How to make a knitted manicure?

New flows and trends appear not only on the podiums of fashionable shows, but also in the beauty industry. The technique of "knitted manicure" appeared relatively recently, but already managed to conquer his numerous fans. Ornaments, whose interlacing mimic patterns of sweaters, look at volume, fashionable and stylish. The optimal choice when using this type of design are short nails - manicure looks more "gently" and neatly. How to create a knitted manicure at home?

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Materials for creating a knitted manicure

• Actually gel varnish. This type of coating is used both to create the background of the ornament and for the drawing itself.
• Acrylic powder, velvet sand - These materials will help to give the finished work volumetric (3D) effect, will extend the service life of the manicure.
• Thin brush for applying a knitted pattern.
• Lamp for drying coating.
• BAU - This pedel will help to prepare a nail plate by making it perfectly smooth.
• Base and finishing - if the knitted manicure perform "from scratch".

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Stages of creating knitted manicure

Before creating a knitted design, you need to go a few steps of preparatory work.

Performance of hygienic manicure

1. Perform a manicure, give nails the desired form. Optimal options are the hardware technology and the implementation of the European manicure. These technicians almost completely exclude any trauma of the nail plate.
2. Degrease the nail plate. This agent removes the dust particles and other contaminants from the surface of the nail, thereby improving the adhesion with the applied base.

Nail coating gel varnish

Next, begin to actually apply the lacquer coating.

1. First stage - applying the base. The coating is applied not only throughout the nail plate, but also at its end edges. Thus, the nail "is sealing". The use of this reception will make a manicure more durable (the formation of cracks and chipping) will extend its service life.
2. Next, the nail must be dried in the lamp. If you use the ultraviolet lamp, the exposure time of the rays will be 2 minutes. For LED lamps, this gap is reduced to 30 seconds.
3. After that, apply the main (background) colored coating. The final tone should be uniform and saturated. If you use pastel tones, the nail will have to be covered by several layers of gel varnish. Caudi from the layers dries in the lamp and only after that you start the next step. The drying time in the lamp is similar (2 minutes for UV lamps and 30 seconds for LED lamps).
4. When the basis of the base is completely satisfied, apply the finish coating. Take the nails again. If necessary (if you did not use the finish without a sticky layer), remove the residual layer residues after drying.

Applying knitted pattern

This stage of work provides you with full flight of fantasy. The main patterns and techniques that are used in creating a knitted manicure is a pigtail, strip, rhombus, "Christmas tree". Their combinations and repetitions, as well as the addition of the plates of neat points along the edge, will create interesting and volume ornaments.

To apply a pattern, you can use gel varnish or gel paint.

1. Using a thin brush, apply the selected ornament on the coated gel varnish. Some details of the pattern (especially convex) are created by applying several layers of varnish or paint.
2. Depending on the selected design, you sprinkle the finished operation of acrylic powder or sparkles. If you do not want to distort the existing shade of varnish (and drawing), choose a transparent powder.
3. Next nails send to dry. Drying time is standard - 2 minutes (for UV lamp) or 30 seconds (for LED lamp).
4. After neat, but accurate movements remove the residues of sand or powder. The main tool in this process will be a soft brush.

Design completed. If you wish, you can create a knitted manicure on separate fingers or on all nails.