In the modern world, women are judged not only by their appearance, manner of dressing and talking. An important role in the image of a well-groomed lady is played by such a trifle as a manicure.
Create a spectacular manicure, without spending money and time to visit the salon - the dream of every woman. Today, solid manicure is no longer a novelty, so many girls are trying to diversify their design with floral prints, knitted patterns with velvet powder, rhinestones and other decor. Making such nail art yourself is quite difficult and beyond the power of many girls, so they are looking for ways to facilitate the ongoing procedure for decorating nails with the help of the achievements of the modern nail industry.
What is a stamping for nails
Stemping is a simple way to create patterns on nails that are not inferior in beauty and complexity to designs made by experienced craftsmen.
The main advantages of this technique include:
- simplicity of drawing a pattern, even for those girls who can't draw
- ease and speed of execution - you can create a beautiful design on your nails in half an hour
- spectacular view - the end result of your work will not yield to the salon version
- the complexity of the patterns - with the help of stemping it is possible to draw the smallest details of the pattern, which is difficult to do by hand painting
- universality - a stamp for a manicure can be applied to the watch, key chains, mobile phone case. Thus, each girl, having practiced in stemping, can create stunning images comparable to the drawings of a talented artist.
Stamping Tools
Kits for stemping in large quantities are presented in manicure stores. The standard kit includes:
- metal discs or plates on which patterns are engraved. The drawings on such bases are chosen to suit your taste, in the future you can buy more plates.
- print or stamp that serves to transfer the pattern from disk to nail.
- scraper - plastic scraper with a smooth handle, resembling a knife. It is necessary to clean the plate from residual varnish.
- paints for stemping - outwardly they look like ordinary varnishes, but have a thicker consistency, so that the drawing does not spread on the smooth surface of the nail.
When purchasing a stamping kit, make sure the quality of materials. The metal disk must be sufficiently hard, and the scraper must be absolutely flat without chipping and roughness. Remember - good stamping is not cheap.
Choosing varnish for stamping
As noted above, ordinary decorative lacquer is not suitable for stemping. It is too liquid for painstaking drawing of small patterns, spreads and dries slowly. Choose paints with strong pigmentation, i.e. high content of acrylic and coloring particles, thick consistency and toughness. Only with the use of such a coating pattern does not blur and does not form stains.
In addition to the varnish for drawings, it is necessary to choose a varnish base. Nail-masters advise to use a matte finish, as the pattern on it looks more clearly and brightly.
If at hand there is no special varnish for stemping, then you can do the usual, but only if it is sufficiently thick. To check whether your paint is suitable for drawing patterns, you need to put it in two layers on the nail. A suitable varnish is flattened to form an opaque coating.
Nail stamping: how to use
Before stepping, it is necessary to treat the nails, move or cut the cuticle and cover the nails with a transparent base coat of varnish. After that, you can proceed directly to the procedure.
Stage 1
Cover your nails with a base coat of the desired color in two layers. Allow the coating to dry completely, otherwise the design will crawl over the surface of the nail and ruin the entire design.
Stage 2
If you are using the plate for the first time, but remove the protective film from the drawing that you like. Apply lacquer to the plate so that it covers the entire image. Try not to go beyond the pattern applied to the disc.
Stage 3
Rolling motion, press the seal to the surface of the disk and hold for 2-3 seconds. Make sure the pattern is completely copied onto the stamp. If you use a rubber-coated stamp, a little pressure is needed to fully transfer the pattern. With a silicone surface, on the contrary, you need to be careful, otherwise the drawing will be smeared.
Stage 4
Lean a print with a pattern to the surface of the nail, trying to make only 1 exact movement. Perform the procedure quickly, so that the varnish does not have time to dry, otherwise the pattern will be fuzzy and smeared.
Stage 5
Clean the plates, the scraper and the stamp of varnish residues with nail polish remover. Repeat the procedure on the remaining fingers, each time cleaning the tools from contamination.
Stage 6
Fix the result of your work with a colorless top, so your manicure will hold much more and look much brighter and more effective.
Gel polish reversible nail stamping
This method is more difficult to perform than conventional stamping; however, such a manicure looks amazing. If the classic version uses only one shade of lacquer, then in reverse it is possible to create whole compositions that are transferred in a special way to the nail.
To create a reverse manicure, all the same tools are used, but most of the work will be done on the stamp. To begin with, it is pressed to the plate with gel polish applied on engraving. Then the seal is dried directly under the lamp.
If you want to create a multi-colored pattern, then arm yourself with a thin brush and paint every detail right on the stamp. Cover it again with a transparent top and dry it under the LED-lamp.
As a result, a transparent film is formed on the print, which must be carefully removed with tweezers and transferred to the nail. Pay special attention to the edges of the nail plate, the pattern in these places should not be deformed. Excess film carefully cut with nail scissors.
Steamping at home from the first time does not always work. But after several attempts, an understanding will come of how to work with tools, what nuances to pay attention to. The ability to quickly and efficiently transfer drawings from the plate to the nails, will allow every day to create stylish and unusual nail art, even if you are far from drawing.
