Today, well-groomed hands and beautiful nails are a sign of any modern woman who does her homework every day, builds a career and at the same time does not forget about herself.
But to be fashionable, you need to follow the trend of new items.
Square nail design - what's fashionable?
At the last fashion show, it was obvious that nails with a length of no more than 0.3 cm, fashionable in the new season. As for the shape, you should not give the nail plate a perfectly rectangular shape, it is better to round the sharp edges a little and give the nail a squiggle shape (soft square) or oval-square shape.
But it is unwise to fully comply with the fashion, you also need to take into account the natural data. In the first place should remain the harmony of the image.
The square shape of the nails, although it is considered universal, is not suitable for women with a wide palm and full fingers. But when the nail plate is by nature small and round, then give it the shape of a soft square and, having studied the photo, the french of the new products, create a unique nail design.
Square nail design: photos and features
The main feature of square nails is their versatility. This form is suitable for different nails: natural, extended, long, short. On them any manicure, both monophonic, and with drawings beautifully looks.
With square nails it is convenient to perform all household chores and even look after a small child.
Slightly rounded corners of a soft square are less broken and stratified than sharp ones. Therefore, this form is suitable for those who have a nail plate on the nature of a soft and fragile.
Squaring a nail is much easier than any other. To do this, cut the nail plate smoothly and slightly round the edges with a file.
Due to minimal turning, the nail remains practically unaffected, which helps to keep it more healthy and prevent its separation. And on healthy nails manicure lasts longer.
It is easy to care for the square shape, it is enough to file them once in 2-3 days and you will not need to use the clippers.
You need to constantly monitor that square nails do not grow too long. In addition, when the regrowth of the plate will bend down, and the manicure will look ugly, so it also weakens the nail itself.
On the form of a soft square, any manicure design will harmoniously look, whether it is a usual glossy or matte varnish, or trendy nail art.
French is perhaps best combined with a square shape of nails. Moreover, after studying the photos of new products, you can see that the service jacket is again in favor. Famous designers and image makers presented several of its types:
1. Classic French manicure. It is made with natural varnishes. The nail plate is painted in pink or beige color, and white varnish is applied on the tip of the nail. Over the two varnishes, a protective coating is applied, which gives the manicure a finished and neat look. French approach to any outfits, be it a business suit or wedding dress.
2. Color jacket. This type of manicure is performed in the same way as a classic jacket, but instead of a white lacquer a smile is drawn with colored lacquer.
Considering the photo french new designs of nails, you will notice that in the current season, black, blue, boron and bright neon colors will be fashionable.
3. French millennium. Instead of colored varnish, gloss and decorative sand are applied to the tips of the nail.
4. Fan-french. One of the brightest and most original types of jacket. For decorating the free edge of the nail using rhinestones, beads, foil, dried flowers, mica, and more. Of course, such a manicure is not for everyday activities, but for some celebration it can be done.
5. Twist-french. Smile perform two different contrasting colors. This trendy and elegant manicure is combined with any style of clothing.
6. Unusual jacket. To create it use a non-standard form of a smile, for example, in the form of a triangle or zigzag.
7. Moon jacket. Inverted French manicure is gaining more and more popularity. When creating it, the emphasis is not on the free edge of the nail, but on its base, near which another crescent is painted with another varnish.
In addition to french in trend design a la Louboutin. As a rule, the top of the nail plate is covered with black lacquer and the bottom is red, but other colors can be used, for example, as in the photo:
And just plain colored nails will complement the image of almost any modern woman.
Square nail design: a sequence of actions
You can make a square shape with your nail and apply a french-design you like, having studied the photos of new products on your own, if you follow a number of rules.
Squareing natural nails
In order to make a manicure at home need a nail file, nail clippers or scissors with straight blades.
Before you begin giving the nail plate square in shape, it is necessary to carry out the preparatory work:
1. First you need to degrease the nails and erase the old cover. For this it is better to use nail polish remover without acetone.
2. Next, soften the nails and skin of the hands using a thermal bath, in which you can add either sea salt or essential oil. For hand care at any age, you can use citrus essential oils, neroli, hyssop, lavender, rose, ylang-ylang, sandalwood, cypress. Strengthens the nail plate oil myrrh, lemon, tea tree, bergamot.
3. Gently move the chit back and remove it. Dry your hands for 10-15 minutes.
4. Then using nippers or scissors, one motion cut the nail plate in a straight line. It is important that the tools are sharp, then the cut will be smooth, which will help keep the nail healthy and protect it from delamination.
5. Rip free edge. In order not to form cracks and chips, the nail should be processed in one direction or from right to left, or only from left to right. Never file wet nails, it is destructive for them.
6. To create a soft square, lightly sharpen sharp corners.
7. Wash your hands and apply a nourishing or moisturizing cream. Instead of the cream, you can use any base oil: jojoba, apricot, almond or peach.
After that, you need to decide on the design. Here it is important to think over everything to the smallest detail and perhaps it is better to contact a professional in the beauty industry.
Squareing artificial nails
Square nails are enlarged using paper forms and modeling material.
The process itself consists of several stages:
1. Apply an antiseptic to the skin of your hands, remove the excess with a cotton pad. Move cuticle, treat the free edge of the nail.
2. Set the paper form. The result of building up depends on this stage.
3. Defat the natural nail with nail polish remover and apply primer. Then start laying out modeling material. Place the nails with gel in the UV lamp and wait until the gel hardens.
4. Apply another layer of gel on the stress zone of the nail and dry it under the lamp. Remove the sticky layer with a special liquid or nail polish remover without acetone, cut the free edge with a file, giving it a rectangular shape. Scrape off excess gel, level the surface of the nail.
5. Apply the last layer of gel and dry it in UV rays.
Next you need to decide on the design. Professional master of beauty industry will help you choose an individual design for square nails under the style of clothing.
Square nail design: professional advice
Having mastered the basic technique of creating a square shape of the nail and looking at photos of fashionable french new products, you can proceed to the design.
Exquisite and beautiful design can be created even on short square-shaped nails, for this you only need to use the trendy decorative varnishes of the current season.
Look good on short and medium nails varnishes black, burgundy, yellow, gold, orange, green and blue.
To create a more resistant manicure, you can use shellac. A manicure with shellac looks more natural and neat. Shellac allows you to grow your nail plate and significantly improve its condition. And besides, it is much cheaper than, for example, acrylic. Keeps such a manicure for up to 2 weeks.
To make shellac look beautiful, you need to apply a base coat on the nail, dry it, apply colored lacquer, dry and apply a fixing layer.
Young girls can use bright varnishes, additionally decorating them with glitter.
On square nails of medium length, classic and multi-colored French manicure, flowers, geometric patterns look beautiful.
Unusual and creative design on square nails can be created with the help of lines and circles.
You can make french on square nails using the technique of double brushstroke. To do this, you need a base coat, two varnishes of different colors or acrylic paints, a flat brush, a palette and a fixative. Apply a base coat to the nail plate. Apply a decorative lacquer or paint to the palette, dip a brush in them and slide it along the free edge of the nail plate, creating the chosen design. On top of the color coating, you can decorate with some nail materials and only then apply a fixative.
Even more diverse design can be created on square nails of great length. After all, for the beauty of the master the surface of the nail as a canvas for the artist, the more space, the more opportunities to create a real masterpiece.
Usually, long nails are decorated with classic or multi-colored french, which can be additionally decorated with paintings, stickers, glitters, bouillons, etc.
Beautiful and elegant looking on long square nails looks volume modeling.
At the wedding, square nails can be decorated with moon manicure, a classic jacket, or decorated with any nail materials (dried flowers, glitters, rhinestones, bouillons). On such a momentous day, you can afford any design you want, the main thing is to know when to stop.
To create a design on square nails, you can use adhesive tape, which is glued at different angles and decorative varnish is applied on it. You can purchase special stencils or magnetic varnish with various stamps.
Those who have a good brush can paint anything: animals, stripes, pieces of fruit, stars, flowers and much more.
Creating a design on square nails, you need to remember that large drawings and horizontal stripes that visually enlarge the nail plate look ugly on them.
