In the spring and summer of 2021, the main trend in manicure is naturalness: simplicity and naturalness of the nail shape, moderation of its length. At the very peak are short and ultra-short nails. So for those who are used to, or have been growing long, pointed claws for the sake of fashion, the time has come to shorten them and give them softer, smoother outlines. You will find all the most popular and trendy new items for 2021, photos and descriptions of the main fashion trends and techniques in this article.
Main trends
The most noticeable trend in manicure 2021 is the length of the nails: the edge of the nail extends beyond the fingertip by a maximum of 3-4 millimeters. This is the fashionable basis for a stylish manicure of the season. But to make your nail design truly stylish, also pay attention to the following fashion trends:
- naturalness and naturalness are at the peak of popularity. Since the nail plate naturally has an oval shape, it is the most preferable shape this season. Rounded square, semicircle, and almond shapes are also acceptable. Forget about cat nails, they're a thing of the past;
- elegant coating with matte gel polish, looks uncluttered, soft, can be combined with glossy;
- transparent nails: can be used either as a base for any designs with rhinestones, stones, sparkles, patterns, or as independent nail art;
- French manicure looks perfect and neat on short nails, and it can be either classic or colored French;
- lunar: retro design is at the peak of popularity this season;
- ombre or gradient manicure: this technique has been popular for hair coloring for many years, and has now become a trend in nail art. This manicure turns out bright, catchy or soft, depending on the chosen shades and color palette;
- graphic nail art: looks original and unusual, with its help you can even visually adjust the width of the nail, making it narrower.
Forget about the fact that the color of your nail polish must match the shade of your lipstick, this rule is a thing of the past. Now you can create bright images without worrying about matching the shade of your lipstick to the color of your nails.
Fashionable winter manicure, new photos
Winter nail designs, like winter nails, offer a huge variety of ideas. It can be a single-color manicure, a French manicure in pastel colors, an abundance of festive sparkles and rhinestones, a rich matte design, graphics and any designs. You can get ideas for winter manicure not only from the Internet or glossy magazines, but even just by going outside and being inspired by the evening snowfall, the snow crunching under your feet, and snowflakes sparkling in the light of the night lights!
A fashionable winter manicure presupposes a natural oval or almond-shaped nail shape, the presence of bright deep shades, sparkles in all their forms and complete freedom of imagination.
Color preferences
The trend of naturalness and naturalness dictates its own rules not only for the shape of nails, but also for the preferred color palette of manicure 2021. And what could be more natural than delicate pastel shades. In addition, they are neutral and will suit almost any look, location and clothing style. But you shouldn’t think that because of this, manicure for short nails 2021 will look faded and colorless. The restrained color scheme makes it refined, moderately bright, but not flashy, and not too colorful.
Thus, the most popular manicure colors this season will be:
- sand;
- cream;
- blue;
- powdery;
- salmon;
- peach
In a word, fashion is about femininity and tenderness. But still, rich, noble, thick shades of dark wine (Marsala), plum, red, brown and even black do not give up their positions, appearing in manicure both solo and in combination with each other or with light tones, with a metallic effect on the nails.
The Chinese calendar dictates its own rules, because the year 2017 is marked by the time of the fiery rooster. This means that his preferences should be reflected in fashion trends, including manicure. The rooster is a bright bird, loves multi-color combinations, and therefore a fashionable nail design can be two-color to please it. It is not necessary to turn your hand into a peacock feather; it will be enough to combine bright with pastel, two pastels or two different bright colors in one nail art.
Gradient manicure for short nails photo design 2021 gel polish
One of the latest innovations in the world of manicure for short nails with gel polish is the ombre, or gradient, technique. This interesting design instantly became very popular among girls and women of all ages, because it is almost perfect for any occasion. You can get a gradient manicure in a salon from an experienced nail technician, or you can carry out the entire procedure yourself. But first you need to find out in more detail what this technique is and the features of its implementation.
Gradient manicure for short nails with gel polish 2021 is a unique technique of coating the nail plate with varnish, during the use of which a smooth transition of colors is created. A combination of several shades of varnish looks very unusual, stylish and modern. A wide range of colors and a play on contrast can be used. There are several options for performing this type of manicure. The color scheme can become brighter or paler, it all depends on personal preferences and taste.
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Current nail shape
Regardless of fashion trends, nails must have a certain shape, and the same for everyone, otherwise not even the most fashionable nail design with shellac or regular varnish will help make your hands beautiful and well-groomed. In 2021, the classic oval and almond-shaped, as well as the semicircle, are becoming the top ones. Correctly selected and carefully done nail shape can make even the simplest manicure look like you just visited the salon.
But you shouldn’t go against nature and radically change the shape of the nail plate. For example, if you have wide nails, you don’t need to try to make them almond, it will look unnatural and not too beautiful. Also, wide nails do not like too short lengths, since in this case they visually make the fingers shorter and thicker. In addition, when you paint them, step back a millimeter on both sides of the nail, thereby you can visually narrow it. Small and round marigolds look good in the form of a semicircle or square with sawed-off, softened rounded edges.
Basic manicure
Before applying nail polish and choosing a design, you need to carefully prepare them. This is done quickly and not at all difficult. For a basic manicure you will need the following tools:
- nail scissors;
- cuticle tweezers;
- manicure orange sticks or stack;
- cuticle softener;
- file;
- bowl, towel, bath oils;
- nail polish remover;
- base and top coats; varnishes of any colors.
You can proceed directly to the manicure procedure. Let's look at it step by step:
- Fill a bowl with hot water, add a little soap and essential oils if desired. Steam your hands for 15-20 minutes. Be careful not to burn your hands.
- Dry your hands well with a towel, apply a cuticle softener.
- After the time indicated on the package has expired, take a glass or an orange stick and very carefully push back the softened cuticle on each finger.
- Use special tweezers to trim excess cuticles and apply nourishing oil to your nails.
- Now you can shape your nails. At this stage, you can shorten the length of your nails by trimming them with nail scissors.
- Use a file to smooth out all the corners and irregularities, making the shape more accurate.
- At the last stage of processing, you can use a sanding file to add shine to your nails. Apply a light moisturizer.
- Now you can apply the varnish. First you need to remove excess oil and cream from your nails with nail polish remover.
- Apply base coat. Apply the polish starting from the bottom, from the middle of the nail, then cover the corners, and as a final step, go over the end part of the nail so that the manicure lasts longer.
- Repeat application, but do not overdo it - two layers of colored varnish are enough, otherwise it will not lie smoothly and will take a very long time to dry. At the end, cover your nails with top, drying or simple colorless varnish.
At first, it may not turn out very neatly, especially on the right hand, but with experience, the manicure will become more and more professional, and it will take less and less time.
Fashionable geometry
At the peak of popularity are geometric shapes and all kinds of lines; they look especially stylish on short nails. After all, depending on how and what lines and shapes you decide to place on the nail plate, you can adjust its shape. In addition, this design looks unusual and modern.
You can arrange the figures in an orderly or chaotic manner, it all depends on what final result you want to get. Diamonds and squares in lavender or light green look especially stylish and summery. You can draw geometric shapes only on some fingers, for example, the ring and middle or index fingers, and leave the rest painted in one primary color. Photos of new geometric manicure:
French is always in fashion
French manicure is a classic that never loses its position, a universal and delicate design that will suit any look for both a young girl and an adult woman. During the cold season in 2021, it was fashionable to make the base a gray, green or wine shade, and still paint the tip of the nail white. But spring comes, it’s warm, and then summer comes, so the colors of the main coating become fresher: blue, beige, powdery, pinkish, peach. Moreover, if the tone seems too bright, you can dilute it.
Another new product is a colored jacket for short nails, that is, instead of the standard white color, the edge of the nail is highlighted with varnish of any color from the fashionable palette of the season. Moreover, the line itself can be either a classic arc or a straight line, in the form of a frame, triangle, letter V or wave. You can mix different shades of the same color, or you can mix completely different colors. The combination of two shades on the hand in a French jacket on short nails is especially relevant in 2021.
Ombre: gradient nails
Another current trend is gradient manicure. Initially, the fashionable ombre technique captured the minds of hair stylists, after which nail artists also picked up this wave. After all, how beautiful color transitions look on nails! In this case, ombre can be done with both matte and glossy varnish, even with a sand effect. If there is a darker shade at the base of the bed, this will visually narrow it from below, if it widens the nail. Therefore, depending on what effect you need, choose how the transition from tone to tone should be located.
In addition to the fact that a gradient can be made in one color palette, transitions from color to color will also look impressive, for example, from white to pink, from blue to pale yellow. The brightest new items and photos of ombre design:
Manicure 2021 winter design with lace photo
The winter style of nails decorated in lace graphics looks beautiful. Lace is drawn from lines, dots and touches. Once you get the hang of drawing short, thin lines, you can begin to draw lace meshes. This winter manicure 2021 looks good with both black and white lace on a blue or blue background. Like no other design, it best imitates the patterns of frost and frost on glass, and the transparent base with glitter as fine as possible in structure - the sparkle of a snow crust on a frosty, sunny day. A white pattern looks beautiful on nails in which the base background color has a gradient color transition. And on your nails you can repeat the patterns that Grandfather Frost draws on our windows at night. This can be done using the brush painting technique by hand.
You can’t go anywhere without metallic nails!
Although it is believed that nails stylized as metal are a trend in the cold season, they still remain at the top of nail art for spring-summer 2021. The only thing is that you should not do such a manicure for daily wear or completely cover everything with chrome varnish or foil nails. That is, now a metallic manicure with gel polish on short nails should be appropriate for an event, for example, a themed party.
In addition, with a varnish with a metallic effect or foil, or a special rubbing, you can cover only a few nails or their edges, that is, create a French manicure. By the way, if in winter shades of silver were most popular, now you should give preference to a warm metal - gold. This manicure will look great with an evening hairstyle and a cocktail dress.
Nails in patterns
Painting, done by hand or stamping, on short nails that are fashionable in 2021 is more popular than ever. At the same time, you can create all kinds of designs on your nails either with a specialist in a salon or at home using stamping: special plates with designs and an impression with which the printed pattern is applied to the nail. In this way you can soften a strict manicure or diversify a boring monochromatic one. It can be lace, geometric shapes, chaotic lines, imitation animal skins, abstract curls.
A manicure with patterned nails can be combined with nail art using other techniques, for example, adding rhinestones, beads, and stones. That is, in this case, the design is limited only by the flight of imagination: yours or your nail artist’s. Choose backgrounds in pastel shades or deep wine, burgundy, and brown tones. And the color of the drawing itself should be contrasting and noticeable so as not to merge with the base. Peach, salmon, powdery, light blue, beige backgrounds are preferable.
Manicure 2021 winter design in nude shades photo
This design features a natural shadow covering the plate in shiny pink and silver against a backdrop of white snowflakes. A sort of bed-tone style option against a backdrop of snow-covered beauty. Despite its apparent simplicity, beige (nude) manicure 2021 is one of the most elegant options, distinguished by its versatility, since it is appropriate everywhere, from everyday work in the most modest office, to a diplomatic reception or a party in a fashionable club. Nude manicure 2021 suits everyone, regardless of age, social status and general clothing style. The only condition for a beige manicure to look flawless is that the color of the varnish should be as close as possible to the natural skin tone, and the nails should be well-groomed. There are many ideas that will help add variety to the classic version.
Firstly, you can decorate beige manicure 2021 with various winter designs. The drawings can be thematic - for example, snowflakes, Christmas tree decorations, white lace pattern, etc. etc.
Shine!
Varnishes with a glossy shine effect, rhinestones or sparkles are another trend that came into spring and summer from the cold, winter season. Of course, most often it is used to create a holiday manicure, although it will also be relevant for everyday life. Fully decorated with one and even more so several fingers with beads, nails strewn entirely with rhinestones have weakened their position. But using stones, rhinestones or sparkles to highlight one or two nails, to decorate a fashionable transparent manicure is a way to add variety and create a trendy nail design.
Nails can be covered with sparkles of different colors: black, gold, blue, red, green. At the same time, cover them both the entire nail and partially. Using glitter you can even create a gradient effect on the nail plate. Of course, any manicure should look organic with clothes, creating a single image with them. Therefore, such a design is unlikely to suit a strict and official style, that is, it would not be entirely appropriate to go to the office with such nails.
Color scheme for winter manicure 2021
The color scheme of winter manicure involves the use of both rich bright varnishes and natural ones.
Current colors:
- blue (all shades),
- red,
- coffee with milk,
- bodily,
- grey,
- burgundy,
- black,
- green,
- brown,
- white.
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Trendy manicure: gothic
In 2021, the gothic style took a strong position on the fashion catwalk. And both in clothes and in makeup and nail design. And all fashionistas should not bypass it. But gothic is not just black nails. For example, you can draw a vertical black stripe on some. Or cover all nails with transparent varnish, and only draw a black line on one.
Whatever fashionable design you choose, the most important thing in a good manicure is well-groomed hands, clean nails, decorated in a uniform shape and size.
Manicure with rhinestones for short nails photo design 2021 gel polish
Don't know how to surprise others at a gala evening? In this case, try an intriguing manicure with rhinestones for short nails with gel polish 2021, which you can use to decorate your nail plates in everyday life. To do this, it is not at all necessary to go to the salon, but you can limit yourself to home care, because decorating your nails with rhinestones is not so difficult. An elegant and sparkling manicure with rhinestones that imitate precious stones will perfectly complement the sparkle of crystals, intended for a romantic or ordinary evening.
Manicure with rhinestones 2021 involves decorating the nail plates with stones, which can be placed on one or several nails. Stones can be located over the entire surface of the nail, on the lunula, and also in small quantities on any part of the plate. Rhinestones can be used on both natural and artificially extended nails.
