For the summer period, you can afford the most striking, stylish and unusual nail design. In the hot season, manicure should be a spectacular addition to a light lace dress or a simple look from shorts and a T-shirt. It is bright manicured nails that will allow the girl, despite the outfit, to stand out from the crowd and attract attention to herself.

Design Ideas for Short Nails

Even owners of short nails can endlessly experiment with their manicure. Moreover, in the season 2018 - 2019, the length of the nail plate is not more than 5 ml from its edge. Desirable - oval. Beloved by many "squares" are gradually fading into the past.

Most often, girls make French for short nails. Just in this case, you can afford to design the tip of the nail plate with varnish / gel of any color, even red, black, yellow, blue. For owners of long nails, only the classic and pink version is available this season.

Geometric manicure on short nails is also popular.

On the plate, you can place a miniature square or draw a large triangle from its base to the tip. In the case of geometric patterns on short nails, you can also safely play with contrasting colors.

French and moonlight manicure for summer

French and lunar manicures have not been losing ground for several years in a row. Girls prefer such options due to their long wear and stylish neat appearance.In summer, you can afford these types of manicure using brighter, more juicy shades of varnish / gel.

  • French nail design is a coating of the tip of the nail in the form of a “smile” with varnish of a darker / bright shade.
  • In the lunar manicure, the lower part of the nail plate differs in color, on the contrary. In addition, in the latter case, it may even remain unpainted.

Both types of discussed manicure can combine both 1 - 2, or more colors. French or moon design looks spectacular, complemented by miniature drawings or stickers in different parts of the nail plate.

Beautiful ideas of manicure 2018 with flowers

Images of flowers on nails are the most popular design option among girls of different ages. Such drawings really always look stylish, appropriate, feminine, interesting. You can create them yourself or seek help from a manicurist.

This season, the simplest daisies or roses have given way to more complex unusual patterns. The design option in which one flower occupies two nails at once looks interesting. For example, one half of it is located on the index, and the second on the middle.

A beautiful design of nails for the summer can be a lot of bright flowers located on one or all nails. Or a bud painted on one plate, and a stem with leaves on another.

If a girl in the near future does not plan to work with her hands, then she can allow her to create a voluminous floral manicure on her nails. In this case, the petals will be created from several layers of gel, sparkles or foil, and the core - from sequins or rhinestones.

Rhinestone nail design

A manicure with rhinestones is also popular in the summer. Miniature bright pebbles will effectively shimmer under the sun's rays and delight their owner.

  • Of rhinestones, you can lay out whole floral, fruit and other compositions.
  • With their help, it is easy to create an imitation of jewelry on the nails.
  • You can just add pebbles to the manicure in a few pieces to add brightness to it.
  • Rhinestones make out both the jacket and the moon manicure, thus separating the border of different shades of gel / varnish or highlighting the tip / base of the nail.

Lace manicure for the summer

Masters began to actively offer lace manicures to their clients just a couple of years ago. Today, you can get lace on your nails both with the help of a drawing, and using volumetric stickers, sparkles, stickers.

In the summer, snow-white patterns in manicure become especially popular.

  • For example, making a french jacket, a girl can arrange one or two nails in the form of a delicate thin lace. This manicure looks very feminine and unusual.
  • Also for summer manicure, golden / silver lace is relevant. In this format, all nails can be designed at once. For example, in the style of the popular “metallic” temporary tattoos on the body.

Bright, colorful and gradient manicure.

If you do not want to bother with the decor for a long time, but at the same time there is a desire to make manicure relevant for the summer, you just need to choose a varnish of a bright, juicy shade. For example, yellow, orange, lime, pink. Such a manicure, even in combination with a simple colored dress, will make the image of the girl very bright and memorable. The shade of the nails can both completely coincide with the outfit, and can be contrasting to it.

  • If we talk about multi-colored manicure, then “rainbow” is especially popular. In this case, you need to paint 1 to 2 nails in different bright colors. As a result, shades of 3 to 7 may appear on the hand. The main thing is to choose them so that the colors harmonize well and effectively complement the bow of the girl as a whole.
  • A separate direction of bright color manicure is gradient. It is not easy to do it yourself. In this design, one color smoothly transforms into another on one nail plate. For a gradient manicure, it is still better to contact a professional master in the salon.

New summer 2018 with fruits

Summer design of nails with the image of fruits is the trend of 2018. Such a manicure raises the mood and helps to tune in to the sun, relaxation, fun.

There are several ways to place juicy fruits on your nails. The longest and most expensive visit to a skilled manicurist who depicts a juicy core of kiwi, a slice of bright orange or watermelon flesh on the client’s nail plates. In this case, you will have to spend more than one hour in the salon and pay a tidy sum for the creation of a specialist. But the drawing will turn out spectacular, unusual and will last a long time.

A simple budget option is to make a manicure yourself. You can try to draw fruit / berries on the nails according to the finished master classes from the network with colored varnishes or simply arrange thematic stickers on them. You will be able to buy the latter in many cosmetic stores and even on Chinese trading floors on the Internet.

Design trends for nail extensions with a pattern

With extended long nails in the summer, one can experiment endlessly. Especially if a girl likes to be in the spotlight, to remain bright and original. A couple of months ago, at the peak of fashion, there were bright monophonic long oval-shaped nails. Unusual drawings on extended plates are now in demand again.

Which pattern or image to choose depends only on the woman herself, her tastes and preferences.

For spring and summer manicure, floral drawings are always relevant. They can cover all nails completely or use only as a miniature accent on one / several plates.

  • It is flowers that are especially easy to paint in nail design. Each fashionista will cope with this pattern. It is enough to put a dot in the middle of the nail with a thin brush or a toothpick, and carefully draw miniature petals of contrasting color around.
  • Ladybugs, butterflies, and other summer characters are somewhat more difficult to draw. If you want to create a real work of art on your own hands, then it is better to turn to the master for help.
  • Again, cartoon characters became popular in the summer manicure of 2018. Even older ladies happily decorate their nails with their favorite Disney princesses or a kiss from Mickey and Minnie Mouse.
  • If you want to demonstrate to others your curiosity and interest in life, you can even reflect on the nails actual events taking place in the world. So, in the summer, a manicure on the topic of football, popular TV shows, films and computer games is relevant.
  • Some girls decide to place even whole phrases or their own initials / date of birth / happy combination of numbers / phone numbers on long extended nail plates.

Stylish geometric manicure for the summer.

When choosing a geometric manicure option for yourself, you need to remember that it is always striking. Even if bright varnishes were not used to create such a design.

 

If a girl occupies a high position and complies with a strict dress code at work, she can only indulge in geometric manicure during her summer vacation. In this case, you can choose the most daring colors for design.

  • For example, divide the nails into arbitrary squares / triangles and paint each one with bright varnish of a certain shade. Such variegation will definitely attract the attention of others to the girl's manicure.
  • If a woman avoids excessive brightness, it will be enough to add only 1 to 2 nails with a geometric pattern. For example, anonymous. The Triangles design looks good in this case, when the nail is divided into 3 to 4 parts and painted with different colors of shellac in the form of triangles that differ only in size. The first is located at the very base of the plate.

It is interesting: how to remove shellac at home

Popular ideas for matte manicure

Matte masters began to offer fashionistas recently.Manufacturers of nail polishes and gels quickly caught the fashion trend and offered their customers just a huge number of popular cosmetic innovations. Matte nail polishes today can be found in any color and shade.

They look great on nails in a different design. You can simply make one-color soft manicure such a varnish, thanks to which the nails will look stylish, well-groomed, but not catchy.

  • Bold young ladies decide to cover each nail plate with a certain shade of matte varnish, turning them into a real rainbow. This option is especially relevant for holidays.
  • Various accessories (even large ones) hold well on matte manicure products. It will be effective to place several large rhinestones at the base of the nail or imitate a “necklace” of sequins, pebbles, sequins on the middle of the plate.
  • An interesting idea is to combine matte varnish or gel with gloss. For example, make a jacket, the basis of which will be a black matte surface. In this case, the tips of the nails are covered with a perfectly smooth glossy product.
  • Floral and geometric prints look good on matte manicure.
  • And the most daring young ladies ask the master to create eerie volumetric drawings in the form of spikes, skulls, spiders on a rough surface.

Trend of the season - manicure with kamifubuki

Kamifubuki - bright glitter and foil figures of different colors, sizes, shapes, which are also used to design the nail plate, got that name. They became especially popular in the spring of 2018. The trend continued for the summer.

 

You can use kamifubuki in any manicure. Including gel. It is enough to apply the base, and sprinkle bright sparkles on top of it or arrange circles, hearts, strips of thin shiny material.

Some masters suggest using a shiny straw to make the transition from one color to another. For example, divide the surface of the nail plate into several parts. It looks very interesting version of the jacket, in which the tip of the nail is simply covered with plain or multi-colored sequins.

Foil circles are beautifully applied to plain nails. Having densely strewed with them the base of the plate, and placing only a few miniature figures on top.

There are a lot of ideas for such an original manicure. The main thing is not to forget to fix the kamifubuki on the nails with ordinary varnish or gel, so that they do not peel off after a couple of hours and cling to thin delicate fabrics of clothing.

Nails are the decoration of the hands of every girl. Modern designs and techniques make it possible to make them elegant, bright, delicate, catchy - any. Turn on your imagination and feel free to experiment, because summer is in the yard, which means you can step back a bit from the rules and allow yourself a small bright, brilliant riot!