With each season, not only the fashion for clothes and accessories changes, but also for manicure. And again, mirror manicure is in trend. This design is distinguished by its sophistication and originality. And most interestingly, mirror nail design can be done without unnecessary effort and cost.
Types of mirror manicure
In order to make a mirror manicure, the following technologies and methods are used:
- 1. Special foil applied to nails using Flesh Nail Art technology.
- 2. Self-adhesive Minx foil.
- 3. Special varnishes from different manufacturers - you can create a rub-in effect with a gentle glow.
- 4. False nails in the form of metal plates.
- 5. Pigment (rubbing).
Foil requires patience and care in the mirror design process, and Minx film costs a lot of money.
Varnishes from different manufacturers also do not fully achieve a mirror effect, and false nails should be trusted to be made only by nail service masters.
But, today you can forget about spending and long hard work on nails, it is very easy to apply pigment on nails. The main thing is that this design looks no worse than more expensive options.
Pigment application technique
Mirror pigment is a pleasure to work with. Let's take a closer look at the technique of applying mirror pigment to nails.
In order to get started on creating a mirror design on your nails, you need to prepare them for coating. Remove the remnants of the old varnish from the nail plate, if any. Remove the overgrown cuticle, file the tips of the marigolds, level the nail surface.
Now the main work with the nails takes place, more precisely, the leveling base (base) is applied. Following it, after letting it dry, the main varnish is applied. Dry. You can choose any color scheme. The lower the percentage of applied pigment, the more the tone chosen as the base will be shaded.
However, to create a specular pigment, you need to choose a black base, although you can experiment with other colors. Mirror pigment is applied to the base from above using a brush, finger or eye shadow applicator.
For better adhesion to the varnish, rub in the applied pigment with smoothing movements. After the nail plate is completely filled with pigment, brush off excess residues with a brush. Next, a fixer (top) is applied to the nail.
It is believed that after the top is applied to the pigment, the mirror effect becomes cloudy. Nothing of the kind happens - the mirror shine remains bright as before.
The mirror coating on the nails in itself is already a trend since the spring-summer 2016 season, it does not leave the lists of popular ones so far. However, it is also possible to create additional volumetric decorations made with the same pigment tone on it - very stylish and original options are obtained.
Thus, you should not dwell only on certain fashion trends this year. You need to pay attention to such a novelty as a mirror manicure. In terms of beauty, such a nail idea is in no way inferior to other fashionable nail designs.
Photo of nail design with a mirror effect
