Bright gel manicure for short nails. Manicure design for short nails: step by step photos

Good afternoon. We continue to paint our nails using a variety of techniques, achieving stunningly spectacular ones. And today I decided to talk about SHORT NAILS. About what kind of manicure can be done for people who don’t like (or can’t afford) long nails . I love short nails myself- this is convenient when you spend all day clicking on the keyboard... or fiddling with a child. A I want to have a beautiful manicure, despite the short length of my nails. And for this purpose, I made a selection of manicure ideas for short nails - especially for everyone who also loves it when it’s both COMFORTABLE and BEAUTIFUL. And you will learn about how interesting it is to choose the color and style of nails to match your clothes from the article There is also a similar article where a manicure in an autumn style is matched to your autumn wardrobe.

Also on our website there are many other articles on beautiful manicures at home.

And in this article I collected many, many manicure ideas for short nails. I described almost all existing techniques in this one article. As many as 27 manicure techniques– will give you a whole sea of ​​ideas and make you thirsty do it right now.

So - let's start charging with ideas and creating beauty.

French manicure

for short nails.

Black French stripes on a manicure look very beautiful. Especially in combination with juicy or pale pink. We are used to white stripes of French manicure on short nails. But black glossy stripes also look impressive.

A complex French manicure with an outline along the edge of the entire nail is a special type of nail art.

MATTE short manicure.

The varnish has a non-reflective matte texture - it looks like cast porcelain on the nails. The nails turn out delicate, with a diffused shine of a pale color. A very sophisticated effect. Short nails are ideal for any matte manicure designs.

Matte varnish can be combined with glossy varnish (as in the photo below) - the base is matte, and the pattern is glossy regular varnish.

GRADIENT manicure

on short nails.

This ombre technique looks very impressive - and can be done at home in 30 minutes. Or rather, the technique itself is done in 10 minutes - and another 20 minutes are spent on cleansing the messy cuticle and the edges of the skin around the nail.

I told you everything about the technique of creating gradient nails in the article

These ombre nails can be created by choosing a polish color that matches your favorite earrings or handbag.

TRIANGULAR tape technique

for manicure of short nails.

A very beautiful and easy manicure for short nails is to work with ordinary stationery tape, from which we cut out ordinary triangles.

In the photo below we see how such a manicure can be combined with clothes. In a special article you will find a selection of ideas where the nail design matches the selected set of clothes.

In the photo below, I showed how such an adhesive tape process for creating a triangular manicure could approximately look like. You can cut out any teeth and figures on the tape and get different designs.

Short manicure

in PIN-UP style.

Frivolous design, bright pure colors like from a box of pencils, stripes, polka dots, sequins, flowers. The pin-up style is at the peak of its popularity. Make your nails in pit-up style, draw pineapples and logos on them, glue studs and combine them with the same style of clothing. Beautiful and clear manicure for short nails. Suitable for everyone young and fast in life.

Volumetric patterns

on a short manicure.

The voluminous patterns on nails that are fashionable this season look very elegant and luxurious. Curls are made from nail materials with a thick texture. Complemented with the same convex rhinestones.

You can sprinkle nail glitter on top of fresh thick curls. This will add additional volume and interesting texture to the manicure. On short nails, as you can see, there is enough space for such a technique.

STRIPS AND HATCHING

on short nail manicure

Looks very nice on short nails torn stripes. The design of the strokes can be anything - the main thing is that it is a strip... and how irregular its shape is does not matter.

METAL STRIP TECHNIQUE

on a short manicure

This technique is visually similar to the previous one - but here you can buy special metal strips- which are carefully glued to the nails - the excess edges of the strips are carefully cut off with a blade - then everything is covered with transparent varnish.

NARROW TAPE Technique

on short nails.

These smooth or chaotic stripes can be obtained on short nails using the technique of narrow adhesive tape for manicure (they are also called adhesive tapes for a manicure). Everything is simple here too.

You need thin sticky strips - adhesive tapes for manicure - they are sold in specialized stores (craftsmen cut out such strips themselves from stationery tape).

1. We paint the nails in the base color (the one that will be visible in the slots). We are waiting for the base layer to dry. We glue strips onto it (so that their tails stick out and you can then pick them up by the tip and remove them).
2. On top of the pasted strips, apply a different color to the entire nail.
3. We remove the strips - and we see that from under the new color - in the slots from the removed strips - the first color (of the bottom layer) of varnish is visible.

The idea for such a fashionable manicure can be suggested by your favorite set of clothes you have chosen for this season.

Combined technique

gradient manicure + adhesive tapes.

And if you combine the 2 previous techniques (gradient color transition + adhesive strips) into one manicure process, you can get nails with such an original design.

As you probably already guessed, there are three simple steps.

1. Paint your nails a base color (the one that will show through the cracks).
2. Glue narrow strips
3. Cover the entire nail with a smooth gradient manicure (using a sponge).
4. We remove the strips and get a nail like this. All that remains is to cover everything with transparent varnish - so that the color becomes rich and bright.

ANOTHER SCOTCH TECHNIQUE

with a short manicure.

Everything is simple here too - you need overlays for French manicure a... which we glue on the tip of the nail (as in a French manicure) - and on the root of the nail plate. We paint the nails one color - glue the strips - cover the nails in a different color - remove the strips and fix everything with colorless varnish. This manicure is called lunar manicure.- because here the emphasis of the design is on the holes of the nails.

MARBLE manicure technique

for short nails.

This technique gives beautiful color shifts on the nails - in the form of uneven striped stains. It is very easy to do these nails at home. A little long - but not difficult.

Here's what you need for such a manicure...

1. Pour cold water into a bowl.
2. Open 2-4 jars of varnish. Dip the brush into one jar so that a drop hangs on the brush. Carefully move the brush over a bowl of water and let a drop fall into the water (in the middle of the bowl).
3. In the water, a drop begins to spread to the sides (like a pancake on a frying pan) - we wait until it spreads.
4. We take another jar - dip a brush - take a drop and drop it into the center of our spread pancake. And a new drop (of a different color) also begins to spread to the sides.
5. We repeat this procedure - alternating the colors of varnish several times.
6. As a result, we get a rainbow pancake - then we use a toothpick to disrupt the even circumference of the rainbow pancake - forcing the stripes of paint to bend their shape.
7. Carefully immerse one finger in the water of the bowl so that the nail plate carefully meets the pancake-varnish film. The film firmly adheres to the nail plate (and the skin around the nail too) - and a pattern of colorful stains is imprinted on the finger.
8. Without removing your finger from the water, use a cotton swab to push away the excess film (so that when you remove your finger it does not follow). We take out the finger - let it dry - and use a cotton swab with liquid to remove all traces of the marble pattern from the skin and cuticle.

Here you can mix as many colors as you like... and do as many alternating drops as you like... Each time you will get an unpredictable rainbow pattern for your manicure.

This water manicure can be decorated with neat dots to simulate lace on the nails.

DOTS manicure with dots

on short nails

This is a very convenient manicure - especially if you carefully painted your nails an even color - and then left them too dry and ruined the perfect surface. This often happens - there is no time to redo it and you get angry and angry. But you can disguise the defect - with ordinary dots.

And you will get a new stylish manicure - ideal and neat for short nails.

RHINESTONES, SEQUINTS AND STUDTS

in manicure for short nails.

A beautiful manicure can be done with glitter and rhinestones for nails. There is also a sea for imagination.

• You can simply buy glosses and varnish of the same tone. And then the glitter will merge with the base varnish.
• You can glue white rhinestones onto black polish and create an effective contrast in your manicure.

• You can place only one rhinestone at the base of the nail.
• You can put round rivets - I imitate the “polka dot” pattern.

Black and white CLASSICS

on a short manicure.

Any idea that I told you today can be done in black and white. Both in the adhesive tape technique and in the technique of a gradient smooth transition of color on short nails. And just look at ideas from life... like these black and white keys or strict collars on a dress.

You can draw black and white LACE... (by the way, if you look closely, you will see that you do not need to draw out curls with a brush.

The entire lace effect is created with SIMPLE DOTS.:

1. Paint the nail white (one half) and black (the other half).
2. Then, at the junction of two colors, we place round black drop dots.
3. Then, when they dry into the middle of the black round dots, we slap smaller white round dots. And around them there is also a chain of small white dots. And that's it - we got lace.

But for the inscription “Love me” you need to fiddle with the brush - this is already difficult and requires iron endurance.

LACE STAMPS

– for manicure on short nails.

Everything is simple here - I need iron stencil stamps. We apply black varnish to them - we remove excess paint with a plate (so that the paint remains only in the pits of the stencil pattern) - then we apply a rubber seal to the stencil - it grabs the paint of the stencil pattern - and we apply the rubber seal to the nail, and it leaves a pattern on the nail . The technique is called STAMPING - you can find out a lot about it on the Internet (and buy any stencil stamps in stores).

Remember when we were kids we did this with embossed patterned button And rubber eraser. Paint was applied to the button - the top excess paint was removed with a rag - the eraser was pressed against the button - and then the eraser was immediately pressed to the paper. The results were beautiful patterns.

Here is a photo taken from my article - where you can see how such a manicure using the lace stamp technique can fit perfectly into your everyday fashionable look.

REAL lace

on a short manicure.

But this lace manicure technique (photo below) is very interesting - here you need to try to cut out pieces from textile lace - ideal for the size of the nail.

And then with the same glue that we glue tips (false nails) we glue these pieces of lace to the nails.

On top you can cover such lace appliqués with colorless varnish in several layers.

Manicure with MESH

on short nails.

This is how it turns out beautifully and neatly. I just want to wear a hat with a veil or a lace dress with tulle.

I described in detail how to do such a manicure with a mesh at home in the article. There, using the example of red nails from the photo, I immediately gave 2 WAYS to make such a mesh on a manicure.

Manicure with flowers

on short nails.

Summer is the best season for floral manicure on short nails. All the lush inflorescences... all the petal lads... with all their stamens and sepals will find their place on your summer manicure.

My favorite nail motif - these are ROSES. Because they are the easiest to draw (photo below).

You plop a drop of one color, plop a drop of a different color next to it, and stir everything around with a toothpick or other sharp object (I stir with a cuticle cutter tooth).

And that’s it... stirring creates streaks that look like rose petals. All that remains is to apply a brush with green varnish here and there to create leaves.

Wildflowers– you can make a clearing of flowers (as in the photo below on the left) – this can be done very simply using the DOTS dots manicure technique. When we poke the spots of the petals with a dotting stick or a round ballpoint pen, and when they dry, we draw the points of the flower cores. And then we add a couple of green strokes to indicate the leaves.

Or you can use wide strokes to depict half a flower on the nail (as in the right photo below).

Tulips and lilacs- you can come up with clear graphic designs. Or you can create the effect of oil painting - when the colors are blurry and careless, like in the canvases of great artists, like in the photo of lilacs below.

This manicure is suitable for the summer and spring seasons.

And in winter, you can create frosty patterns, cold and snowflakes on short nails.

Winter manicure

on short nails.

Blue, silver and white shades of polish are suitable for creating winter designs for short nails. you can paint your nails metallic blue with greenish tints and then paint beautiful patterns with white varnish, like on frozen glass. You can paint blue and turquoise ice stains on a white background of short nails. You can draw a snowman, a penguin, a polar bear in a scarf on your nails and make snowflakes out of rhinestones.

I described even more options for how to draw winter on a manicure in the article.

PEACOCK FEATHERS – an elegant manicure for short nails.

A very beautiful theme for drawing on short nails. Moreover, drawing a feather is quite simple. You can find many peacock manicure designs on the Internet and implement any of them on your nails, even short ones. This is an easy manicure for short nails.

You will find more options with a manicure that creates a fashionable uniform image along with a set of clothes in the article

Nautical theme - on short nails.

Manicure in a sailor, nautical theme - with anchors, ropes, steering wheel... Ideal for vest dresses... so popular in every beach season.

Or a beach-resort manicure theme - with sun loungers, sea waves, shells and flip-flops forgotten on the shore. Moreover, it is so convenient to have a short summer manicure on vacation.

EDITABLE theme for manicure of short nails.

There is a lot of delicious food in the world. Delicate cakes, chocolate-covered strawberries, juicy watermelon - any tasty treat can give impetus to your imagination. Here are some edible manicure ideas for short nails.

Your children will be delighted with such a tasty manicure... This is exactly the situation when you want to chew not only your own nails... but also other people's.))).

CUTE ANIMALS

on short nails.

And continuing the theme close to children's drawings - I give ideas for depicting your favorite pets.

Firstly, cats - they are the cutest - and it’s enough to draw them simply - simple ears, simple eyes and whiskers. And then, by analogy, other pets from those who live in a house or in a shed.

SPLASHES and PRINTS

on manicure of short nails.

You can make the wrong chaotic coloring on your nails. To do this, there are at least 2 simple ways to manicure short nails.

First method (photo with turquoise-black manicure)- look like this. Apply a turquoise layer of varnish to the nails and wait until it dries completely. Next, tear off a piece of food-grade thin plastic film and crumple it into a lump. We dip it in a drop of black varnish and press it onto the surface of a piece of paper to blot off the excess. And after that we apply it to the nail. Remove any traces of nail polish on the skin and cuticles with a cotton swab dipped in nail polish remover.

The second method (pictured with white and multi-colored nails)- even simpler. We cover the nails with white varnish. Then we make the brush orange - we plop an orange drop on the nail - and smear it on the sides with a toothpick. Then you can poke it with a smeared toothpick - leaving many small fingerprints on the nail. And then we repeat the same procedure with other colors of varnish. At the end we cover the entire surface with colorless varnish.

Manicure using the CRACKLE technique

for short nails.

This manicure is very fashionable now. And the main thing for him is that he doesn’t have to try... or train his hand... or waste a lot of time. Everything is done in a few seconds.

It's simple - buy LAC-PYTHON(it is also called crackle varnish).

1. First, cover the nails with one base color - the one that will show through in the cracks - and let this layer dry.
2. Then we apply python crackle varnish on top - immediately after application (right before your eyes) it begins to scatter into cracks.
3. All that remains is to apply a transparent layer of varnish over the crackle cracks - this is mandatory. Because only with the top transparent varnish does the crackle layer begin to shine and become rich in color (the crackle layer itself is dull and matte).

And it’s also important to remember that you CAN’T Apply a crackle layer on an under-dried layer of base varnish. Because on liquid varnish, python varnish - creeping into cracks, pulls the liquid base with it - and it also moves apart, exposing the bare nail underneath.

BLOCKS and PAW TRACES

manicure on short nails.

This manicure “Blot” is also very easy to implement. Place a large drop of varnish on the nail. And along the edges around it we make several smaller round droplets. Next, take a toothpick and draw rays from a large drop to small drops - connecting the scattering of drops into a single radiant blot.

Manicure “Traces”- looks like a combination of a large semicircular heel and four toe spots around it.

LEOPARD SPOTS

on a short manicure of nails.

This is also simple - this is such a beautiful manicure for short nails.

Such spots are easy to draw.

1. First, paint your nails one color (this will be the background).
2. Then, when this layer has dried, we apply uneven spots on it - of different sizes - almost round in shape.
3. When they are dry, take black varnish and a thinner brush. And with black varnish around the spots - we draw semicircular stripes - as if hugging these spots along the edge. These strips should also be of uneven shape and thickness.

Here are some ideas for manicures for short nails.

As you can see, all the techniques are quite easy to repeat at home. And every day you will be able to bring to life a new short manicure design and surprise others with your creative imagination.

Try, practice, achieve mastery and soon any drawing and any technique will become permanent for you... try to combine both techniques on one manicure... and in the future, perhaps YOU will be the person who will give the world a new manicure technique for short nails.

You will also be interested in a selection of articles where inspiration for an interesting manicure design becomes our favorite dress.

May everything work out for you.

Olga Klishevskaya, especially for the site.

The time for sharp and unnaturally long claws is long gone. Trending directions suggest the most natural nail art. Every year, stylists offer interesting new products, and a chic manicure for short nails 2017 is an incredible variety of stylish solutions designed to suit any wardrobe ensemble.

Manicure 2017 – fashion trends for short nails

Naturalness and well-groomedness are the main fundamental elements of the trendy design and appearance of handles. Manicure ideas for short nails 2017 cover not only a beautiful coating and an original finish. It is important to pay attention to the entire process from softening and removing cuticles to nourishing massage. However, the first impression is formed thanks to the “clothing”, so the decorative aspect is given the most attention:

1. Fashionable length. Stylists allow the plate to cover the finger. But the indentation should not exceed 5 millimeters.


2. Almond or soft square. Any pointed sides and corners should be excluded. Softness and streamlined shape are the main leaders of fashion concepts in 2017.


3. Rhinestones. The sparkling shine of exquisite crystals has not lost its popularity. However, you should not overdo it with such decor. A laconic decoration for one, maximum two fingers is considered acceptable.


4. Stamping. The uniformity of the patterns makes the unattractive length expressive and stylish. Therefore, such a convenient tool as has become even more relevant.


5. Feng Shui. Excellent finishing of the ring and sometimes middle finger will emphasize the individuality and originality of a fashionista. This choice is presented both in different colors and by highlighting it using patterns and decor.


6. Bright accent on a light background. If you're looking for something fresh and new, then a solid light design with a pop of color on every surface is just what you need. This idea is embodied by dark rhinestones or small stones. You can decorate one finger with a bright fragment using an openwork pattern.

Manicure 2017 for short French nails

French style remains the most popular solution for short lengths. It is always neat and versatile, no matter what direction the clothes and accessories are. French knows no age limits, which further cemented his fashionability. French manicure for short nails 2017 is represented by the following ideas:

One of the most successful solutions for short lengths is the effect of fragments. Transparent glass elements and colored mirrors are in fashion. Fashionable manicure 2017 for short nails - decoration with chaotic fragments of all fingers. However, this finish is stylishly combined with other types of techniques - rhinestones, plain gloss and matte, cat's eye and others. Broken glass will be an alternative for Feng Shui style.

Short manicure with broken glass 2017

The ombre trend, which has recently come into fashion, is also typical for short nail art this year. Fashion trends of the latest nail concepts offer stylish ideas with both vertical and horizontal gradients. The choice of palettes is so large that it is simply impossible to make a quick, unambiguous choice. Beautiful manicure for short nails 2017 is presented both in one color scheme and in multi-colored colors. Sometimes masters skillfully combine tones that are completely incompatible with each other and achieve ideal results.

Fashionable gradient manicure for short nails 2017

A non-reflective coating is an ideal choice for small nail plates. After all, the matte finish further accentuates the neat shape and well-groomed nature of the hands. Delicate manicure on short nails 2017 is in fashion, done in a single color or a combination of several shades. Showiness and brightness are more relevant with an ensemble of different textures. For example, smooth looks great with patterns of powder, rhinestones, and velvet sand.

Matte manicure for short nails 2017

The simplest, but at the same time successful choice is considered to be a one-color coating. In the new season, this technique implies 100% femininity and elegance. Therefore, the current shades for a monochromatic design are the colors of the two most feminine palettes - red and pink. It is better to make manicure for very short nails 2017 more intense. All shades of red are suitable - from coral to burgundy.

Plain manicure on short nails 2017

If you are not one of those who prefer a monochromatic monochrome, but choose an abundance of colors united by a single solution, then you should not pass by intricate geometric patterns. The most stylish manicure 2017 for short nails is represented by a combination of chaotically connected squares, diamonds, triangles and lines. Such ambiguous and even bold nail art can transform the simplest coating. If you decorate all your fingers with geometry, then it is important to choose the fragments correctly so that they complement each other, then the entire appearance of the handles will be harmonious.

Manicure 2017 for short nails - geometry

Manicure for short nails – fashionable colors 2017

This year, the variety of colors in current nail art is literally breathtaking. The most unexpected solutions have come into fashion, which previously seemed like an inconspicuous and even rude choice. For example, dark shades of brown – chocolate, cinnamon, clay – have gained popularity. But if you are striving for win-win results, then you should choose one of the following options:

Eye-catching solutions have become a universal choice for any season. The most popular colors are rich yellow and green. Often these tones interestingly complement each other in one design. Fashionable manicure 2017 for short nails - rainbow transitions. This bright nail art is universal due to the presence of all primary colors. Contrast can be expressed through images. Beautiful butterflies became a fashion idea for short lengths.

Bright manicure 2017 for short nails

Shades of the nude palette are now actively used in the design of clothing and shoes, accessories and manicure. This color scheme has become especially relevant for short plates. A simple beige manicure 2017 for short nails is in fashion, which can be left in a laconic monochromatic design or decorated with several stones and even a bright design on one finger. The covering of each finger in a different shade of nude color looks interesting and original - coffee, ivory, light peach and caramel. And an openwork pattern on a neutral base will add even more tenderness.

Nude manicure on short nails 2017

Black manicure for short nails 2017

This year, stylists are persistently moving away from the dark classic finish. Black color is allowed more in decoration than as a base. And the most beautiful dark manicure for short nails 2017 is represented by the following ideas:

Short length is the current choice for busy and independent ladies. After all, conciseness and accuracy are integral qualities of a business image. However, a beautiful manicure for short 2017 is determined not only by the decor, but also by well-groomed hands. Therefore, hydration of the skin and cuticles, an even shape and surface of the plates have become the main requirements for meeting a strict dress code. Natural and pastel, deep saturated colors, a combination of classics and pastels, standard red are considered appropriate choices. Business design 2017 allows decoration with stones, powder, and glitter.

Business manicure 2017 for short nails

Lately, long nails have begun to go out of fashion; more and more girls and women prefer short manicures. It's practical, comfortable and stylish. Short nails can also be decorated with beautiful designs and attractive designs. Of course, the main thing is that your hands and nails are well-groomed and neatly coated with varnish, then a short manicure will look perfect. Today's sitewebsite will show which ones designs can be done on short nails. Our photo selection will not leave any girl indifferent and will allow you to choose a beautiful design option.

When choosing designs for short nails, it is worth considering some rules:

1. It is better to build the composition of the picture vertically or diagonally. This clever trick will visually lengthen your nail.
2. If the nails themselves are wide enough, do not paint the area on the sides of the nails, leave two thin unpainted stripes on the sides. Especially if the varnish is dark in color. This technique will also visually make the nail more elongated.
3. To make designs on your nails, you should choose 2-3 colors of varnish. This is quite enough to make a design that is harmonious in color.
4. Drawings can be done on each nail, or focus on one, two or three. Usually, a ring nail or a pair is chosen for decoration - ring and middle, ring and large. The design is also performed on three fingers at once - the thumb, ring and middle.
5. The finished drawing must be covered with a transparent top coat.
6. But, there are some nails that have a fairly long nail bed and even if they are cut short, the nail itself looks elongated. In this case, you can choose any pictures and their location.

If your fingers have a short nail bed and your nails look unattractive, you can simply resort to nail extensions. No, it is absolutely not necessary to have long nails. Today, extensions can be done very carefully and naturally, and you can choose an acceptable length for yourself. Also, proper extensions from a competent specialist will help lengthen the nail bed and after removing the artificial nails, your nails will have the desired elongated shape.

Designs on short nails: photo gallery

A short jacket can be decorated with a pattern of small and bright flowers. Choose a shade for such cute flowers according to your mood or a color that harmonizes with clothes and accessories.

Flowers and dots are easily made using dots. Dots is a nail design tool in the form of a brush, but instead of bristles it has a small iron ball at the end. It can easily be replaced with a hairpin, toothpick or ballpoint pen.

Nail foil will help speed up your manicure. It is a ready-made color film with an image of any design.

The pattern on short nails in the form of a leopard print looks beautiful and stylish. This manicure is very easy to do with a thin brush or something else. First, the nails are covered with varnish of the main color. After this, spots of irregular and different shapes are chaotically applied with black varnish. Then, in the center of the large black spots, apply another bright varnish that matches the background color.

Tiger print is also done with a thin brush or other.

Floral designs also look great on short nails. This can be a painting or an image of decorative plant patterns.

Video “Bright designs on short nails”

Video “Delicate leopard print”

Video “Floral patterns on short nails”

Have you already made designs on your short nails? Share in the comments!

Long gone are those wonderful times when, in order to look stylish, girls had to sharpen their cat nails and generously pour hairspray on their hair, fixing their “natural” curls. Fortunately, the priority of modern fashion is naturalness, which cannot but please lovely ladies. An ambitious resident of a big city understands that it is more practical and convenient to have short nails with a neat manicure, and we will take on the ideas for its design. See our ideas and find your own simple and laconic manicure for short nails that you can easily create at home.

Short nails - what to do?

Short nails no more than 3-5 mm long are a trend that has held the palm among discerning salon clients for more than one season in a row. We must pay tribute to the designers who returned models with unusual, miniature nail lengths to the world's catwalks. Such experimenters include Zadig&Voltaire, Michael Costello, Alexander Wang and Marissa Webb.

It is preferable that, regardless of the structure of your nail plate and the peculiarities of its structure, with proper care and excellent imagination, creating an original design that complements any image is as easy as shelling pears. We have selected the most effective masks, the recipes of which are accessible and effective.

How to do a manicure on short nails at home

In order to quickly and efficiently transform your nails, you need very little effort, a little perseverance, high-quality tools and a couple of life hacks, outlined step by step in our instructions:

• first remove the decorative layer using a remover or a liquid that dissolves shilak;
• Give the free edge of the plate the desired shape using a medium abrasive file 100/180 grit. Accessories made from glass are best suited for “sealing”;
• steam your hands in a bath with warm water and a drop of shower gel or aromatic oil;
• use an orange stick to push back the cuticle with an untrimmed manicure method, or evenly remove excess skin with scissors along the entire perimeter of the nail;
• prepare the plate for applying varnish by first polishing it with a buffer and degreasing it.

Gel polish for short nails: coating features

Dark varnish, a little imagination and a couple of shiny “drops” of rhinestones - voila, an impeccable design is ready.

Matte manicure

The trend of naturalness in everything has not bypassed the nail industry. How else can we explain the fact that even owners of predatory stilettos zealously shorten their claws to please Madame Fashion? Find the brightest ideas for manicures for small nails in our selection.

Sometimes a woman needs so little to be happy. A new manicure - and the soul is already fluttering like a bird, and the desire to create creeps into the heart. Don’t be afraid to experiment on the path of self-expression, and your faithful adviser ProstoNail will always inspire you with fresh ideas.

Short nails remain the trend this season - they are not only fashionable, but convenient and practical. Even a small nail length allows you to perform different nail art. From our article you will learn how to do a beautiful manicure at home (with step-by-step photos) for short nails.

Preparatory stage

Initially, you need to take care of the form. For these purposes, it is advisable to select nail files on a cardboard or plastic base. Be sure to stock up on a polishing tool to polish your nails before applying the coating.

Each girl chooses the shape and length based on her preferences. The square shape is very popular, but for short fingers it is recommended to choose an oval shape, as it will help visually lengthen them. Get rid of cuticles and degrease the nail surface. Only after the preparatory stage can you begin to create a design.

Required materials and tools

Let's consider what tools are needed to create a unique design. Typically the following familiar attributes are required:

• dots,
• artistic brush for painting,
• stencils.

Study manicure ideas for short nails in the photo, choose the method you like and repeat it yourself.

Treatment

Properly treated nails look very beautiful and well-groomed. It is important to do circumcision not only for aesthetics, but also for the sake of hygiene, because dirt accumulates under the nails. Some people prefer a trimmed manicure, which is done using pliers to remove excess skin, while others prefer an untrimmed manicure, which is done using emollients and pushing back the cuticles. Then you can start designing. You can consider various ideas for manicure with gel polish in the photo for short nails. This will help you make your choice faster.

Step by step procedure

First of all, creating beautiful nails begins with choosing a shape. If they are too long, then cut them to the desired size. If you just need to give it a shape, then using a file is enough to correct the nail plate. You also need to file your nails correctly, moving from the tip to the “moon”.

Now that the shape of the marigolds is prepared, hands should be placed in the prepared bath with sea salt, olive oil and essential oils. A small amount of lemon oil will help your nails have a whitening effect. After 10 minutes, you can begin trimming the skin around the nail.

Using a spatula, push the skin towards the root of the nail. If there are hangnails, they should be removed with tweezers. Do this very carefully, otherwise you will end up with a lot of cuts and bruises.

Then proceed to the next step. The nails are degreased using a special product, then a base coat is applied. Cover the entire nail plate with any polish. If necessary, several layers can be applied. After which it is recommended to apply a colorless fixative, which will help the varnish last longer. Lubricate your hands with moisturizer.

How to make “French” yourself?

It is very popular every year. You can master this manicure technique yourself.

What is needed for work:

• pastel varnish of your favorite shade;
• white varnish for drawing the dividing line;
• transparent base.

Usually, to work in this technique, stencils are used that allow you to draw a smile line evenly on all nails.

How to make a lunar design yourself?

Not long ago, a new design began to gain momentum - lunar manicure. This technique is simple to perform, and the nails look very unusual. You can choose any color of varnish. The holes are drawn similarly to a French manicure. When creating a design using the lunar manicure technique, you can use your own imagination. After all, you can make the holes in different colors or not paint the base at all. To draw the moon, as in French, stencils are used.

How to apply gel polish correctly?

1. We cover the nail plate with gel polish. Try to make thin layers, ridding the brush of excess gel each time, otherwise unsightly bubbles will form on the surface.
2. Apply the varnish to each hand one by one and dry it in a lamp. This will help all nails dry evenly.
3. We take it out and again apply a layer of varnish to each dried finger and send it to dry.
4. Using alcohol, remove the sticky layer from the nail plate, and apply oil to the skin around the nail. At the end, hands are lubricated with cream.

Mirror finish

If you need to get a festive manicure, then a mirror design is just for you. To create an unusual coating you will need special glue and foil of your favorite color. Before you start decorating, you need to carefully treat the surface of each nail so that there are no rough spots.

The following actions:

• the base is applied;
• painting is carried out to match the foil;
• each nail is covered with glue;
• foil is applied, it needs to be smoothed out thoroughly;
• remove any remaining shiny paper;
• nails are covered with finishing varnish.

Fashionable matte finish

Matte colors remain in fashion for at least another year. They look advantageous with a combination of rich and deep tones. Matte manicure on short nails looks very mesmerizing:

• red gives sexuality;
• chocolate shades look very luxurious;
• burgundy varnish is associated with elegance and charm;
• peach and lavender tones will add romance to your look;
• Shades of yellow and orange have brightness and mischief.

You can make beautiful nails yourself. Moreover, even the simplest design can be decorated in a unique way using decor. To decorate nails use:

• an art brush for painting abstract and geometric designs;
• glitter, loose powder and special sand;
• stickers and stencils;
• rhinestones, shells, beads, bulbs.

Rhinestones and lace are the trend of this season. Nail sculpting is a thing of the past. It is with the help of sparkling stones that girls strive to stand out from the crowd. With a little practice, you will be able to apply different designs to your nails and make unusual designs.

Different Designs: Best Ideas

If you have absolutely no imagination, then you can use ready-made ideas to create your own design.

French and moon manicure

1. Apply stripes to the top smile and bottom moon. Apply black and coral polish to the free surface, alternating each finger.
2. Then peel off the strips and apply contrasting polish to the moon and edge of the nail.

Turquoise and gold

1. Paint your nails with turquoise polish.
2. Take an ordinary plastic bag, crumple it and apply gold varnish to the surface.
3. Apply the packet to each nail.
4. Finally, apply clear varnish on top.

Gradient technique

A manicure done at home in pink colors looks very beautiful and gentle.

1. Dark pink or fuchsia varnish is applied to the thumbs of both hands.
2. Now drip varnish onto the palette and add one drop of white varnish, mix well. The result is a shade that is a shade lighter than the previous one. Apply the resulting color to the index fingers of both hands. And so we move until the very end, each time adding one more drop of white varnish.