The article discusses fashion trends and instructions for performing a wedding manicure, which is relevant in 2016. Wedding manicure is a procedure aimed at correcting the shape of the nail plates and their decor. On the wedding day, everything in the bride should be perfect, this applies not only to the outfit and hairstyle, but also to the nails. It is to the fingers and nails that the guests' attention is drawn during the exchange of wedding rings in the registry office!
Wedding manicure trends in 2016
This season, the bride's manicure is different from the trends of last year. Long extended nails with catchy decor are no longer in fashion. Do not under any circumstances build up the stilettos. In 2016, the following wedding manicure is fashionable:
- Own well-groomed nails … A few weeks before the wedding, you need to strengthen the nail plate and promote its rapid growth. To do this, you can make simple baths at home.
- Short length … The optimal length is considered to be up to 5 mm from the fingertip. With such a length, it is very convenient to button up a dress, put on underwear and stockings. Nails do not cling to anything or get in the way.
- Oval or almond shape … This shape looks as natural as possible and is suitable for a nail plate of any length. Even if you have a short nail bed, you can visually lengthen it using an oval shape.
- Pastel shades … At the peak of popularity, beige, pale pink and white. This color scheme is combined with a dress and accessories of any shade. Nails are not striking and look natural.
- Minimum decor … Unlike last season, this year does not welcome a lot of rhinestones, sand and broths. Modeling is also not in trend. It is best to decorate only one nail - a nameless one. It is to him that attention will be riveted on the day of the wedding.
- Nude style … This is naturalness in everything. Accordingly, the plate can be covered with a matte beige varnish, and the moon can be painted with white. You can do this manicure yourself, but be sure to remove the cuticle, shape the free edge, and scrape off the pterygium. The nails should look perfect.
How to choose a wedding manicure 2016
There are several criteria for choosing a wedding manicure. First of all, you should focus on the shape of the nails, their length. The color of the dress, bouquet, shoes and other accessories is also important. Often you have to choose a manicure for hairpins, flowers and hairpins that adorn your hair.
How to choose a fashionable wedding manicure under a dress
It is not necessary to choose a shade of varnish to match the color of the dress, but the color scheme should match perfectly. A champagne-colored dress with silver nail polish or glitter does not look very good.
Tips for choosing a manicure for a dress that come in handy:
- Lace … If you have lace inserts on your outfit or the veil is made of this material, you can decorate your nails in a similar way. Lace looks great on Nude nails. Even if the free edge is short, don't be discouraged. Lace looks very gentle and harmonious, in addition, it visually lengthens the nail bed. You don't need to cover all your nails with an ornate pattern. It can be one or two fingers on your hand. You can carry out the drawing using stamping. On sale there is a special and very thin lace for nails, which is attached to the glue or sticky layer when coated with gel polish.
- Rhinestones … If your outfit is embroidered with stones or pearls, be sure to use rhinestones for decorating your nails. Do not glue stones on the entire surface of the nail. It is enough to lay out the area of the lunula or along the line of the beginning of the free edge. Choose quality Swarovski stones that shimmer beautifully when exposed to sunlight.
- Glitter … Often, a dress is decorated with tulle or organza with a silver or gold coating. In this case, a moon manicure with glitter will look great. The lunula area is varnished, and sand is poured on top. You can use pearlescent acrylic powder. In this case, you will get a three-dimensional drawing.
- Floral motives … For several seasons in a row, at the peak of popularity, outfits with floral patterns or lace with floral patterns. You can decorate marigolds in a similar way. Usually the ring and middle fingers are decorated. The rest of the nails are simply covered with beige varnish.
- Contrasting manicure. Often, white dresses and champagne-colored outfits are decorated with bright belts, ribbons and flowers. In this case, you can make the manicure contrasting. Cover the nails with pink, red, or blue varnish. The choice of color depends on the shade of accessories and decorative elements on the outfit.
The subtleties of choosing a wedding manicure for a hairstyle
If you have long and thick hair, then in most cases hairdressers will offer curls. They are often combined with braids and intricate weaving, which are decorated with hairpins with rhinestones, flowers or pearls.
Consider these tips for choosing a manicure to match your hairstyle:
- Ombre … Gradient hair coloring with a smooth transition from dark to light color is now in vogue. This technique is often used by manicurists. Therefore, if you are going to marry with loose hair with a gradient coloring, be sure to do an ombre manicure. Such coloring creates the effect of a smooth transition from one color to another.
- Volumetric flowers … If the hairdresser plans to secure the veil with hairpins with flowers, you can decorate the nail on the ring finger. This can be done using stickers, painting or sculpting. Miniature sculpting looks great on beige varnish, it will not interfere with putting on the ring.
- Diadem … Often, brides who are getting married for the second time wear a crown or tiara instead of a veil. You can repeat the pattern on the nail. Usually the diadem is laid out in the area of the lunula or along the line of the beginning of the free edge. Layout is carried out with rhinestones of different sizes and broths.
Popular wedding manicure ideas
Now the masters offer a huge selection of decor for wedding manicure. But initially, decide whether you will build your nails or not. Of course, naturalness is now in vogue, but there are girls with a very short nail bed that needs to be lengthened. The decor option depends on whether you will grow marigolds.
Wedding manicure design with gradient
This season, the gradient is used not only by hairdressers, but also by manicurists. A gradient is a smooth transition from one color to another. The more colors, the smoother the transition will be.
In the salon, special equipment is most often used to perform a gradient, which makes it possible to make the transition soft. At home, use a sponge or foam sponge for applying shadows.
Ways to make a gradient for a wedding manicure:
- Sponge … This is one of the most common and simplest ways to create a gradient. You need to choose several colors. For wedding manicure, coffee, beige and white varnish are ideal. Cover the nails with coffee polish and let dry. Cut off a piece of soft kitchen sponge with small bubbles. The less bubbly the foam, the more accurate the gradient will be. Cut the sponge into several rectangles that are slightly larger than your nails. Now generously dampen your brush with varnish and apply a horizontal line of coffee top. Immediately below it, apply a strip of beige, even below a strip of white. It is necessary that the coatings overlap a little. Make a print on your finger by pressing the sponge from side to side, like a pendulum movement, so that the transition between colors is erased. Do not wait for the varnish to dry; cover it with a fixer. In order not to wipe the varnish from the nail rollers and cuticles for a long time, before making a gradient, cover the skin around the nail bed with a special Skin Defender, which is removed like a film after the coating dries. If not, lubricate the skin around the nail with petroleum jelly.
- By shading method … This option is ideal when creating a Nude manicure. In this case, vertical stripes of different colors are drawn on the nails. It is necessary that varnishes of different colors overlap a little. Now take a clean, dry brush and soak it in the nail polish fixer. At the junction of the two colors, blend the transition.
- Stretching method … Cover your nails with a beige polish and the free edge with a white translucent coating. While the products are wet, take a thin and very soft brush (s) and soak it in nail polish remover. In the direction from the free edge to the nail bed, pull the white varnish over the beige. Do this with short strokes.
French wedding manicure
French manicure never goes out of style. It is preferred by business women, students and office workers. But besides this, a jacket is a great option for a wedding. The nails look well-groomed and are not striking. Often the ring finger is additionally decorated with rhinestones, modeling, lace.
Ideas for a wedding jacket in 2016:
- Classic … In this case, the nail bed is covered with beige varnish. If the nails are short, then you need to draw a white stripe not from the smile line, but a little further. This will visually lengthen the nail. Then, using a thin brush, the free edge is drawn with white varnish. You can use special adhesive strips, they will help to make a straight smile line if you have little experience. If your nails are very short, go to a salon for extensions. It is necessary that the master uses two colors of gel or acrylic. Such a manicure is not wiped off at the ends and is worn for a very long time.
- Millennium … This is also one of the options for a jacket, only the free edge is covered not with white varnish, but with sparkles. The technique of execution is very simple, it is necessary to cover the bed with beige varnish, when the coating dries, draw a smile line with a transparent varnish with a thin brush. Apply a generous amount of glitter on top with a dry brush. If the dress is champagne, use gold glitter. If the outfit is snow-white, then silvery sand is ideal.
- Twist … This is one of the options for a jacket, but not only the free edge is covered with white. The tip can be V-shaped, or resemble a wave. Usually, this version of the jacket is used in combination with lace and rhinestones. It is necessary to cover the nail with beige varnish and use a thin brush dipped in white varnish to draw a V-shaped or other line. Now on sale there are stickers for such a non-standard jacket. After that, the nail is covered with a fixative.
Wedding manicure with rhinestones
Rhinestones always look great on a wedding manicure. But you should not glue a handful of stones on each nail, it looks vulgar, and a wedding manicure should be stylish and restrained. Wedding manicure options with rhinestones look like this:
- Chain … This manicure is usually applied to decorate all fingers. It is necessary to cover all marigolds with beige or peach varnish. After that, a thin brush diagonally draws the "algae". These are the usual ornate lines that intersect and cross. Use white acrylic or gel paint. Dotsom put white dots around the perimeter of some lines. Glue rhinestones along the perimeter of the lines where there are no dots. Choose stones of different sizes but the same color. It is necessary that the size of the rhinestones decreases gradually. Thus, you get something like a chain. It is not necessary to glue the rhinestones very tightly to each other, maintain a distance between the stones of 1 mm. Use special glue to attach the crystals. Cover the finished manicure with a top or fixer. Please note that cheap rhinestones can become cloudy after hitting the fixative, so buy Swarovski stones.
- Ring finger … All nails are covered with beige varnish. On the ring finger, the entire nail bed is completely laid out with stones. All rhinestones must be the same size. It is best to take the smallest ones with a shimmery shine. When exposed to sunlight, they shimmer in different colors.
- moon … In this case, the nails must be covered with a base color. When the coating is dry, take a few drops of glue along the lunula line. Glue the rhinestones. It is necessary that they fit tightly to each other, you get a kind of line. If such a manicure seems boring to you, you can completely fill the entire area of the lunula with rhinestones.
Do not glue too many stones at the tip of the free edge. In these places, rhinestones very often fly off after a few days of wearing a manicure.
Wedding moon manicure
Now this type of manicure is at the peak of its popularity. The most important thing is simplicity and the ability to perform on short nails. The combination of a beige base and a white moon can be considered a classic, but it all depends on the color scheme of the dress and accessories.
Consider the options for a wedding moon manicure:
- Classic … Cover the nail bed with a beige or pale pink varnish. In the area of the moon, draw the outlines of a semicircle with a thin brush. Paint over the entire area of the lunula. For drawing, use gel paint, acrylics are suitable. If there are no paints, you can use white varnish, however, it must be of good quality, otherwise it will not be possible to draw a semicircle without streaks and dark spots.
- Reverse moon … Cover your nails with a layer of beige nail polish. You can take any varnish that suits your dress. When the coating is dry, use a thin brush to draw the outline of the lunula. Also cover the entire area below the line with a colorless varnish. Wait for the coating to dry and become sticky. Place a piece of transfer foil on the inside. Choose a gold or silver colored foil. Cover the manicure with a top or fixer.
- Shimmering moon manicure … This option is suitable if the dress is made of shimmery fabric with glitter. In order to get a manicure, choose the base of the desired color. Cover the entire surface of the nail with varnish and let it dry. With a thin brush dipped in clear varnish, draw a semicircle. There should also be varnish inside. Sprinkle fine sand (golden or silver) on the wet varnish. White shimmery glitter can be used. Once dry, brush off the remaining glitter with a soft brush. Cover the nail with fixer.
Beautiful photos of a wedding manicure for the bride Before starting a manicure, look for photos on the net. Choose the pictures you like the most. Assess the shape and length of your nails. Keep in mind that a pattern that looks beautiful on long extended nails may look ugly on short nails. Assess the complexity of the pattern and your ability. If you are inexperienced in making ornate designs with a thin brush, consider stepping. It is quite easy to make an original wedding manicure using printing.
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Be sure to do a test manicure before the wedding, so you can make sure that you master the chosen pattern and do not spoil the mood on the day of the wedding.
