Tools and ways to create a velvet manicure at home.
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Knitted design or velor coating has become popular recently. This is a relatively new technique that is in great demand in the winter. So you can visually "insulate" the nails.
Fllock nail design - covering nails with velvet sand
In order to make velor design, a special powder is used - FLC. These are particles of a certain soft texture. They can be both large and small. A similar product is sold in manicure stores and in shops with fabrics and fittings. The substance is called sandbooking sand. Matte sand is realized in small jars and can be of different colors.
The salons often combine gel polish and floking. This is not the best idea, since small particles of velvet dust do not fully stick to the nail. Accordingly, the part rises slightly above the surface. With mechanical damage, the powder is very quickly exfoliated from the nail.
Velvet coating technique:
- The nail during the coating with gel polish is covered with the base, and then the color gel varnish is applied. After that he is dried in UV
- Next, apply a top with a sticky layer and again dried in UV
- After that, the sand is poured into a small container and the nail is dipped. It is as if pressed into the powder
- After that, the nail is not covered with anything. Accordingly, the sticky layer remains sticky and simply adheses the sand
Small particles of sand are electrified and stick to the tools. This is extremely inconvenient. Therefore, a flocator is often used for design - a special device that creates a weak electric field. This allows particles of powder to be evenly distributed on the nails.
How to make velvet manicure at home?
Performing the design at home is quite simple. You will need a phlock, that is, the powder itself, the base for varnish and color coating.
Instructions for creating manicure:
- Cover the nails with the base and dry it. This will save your nail plate
- After that, cover the nails with colored varnish, which is as close as possible in color to the flock
- Give the varnish to dry completely. Apply the second layer of varnish and while it is wet, take the velor with tweezers and take them to the nails
- It is necessary to pour the phlock very densely. After that, give the coating completely dry and sweep away the remaining powder from the nail with a fluffy brush
- Such a manicure is kept only 1-2 days
Types of velvet nail coating
There are several options for creating a velvet manicure:
- At home with ordinary varnishes
- Flokan and gel coatings
The first option is perfect if you have no extra money, and you want to prepare for a party or holiday. The technique of creation to disgrace is simple. Just pour the sand on a wet colored varnish on top and wait for its drying. The remains are swept with a brush.
The second option is more durable and can hold out on the nails for up to 20 days, although in reality the sand is much less. It is necessary to prepare the plate. For this, nails are polished with a file, removing natural shine. After that, it is covered with a base that is dried in a UV lamp. Next, the color coating is applied and dried again. After that, the nail is covered with the second layer of gel polish again dried. Then the top is taken without a sticky layer and it is covered with nails and pouring right on the wet mass of velvet particles of flocan. Not sweeping away, fingers are placed in a UV lamp. The top hardens and with the help of a brush from the surface they sweep away excess velvet sand.
Fashionable beautiful design of velvet manicure nails
Velvet sand can be combined with glossy and matte coatings. Using gel paint, you can create a ornate pattern. Often make moon manicure velvet sand.
Lunar design of nails with velvet sand:
- The nail is prepared as usual. After that it is covered with the base
- Further, the base is applied and dried in a UV lamp
- After that, with the help of a thin brush moistened in a colored gel varnish, Lunul is drawn. She is dried in a UV lamp
- After that, the entire nail is covered with a top without a sticky layer and dried
- A top without a sticky layer is applied to the lunula area and a phlock is hired with tweezers. Dried in a lamp, and the remains of the pile are removed with a brush
Below in the photo there are many options for fashionable nail design with flock.
Nails with velvet flowers
There are many techniques for making such a design. Many newcomers and masters who did not manage to purchase special devices simply draw flowers with gel paints or tops without a sticky layer and sprinkle nails with sand. Then they dry as usual. But such a technique requires a lot of time and effort, so the task can be simplified.
Instructions for creating velvet flowers:
- Prepare the nail. Just remove a natural shine from it and remove the phergy
- Cover the nail with a handful and acid primer. Let it dry
- Apply the base and dry in the lamp. Apply gel polish and dry
- Take a stamping metal plate and apply a gel painting gel without a sticky layer
- Take the stamp and attach to the plate
- Gently transfer the picture to the nail. Sprinkle the flowers with flour and dry in the lamp
- Sweep the remaining sand with a brush
In this case, the flowers are simply ideal and even, and most importantly, a minimum of time and effort is spent on a manicure.
Figure drawings on nails
In fact, they do not draw anything with sand. Use ordinary gel polishes and paints without a sticky layer. Most often, a brush of columns is used for design and drawing small parts, which is equal to the nose of the needle in thickness. But the easiest way is to perform a design using stamps, that is, stamping. It turns out a mixed and very simple technique. To create a manicure, a basic layer of colored varnish is applied, and after it dries onto the nail, a fingerprint is applied to the nail, which in color is as close to the color of the sand. And on a wet pattern they pour sand and dry it in a lamp.
Wedding design can be performed using a thin brush of columns. It has a small thickness and elasticity of the pile. After applying the picture, they pour powder and again dry in the lamp. The design looks very neat and beautiful. In a wedding design, ornate patterns and flowers are usually drawn.
As you can see, even a beginner can create phlock design. But more persistent are coatings using gel varnishes and flicker.
