Short nails are back in fashion in the spring of 2018! In the current season, more and more girls prefer natural manicure and a small length of the nail plate. A smaller area for work is not a reason to refuse a unique design, fashion trends leave a lot of room for imagination. According to stylists, this year it is worth giving preference to gentle pastel and saturated deep tones, but you should not give up gradients, powder and mirror coating, moreover, they are recommended to be combined. The design for short nails, of course, should not be excessively clumsy, but not only a combination of different colors, but also different design techniques is allowed, which will turn a manicure into a unique work of art.
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Gel polish for short nails - current ideas of manicure
This season, the combination of a strict monophonic manicure with the unique design of one or two nails - on the ring and thumb is still relevant. The trend is floral and ethnic motifs, geometric patterns and zoning - both due to color, and using ribbons and rhinestones. It is worth paying attention to the “watercolor” technique: flowers, leaves and butterflies. However, it is better to combine them with pastel tones of the main coating.
Accenting with a matte or mirror finish will be equally popular. Foil can also be used for “office” manicure - it no longer seems too elaborate, except in cases where all nails are decorated using this technique.
But for now it’s worth giving up too voluminous and multi-level rhinestones: on short nails they look unnatural. At the same time, small, flat rhinestones of various textures are relevant in emphasizing and designing the perimeter of the nail bed.
Beautiful jacket for short nails
Classic French manicure this year requires original additions, of course, if the office dress code allows you to “enrich” a simple jacket with unique details.
The combination of the colors of the jacket now depends on the desire of the author, but the combination of “skin” shades with black, dark brown and burgundy is still worth giving up: on short nails they look messy and cause associations with dirt. It is acceptable to use deep blue and green shades, their combination with both pastel and bright coatings of the main part of the nail. The design of the jacket is also in fashion with foil, adhesive strips and rhinestones: this option does not seem too elaborate and at the same time allows even the classic “white” version of the French manicure to be ennobled. By the way, it is also worth giving up the use of an open white shade, it looks somewhat unnatural and outdated.
Nail design using rhinestones, powders
Rhinestones this season should be used with caution. The design of nails is relevant with geometric figures, so preference should be given to rhinestones in the form of circles or rhombuses. The latter can be used to create a unique design on one of the nails, fully decorating it with a kind of “honeycomb”. It is permissible to use round rhinestones to emphasize floral and ethnic patterns.
The use of rhinestones for zoning, including French, is no less popular, but you should approach this issue with caution: they should only set off the main design, and not become its central part.
Mirror and matte powders will also occupy an important place in the design, but they should be used carefully. The matte design of all nails or one of them with a pastel or dark coating looks natural and calm, as well as for the design of volumetric floral elements. The mirror coating of all nails is still a “festive” and not an everyday option, it is worthwhile to use such powder with restraint, for example, when decorating one nail or as an element of a French or moon manicure.
Moon manicure
Lunar manicure, both classic, involving the design of the lunula, and in combination with a jacket, remains one of the key trends in the design of nails. With this design, you should not combine matte and glossy varnish, and the use of excessively massive rhinestones and thick stripes is not welcome. Otherwise, the design depends on the author: a combination of dark and pastel shades, glossy and pearly coatings is acceptable, as well as a detailed design of the main part of the nail plate with a calm contrasting design of the lunula.
A beautiful manicure will turn out and when moving away from the repetition of flowers on all nails. A good combination of gradient and lunar manicure will be the gradual darkening of the lunula from nail to nail and a slight change in the shade of the main color. In this matter, the main thing is not to overdo it, otherwise the nails will turn into a multi-colored scattered palette.
Especially popular is the “free” version of the lunar manicure, in which the lunula is not coated with colored gel polish at all. This technique requires special care for even coating, but it allows you to solve the problem of quickly growing nails.
Gradient for short nails
The gradient has undergone minor changes this season: the vertical version with the transition of color from light to dark on each nail in an everyday manicure is undesirable. This option, especially when designing the gradient border with rhinestones, should be recorded in the number of “evening” ones that are not suitable for an office with a strict dress code.
Otherwise, the gradient trend has persisted: both horizontal and vertical options are relevant, moreover, the latter can be repeated on each nail or “stretched” over the entire arm. A French ombre is considered a good option, especially in the classic combination of white and beige shades.
When making short nails, it is not recommended to make a contrasting horizontal gradient using too dark shades of gray, brown, burgundy and green - these colors can visually shorten the nails, changing the proportions of the arm as a whole.
Wedding manicure with gel polish on short nails
An ideal version of a classic wedding decoration for short nails is pastel jacket, moon manicure, as well as a calm volumetric design in both floral and graphic versions. A successful addition will be small rhinestones and stripes, as well as matte or glossy powder - in this case, it can be used to design all nails at once.
It is important to consider that the design of nails should be combined with a wedding dress and jewelry, while being comfortable and not cause trouble on this important day.
Therefore, it is worth abandoning excessively voluminous rhinestones and other decorative elements that, in theory, can come off at the most inopportune moment, ruining both manicure and mood. The color of the rhinestone should be strictly combined with the metal of the jewelry: if the choice is made in favor of silver, the rhinestones in bronze or gold will be discordant with the general color scheme.
The color of a wedding manicure primarily depends on the overall image. If you exclude the original options for red or black wedding dresses, it is preferable to dwell on various shades of white coating, calm pink and flesh tones. In the event that the white dress has a light warm or cold hue, the tone of the coating of the nails should coincide with it: blue and emerald variants are combined with “cold” white, yellow and green with “warm”.
Fashionable palette of colors for manicure
Acid shades of various colors have lost their relevance this season: fuchsia, open ultramarine and bright yellow are suitable for theme parties, but not for everyday life. The same applies to decorative elements - even too bright rhinestones should not be used in a manicure.
The main trend in manicure on very short nails is the most natural pastel shades of various colors - from peach to deep purple. Increasingly, preference is given to light shades - salmon, blue, sand, violet.
Among the dark shades that look perfect on short nails - wine, black, chocolate and purple, they all go well with a golden or silver coating.
Special care should be taken when choosing a color when creating a so-called “free” coating, which assumes that part of the nail plate will remain unpainted. Pastel flesh tones will allow you to create a strict and calm version of the design, in which “empty” places will not attract too much attention, and with bright coverage, such “windows” may look messy. Therefore, it is worth staying on light pink, blue or greenish shades without a shimmer - this option will look as natural and thoughtful as possible.
