A fashionable volumetric manicure provides endless possibilities for decoration, and it is quite possible to do it at home without resorting to the services of a master.
The main materials used for volumetric nail art are polymer clay and acrylic. Tips, sparkles, glitter, pebbles (for example, pearls) and so on are also often used. You can use ready-made motifs for applying to nails. These are the so-called “fimki”: sticks made of polymer clay with drawings inside. It is better to buy them ready for use: cut into the thinnest slices.
You can perform a variety of types of 3D manicure yourself, but the most relevant this and last season were:
- knitted and fur patterns,
- voluminous floral motifs,
- monograms, lace, openwork frames,
- beads, caviar, abstractions, etc.
Are you planning to create a stunning voluminous nail design? First they need to be thoroughly prepared. Then the base, the main varnish, is applied. And then the fun begins: modeling from polymer clay, making applications from foil, flowers and bouillons.
Openwork frame or monogram
- To draw such a pattern on a nail with 3D gel, take a dots and mark the outline of the design with dots, first with the same varnish that is already coated on the nail. The dots can be larger or smaller, depending on how thick the line is. Dry it.
- The next step is to draw lines with the same color. It is better to start from the free edge of the nail and move along the oval to the cuticle, where the line becomes thinner. Dry it.
- Next you need to work with gel polish: outline monograms, patterns and dots. You need to draw without pressure so that there is more volume. The gel polish should stick to the brush.
- After drying the base layer, you can add volume to the drawing. This is done with strokes of the base color, as if applying shadows. The next step is to add veins, gold sparkles and other decorations.
Manicure 3D cat eye, chameleon: photo
Starry sky
Chameleon under matte top
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3D cat Starry sky Starry sky
Space on nails
3D cats for nails look very beautiful in themselves, and can significantly save time on creating an unusual and interesting manicure.
It is quite rare that nails are completely covered with a 3D cat, because it will look intrusive. Decoration is mainly done on the ring and middle fingers.
Wedding volume manicure
Fashionable versions of wedding nail art use delicate romantic colors, elegant patterns, and catchy stones. A voluminous manicure with gel polish on the bride’s nails is always appropriate and looks great.
Exquisite 3D manicure using stickers
When performing 3D manicure, the easiest and most convenient way is to use stickers. Such stickers differ from the usual relief pattern, which is very noticeable on a flat nail plate. To create three-dimensional nail art you will need gel polish of any tone and, of course, the stickers themselves. First, prepare your nails for a manicure, apply the varnish of the desired tone to them and dry them in a lamp. It is best to use a polish with a sticky layer to make the pattern easier to move around the nail. Now let's start applying the stickers. Cut the desired design and place it on a damp cotton pad for a few minutes. Then remove the sticker from the paper and place it on your nail. Finally, cover the nail with topcoat and dry it in a lamp. This manicure will look attractive. Using stickers, you can focus on two nails or decorate all your fingers.
Options for everyday voluminous manicure
3D gel manicure is great for daily wear, if you don’t overuse it. Let the spectacular three-dimensional pattern flaunt on one or two fingers. This is enough to make an impression. Combine it with ombre and various types of French.
What advantages have made smart polishes so popular?
First of all, a wonderful manicure. The second plus is the affordable price. You will have to pay a considerable amount for salon design. And with smart varnish, you can change your design every day without leaving your home.
Using magnetic varnishes is not difficult. Apply it to the nail, attach the plate - and you're done. Just carefully coat the nails with varnish - that’s all the requirements. First we apply one layer, a thinner one, then, after a little while, we apply a second one.
The varnish is economical: one bottle lasts for at least a month if used every day. And the manicure will last quite a long time. The design looks amazing, and all you need to do is point a magnet at the painted nail. The final pattern depends on the magnet.
Molded flowers
This type of volumetric nail design with gel polish requires skill development. There is gel plasticine for sculpting nail decorations. It is produced under the brands Arnelle, Lady Victory and others. Some artists use “liquid stones” to create nail bas-reliefs. To make a simple flower, apply petals with thin strokes onto a prepared, sanded nail. We add volume with each new layer, drying the previous one.
Chic manicure with broths
Broths are small multi-colored granules that are attached to the surface of the nail using gel polish. This design can hardly be called everyday; the manicure looks completely extraordinary. In addition, the voluminous design with bouillons is impractical in everyday life; it often clings to hair and clothes.
Knitted manicure
Spectacular voluminous manicure imitating braids and other knitted patterns is now in trend. They are performed only with gel polish, since other types of materials do not give a similar effect. How to make such nail art? The method of creating a pattern is similar to drawing monograms: first, outline the general appearance of the pattern with dots, and then, without pressing, apply gel polish with a dot, weaving the patterns. There must be at least three layers. Each subsequent stroke should be narrower than the previous one. And each one must be thoroughly dried. The top layer can be dipped into flock before drying, or given a rough texture. Knitted patterns are especially good in pastel colors.
Bright manicure with flowers - a breath of freedom, youth, renewal
Spring awakening, the renewal of nature, always evokes in the fair half of humanity a desire to become brighter and more attractive.
Winter monotony, the predominance of cold shades, usually gray, black, blue, brown, is a thing of the past. They are being replaced by light, warm, bright shades of clothing, and to them are the same bright, bold, even daring accessories with their uncontrollable variegation in the palette of spring sun, greenery, and colors.
Spring is also blooming on women's marigolds: bright, colorful flowers appear against a light, natural, refreshing background. Sometimes they look like real painted paintings that are terribly damaged.
There are many photos of manicures with flowers. The complexity of the drawing depends on the skill of the artist, who, “armed” with a magnifying glass, consistently applies the drawing with a skillful hand with a brush, like a real painter, after whose brush the canvases bloom with rare flowers and bouquets.
A bright manicure with flowers is a breath of freedom, youth, renewal, and naturalness. It goes very well with short nails, which are also in trend now.
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Justifiably fashionable at present are natural minimalist trends in fashion, as if taking us back to youth and childhood. They are characterized by simplicity, hygiene, reasonable freedom, lack of pathos and pomposity.
Spring is getting warmer, smoothly turning into a warm, lush-leaved summer fragrant with berries and flowers, mesmerizing with colors.
Light, bright clothes are invariably complemented by a well-groomed body, a tan, and a beautiful bright manicure. Manicures with different types of floral patterns are very suitable for summer clothes.
Manicure designs with flowers can be very diverse. Even simple five-petal children's flowers will create a childish natural charm and simplicity. A nude base will add lightness and ease.
3D effects on a matte background
It’s worth “playing” with matte and glossy varnish of the same tone or with companion colors. This is enough to give a voluminous look to your manicure. If you don’t have a matte top coat that matches the color, then rub the buff over the dry glossy layer with gentle movements. Do not press hard, use even pressure. After this, draw a monogram or other pattern using the method described above. Rhinestones along the “moon” line, along the edge of the nail or along will complete the creation of a noble and stylish nail design.
Gel polish cat eye chameleon: manicure ideas with 3D cats
Snake manicure with 3D cats
Instructions:
- In order to create the snakeskin effect using 3D varnish, you need to apply one layer of black base coat to the nail and dry it. After this, the next layer of black gel polish is applied and auditioned again. After this, you need to cover your nails with one thick layer of 3D cat, and with a thin and sharp brush, take a very liquid top coat from the palette, placing large drops nearby.
- Thanks to this, you will get a spreading effect, because the 3D cat will be wet and the liquid top will actively spread over it. Once you get the ovals and circles of the required size, you need to use a magnet and quickly dry your nails in a lamp. Everything is covered with a thin layer of topcoat. In order to give volume to the design, in the center of each circle or oval that imitates snake scales, you need to place drops of very thick gel polish, you can even use a construction gel.
- What you need to do is quickly dry the drops one at a time so that they do not have time to spread and are convex. After this, the sticky layer is removed. If desired, a similar design can also be combined with a golden or silver rub, which is rubbed directly into the convex parts of the design and covered with a thin layer of topcoat.
Reptile with varnish Chameleon
Reptile 3D varnishes
Matte design on 3D cats
Instructions:
- 3D cats can be coated not only with a glossy, but also with a matte topcoat. The most interesting thing is that using this technique you can play with colors and textures. Space design using 3D cats looks very unusual.
- To do this, you need to prepare your nails, apply a base of black gel polish, and dry it. Cover your nails with a 3D cat or chameleon, apply a specific design, using a magnet to form straight or wavy lines.
- After this, everything is dried in a lamp. Next, the design is covered with a matte topcoat for gel polish. After this, you can use a brush to apply small droplets with a glossy topcoat and dry quickly. This must be done before the convex droplets spread.
- This way you can achieve the effect of dew drops. By combining this design with a drawing, you can create a variety of floral designs and flowers, grass or cosmic decor options for nails.
Fur manicure
If you combine three-dimensional designs with a coating of velvet powder (flock), you can get the effect of a fur surface. This powder consists of crushed viscose thread. It holds quite firmly: you can safely do your homework.
If the threads are very finely ground, you will get a velor surface. Draw a three-dimensional design: a monogram, a heart, a rose or anything else, and then dip the nail with undried varnish into the flock. Shake and remove excess particles with a dry brush. Dry your nails, and the fur voluminous design with gel polish is ready.
If you apply a layer of varnish on top of the flock, you get this super-textured effect.
3D cats on Aliexpress
It is worth noting that currently there are not a very large number of similar varnishes on AliExpress, and only a few of them are very popular. Because they really have a 3D effect. With their help, you can create a manicure with the effect of a starry sky or space. It is also often called space manicure.
The catalog with 3D cats can be found here .
List of 3D cats on Aliexpress:
- One of the most popular brands is Born Pretty. Bottles of this varnish are small, 5 ml, or larger, 10 ml. Accordingly, the price of such bottles differs. Small bottles created just for home users who want variety in manicure, but are not ready to pay a lot of money for a bottle of gel polish. The palette is not very large, only 5 cereals, which are distinguished by a variety of magnetic particles in their composition. In order to achieve an unexpected, interesting effect, as well as curved lines, we recommend purchasing an additional magnet. It is different from the regular spatula that was previously sold with regular cat eye polishes. Now at the tip of the wand there is also a circle, a round magnet, which creates unusual shimmers and waves.
Born Pretty - AliExpress also has other polishes with a 3D cat or chameleon effect. One of them is Modelones, the effect is also interesting and unusual, but many note that it is not as pronounced as the previous one. Although the price of such varnishes is somewhat lower than that of the previous brand, despite the fact that the 3D effect and variety are not so great. This varnish reacts to a variety of magnets. Depending on their use, the resulting pattern also changes. If magnetization is carried out with a regular flat magnet, you will end up with 2 or 3 parallel strips, which are located one behind the other. They will be different colors. If you use a round magnet, you will get the effect of a starry sky or a wave-like strip that will shimmer in different colors. It's called a chameleon magnet.
Modelones - Another brand that offers 3D chameleon cat eye polish is Sugar . The varnishes are quite high quality, but many buyers note that there are not such a large number of magnetic particles in the product itself, so the highlight is not so saturated. Although the polish is much better to wear than the brand that is listed first. Sugar
Caviar manicure, broths
This popular type of nail art by definition has volume and texture. It's very easy to do. In this case, multi-colored broths are used together with foil on a black surface, and this gives an exceptional decorative effect.
Nude manicures. Classic French manicure with flowers
Nude manicures are the most popular, suitable for all occasions and all women. Nude colors - milky, beige, soft pink, peach - are a bright mood and a universal background for other bright paintings, like a canvas for an artist.
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Classic French manicure is also complemented with flowers. They are usually used to decorate the ring finger.
Thus, the classics become softer, adding a slight sense of freedom and natural charm to the strict, restrained atmosphere.
We create beauty
Nail sculpting must be done with high quality. You should not skimp on materials, otherwise it will be impossible to process small parts.
Petals using 3D gel plasticine
Sculpting must be done on a finished nail, which is completely covered with topcoat and the sticky layer has been removed from it. When working with plasticine, you must wear medical gloves.
- Use a dot to collect 3D gel and roll it into a ball. Place it in the place where the first petal (or any other element) will be.
- Use a thin synthetic brush to distribute the material, carefully pressing the petal from the middle to the edges.
- Make one petal at a time and immediately put it in a lamp to dry so as not to spoil the entire composition.
- Now pick up the second ball in the same way. Start flattening it with a brush from the center.
- Now you need to decorate the resulting composition. Apply gel polish to the palette to match the base or darker and carefully darken the middle of the petals, painting them a little.
- Mix regular micro-gloss with topcoat and apply to the middle of the element.
Roses with plasticine
- Buff a little in the place where the roses will be.
- Scoop up the gel plasticine with a pusher or a bamboo stick and place the required amount on the nail.
- Dip a straight brush in liquid for a sticky layer, remove excess on a wet napkin.
- Distribute the gel plasticine, making a circle, not pressing too hard.
- Dip the dots in clinser. And squeeze out the rose in a spiral shape in a circle. When the gel begins to stick to the dots, moisten it in a cleanser. Moving in a spiral, you need to end in the center.
- Using a flat gel brush No. 4, press down a little on the petals, starting at the edge and then moving in a circle. Try to do this unevenly to create volume.
- Decorate the finished composition with rhinestones and broths.
Acrylic flowers
Sculpting acrylic nails is done using a monomer and a brush.
- Dip the brush into the monomer. For a large acrylic ball, you need to wet the brush well; for a small one, you need to squeeze it out so that it has a sharp nose.
- Place the brush in acrylic powder.
- Place the ball on the nail and wait until the acrylic becomes matte.
- After this, mold any shape from the ball. If it is a rose, then with light slapping movements we make the layer thinner and go in a spiral.
- Use the nose of the brush to lift the petals so that the material is more vibrant and looks more voluminous.
- For the rose, take another smaller ball, place it on top and repeat the same.
- It is recommended to flatten the material a little so that the modeling is not thick.
- Apply top coat on top and inlay with rhinestones.
Acrylic sculpture.
Acrigel
Elastic mixture of acrylic and gel. This type of nail sculpting is quite easy to wear and small in height. If you don't have a special brush at hand, take a regular ballpoint pen that doesn't write. Wrap it with regular cling film. The cone in the handles will allow you to make competent petals.
- Distribute the acrygel onto the prepared nail.
- Use a brush to “cut off” each layer of the petal with smooth movements. Smooth, creating volume.
- Place the resulting composition in a lamp and decorate it to your liking with patterns or rhinestones.
