Shellac: the best ideas of 2018

Shellac has already managed to win the hearts of many girls. And this is not surprising, because such a coating not only fits perfectly on the nail, but also protects it. In addition, shellac can be used absolutely for any nail art design. We suggest you consider the best ideas for 2018.

Fashion trends

Choosing a manicure design, each girl preliminarily studies fashion trends of nail art this season. Stylists assure that the palette of colors popular in 2018 will be simply huge. Trend shades, first of all, include turquoise, pale pink, bright yellow, bright green, red, coffee, salmon, peach and lilac gray. All of them will look great, both in monochrome and in different color combinations.

In 2018, short oval or almond-shaped nails will be popular. A square nail is allowed, but with the most rounded edges.

Shellac manicure does not limit you in choosing a nail decor. It can be rhinestones, kamifubuki, various volumetric elements, etc. And due to the fact that such a coating is durable, decorative elements will also be reliably protected.

Solid manicure

For fans of the monochrome coating of nails, shellac is ideal, which always fits perfectly on the nail plate and lasts a long time.

French and moon manicure

French and moon designs have been popular for years. At the same time, each new season, stylists offer them some changes and complement them with various decor. Thanks to the use of shellac, such a manicure will stay on the nails for several weeks and at the same time looks bright and beautiful.

The uniform of a smile of a jacket can be any. In addition to the usual straight line, designers offer concave, triangular, square or even double. In 2018, a combination of French and stamping will be popular.

 

 

Lunar manicure in 2018 was supplemented with new shades. The main part of the nail can now be painted in the most incredible shades, and the combination of colors can be unpredictable.

Shellac drawing

Animal paintings in 2018 will regain their positions. Therefore, to be in trend it is enough to apply animal imitation on the nails. But do not overdo it. There should not be a lot of animal print in the image.

Floral drawings will not lose their relevance. The novelty of the season can be called flowers painted with matte varnish on a glossy basis. Daisies, daisies, roses, cornflowers and dandelions will be popular. For a special occasion, a manicure can be decorated with rhinestones or other shiny decor.

No less popular are geometric patterns. It can be not only lines or circles, but also rhombuses or even abstract compositions.

If you do not know how to draw or are not sure that the drawing will be perfect, you can use special stickers or stamping.

For holiday manicure, you can make a picture of rhinestones. Powder spangles are also very popular.

"Broken glass"

If you have never done a broken glass manicure, now is the time to apply it. To do this, you need a special film or foil.

With the help of small pieces of any metallized foil, a stylish coating is created. You can apply them, as on all nails at once, and highlight accent nails with them.

For those who do not have time to lay out pieces, stickers have been specially created that repeat glass fragments. But so that they last a long time and look neat, after application, they must be covered with a protective layer.

The foil can be used in tone to the main coating or be in a contrasting shade. In the holiday manicure, you can use foil of any color, applied on a black coating.For fans of business style, pastel, cream or silver pieces on a transparent or neutral background will be appropriate.

"Liquid stones"

This name was given to manicure, which imitates precious stones - sapphire, ruby, etc. This design can be called luxurious and elegant. For framing stone, casting is used using transfer foil.

Ombre manicure

Ombre manicure is still relevant, the main idea of ​​which is a smooth transition from one color to another. In this case, you can combine any quantity, any shades.

Bright shades can be complemented with sparkles or rhinestones. The rainbow coating remains popular, for which at least 3 different colors are used.

The gradient can be horizontal or vertical. Horizontal, it looks better on long nails, while vertical can be used on a short manicure.

Usually for manicure in the ombre style, varnishes are used, which are distinguished by a dense texture and excellent pigmentation. Shellac has exactly these qualities.

Nude Style Design

The popularity of nude manicure continues to gain momentum. And this is not surprising, because naturalness is now in fashion. For such a manicure, any shades of shellac from milk to peach are suitable.

Shellac short nails

Choosing the color that is relevant to the manicure, stylists recommend starting from the length of the nail. On very short nails, the free edge of which is no more than 2-3 mm, peach, blue, green, turquoise and gray will ideally look. For nails, the length of the free edge of which is in the range of 4-5 mm, more saturated tones are suitable - yellow, red, hot pink, chocolate, burgundy, dark blue and black.

Shellac on long nails

Long nails are an excellent field for creativity of masters of nail art design. Because there are an unlimited number of ideas for manicure. It can be either ordinary jacket or ombre, or the application of various patterns and drawings.

A manicure in the “broken glass” style, applied over shellac, will look very impressive on them. Thus, you can decorate all nails or make several accent nails.

Decorate long nails offer rhinestones and stones. It looks very bright and impressive.

There are a lot of options for creating a manicure with shellac, so each girl can choose exactly what she likes best.

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