Amber nail gel polish, photo. New design 2020: white, black, red shellac for short, long nails. Master class with a brush, airbrushing

The image chosen in the morning should be in harmony with the inner world, which means that everything should be perfect: face, hair, clothes and, of course, manicure. Amber nail gel polish is suitable for different occasions. Numerous photographs prove its popularity and originality.

What is ombre manicure (amber)

Ombre manicure is a simple manicure technique that is a smooth transition from one color to another. This technique is often called "dip dye" - contrasting staining of the nail edge. With the maximum similarity of these techniques, you can see a significant difference.

During the execution of the ombre, a gradual lightening is done by a couple of shades. But during the dip dye, the nail is painted in another brighter color, for the sake of creating contrast.

Trendy colors 2020

The style of amber nails with gel polish (the photo shows a variety of colors) is relevant this season. The advantage of manicure is an interesting and unusual combination of color and shape. The most popular manicure is on short nails with a rounded end.

If the coating is chosen successfully, the nails will look aesthetically pleasing and practical, which cannot but be appreciated by nail art lovers. To guess the color, you should listen to the opinion of experts.

They advise the following colors:

• Neutral. An excellent option is considered a discreet neutral tone - beige, peach, coral, gray and olive. They are ideally combined with brightness, as an option - you can dilute the manicure with black stripes. Yellow, lilac, blue patterns are considered an excellent option. Short nails will look beautiful with deep red even burgundy manicure.
• Snow white. White monochrome itself is very complex, but if the improvised elements are correctly selected, then this is a real fashionable nail bomb. This is a color that, if diluted with some unusual pattern, or with simple black, silver and golden stripes, will become a real find.
• Navy blue. Lovers of a dark shade will not be left out, this season black and blue, purple and green manicure are again in fashion.

• Green shades of manicure. It would seem that green shades have sunk into oblivion, but this season is an opportunity to please yourself with your favorite and fashionable color. Masters replenish their collections with juicy herbal shades, modest olive flowers.
• Gray. In winter, it was gray shades that were especially popular, in summer they will also be in demand, especially since they are combined with metallic shades.

• Metallic. Metallic manicure is still popular, but stylists have added a matte finish this season. You can do this using a golden or silver gel polish with a rub.

Which varnish is suitable for ombre manicure

Amber nail gel polish (the photo shows which varnish is most suitable for this technique) uses mainly pastel colors in its technique, especially since light tones are subconsciously associated with heat, sun and light. Therefore, it is better to leave dark and burgundy tones for the fall.

The correct choice of varnish will make such a manicure bright and light, pretentious and evening, catchy or, on the contrary, invisible.

In order for the ombre manicure to succeed, it is necessary to take a responsible approach to the choice of the source material. For these purposes, varnishes with a dense texture and excellent pigmentation are best suited. These are the most suitable varnishes to cover and a quality manicure requires a minimum of layers to cover.

They are as follows:

• Shellac. The main advantage is simplicity and speed. This technique will allow you to make a manicure even for those who are completely unfamiliar with the rules for applying varnish, but really want to decorate their nails with something unusual and beautiful.
  
• Gel polish. As a rule, this technique is performed using gel polish. The color scheme is quite diverse, so choosing the best one is quite simple, and the service life, unlike the usual one, is much longer: up to 3 weeks (in some of them it is even longer).

Horizontal gradient: technical features

In the photo showing a manicure with a gel polish with a horizontal gradient, you can see a smooth color transition on the nail, and it starts from the cuticle area, moving towards the end of the nail. The color scheme in such a manicure can be varied.

These can be both close shades (in this case, the manicure is more delicate and smooth) and completely different contrasting colors (for lovers of a bright extravagant manicure). This is one of the manicure techniques when you can combine two different shades. It is worth remembering that the more shades are used, the sharper the contrast transition in the gradient will be. With similar shades, the transition will be smoother.

Vertical gradient: technique features

A manicure with a vertical gradient, as in the previous case, is performed with a smooth transition of shades. Vertical gradient technology differs in that the colors change from the side rollers (from one to the other, in a vertical order). A vertical gradient is a great way for a variety of manicure options.

For example, a manicure looks very unusual and original, in which one nail is painted in one color, a horizontal gradient was made on the nameless one, a vertical gradient on the average, the index and large ones are also painted in the same color. Thus, in the gradient, you can use from 4 or more colors, respectively, the manicure will be even more original.

What you need to work at home

Such a manicure is so simple to perform that even novice masters can do it at home.

To create an ombre (amber) style at home, you need the following tools and materials:

• basic framework;
• manicure set;
• sponge;

• varnish fixer;
• palette and decorative varnish (gel varnish);
• cream or petroleum jelly;
• Scotch;
• acrylic paints;
• cuticle oil.

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Recommendations for coloring short nails

For some reason, most ordinary people associate sexuality and femininity only with long nails, but the nail masters have proved that they are so wrong. But it is important to remember that short nails will look beautiful and stylish only with proper care.

General guidelines for coloring short nails:

• The form. The most fashionable nail shape is a square, but, unfortunately, it is not suitable for all girls, but only for the owners of long thin fingers. If the shape of the fingers is not the same, then the classic shape - an oval - looks more advantageous. When doing a manicure at home, you need to pay attention to the cuticle.In this case, it is better to cut it off, so the nail will look more well-groomed and longer. Using polishing files, you need to give the nails smoothness and shine.

• Simple manicure. The most common manicure on short nails is to simply cover the nail plate with one color. The color of the varnish does not play a special role; you can use bright, dark and saturated colors. True, to use dark varnish, the nail plate must be flawless.
• Ombre. Manicure on short nails looks impressive and harmonious. But at the same time, the abundant use of color is strictly prohibited. The maximum is 2 or 3 colors.

Brush technique

Amber nail gel polish can be made with a brush (as seen in the photo, 2 or 3 colors are used).

Rules for applying ombre gel polish for manicure:

• The nail is covered with a base coat.
• After drying, apply the base color using a regular brush. As a rule, masters apply a light base color, but if the base color is dark, then such a manicure will look more advantageous and interesting. Place your hands in the lamp to completely dry the gel polish.

• A fan brush is dipped in some other color, and gel polish is applied horizontally (it can be along the entire length of the nail, but it can only be at the tip).
• The nails are dried under a lamp.
• The third color should be applied in the same way as the second one and cured again under the lamp.
• A fixer is applied. Ombre manicure with a brush is ready.

Airbrush technique

To perform a manicure using the airbrush technique, you need to prepare the following materials and tools:

• compressor and airbrush;
• various colors of paints;
• tips (as training);
• tweezers, gloves;
• stencils and mats for cutting tips.

Execution technique:

• After processing the nail, spray the background paint.

• After choosing a stencil, apply it to the nail. If there is a need to correct the drawing, it is imperative to make or finish painting with varnish or nail paint.
• If desired, nails are decorated with sparkles, decorative stones and other elements.
• The base coat is applied last.

How to do a French ombre manicure

• The very first rule in any manicure is to put your nails in order: remove old varnish, adjust the shape of the nail, remove the cuticle.
• Base application: both transparent and light varnish are suitable; for a bright manicure, the base is applied in several layers.
• On the prepared foil, the varnishes are distributed in the order that they want to see on the nail. An important rule: the darkest color is applied at the base of the nail, it visually lengthens the nail.
• A special sponge is dipped in varnish and applied to the nails with patting movements. To get an intense shade, two approaches are enough. Before processing each nail, it is necessary to update the shade palette.

• After that, a fixing base is applied, and it must be applied to a slightly damp varnish, because the sponge leaves behind a bumpy surface.
• Pebbles, rhinestones and other improvised means can be added as decorations, but the French ombre manicure itself looks beautiful and original.

Matte manicure at home

Amber nails with a matte gel-hack can be made in one of the following ways:

• Using matt varnish.
• Using a matte finish.
• Using boiling water.

Matte manicure technology:

1. Put a saucepan with water on fire and bring to a boil.
   
2. While the water is boiling, it is necessary to prepare the nails: give the desired shape, push back the cuticle and degrease the nail plate; apply a glossy varnish of your favorite color to your nails, and immediately, without waiting for it to dry, substitute your nails over the steam, your hands are removed after the varnish has completely dried.

Such a manicure lasts from 10 to 14 days.

Monogram: execution technique

First step:

• The preparatory stage, during which it is necessary to prepare the nails for drawing:
• cuticle removal;
• form creation;
• if possible, alignment of the nail plate;
• degreasing the nail.

Second step:

• You can choose a solid or transparent base as the first layer.
• After the nails are completely dry, you need to choose a drawing tool: a needle or brush, stencils or plates, stickers.
• The next step depends entirely on how the monograms will be drawn.

Third step:

• The drawing must be applied very carefully. When creating monograms by hand, start from the side of the nail, slowly working towards the middle or base.

• When drawing monograms with gel varnish, each element must be dried in a lamp.
• If desired, the monogram can be decorated with pebbles, rhinestones or sparkles.
• The last step is to coat the nail with a fixative for durability.

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Moon manicure: execution technique

For moon manicure with stencils, you must:

• manicure tools;
• 2 varnishes (it is better to choose contrasting colors);
• stencils (special for moon manicure or ordinary for a jacket are also suitable);
• base and fixer.

Execution stages:

1. Manicure and cuticle removal, nail degreasing.
2. Covering the nails with a base, and after that the varnish is lighter (this is the color the hole will be).
3. Glue the stencil near the hole and leave a small open gap. The size of the gap should be determined to taste. The stencil, glued with both the convex side and the concave side, looks equally stylish. A darker varnish is applied near the place of attachment of the stencil, you can also step on the stencil itself to get a smoother line.
   
4. If there is no stencil at hand, you can safely use any adhesive material - scotch tape or sticker.
5. After the dark varnish has completely dried, cover the nail with a fixative. The manicure is ready.

Following the step-by-step instructions with the photo, it is very simple to make your own nail polish with gel polish in the ombre (amber) style. Even a novice master will be able to understand this, at first glance, a difficult technique, but easily accomplished.

Video about creating amber nails

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