Manicure Ideas
Posted in: Manicure by weddingcometrue | June 17th 2010 | 2 comments
I think that it comes a moment in every woman’s life that she will find herself looking for manicure ideas. The truth is that we don’t have a hard job these days, because we have access to a lot of information and in case we have used all of our own ideas, we may find some new ones. In this article I am going to present some ideas and it only takes some time and some creativity do get them done.
The first idea that comes into my mind is most suitable for those who love animals. You could polish your nails with a base color of your choice and then you should draw some paws at one corner of the nails. There are several methods to do this. The first one is to use a toothpick and dip it in the polish. The draw a larger circle and fill it with polish. To get the style right you should draw three or four small circles around the larger one to make it look like real paw prints. For the larger circle you could also use a stick with cotton on it. In this case it is enough to dip it into polish and then leave a mark on the finger. You can choose any color you would like. I have tried this style with black base and silver paws and I have to say that it looked magnificent.
Another style that you might like is the one that features animal patterns. The first one starts just like a French manicure, with a white tip. Then take a thin brush and dip it into black polish. You have to create a zebra pattern. This is very easy to do in case you have something to get inspired of, or just use your imagination. Don’t forget that the stripes shouldn’t be longer than the white area. You just have to draw some lines randomly. You could do the same in case you want a tiger pattern. In this case you should start with a brown base and also black stripes.
The cheetah pattern in a bit more complicated, but you could still do it. You should polish your entire nail with a brown or gold polish and then with a thin brush, draw some Cs. Draw a C and then draw another one right in front of it, but mirror the c. You should put the Cs randomly and you will get the perfect pattern.
When it comes to animals you could also draw cats or spiders. In case of spiders you just need two circles and a few lines for the legs. You could also buy some stickers and you can apply them in no time in case you are looking for something fast.
I think that only your creativity can put limits for you and some people say that the creativity of people is unlimited. I hope you like these manicure ideas and feel free to improve them as you like.
I can teach you how to make beautiful flowers on your nails as well. after you have applied you favorite nail polish twice and it is dry, you can start drawing flowers which is easy even if you are not at all talented at this. I use a toothpick and dip it at one end in nail polish of another color than the one you applied on your nails before. In the corner of the nail, near the cuticle, you just make a dot, which is the center of the flower. Switch to another nail polish of a different color and dip the other end of the toothpick in there. Now you can start drawing the petals by pressing the pointy end of the toothpick onto your nail. Be careful because if you want pretty flowers, the petals have to be longer than the initial dots. Or else, you may get a rather abstract design with just dots.
I think that the best and most efficient way to get a nice and original manicure is to buy those nail sticker with models which are available in stores. For example, I recently bought sticker with butterflies and small Swarovski stones that makes your nails looks sparking. I carefully apply these stickers on my nails, above the coat of nail polish using tweezers because the stickers were fragile and I actually ripped off the wing of a butterfly by mistake before using this instrument. After applying the stickers on all my fingers, I applied a coat of transparent nail polish to make sure the stickers don’t come off. As simple as that.