Every woman tries to ensure that her hands are truly well-groomed. An excellent assistant in this matter is manicure, which has long been positioned as a symbol of a lady’s neatness and wealth. At the height of fashion are nails with a metallic effect, which is achieved using specially designed manicure foil. If you want to make an original manicure at home, then you need to know how to use nail foil. This design of the nail plates will be a bright touch in any look.
- Nail foil: how to use?
- Embossed
- In sheets
- Transferable
- Liquid foil
- Zhataya
- Thermofoil
- Stickers and adhesive tapes
- Choosing glue for foil: the most popular brands
- How to do a manicure with transfer foil: instructions
- Lunar and regular French using foil
- Beautiful manicure with foil, gel polish and glue
- How to use foil: some useful tips
In order to carry out such a manicure, it is important to study the types of foil, choose the appropriate nail glue and perform competent nail art. In order to create the manicure of your dreams with your own hands, the publication studied:
- list of popular foil materials;
- safe nail glue in assortment;
- recommendations for manicure using foil;
- valuable tips for nail care.
Foil for nail design
We won’t be lying if we say that rhinestones have somewhat lost their former relevance, but girls still have a penchant for luxurious glitter on their nails. What to do - tame your desires or find a healthy alternative to them? For an experienced manicurist, the answer is obvious - use a trendy and unusual nail art design, such as a foil print, reminiscent of a glare of precious metal.
The best photos that reflect the essence of such a popular trend in manicure are collected in our inspiring selection.
Popular techniques
Foil is an amazing material that allows you to create nail art of any complexity. You can easily verify this by studying the photographs posted in the article. Today we will reveal all the secrets of creating an impeccable design.
Men will pay attention to your nails. Bright design of marigolds
Mirror vestment
This technique also has another name – reflective. It is this that most clearly characterizes this masterpiece of artistic art on the nails. Buy smooth metallic paper from the store. Make sure there are no embossings or ornaments on it.
Delightful mirror
Advice! The planned experiment must be approached with the utmost seriousness, because if you are negligent, you will not achieve perfect coverage.
After completing all the necessary preparation procedures, apply gel polish to the plates, which will serve as the base. Place the material with the matte side facing down. To avoid the formation of bubbles, gently smooth the workpiece using an orange stick. Remove the protective layer. Add shine and apply finishing product.
What types of nail foil are there?
Before you run to the nearest supermarket or explore the deposits of your kitchen cabinets at home, find out for sure how suitable classic foil in a roll is for such painstaking work. The Prostonail guide will tell you about the variety of varieties of this material in order to choose the most effective and impressive specimen for the collection.
Transfer foil
Ultra-thin foil for nails in jars. Its standard length is a meter and width is about 3 centimeters. The main feature is a pattern or spraying applied to the surface that can be imprinted on the nail plate in a matter of seconds.
Liquid foil for nails
It has a thick, viscous consistency. Essentially the same gel polish or shellac with the addition of glitter of different sizes, diameters and degrees of shine. Convenient when working with brushes.
Holographic Nail Foil
When applied to nails, this type of decor acquires an unusual holographic finish, shining with all the colors of the rainbow. You can find the product in the assortment of popular mass market brands such as avon or divage.
Self Adhesive Nail Foil
Having this type of material in your arsenal, you can do without glue. This is because on the back of the product there is already a sticky layer to fix the design.
Screen foil
Foil with a pattern for decorating plain pigmented surfaces. Ideal for those who do not have special artistic skills.
Broken glass foil
The design of shattered Glass Nails looks stylish and unique, and its creation only takes a few minutes. A transparent thin plate of foil is cut into fragments and laid out on the nail plate, secured with a top coat.
Tear Foil for Nails
The name itself gives a direct hint at the principle of use. The instructions are as follows: tear off a piece of the sticker and attach it to the desired area of the nail.
Crinkled nail foil
Behind the walls of the miniature jar is hidden a very unusual crumpled foil, which must be fixed with nail glue.
Matte foil
Sounds like a phantasmagoria, doesn't it? And it looks no less impressive. The colored foil simply transfers its pigment onto the sticky layer of gel polish, polymerizing under the LED light.
Lace foil
In fact, another type of transfer foil. Only its print is stylized as lace, which looks luxurious in a French manicure.
Thermo foil
Film for nails, differing in the way it is fixed. In order for the designs to migrate from the roll to the surface of the claw, you need to preheat the material under the heat of ultraviolet light.
Foil for casting
A special casting technique replicates the metallic sheen of the same type of artistic activity. Silver or gold foil creates the illusion of a product “forged” by the hand of a skilled craftsman.
How to do it yourself?
The step-by-step casting technique consists of several points. But before you start performing the technique, you need to prepare your nails. After all, you don’t want to spend a lot of effort and then watch how after a couple of days the casting simply cracks and crumbles. If you do the design correctly, the result will please you for about 3-4 weeks.
Step-by-step casting takes place in the following stages.
- Do a standard manicure, that is, use tweezers to get rid of excess cuticle. Use a file to give your nails the desired shape and carefully sand the surface of the nail so that it becomes matte and smooth.
- After preparations, apply primer base to the nail plate. Dry thoroughly under the lamp, cover with a colored varnish of your choice, but it is advisable that the shade matches the future ornament. If the gel polish is pale, then apply a second layer for brightness.
- Dry the main background thoroughly with an ultraviolet lamp; if desired, you can add a pattern or spraying. The main thing is that the casting is harmoniously combined with the added design.
- After thorough drying, you need to remove the sticky layer, and on the treated nail, using a brush and a special contrast gel, create the desired pattern, which will later be covered with foil. It is better to go over the helium contour more than once to give the drawing volume.
- Dry the ornament a little and press the foil with the wrong side against the nail plate using tapping movements until it is completely smooth. Next, sharply remove the foil, then gold dust will be imprinted on the pattern, giving the manicure some zest.
- The fruits of your efforts must be coated with top gel, dried in a lamp for a couple of minutes, and the sticky layer removed.
Basically, this step-by-step instruction applies to transfer foil, because it is the most convenient, and even beginners can use it in practice. But there are other ways to create casting on nails.
How to use nail foil
How many people - so many opinions. There are as many types of foil as there are features of their fastening. You will learn about the most important nuances from our training table.
| Type of foil | How to use |
| Zhataya | Similar to ultra-thin tinsel, soft foil. You need to take it with tweezers and lay it on a sticky layer. Used for extensions with an aquarium effect |
| Thermal film | After preheating some of the material under the lamp, attach it to the nail without using glue. |
| Sheet foil | Having cut out the desired pattern, apply glue to its reverse side and fix it on the plate. |
| Ribbon | Requires jeweler precision when applied. Used for geometric decoration in stripe style. The reverse side is sticky |
| Transferable | Tracing paper on an adhesive basis, which accurately transfers the print to the manicure by applying |
Necessary tools and materials for work
To create a beautiful manicure with gel polish and foil, you will need the following tools and materials:
- ultraviolet or LED lamp;
- gel polish (shellac can be used);
- top coating;
- base coat;
- any type of foil;
- shovel-pusher;
- buff for polishing;
- wooden stick for smoothing foil.
Foil for nail design (it is not recommended to use foil without a finish, otherwise it will quickly “slip” off the nail) with a sticky layer is applied quickly and lasts a long time. For other types of foil you need good glue. It can be purchased in beauty stores, salons, or ordered through an online store. Before purchasing, it is advisable to read reviews from other mothers.
In the table you can see the names of trusted foil adhesive manufacturers, as well as read a brief description of the material and find out its approximate cost.
| Name | Description | average cost |
| Jina | Available in tubes with a brush. It is easy to apply the glue. The consumption is economical. No additional tools are required to dry the dryer. The foil holds securely and retains its original appearance for a long time. The glue should be applied to the base coat of varnish. When it reaches the desired consistency, it will change color. If you glue the foil earlier, it may not stick or may only partially stick to the nail. | 110 rub. |
| HONGYI | The glue is created not only for attaching foil, but also for fixing rhinestones. Available in small jars. Application brush included. 1 jar has a volume of 16 ml. The glue hardens completely in 4-5 minutes. Excess glue is easily wiped off the skin. Additional drying under a lamp is not required. | 180 rub. |
| Rio Profi | Sold in opaque containers of 10 ml. You can buy 1 bottle, or you can buy a set of 4 containers. The glue is viscous and spreads evenly over the nail. Dries in less than 3 minutes. No lamp drying required. | 167 rub. |
| Global Fashion | Sold in 15 ml tubes. The set includes a thin or thick brush (you can choose). The glue is quick-drying. Hardens in 4-5 minutes. The glue is white, but after hardening it changes color and becomes transparent. Using this glue and foil you can create beautiful patterns. | 170-200 rub. |
It is not recommended to wipe off excess glue with cotton pads and swabs. Small fibers will stick to the nail and ruin the appearance of the design. It is better to wipe off the glue from the skin with thick, damp paper wipes.
Manicure with foil at home
Girls, looking with inspiration at the pages of their favorite glossy magazine, are perplexed by the complexities of metallic manicure design. In fact, the process itself only takes a few minutes and is easy to do even at home. Below we will tell you how to glue foil so that it retains its original attractiveness for a long time.
Decorating the hole
Recently, this nail art has become increasingly popular and in demand. Not wanting to lag behind fashion, modern ladies are looking for new techniques for creating this design. When choosing colors, focus on combinations that combine contrasting shades. Remember, metallic goes well with almost all existing palettes.
Beautiful lunar
A spectacularly dressed hole can be demonstrated at a reunion, dinner with friends, at a nightclub, and even on a romantic date. Your friends will appreciate your efforts and will certainly ask in which beauty salon this masterpiece was made. You can keep secret the fact that you learned how to decorate your fingers and did all the work yourself, otherwise you will not end up with clients.
Advice! You don't have to follow the natural contours of the hole. Nowadays geometric shapes are coming into fashion, so you can highlight this area using a regular and even triangle.
Nail foil for regular polish
The application algorithm is even more simple compared to the previous task:
- do a classic manicure by pushing back the cuticles;
- polish the nail plate, removing roughness;
- Apply primer to extend durability;
- use nail polish and wait until it dries completely;
- prepare the desired pattern by “trying it on” on your nails in advance;
- apply glue to the back side of the decorative material;
- apply the foil with the matte side to the coating, straightening it with a pusher or stick;
- remove the protective layer away from the nail bed;
- fix the result with a finishing topcoat, apply for a few hours after the end of the procedure.
Gel-varnish “Liquid foil” from Canni Nail Art Venalisa Platinum
This is the premium Venalisa series.
Advantages of Venalisa:
- Gel polish is thick enough to cover in one or two layers.
- High coating density. Which is also evidence of high quality and uniform application.
- Convenient brush for use.
- Quite a large volume.
- Durability.
Color palette
How long does nail foil last?
The answer to this question interests all lovers of experiments. Agree that when you visit a beauty salon and make a strong-willed decision to try an unusual design, you hope that at least the manicure will last for 2 weeks. Don’t let your soul be tormented by vague doubts - high-quality, well-glued metal decor lasts for 14-16 days. Things are somewhat different with nail art in its home interpretation. Unfortunately, the glossy design, when worn carefully, retains its presentability only for up to 3-5 days.
Secrets of a good manicure
Using some tricks, your manicure will always be well-groomed and neat.
Here are a few secrets for a proper manicure:
- Only use oil-free remover.
- It is better to apply the varnish on the base and in 2 layers, then it will last much longer.
- Apply the varnish in a thin layer and be sure to apply it when the first one dries, otherwise delamination will occur.
- To preserve the design for a long time, use a fixative every 3 hours.
- Remove the varnish carefully, without rubbing the plate. Moisten a cotton pad and apply to the nail for a few seconds. Then wipe it off.
- Always try to keep your nails the same length.
- It is better to trim your nails with tweezers rather than scissors.
- The rounded shape of the nails avoids unnecessary damage and breakage.
With the correct use of nail foil and gel polish, every girl will have an ultra-fashionable manicure that will arouse the admiration and envy of others. And it will also become a real decoration for women's hands.
How to replace foil?
In the previous paragraphs, we have already clarified the fundamental rules and method of using metal foil. If you are wondering why overpay for a bundle of shiny material and how to replace it, we recommend the following methods as an alternative:
- cosmetic glitter;
- pigmented varnish or gel polish with glitter;
- decorative mica;
- mirror powder.
Manicure using foil is often called “Hollywood” and one cannot but agree with this. It looks stylish, catchy and quite expressive, so that even a calm everyday outfit in basic shades will sparkle in a new way, highlighting the impeccable taste of its owner.
Types of popular decor in nail art
Nail designs with foil are in demand among many girls. But not all fashionistas know that there are several varieties of this decor. And depending on the type of coating, the technique of performing nail design changes. So, this film comes in the following types:
- Transfer film is the most commonly used type of film. To transfer it you will need special glue. By the way, instead of glue, you can use gel polish. But the used PVA glue in this case will not help to glue the decor.
- Sheet - unlike the first type, this material is thicker; it is not reprinted onto the nail, but remains completely on it, leaving no protective backing.
- Thermofoil - its peculiarity is that it is applied after pre-heating. It does not require glue, since the sticker itself is already equipped with an adhesive composition.
- Tear-off is a very soft material; for design, it is torn into small pieces using tweezers. This film is applied to wet varnish or topcoat.
