and dry everything in the lamp.
- The last step is to apply a transparent base.
Lunar French is a real novelty in nail art. These nails will be a great addition to your look. In addition, you can add monograms, stripes, rhinestones and sparkles to the “smile”.
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Step-by-step instructions for performing a simple moon manicure
The procedure is extremely simple. You will need a set of varnishes in the desired shades (of the same brand!), round stencils, decorations and stamps if necessary.
- The first layer is white varnish or the color with which it was decided to paint the hole.
- A base shade is applied to it. To prevent the base from going into the hole, it is sealed with a stencil.
- Next, shiny decor, drawings, stickers, and rhinestones are applied.
- Selected coatings are used as a finish: matte top, transparent or magnetic varnish.
Method No. 1
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Treat the nail plate with a special degreaser or oil-free nail polish remover. Apply the base coat in one layer - it will provide better “adhesion” of the varnish to the nail plate.
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Paint about two-thirds of the nail, starting from the free edge, with colored polish (we used 935, “In the Foyer” from Essie). Then use it to finish the corners to create a hole (to do this, use a regular varnish brush). Let the coating dry and apply a second, same coat of varnish and wait a couple more minutes.
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Finish the manicure with a topcoat polish. Ready!
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A “moon” pattern on nails can be created in another way.
To do this, you will need special round stencil stickers (in general, you can make them yourself) or something that can replace them - for example, a patch.
What instructions should you follow in this case? Remember the main steps.
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Fashion trends for lunar manicure in 2021-22
The most popular are non-standard, original solutions and combinations of techniques. This season, nail art masters said a decisive “No!” boring standard solutions and limiting rules.
Geometry
Laconic geometric shapes are a fashionable hit of the season.
Unpainted areas
In 2021-22, the “negative space” technique has received a new development. Harmoniously combining it with lunar design and French, minimalist geometry, the masters achieve attractive results.
Textured imitation snake skin, turtle shell
Decoration with crystals, stones
Stripes
Silver sparkles
Photo examples of lunar manicure, inspiring ideas from nail designers
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