Well-groomed nails are an essential condition for the beauty of female hands. The slider design for nails helps to maintain their beauty for the fair sex.
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What is slider design?
So what is slider design? This method of decorating the nail plates is to use special stickers, the design of which is developed manually.
A slider is a real find for those who do not have the time or ability to draw elegant patterns and intricate images on their nails and do not have the opportunity to consult a specialist.
The backing is separated from the sticker with water.
There are several types of products:
- With a dense pattern. They are considered universal, since they are successfully used on any nails and base. The latter is most often varnish.
- With a full surface design. They do not require special preparation, since they completely cover the nail plates.
- With a transparent base. Most often used as an accent on a white, pastel or other light background.
With proper dexterity at home, you can use all kinds of stickers.
Advantages and disadvantages
The main advantages:
- Easy way to use. Even girls who do not have special skills can easily cope with this.
- Minimum time. This is especially liked by busy women who do not have a couple of treasured hours for traditional manicure.
- Natural look. Sometimes even professionals can not at first glance determine whether this is a real drawing or just a sticker. Qualitatively applied decor creates a durable coating that is difficult to distinguish from hand-painted.
- A wide range of stickers.You can buy such products everywhere and in any variations and colors.
Of the minuses, we can name only the fact that quality products are quite expensive. But you have to pay for quality.
If the manicure quickly deteriorates, then the reason must be sought in low-quality products or incorrect application technology. For example, they forgot to apply the finish coat, poorly dried the base, put a sticker inaccurately, which left air bubbles under it.
Also, the slider may not hold well for the following reasons:
- strong stratification of nails (in which case they just need to be healed and brought to normal condition);
- the use of aggressive detergents;
- constant contact with hot water.
If you follow all the recommendations and protect the manicure from the negative effects of external factors, it will last quite a long time.
How to use manicure stickers
Sticking a slider on the nail is not as difficult as it seems. The main thing is to choose high-quality materials and read the instructions. It is also necessary to think over the composition in advance and choose a color palette, then the design will be as effective as possible. In many cases, it is not necessary to use stickers for the decoration of all nails; it is enough to select 1 - 2 nail plates on the hand.
Sequencing:
- Choose a base coat for nails that matches the color and prepare the following materials: ear sticks, orange stick, warm water and topcoat.
- Degrease nails, remove cuticle. Prepare the necessary fragments of pictures, carefully cutting them out with nail scissors according to the size of the nail plates.
- Coat the nail plates with a base coat in two layers for a brighter color. To dry. The base layers must be completely dry, otherwise the sticker will quickly peel off.
- Immerse the decor for 30 seconds in warm water.
- Carefully move the prepared fragment onto the nail with a wooden stick and fix it. The slider can only be attached to a well-dried base coat. High-quality products do not stick to the nail plates instantly, so if the location is unsuccessful, the fragment can be carefully removed and moved to the right place.
- Carefully swipe the sticker with an ear stick to remove excess fluid and air bubbles.
- Dry and apply topcoat.
Everything must be done strictly according to the instructions, scrupulously observing every point, since this work is almost jewelry. Only a well-executed slider design will look attractive and last a long time (up to 4 weeks).
In the same way, you can decorate extended nails.
A gel or acrylic is applied in a thin layer on the prepared surface of simulated and sawn-off plates, dried in a lamp, and then the pattern is fixed on top. If you want to complement the finished pattern with sparkles or rhinestones, you need to do this after the image is protected with a finish coating.
Neil designers who have been working with such elements for a long time know a lot of tricks that help to achieve the perfect result.
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3D nails decoration
In addition to the usual stickers, there are also 3d-sliders for nails. They look especially beautiful on long nails.
3D elements make it possible to achieve not only a beautiful pattern, but also a sculpting effect thanks to a pronounced texture and volume. Application technology is not much different from conventional.
It’s easy to remove the sliders, for this you need:
- apply a little liquid to the cotton pad to remove gel polish;
- wipe the nail plate until the image dissolves;
- remove the remaining film with an orange stick.
The main directions for the design of such stickers are nature, flowers, thematic images, abstractions, ornate patterns and ornaments.
News and fashion trends 2018
The manicure in the season 2018 - 2019 is especially colorful and interesting.
You can use different elements:
- funny little animals;
- fruits and berries;
- flowers and floral ornaments;
- romantic prints;
- Balloons;
- Landscapes and paintings.
But at the peak of popularity, geometric patterns, intricate abstractions, lace, floral ornaments and any decor in ethnic style are now.
Also this season, the cage is especially popular.
Favorite now has rich and noble shades of burgundy and purple in combination with pastel elements. Also this fall, deep and dark shades of green or gray with any white and light decor are especially popular.
The choice of such stickers for manicure design is very wide, and their use is a simple and convenient way to decorate nails. Try it yourself!
