Velvet manicure

Manicure is one of those areas where any woman can turn around, give vent to her imagination. There are a lot of different techniques and options for decorating nails. Of the novelties in this area, velvet, the same cashmere, plush manicure has become more popular lately.

Velvet such a manicure is called because the nail coating really resembles velvet due to small particles of cotton, wool, acrylic or other materials.

How to make a velvet manicure?

In fact, it is quite easy to make a manicure with a velvet coating. This will require any color varnish and flock - the material for the coating. Flock is a small piece of wool, cotton, viscose and other materials. It can be of all kinds of colors and differ in the size of the particles, their length and width, which makes it possible to obtain a different texture of the coating.

In the salons, such a manicure is done with the help of a special apparatus, a flocker, which polarizes the particles and makes them fit snugly to the surface. Using professional equipment allows you to speed up the application of velvet manicure and make the coating denser and more even. But if desired, velvet manicure can be done at home, especially some manufacturers have already started to produce special sets, usually including varnish, flock and a brush to remove excess material.

Velvet manicure at home

To make a plush manicure you will need a varnish (colored or colorless, at your discretion), a flock, a brush and a tray (bowl, saucer). The last point is not mandatory, but it helps to avoid cleaning associated with the removal of small particles.

Nails should be pre-prepared by degreasing and removing from them the remains of the old varnish. Then you can proceed directly to create a manicure.

Step 1 . Apply to the nails the chosen varnish in one layer and wait until it dries completely. If you hurry and do not allow to dry the first layer, then the manicure can "slip" and look ugly.

Step 2 . After the varnish has dried, gently coat the second coat. Do not wait for the drying of the second layer, if possible evenly, put a flock on top. Among the sets currently available, special flasks with flock are provided, which enable them to sprinkle a nail directly from the container. If the flock was purchased in a jar or a box, before applying the manicure you need to pour out the necessary amount of material and grind it so that no lumps remain. Apply a flock on the nails in this case is best with your finger, with soft patches, so that it evenly spreads over the nail plate.

Step 3 . Use a brush with a stiff bristle to remove the debris from the skin.

It remains to wait 10-15 minutes, until the varnish is completely dry , and the manicure is ready.

Velvet lacquer

For those who do not want to mess with the flock coating of nails, there is an alternative - varnish with a velvet effect. This is a kind of varnish, creating a matte, pleasant to the touch coating . Of course, the varnish does not give a voluminous effect, such as a velvet manicure, but it looks discreet, stylish and therefore acquires increasing popularity, especially among employees of serious offices, business ladies and other women whose work requires a dress code.

Apply velvet nail polish exactly the same as any other: on clean, pre-treated nails in two layers. The most popular among nail polish varnish with velvet coating customers are brands Dance Legend, Orly, Zoya.