There are several types of manicure that invariably hold their leading positions. Among these categories is a wonderful lunar manicure. The presentation of his innovations is always considered a great event in nail design. The play of light, color, lines, combinations of shapes, techniques and styles - all this is the basis for fashionable design work. Let's look at the features of the 2022 collection and fashion trends that influence lunar design.
Sweet Bloom: popular lunar design 2020
Romantic manicure also had a positive impact on the stylish lunar design. The top technique is the sweet bloom technique, which includes beautiful three-dimensional designs on the nails. This year, elegant manicure is becoming even more popular for edging holes and making designs of any theme. Stylish critics highlight the growing interest in the charming sweet bloom technique, which is represented by unusual and enchanting three-dimensional designs.
Technology
- Treat the nail. Use a file to improve the shape of the nail and use an orange stick to push the cuticle back. Degrease the nail plate and apply base coat. Treat the finger itself near the nail with a special mixture so that any varnish that accidentally gets on the skin can be easily removed.
- Apply an even coat of base polish to the prepared nail. In our case it is white paint.
- Now you need to apply the stencil, slightly stepping over the base of the nail to create a crescent.
- Paint a different color to cover the part of the nail that is not stenciled.
- Seal the resulting manicure with a layer of colorless varnish.
Advice! A new coat of paint should be applied only after the previous one has completely dried. Otherwise, the paint will bubble or simply not dry, and your efforts will be in vain.
This is the simplest version of the moon manicure. If desired, you can use paints of other colors.
Hole with acrylic paint
The technique of applying a hole with acrylic paints does not differ from the technique of applying a pattern with gel polish or regular varnish.
To bring the idea of creating a lunar acrylic manicure to life, prepare:
- tassel
- base varnish
- dots or toothpick
- cotton pads
- acetone
- acrylic paints
Moon manicure using shellac and gel polish
It’s hard not to notice that shellac and gel polish are used to create amazing trends in nail design. With their use, the nail design lasts better and longer. Of course, a lot depends on how quickly the nail plate grows. Although nails painted with this material will easily last from 2 to 4 weeks.
Basis for decoration with rhinestones
Decoration with rhinestones is mainly carried out on nails with one tone of gel polish. This decor looks laconic, harmonious and stylish at the same time. Stones can be selected to match the color of the varnish or a sharply opposite tone.
Stones of contrasting color look equally beautiful on dark, light, or pastel surfaces. Delicate, powdery shades of varnish are combined with transparent or one-color stones.
The inlay with matte stones looks gorgeous. For calm, light, bed colors of varnish, shiny decor is more in harmony.
Transparent rhinestones look amazing on soft pink, peach, nude, white, and blue finishes. This tandem gives a woman’s hands sophistication and tenderness.
Decorating the nail plates with shiny rhinestones gives dark shades of varnish a pompous and chic look. Stones look impressive on red, burgundy, cherry, blue, black, green, and chocolate nail backgrounds.
This decor will never go out of style. It is suitable for business wear and an evening dress, you can wear it for a walk in jeans or go on a date with your loved one.
You can decorate each nail of your hand with stones or selectively 1-2 of them. The holes of the nail plates and cuticles are laid out with rhinestones, and the entire space of the nail or part of it is filled with one or two stones.
You can attract attention and stand out with a bright monochrome manicure decorated with rhinestones.
You can create a unique image using neon, orange, hot pink, yellow, purple, turquoise colors and their shades.
Neutral colors of nails covered with colored stones look no less bright. It is customary to decorate one of the nails entirely or only part of it with an ornament made of crystals.
A French jacket decorated with rhinestones is popular among girls. Rhinestones give a special effect to a classic French manicure done in white.
Fact about manicure
The art of manicure has been known to people for more than 5,000 years. Painting nails with natural henna or charcoal was practiced in Ancient Egypt and Babylon. And the first fashionistas were Chinese women.
It is equally well suited for commuting to work, for business dates, and for a festive atmosphere, despite the restraint of its shape. You can add chic to a design in a classic style by using colored stones in inlay.
Moon manicure with geometric shapes
As a result of active creative searches, complicated versions of lunar manicure with a combination of elements from other manicure styles have become popular. The classic style of painting a hole still remains relevant, but has been updated with a new version. Repeating stripes on the monochrome coating of the nail plate look very interesting and fascinating. At the request of fashionistas, you can add decorative elements.
Negative space
Recently, there are more and more fans of “negative space” in manicure. In this case, part of the nail, in this case the hole, remains unpainted.
Another option for this type of manicure is to paint the hole with red or another bright color, while the main part of the nail is painted in neutral colors and decorated with decor. Finally, the nail plate is covered with a fixative.
To diversify the design, you can use a strip that will exactly follow the shape of the hole itself. The shades of the nail, hole and tape can be similar or contrasting to each other.
Unusual hole shape in modern manicure
More and more fans prefer the style of triangular holes. The most daring, extraordinary ideas include an acute angle of a triangle, occupying 2/3 of the surface of the nail. This great idea turns into a stylish geometric manicure. In place of the hole, you can use other geometric shapes. The idea of performing a lunar manicure in the form of elongated holes has become widespread.
Moon calendar
A beautiful manicure will create a great mood and make you feel like a “prom queen” in any situation. Of course, beautiful and well-groomed nails will require appropriate clothing and hairstyle, but that’s a completely different story.
But taking care of your nails not only gives you a sense of confidence; the right days of care treatments will help bring wealth and success into the life of a lovely lady:
- Monday will relieve the lady of a bad mood, relieve the effects of stress, reduce blues, and ensure a good mood.
- Tuesday will help improve your financial condition and improve your health.
- Wednesday will be a favorable day for strengthening the immune system, organizing thoughts and affairs, and achieving success in professional activities. A visit to the master on Wednesday is ideal for ladies who have fallen under the influence of chronic fatigue syndrome and professional burnout. In addition, the visit may bring good news and long-awaited news.
- Thursday is health day. Getting your nails in order on the fourth day of the week will help you cope with many problems in this area.
- Friday is dedicated to Venus: the goddess of love and beauty. But doing a trim manicure on this day is not recommended. But you can do artistic painting and other types of design ideas. Using scissors and wire cutters may make you feel worse.
- Saturday. Getting your nails done on your first day off will help solve money problems and avoid unnecessary debt. In addition, this day can prevent the development of chronic diseases and find your betrothed.
- Sunday. This is the most inappropriate day for a manicure. Since ancient times, Sunday has been considered a day of rest, when sharp objects attract evil spirits. So it’s better to devote your second day off to more relaxing procedures or complete relaxation.
In addition to the days of the week, it is worth paying attention to the date on the calendar:
- The first half of the month is suitable for owners of short nails. Marigolds cut during this period will grow by leaps and bounds.
- The second half of the month is responsible for strengthening the plate and treating fungal diseases. During this same period, it is good to get rid of cuticles and hangnails.
You should not do manicure on days when the Moon passes through the constellations Cancer and Gemini.
The lunar manicure calendar for the year will help you choose the most suitable day.
Moon manicure with guipure backing
The hit of 2022 was romantic themes with guipure backing, lace, and monograms. As for the fact of varnish coatings, a wide variety of ideas are welcomed this year: gradient, matte, metallic or mirror effect.
Moon manicure for short nails
Lunar nail art is quite difficult to achieve on short nails. But thanks to the professionalism of a manicurist, you can create real masterpieces. When decorating short nails, it is important to take into account that excessiveness can interfere, therefore the main rule of lunar nail art for short nails is a minimum of decor.
Moon manicure for long nails
Long, beautiful nails for a nail artist can easily be compared to a canvas for an artist. Luckily, this year's fashion trends favor experimentation and creativity. You can completely rely on your imagination and not think that there are any limits. The main thing is not to interfere with emotions and then you will get the most beautiful lunar images.
Processes
- Prepare nails: shape, degrease and remove cuticles.
- Apply a coat of clear varnish and let it dry completely.
- Now attach the stencil to the base of the nail, this is the future hole. Paint everything over the stencil with colored paint. Let the paint dry completely.
- Now apply another coat of clear paint.
- Ready! A classic moon manicure with a transparent hole will delight you for a long time!
New ideas for decorating lunar manicure
At the peak of popularity, the hole and smile of the French manicure, which are made in the same style and the same color scheme. Holes of different colors are especially welcome in summer and spring nail design themes. Decorating with a variety of materials, original configurations in outline, the presence of small details and combining different textures for coatings have become the main techniques for creating popular ideas for 2022. Geometric elements always look harmonious against the background of a lunar manicure.
Fashionable shades
2018 will continue the fashion for pastel colors, and beige will be especially popular. All nude shades go perfectly with any outfit, so they will be relevant both in the office and at a festive event. The combination of mustard, light yellow and blue colors looks intriguing.
However, fans of bright polishes should not be upset, as bright colors will be no less popular. The trend will be holes contrasting to the main coating. In the warm season, fresh bright shades will become relevant.
Autumn is characterized by dark tones - burgundy, blue and matte black.
New lunar manicure 2020
New reverse French manicures on fairly long nails can easily place double and triple bending and moving stripes. The resulting effect is combined with the help of a general pattern or decor with negative space, which further focuses attention on such a manicure.
Color combination with black varnish
Black color can easily be combined with any other color and it will look very harmonious. But there are some combinations that will be relevant and trendy in any season.
Black-red manicure
A passionate and bold black and red manicure can be done in different ways: according to the classic French version, “hole”, geometry, etc. These color combinations can be used to make a manicure for Halloween, for every day, and, if you have certain decorations, for a holiday.
An example of a black and red manicure
The length of the nail for a red and black design does not matter, but it is still worth taking into account natural data. For visual correction of a wide nail plate, these colors can help if you make a red stripe along the nail, and for narrow nails, placing the stripes across is relevant.
Black and white manicure
White stripes on a black background, drawings, stamping - these are just a small part of the possible options for using two achromatic colors. It’s easy to match this combination with other shades to create bright accents. Black and white manicure is suitable for women of any age for different occasions.
Black-pink
A slightly frivolous, but at the same time effective manicure is obtained by combining black and pink colors. Depending on the shade of pink, a manicure can take on a different mood. For example, bright pink and black are often used in manicures by teenagers. Decoration with various materials is allowed.
Black and gold manicure
The noble and stylish black and gold design is suitable for manicures for women of all ages. Shimmering golden glitter on a black background can be placed in different ways, and even with different decorative materials: rubbing, sparkles/glitter, kamifubuki, foil, etc.
Black and gold manicure
Black and gold manicure with decor Black and gold nail design with gold accents
Combination with silver varnish
Metallic shine in manicures has been on trend for several seasons, and if this shine is provided by silver decor or shimmering materials, then the manicure turns out to be truly luxurious. For a bright silver shine on a black finish, you should choose a matte manicure background. It is fashionable to do a black manicure with silver glitter in the hole or at the tip of the nail. It is important to create geometric patterns with silver varnish or glitter.
Yellow with black
The choice of yellow shade to combine with black can be anything. Delicate pastel colors are suitable for a calm and stylish manicure; rich yellow will bring bright accents to a black background. Using these two colors, you can achieve different effects, use different application techniques, and use different types of decorative elements.
Plain coating
Even with a single-color manicure, you can decorate your nails and delight others. Matte finishes are perfect for those with short nails, while iridescent gloss is more suitable for long nails. To maintain a monochromatic result, but at the same time add a special zest, you can create a knitted, velvet, shimmering design.
Solid black finish Solid black gloss finish Gloss finish
Lunar manicure with rubbing and glass
The hit of this year, undoubtedly, was the creation of gorgeous holes using the rubbing technique. Golden, mirror and silver holes on beautiful long nails are considered the most popular. But not only thanks to special powder you can achieve an amazing effect. The material for glass nail art also copes with this task.
Instructions
- Prepare your nails: shape them, remove cuticles, degrease the nail plate.
- Apply a layer of base coat and let dry.
- Now, with a thin brush, pick up acrylic paint of the desired color, mark the boundaries of the future hole, and fill the hole with paint.
- Now for an optional step: using a dot or a toothpick, you can make any pattern on your nails, except holes - monograms, flowers, butterflies.
- After the paint has dried, apply a coat of clear varnish to seal the work. This step is required.
How to draw holes evenly
Drawing a uniform pattern on nails is an entire art that requires maximum concentration from the master. The exception is when using a stencil.
But the hole on the nails must have an ideal shape, otherwise the manicure will look cheap and careless. If you don't need this effect, arm yourself with a brush, gel polish and a lamp - and go ahead!
Minimalism: moon manicure in the photo
Minimalism in the decor of lunar manicure this year expresses itself in laconic and restrained solutions. For example, on one nail, decorations made of rhinestones of small sizes, the smallest rhinestones are used to decorate the entire hole or simply scattered over the surface of the nail plate. Restraint through decoration makes it possible to express reverse French style as an excellent solution for a business office style.
Triangular hole
To diversify the moon manicure, designers suggest replacing the classic hole with a triangular one. This option looks quite original.
This lunar manicure design goes well with formal, business attire. And by combining bright and pastel colors, you can create a sophisticated, delicate look.
Regardless of whether you paint over the hole or leave it empty, a lunar manicure will be interesting and original.
Evening manicure in lunar style
The lunar option allows you to create an enchanting and luxurious nail design for celebrations and special occasions. For this category of manicure, any materials for decoration are considered ideal. At the peak of popularity is the emphasis on holes made of glitter materials and charming ideas with patterns that are a continuation of the nail decor.
Swarovski stones for manicure
Swarovski crystals are crystals obtained synthetically. It does not belong to precious stones.
This is glass that has been processed in a special way. Cut crystals look so beautiful that they can be mistaken for diamonds.
Crystals used to decorate nail designs can have different sides, both faceted and smooth. The flat side is intended for attaching the decoration to the nail plate.
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For decorations, along with Swarovski crystals, plastic, glass, and pieces of rock crystal are used. They are different in shape and color. Among them there are very small ones and those that can cover the entire nail plate. Their average size is 0.5-4 millimeters.
The shape can be oval, round, square, multifaceted, teardrop-shaped. The crystals have different color saturations, over 20 shades.
Chameleon rhinestones look especially beautiful and festive on nails, as they change their shade under the sun's rays. Of particular interest are pebbles with imitation gold, silver, and precious stones.
White moon manicure
On long nails, the idea of a moon manicure in a white tone looks ideal, in which the line of the hole itself continues along the edges and organizes a white frame. The inside of the frame, if desired, can be decorated with a pattern or pieces of foil.
Short length
A question that is relevant for those with short nails: is a black moon manicure suitable for short nails? Yes, if you choose the right colors and manicure design. No matter how paradoxical it may sound, the task of the reverse French on short nails is to lengthen them. Here are some suitable options:
Lunar nail design: beautiful photo examples
Moon manicure is a nail design trend that is very multifaceted and at the same time universal. Thanks to this, lunar manicure integrates the most interesting innovations in the modern industry, and the result is an appropriately feminine, beautiful and original manicure. Elegant, luxurious, graceful, the reverse French style is great for any time of year. But for 2020, stylists have prepared new seasonal accents. An updated nail design with a change of accents using a color palette can create original images for every season.
A little history
The origin of lunar manicure occurred in the 20s of the 20th century. For the next two decades, this option was the most popular, then the love for it faded somewhat, giving way to new ways of decorating marigolds.
At that time, the lunalu - the base of the nail (translated as “little moon”, which gave the name to the manicure) - remained a natural color, only in extremely rare cases it was covered with colorless varnish.
A little later, already in the 30s, thanks to the development of the cosmetic industry, varnishes began to acquire more and more bright colors, and the fashionable moon manicure became even more noticeable on the fingers of celebrities, which led to an increase in the popularity of this type of nail decoration.
The lunar manicure owes its second birth to Christian Dior, who demonstrated it at the next show of his new collection. Therefore, it is often called a Dior manicure.
The third name: Hollywood (reverse) French appeared as a contrast to the usual French manicure.
