Manicure is velvety. How to make a velvet manicure at home?

A special coating, which makes the nails plush in appearance and touch, invented the British company Ciate. Most often such a manicure is called velvet. Often there are other signs: velvet, cashmere, velor, plush, fur or suede. How to make a velvet manicure at home? The main thing is to get special materials and follow the technique of execution, which is described in detail in the article below.

What do you need for velvet manicure?

In order to make a velvet manicure at home, you need the following materials:

• Flock. This is the main component of the velvet manicure, which can not be replaced. Such material consists of the fibers of wool, cotton or viscose. Thanks to the flock, the nail surface will become velvety. Buy this material can be in special stores, choosing the right color, length and thickness of the villi.
• Nail polish. Its shade should exactly repeat the color of the flock.
• Soft wide brush to remove the remains of velvet from the nails.

Preparation of nails for velvet manicure

Before you start the velor design, you need to tidy your nails and cuticles with a trimmed manicure :

1. Remove the old covering from the nails.
2. Make a bath for hands.
3. Remove the cuticle with a manicure stick and cut it using tweezers or scissors.
4. Give the nails the desired shape, using a glass nail file.
5. Polish the nail plate with a soft brush for grinding.

Now you can start applying the velor coating.

There are two ways of how to make a velvet manicure. First you need to familiarize yourself with each of them and choose the most suitable one.

Method one

This method of corduroy manicure is simple and does not require the availability of professional equipment for nail art. The sequence of actions is as follows:

1. Prepare the flock. To do this, you need to shake out the necessary portion of material from the vial and shake the velvet a little to get rid of the lumps and prevent the coarseness of the villi.
2. Apply the first layer of the varnish of the chosen shade and allow it to dry completely.
3. Cover your nails with a second layer of varnish and, without waiting for it to dry, apply a flock. Vorsinki is convenient to apply with the finger of the other hand, which needs to gain some velvet and apply it on the unconsolidated covering of the nail plate with patting movements.
4. Wait 2-3 minutes and remove excess flock from each nail, using a wide brush.

It should be noted that the velvet manicure does not require the presence of a finish coat. On the nails do not need to apply a clear lacquer, they must remain cashmere in appearance and touch.

Method of the second

This method of corduroy manicure is close to professional and involves the presence of a special device called "flockider" in your home. Such a device has a high cost, but the benefit from it is great.

How to make a velvet manicure using flokayder? The sequence of actions is as follows:

1. Prepare a flocker. To do this, you need to fill it with velvet of the chosen color and fix the device on a special stand.
2. Apply the first coat of the desired varnish and allow it to dry completely.
3. Cover your nails with a second layer of varnish and, without waiting for it to dry, apply velvet. To do this, turn on the flocker and bring it to your finger. From a special opening in the device, the particles of velvet will begin to fall, densely fastened to the varnish coating.
4. Wait 2-3 minutes and remove excess flock from each nail, using a wide brush.

When flokaydera works the electrostatic effect is used. Due to this, velvet particles do not fit parallel to the nail, but are "stuck" into the coating like needles. Vorsinki are located in one direction, tightly to each other. Nails become really plush to the touch and look. In addition, this nail art lasts much longer.

Advantages and disadvantages of velvet manicure

Advantages of velor manicure are as follows:

• This nail art is perfect for when you want to be in the spotlight.
• The procedure for applying velvet cover does not require a lot of time, and special skills are also not needed.
• The velvet manicure, performed using flokaydera, can hold on to the nails for up to twenty days.
• Such a nail art has no analogues. This design looks stylish and original.
• If you choose a flock with small particles, you can create not only a monochrome cover, but also decorate your nails with a pattern or patterns.

The disadvantages of such a nail art include the following factors:

• The materials and equipment needed to perform velvet manicure are of high cost.
• Cashmere nail polish, created at home, will last no longer than two days.

Helpful Tips

The velvet manicure looks best on the nail plate of medium or short length. Otherwise, this design will look too flashy.

Original velvet coating with several shades of flock. For a special case, you can use additional decorations in the form of small sequins, stones, beads. Stylish looks a combination of plush coating and glossy varnish or glitter.

It is fashionable and brightly looks such velvet manicure, when each nail is painted in different colors. But we should not forget about the integrity of the image in this case, adding it with the appropriate elements of clothing and accessories.

A harmonious image can be created by combining a velvet manicure and an evening outfit of velvet. In this case, it is recommended to apply a coating of the same color as the clothing. Also use of contrasting shades is allowed.

If water has got on a cashmere cover, it is not recommended to get rid of it by means of a towel or a napkin. It will be best to use a hand dryer or a hairdryer.

Now there is already a special velvet lacquer, when using which the flock generally can not be used. Nails and so on will acquire a plush covering. In addition, when using such a varnish, even the brightest shades do not look defiant and too bright.

Conclusion

We talked about how to make a velvet manicure at home. As you can see, this procedure is not very complicated. You just need to buy special materials. Following the step-by-step instructions given in this article, you can easily carry out cashmere design. Experiment and show imagination to create an original velvet manicure. The photos in this article will help you in this.