Manicure reptile resembles varnish and daring structure spotted a snake or a toothy crocodile. The perfect addition to the solemn or festive manicure, which will be able to add a few zeros to your image. Repeat the texture is quite simple in their own homes marigolds. Let's see all the secrets of this unique coverage.
What it is
Animal print for several seasons in a row is very popular in the fashion industry. Patterns of dangerous predators and amphibians are in great demand on a par with the leopard, tiger and zebra not only designers world fashion houses. Manicure reptile firmly entrenched among the masters of nail art and home users. Unique texture creates a special predatory effect on the nails, but such that it can not by pass any fatal beauty.
Fashion on the road texture is most often expressed in purses, handbags, belts and other accessories. But the American girls went further and began to stick real snake skin on the nails, neatly fixing surface top. Snake skin can be purchased for 12-20 dollars on the Internet. But the price for a manicure with the reptile costs about 150-300 dollars. Unjustified price for the luxury cover has forced artists to come up with counterparts dangerous prints.
Repeat it can be with a conventional lacquer (gel varnish), gel paste and several brushes. Not bright, but with the nature of predatory texture scales suggests placing the entire area of the nail with a colored substrate. It is necessary to form small zones of varying length and width perimeter. An important feature of the reptile design is that the faces of the flakes should be undulating and have round corners. An exemplary size should range from 3 to 6 mm. After marking on each scale can be put down on the stamp to drop volume. This is another great option for surround manicure.
The best color combinations
To create a cover you can use any natural and natural shades. The standard colors are green, brown, black, gray and beige. Any dirty and muted undertones (marsh, olive, color of mud) will also be highly relevant. The print pattern should be much brighter and more contrast his background. Do not forget the combination of colors, or the wrong combination can spoil the whole manicure. Each nail should repeat separate small reptile.
design life hacking
Our small tips will help you create the perfect nail design with leather imitation reptile:
- the best combination with the original manicure - this exquisite evening dresses, strict pantsuit or a discreet bow with a blouse and pencil skirt;
- You can even draw dragon unusual texture when used as a substrate of blue and green lacquer Shimmer;
- gradient substrate is particularly well suited for such coverage;
- if you have some kind of accessory with predatory print, try to repeat the similar texture to your nails for a perfect match;
- manicure with imitation reptile on nails looks pretty bold and not always suitable for everyday image is more evening variant;
- old snake skin can be found in spring in the forest or to order online, the price for such a fun starts from 700 rubles.
perform design technique
Manicure reptile gel lacquer in several ways, but all of them are very simple. Typically, all of the tools you can find at home. Let's look at all the options, with the help of which you can create an unusual texture.
Driving drawing
There are several methods of drawing texture reptile. It is best to draw arbitrary lines so far leads you your hand. The scales can be very small or go to the large grid. It all depends on your desire. You can place the scales in a chaotic manner, changing their size, or take advantage of our scheme:
- Beforehand you need to prepare the nail: Apply base coat and color gel polish.
- Brush to paint fine lines in the middle of the nail along the entire length. Spacing between lines should be decent.
- On each side to connect the line so as to obtain the corners.
- From each corner to draw parallel lines up and down on each side.
- Connect the line and complete the picture.
To draw the scales recommended to use gel paste or a thick gel-coat.
Video instruction
For detailed instructions on how to do a manicure reptile can be seen in the video below.
Design for a special occasion
How to do a manicure reptile even more refined and luxurious? This sophisticated design must be carefully combined with other techniques, so in the end it did not look bad taste. Your attention, we present several versions of the original coating.
Snake skin
If you do not want to spend money on expensive snake skin or do not know where to buy it, you can create a texture on their own from scrap materials. It remains only to stock up varnishes and the right tools.
What you need:
- base;
- gold gel lacquer;
- green gel varnish;
- black gel paste;
- thin brush;
- DOTS;
- foil for casting;
- top.
How to do a manicure with imitation reptile skin:
- Prepare the nails to their base and cover layer, then send polymerize lamp.
- Nails without cover design gold lacquer, and the rest green.
- On the nails with a future design to put a few drops of liquid DOTS top. Drops should be of different sizes and are located close to each other in a chaotic manner.
- After drying in a lamp with a fine brush with a black gel paste accurately delimit circles.
- Print foil casting.
- Cover design top and dry.
triple combination
More expensive c design imitation snakeskin attached equipment cat's eye and casting. If properly perform all the items, then eventually you can get extremely expensive and luxurious finish.
What you need:
- base;
- lacquer Shimmer;
- special magnet;
- lint-free cloth;
- soft buff;
- Gel-paste;
- thin brush;
- foil for casting;
- top.
How to do a manicure with the effect of reptiles:
- Apply the prepared nail basecoat well having dried it in the tube.
- Paintable nails primary color.
- After drying, the nail varnish to cover Shimmer.
- Attach a special magnet to form a smooth highlight.
- Send design polymerize into the lamp.
- Shut nails top and remove the adhesive layer lint free cloth.
- Soft buff gently walk the surface of the nail to the future to create the effect of casting.
- Black gel paint to paint the skin of reptile.
- Dry the design of the lamp and the printed foil on the gel ink.
- Shut masthead design covering and remove the adhesive layer.
- Thick topom fill cells constantly prosushivaya design of the lamp.
- Remove the adhesive layer, lint-free cloth.
Manicure reptile in several versions (snake, lizard, crocodile, dragon, python) can be seen below in the photo.
predatory crocodile
If you want to brush up on your nails a unique texture of a dangerous crocodile, then this option is for you. This volume manicure with imitation reptile skin in harmony with the close-fitting long dress and suit for the occasion.
What you need:
- base;
- Colored gel lacquers;
- thin brush;
- soft buff;
- lint-free cloth;
- top.
How to do a manicure reptile:
- Cover nails base layer and dry them in the lamp.
- On the nails without cause design color gel polish.
- Fine brush to gently draw the topom texture. The grid should go dense squares of different lengths with soft corners and edges. The joints between the lines should be smooth and semi-circular. Allowed rampant lines in different directions.
- Some scales must stand out from the total number. They can be made smaller.
- Visually lift the scales and stretch fuzzy lines near the edges using a fine brush and the dark gel varnish.
- Mix beige or golden-brown gel varnish with a fine brush base and allocate highlights (light) on the scales.
- Soft handle buff the nail surface to a matt effect.
- Brush with topom duplicate scales, giving lacquers skin and lifting the little volume.
- Dry the design of the lamp.
- Repeat stamp layer if necessary.
- Lint-free cloth to remove the adherent layer.
When bulking design using stamp scales should not be merged into one big drop.
Manicure reptile is a luxury alligator. You are free to experiment and change shade cover for clothes or a handbag, if you have the correct accessory invoice.
black stingray
This light manicure effect stingray skin looks quite stylish, bold and elegant. Absolutely amazing stingray skin texture can only cause the admiration of your friends and colleagues.
What you need:
- nail base;
- Black gel lacquer;
- DOTS;
- white gel-paste;
- black gel paste;
- palette (foil);
- glossy top;
- matt top.
How to do a manicure at a reptile:
- Degrease nails and apply the base layer, are well polymerize it in the tube.
- All nails apply a shade of black gel varnish 2 coats. Each layer must be sent to the lamp.
- Cover the top and nails to dry.
- Under the design applied matt top.
- On the palette to mix a white gel-paste and top to get a clear white and milky white glaze volume drops.
- Drops must be put down close to each other and make them bulky. From the droplet size and of different heights to form a pattern.
- Once the pattern is ready, you need to add a little more texture and saturated with a white gel-paste.
- Black gel-paste or gel varnish using DOTS affix point around the large figure.
- Dry top design and send out to dry in the lamp.
Luxury Manicure reptile looks great on the nails of any length. Even such a complex and unusual print easily done at home by yourself. Pick up the best options, experiment and create something of their own.
