Lunar manicure with a transparent stripe. How to make a moon manicure with gel polish How to draw a moon manicure with gel polish

The fashion world does not stand still, but is rapidly moving forward in big and small steps. Fashion for clothes, hairstyles, and hair coloring is changing rapidly. Even manicure fashion changes almost every day.

Today an elegant French manicure is in fashion, tomorrow a contrasting gradient on nails is in fashion, the day after tomorrow something else will be in fashion. And these trends need to be taken into account not only by manicurists, but also by their clients. Firstly, in order not to look old-fashioned, and secondly, it’s always nice to be one of the first to try something new.

A very unusual manicure is a fashion trend

What is a manicure with a hole called?

In fact, a lunar manicure or a manicure with holes is some kind of alternative version of the familiar French manicure (French). French is when the top of the nail is highlighted with a different color of polish from the main color of the nail.

The traditional version uses flesh-colored varnish, white and transparent.

A more modern option involves the presence of more contrasting colors, additional patterns, gradients, rhinestones, and sparkles.

French manicure with rhinestones

Manicure with holes - highlighting the hole of the nail from below with a different color, rhinestones, sparkles, whatever.

So, the main difference between a real French manicure and a lunar manicure is that a French manicure involves highlighting the nail from above, and a lunar manicure from below.

traditional moon manicure

Sometimes masters use not semicircular holes, but triangular ones. The manicure turns out stylish and unusual.

Some masters, at the request of clients, can combine moon manicure and French manicure. Then a very beautiful, fashionable, combined manicure is born. You can add rhinestones, patterns and sparkles to this manicure. But you need to know when to stop, since the abundance of small details greatly distracts attention.

How to do a moon manicure at home: step-by-step instructions

Making a lunar manicure “like on the cover of a magazine” is not at all difficult. But such a manicure will require some accuracy and understanding of the basic principles of creating a spectacular manicure.

Even if you are a complete beginner, creating such a manicure will not be difficult if you follow all the tips below.

So, what is needed to create a manicure with holes?

nail file
several cotton sponges
orange nail stick
nail polish remover
a product to treat your finger before a manicure or something greasy so that the polish can be easily wiped off your finger
two colored varnishes and a clear varnish to fix the work
special stencil (circle with a hole inside)
patience

If you do everything correctly, you will end up with a manicure like this.

Now the technology for creating a blue moon manicure:

Treat the nail. Using a nail file, make the shape of your nail ideal, and using an orange stick, push back the cuticle, degrease the nail plate and apply a base coat. Treat the finger itself near the nail with a special mixture so that any varnish that accidentally gets on the skin can be easily removed
Apply an even layer of base varnish to the prepared nail. In our case it is white varnish
Now you need to apply a stencil, slightly extending beyond the base of the nail, to create a crescent
Apply a varnish of a different color (in our case, blue) to the remaining part of the nail without a stencil.
Secure the resulting manicure with a layer of colorless varnish.

Advice! Apply a new coat of varnish only after the previous layer of varnish has completely dried. Otherwise, the varnish will become covered with bubbles or simply will not dry, and your efforts will be in vain.

This is the simplest version of the moon manicure. If desired, you can use other colors of varnish.

How to evenly draw holes on nails with gel polish or shellac?

Drawing an even pattern on nails is an entire art that requires maximum concentration from the artist. The exception is if a stencil is used. There's enough precision there.

But the hole on the nails must have an ideal shape, otherwise the manicure will look cheap and sloppy. If you don't need this effect, arm yourself with a brush, gel polish and a lamp and go!

To ensure that a manicure with holes using gel polish and shellac comes out “as it should”, prepare:

two gel polishes, contrasting in color
base for gel polish
thin brush
UV lamp
stencils for French manicure

Now the most interesting thing is - what are the ways to draw the perfect hole on the nail?

Method 1:

Apply the outline of the future hole with a very thin brush.
Paint the hole in 2 layers, drying each layer for 2-3 minutes
Then apply the colored coating above the hole, reaching the border with it, and do the same with it

Method 2:

Apply colored gel polish to the entire nail and dry well.
On the dried layer of gel polish, draw a hole with a brush, fill the boundaries of the hole at the base with a varnish of a different color, dry
Finish the manicure with gel polish and seal the coating.

Method 3:

Mark the location for the future hole
Apply colored gel polish to the entire nail, be sure to dry. It is advisable to do two layers
Apply varnish of a different color into the hole and dry. Make two layers
Finish the manicure with gel polish and seal the coating.

These were the main ways to create a perfectly smooth hole using gel polish and shellac. Above was a method for creating a lunar manicure using a stencil. This method is also suitable for any type of varnish, not just regular one.

How to evenly draw a hole on your nails with acrylic paint?

The technique of applying a hole with acrylic paints does not differ from the technique of applying a pattern with gel polish or regular varnish.

To bring the idea of creating a lunar acrylic manicure to life, prepare:

brush
base varnish, varnish base, clear varnish
dots (or a regular needle), perhaps a toothpick
cotton pads
nail polish remover
acrylic paints

To make a moon manicure with acrylic paints, follow the instructions:

Prepare your nails: shape them, push back the cuticles, degrease the nail plate.
Apply a coat of base coat and base color and let it dry.
Now, using a thin brush, pick up acrylic paint of the desired color, mark the boundaries of the future hole, and fill the hole with paint.
Now an optional step: using a dot or a needle, you can make absolutely any design on your nails, in addition to the holes - monograms, flowers, butterflies.
After the paint has dried, apply a coat of clear varnish to seal the work. This step is required.

That's all. Manicure with holes using acrylic paints is ready! This manicure won't last as long as gel polish, but it's still worth a try.

How to evenly paint a moon manicure with regular varnish?

The easiest way to draw holes using regular varnish is a stencil. This method was described in detail above, so there is no point in writing about it again.

Advice! If you don't have a special French manicure stencil, you can make your own from cardboard and tape, or use regular duct tape, masking tape, or plastic-coated adhesive tape.

Creating a lunar manicure using a special stencil for a French manicure.

Lunar manicure using homemade stickers with regular varnish.

Lunar manicure with shellac using a stencil

Shellac is a type of gel polish that combines the properties of gel and regular polish. Shellac is as easy to apply and remove as regular polish.

Unfortunately, there are no special secrets or mysteries for creating a lunar manicure with shellac. There is a proven scheme for applying shellac, which you need to take as a basis and stick to it throughout the entire creation of a manicure with holes.

Give the nail the required shape, prepare it for applying shellac, having previously degreased it
Apply shellac to the nail plate
Apply a layer of shellac
Manicure is ready

In just 5 steps you can create a moon manicure with shellac. This is much faster than using gel polish, because the latter needs to be dried after each applied layer. Shellac does not require such an attitude.

How to do a manicure with triangular holes?

A manicure with triangular holes is done slightly differently than a manicure with crescent-shaped holes. Nevertheless, even in this design, lunar manicure is quite simple and almost anyone can do it.

So, to create a lunar triangular manicure you will need:

Two varnishes of different colors and one clear varnish
Nail polish remover, cotton swab
Two strips of adhesive tape, adhesive tape, adhesive tape, electrical tape (optional)
File and orange stick to shape the nail
Time and patience

Step-by-step description of the process itself:

Prepare the nail for applying polish: treat the nail plate with a nail file, remove or push back the cuticle using an orange or cotton swab for this procedure, degrease the nail using a primer or regular nail polish remover.
Apply a base coat of the color you would like to see in the socket area.
Now cut thin strips of adhesive tape and glue them in a triangle, as shown in the diagram below
Paint over the part of the nail that is not covered with stripes with a different color of varnish. Let the varnish dry. After this, remove the adhesive tape.
Secure the manicure with a small layer of colorless varnish.

How to evenly draw a moon manicure with a transparent hole on short nails?

The very first version of the lunar manicure was with a transparent hole. Later, women began to come up with ways to make holes in different colors because it looked new.

Let's return to the very first option - a lunar manicure with a colorless (transparent) hole. To create such a perfectly smooth manicure, you will need:

stencil
nail polish remover, cotton wool or cotton pads
clear varnish and colored varnish (one bottle each)
nail file and orange stick

Process:

Prepare your nails: shape them, degrease and remove cuticles.
Apply a coat of clear varnish and let it dry completely.
Now attach a stencil to the base of the nail; this is the future hole. Paint over everything above the stencil with colored varnish. Let the varnish dry completely.
Now apply another layer of clear varnish.
Ready! A classic moon manicure with a transparent hole will delight you for a long time!

How to draw double holes in a moon manicure with a transparent stripe?

A lunar manicure with a transparent strip is a closer option to the classic of all existing types of lunar manicure.

This manicure will require significantly more time than a standard one, because the hole will have to be drawn as many as two times.

The set of materials you will need to create a moon manicure with a transparent stripe includes:

orange stick, cotton pad, nail file
nail polish remover, sponge
two colored varnishes and one clear varnish
stencils for French manicure with thin internal borders, the more stencils the better

Now about how to create a manicure with transparent holes:

Give the nail plate the desired shape using a nail file and remove the cuticle.
Now degrease the nail using a special product or nail polish remover.
Apply clear polish to the entire nail and let it dry.
Now place the stencil so that it ends where the hole will begin.
Paint the top area (where the edge of the nail) with the first colored polish.
Paint the hole area with the second varnish (you can use just one varnish if desired).
Now let each varnish dry and seal with a thin layer of clear varnish.

Take note! Very often there are manicure options in which a transparent strip is filled with rhinestones or sparkles. In such a case, it is not necessary to use the method just described above. You can do a regular manicure with holes, and apply rhinestones or sparkles to the border of the hole.

Moon manicure ideas: photos

The article does not describe all options for lunar manicure, but only the simplest ones. More complex manicure options with holes are shown below.

Black and gold are a great holiday or weekend combination. The black color is strict, it is perfectly complemented by the golden shimmer of sparkles.

A few years ago, a trend emerged - a combination of matte varnish with metallic elements, which were used as foil or a special varnish with a metallic effect. Delicate moon manicure Bright blue moon manicure

Video: Moon Manicure 4 ways to draw a moon! Nail Design!

In a series of stories about the new, the forgotten old - lunar manicure.

The most fashionable nail art of our time was born almost a century ago, in the 20s of the last century, and it was popularized by Hollywood film stars Pola Negri, Mary Pickford and Jean Harlow.

They say that the lunar design arose because women were afraid to paint their nails completely - they would suffocate! However, even today many believe in the ability of nails to “breathe”.

Whether it was a mistake or something else that caused the birth of one of the most elegant nail art of the century, it doesn’t matter. The main thing is that it exists. And the design came out of oblivion in 2007 thanks to the Cristian Dior fashion show and the retro craze.

Since then, moon manicure has confidently competed with all trends, sometimes changing color and shape, but always remaining faithful to the content.

What is a moon manicure? In the classical interpretation, there is an unpainted lunula (a semicircle on the nail) and red varnish beyond its border. Today the design has been reincarnated into a huge number of interpretations.

Firstly, the lunula began to be painted over and marked with all available means - foil, rhinestones, glitter and stickers.
Secondly, it’s not that they forgot about red, but quickly began to work on other colors, combining sometimes incongruous things. But the main metamorphoses affected the shape and size of the hole.

Natural lunula is no longer echoed. The art hole can occupy half of the nail, be reverse (in the shape of an edge adjacent to the cuticle), triangular or double. It is outlined with lines, waves, dotted lines and blurred into a gradient. They do whatever they want with her, and they have every right.

There are no canons, and even trends are a hint of complete freedom. Everything is allowed.

Except, perhaps, for one thing - it is naive to believe that modern fashion is exclusively fresh in trends and trends. We all come from retro.

As for technology, everything is simple - gel polish and no options. Fashionable moon manicure with gel polish sits confidently on the nails, even if its owner is engaged in not lunar, but quite earthly affairs. By the way, about earthly matters and the practical length of nails.

Lunar manicure with gel polish for short nails It is advantageous to “plant” it, depicting the hole as concave, adjacent with a thin edge to the cuticle, or making it more convex than usual. Let's talk about how and how all this is done.

Through thorns to the stars: how to do a lunar manicure step by step

Fashionistas of the past depicted the classic moon manicure with just three brush strokes - in the center and on the sides, leaving the moon area unpainted.

We will need more time because we will be working with gel polishes, which are not only durable to wear, but also durable when applied.

Let's look at how to manipulate brushes, and don't forget about stencils, which will help out if your hand categorically refuses to paint beautifully and evenly.

Lunar manicure with brushes

Let's start with nail preparation. We process the free edge and give it the desired shape. Carefully remove the cuticle. We buff the surface, removing the gloss. Apply fresher (dehydrator), removing excess fat and moisture.
Cover the nails with a base. A thin layer is enough to create the conditions for a molecular bond between the natural nail and the next color coating. Dry the base - 2 minutes in UV or 30 seconds in an LED lamp.
Apply colored gel polish in the background color to the base, painting the nail plate completely. Dry and duplicate the layer for color density. After the next drying, we take a thin brush in our hands, for example, a column for painting, and paint the border of the hole with gel polish of a different color. The hand does not tremble, but confidently leads a smooth and rounded line. We remember that the hole can be classic (convex), reverse (a thin month adjacent to the cuticle), geometric or any other.
After drawing the border, fill the hole with color, correct the errors with a brush dipped in prep or ordinary alcohol, and send the design to the lamp. We duplicate, increasing the color density, and dry.
The final touch is covering the design with topcoat. We choose a thick and self-leveling topcoat to level the surface on which a “step” has formed from the drawn lunula. We dry it and admire it.

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Lunar manicure “joint to joint”

The lunar nail design can be painted end-to-end, without creating a “step” on the nail, and there is no need to level anything with a top coat.

There is no need to be afraid of joining gel polishes - they join without problems. There are no fundamentally new moments in the execution, except for the junction itself.

So, after standard nail preparation and applying the base, we draw the lunula, correcting errors with a brush dipped in prep or alcohol.
After drying, paint the nails with background gel polish - from the line of the drawn hole to the free edge.
We correct the border of the joint, wiping off excess, drying it and duplicating the previous steps. Hole, drying. Background, drying. Wipe where necessary.
On top is the top, which no longer needs any leveling. The boundaries closed, forming a perfectly smooth relief.

Moon manicure with stencils

As for stencils that will save you if your knees and hands are shaking, everything is simple with them.

We completely paint the prepared nails twice with gel polish in the color of the future hole.
After removing the sticky layer from the gel polish, we seal the lunula with a stencil. We make sure that the fit is tight and complete.
Where necessary, we help with an orange stick or a gloved finger.
Having sealed the lunula, we paint over the free space with gel polish of a different color. Without removing the stencil, we send it to dry and duplicate the layer again.
After the second painting and drying, we remove the stencil with tweezers, apply the finish and rejoice at how cleverly we solved the problem of lack of experience in drawing smooth and beautiful lines.

You can do whatever you want with your nails, even plant succulents on them. But classics are classics. Goes with everything and never goes out of style. The basis of success and good taste. Try it!

Reverse French was in fashion almost a hundred years ago. Then the girls undeservedly forgot about him and only remembered him last year. Now the video only shows how to do a moon manicure with gel polish, because the demand for such a design is breaking all records. Despite all its simplicity, the reverse French style is very elegant and attractive. But it requires skill to perform it, especially if gel polish is used. After reading our article, you will learn how to design nails highlighting the lunula area using long-term hybrid nail compositions.

Step-by-step instructions for performing a reverse French stitch

To design a moon manicure with gel polish, girls can use different methods. Let's look at the most accessible and simple ones.

Method one:

Treat your nails and apply a base coat. Dry in a lamp.
Cover the plates with gel varnish of the shade you are going to paint the lunula with, and then dry it in a lamp.
Place the stencil at the base of the nail and apply a different shade of paint, going slightly over the stencil.
Dry your nails in the lamp and remove the stencil.
Cover the plates with top coat, dry and remove the sticky layer.

Method two:

Apply a base coat and cure in a UV lamp.
Cover the plates with colored gel polish and dry.
Using a thin brush and a long-lasting compound in a different shade, draw a line in the lunula area, then apply it to the rest of the nail and dry.
Apply top coat, cure and remove stickiness.

Method three:

After the base has dried, attach a piece of foil to the base of the nail.
Cut the foil along the contour of the plate and apply the colored compound, carefully drawing an arc along the foil.
Dry the color layer and apply topcoat.
Cure the top coat, remove the sticky layer and enjoy a flawless gel polish design.

Moon manicure with foil can be done with regular varnish, but in this case it will turn out to be short-lived. Long-lasting, high-quality nail compositions adhere perfectly to any decorative elements, which ensures long-term wearing of designs such as reverse French.

You can get ideas for performing a moon manicure with gel polish from photos with the work of professional artists. Don't be afraid to experiment with shades!

Features of applying long-term coating for reverse French

To make a beautiful moon manicure with gel polish, watch photos and videos in which masters reveal their working secrets. It is not necessary to use them in practice, but often recommendations from experienced specialists help beginners hone their skills. There are several important rules that must be followed in any case:

Use lint-free wipes. While imperfections in a lunar manicure done with gel can be easily corrected, a long-lasting hybrid coating requires perfect care. Therefore, forget about cotton pads, tampons and other similar multifunctional products.
Apply the color composition in a thin layer. Even if performing a lunar manicure requires applying several layers of gel polish, do not neglect this rule. As a result, you will get a neat surface.
Be sure to cover your nails with top coat. The transparent layer will make the border between the hole and the main area natural, and the entire surface of the plate will be smooth.

In the previous section, we told you how to make a moon manicure with gel polish using a stencil. Beginners may have some difficulty using this technique. For example, many people remove the strips at the wrong time, which is why the coating is no longer so beautiful. Stencils do not need to be removed immediately after applying the gel composition. First you need to dry the nail in the lamp for one minute and then remove the strip. After this, you can dry the plate.

Lunar French gel polish is one of the best trends of last and this year. The main issue when designing such a design remains the choice of shades. In the comments, you can suggest your options for combining tones for painting the hole and the rest of the nail surface.

Gel polish coating has been in great demand lately. Its attractiveness is that it lasts long enough and protects nails from peeling. You can do a moon manicure with gel polish both in the salon and at home.

What will you need?

First of all, you need to take care of the UF or LED lamp. Gel polish, like nail extension gels, hardens only in a lamp. As a rule, both types of lamps are suitable; they will dry the coating perfectly. The only difference is in the time of use (in UV 1-3 minutes, and in ICE 10-30 seconds). More precise information about the drying time of gel polish should be found in the instructions for using gel polish. It may differ from company to company.

In addition to the color coating, a base coat and a top coat may be needed. The base allows you to get maximum adhesion to the nail, and the top (the last step) adds shine and protects the coating from sun exposure.

You also need to take care of such liquids as a dehydrator - it dries the nail plate, which increases the adhesiveness of the coating - and a clinser (if the top coat has a sticky layer).

Additional accessories you will need are files for natural nails, a pusher, a brush for brushing away sawdust, lint-free wipes, templates and brushes. It is worth noting that the files need to be soft (for example, 240 grit) so as not to damage the nail plate.

Let's get started

To perform a moon manicure (like any other) with gel polish, you must:

Remove old coating.
Disinfection means cleanliness not only guarantees health, but also ensures that no mold or other unpleasant things form under the coating.
Using a pusher - this tool pushes back the cuticle and moves the pterygium. It is almost invisible on the nail until you start to move it. Also located in the cuticle area. Remember that if nothing moves, then you don’t need to be zealous and harm your nail, which means you simply don’t have pterygium. This tool can be replaced with an orange stick, which will reduce the risk of damage to the nail plate several times.
File - used for two actions - giving shape to the free edge (even if you like it, still use the file purely symbolically, the edge needs to be updated) and for removing the top fatty layer from the surface of the nail. It's important not to overdo it here. There should be no pain, red spots, etc. You just need to remove the shine from the nail.
Removing sawdust - you can use a special brush or a lint-free cloth soaked in a cleanser.
Dehydrator - it must be applied to the entire nail, it dries quickly and the surface remains matte. After using it, you should not touch your nails with your fingers, lips, or anything that can make them greasy.
The base is the first layer. It must be applied thinly and carefully. It is necessary to retreat from the cuticle and side ridges to 1 mm. This will help avoid material peeling and extend the life of the coating. Dry in a lamp for the time specified by the manufacturer.
Colored coating. There are several application methods, depending on both the color scheme and technique. In any case, you need to cover the nail in several layers, drying each one, and do not forget about the indentations as in the previous paragraph.
Top. May be with or without a sticky layer. Apply last, dry well and remove the sticky layer if necessary.

Lunar manicure with gel polish: method 1

This design is most easily accomplished using paper templates. Apply the color of the hole to the entire nail, dry it, seal the required part with a template, and all that remains is to cover the remaining part with the main shade.

This rule does not work with all colors. You need to be very careful so that when mixing shades you don’t end up with a muddy color or something else.

This method is ideal for white. You need to apply it to the entire nail in 2-3 layers, drying each one. Then either draw a hole of the desired color on top of it, or stick a template and apply the main gel polish (so that the hole turns out white).

Method 2

You can also use a thin brush and perform a lunar manicure no worse than with templates. Depending on how convenient it is to paint the hole (that’s the beauty of gel polish, it can be wiped with a dry brush and adjusted endlessly until it dries), and then apply the main color with a brush from the bottle.

In the second method, mixing of shades is eliminated and much fewer layers are applied than in the first. This makes the coating more aesthetically pleasing and without steps that may appear when using templates.

Both methods are good in their own way and everyone should choose for themselves which one suits them best. By the way, the time of the procedure itself depends on this. After all, it’s not very easy to draw beautiful holes the first time with a brush without experience.

In addition to the design

If a two-tone coating seems boring to you, then remember that you can always complement it with various decorative elements. This role may include:

rhinestones - both along the entire border of the hole and individual ones - will add some elegance to the design. Can be applied to a sticky topcoat layer;
glitter, broths - many options for use, depending only on the author’s imagination;
painting - if you have this skill, you can decorate your nails with some patterns or colors;
French - looks original when not only the hole differs in color from the main nail, but also the free edge, as in a French manicure. It is not necessary to make a wide stripe.

The scope for imagination in this design is very wide, and with modern materials and their accessibility, all ideas can be easily brought to life. A good example would be a lunar manicure, photos of which are presented in this article. This design will be a great addition to your look in any situation.

There is always an alternative!

If you are not sure that this design will suit your hands, then you can always do a trial moon manicure with varnish. It will take much less time, because the technology is much simpler. Of course, you shouldn’t dream of the same durability as with gel polish, but you will get a 100% idea of the design.

Another alternative is a gel moon manicure. The execution is very similar to applying gel polish, but provides more options. For example, lengthening nails, smoothing the surface and creating beautiful architecture. In the latter case, the procedure will be very time-consuming and will require certain skills.

If you simply apply gel to your nail, you can expect chipping or peeling because the natural nail is more flexible than the coating.

Lunar manicure is always at the peak of fashion, and has not left fashion catwalks for many seasons now. Although the emergence of this trend is not due to yesterday’s trends, but to the rather distant past. The history of its design is very interesting, because in the thirties and forties of the last century this manicure was called the Hollywood French manicure. In those days, fashion changed as rapidly as it does today, and therefore the phrase “everything new is well-forgotten old” is perfectly applicable to lunar manicure. In 2010, with the help of the Christian Dior show, lunar manicure became the most popular nail art technique, and the best fashion houses still do not change it. How to make a moon manicure with gel polish? Details in this article.

Popular colors and shades of lunar manicure

In 2017, the most fashionable shades of lunar manicure will be bright and rich colors, and the deeper the color, the better. Most in demand:

Ruby;
Emerald;
Sapphire;
Black;
Pearl;
Pink;
Lime;
Orange;
Citric

Moreover, the nail hole can be of various shapes: from a sweet smile to an exclusive diamond shape. Feel free to experiment!

Technology for creating lunar manicure

When performing a lunar manicure, various shades and textures are combined, the holes can also be in different variations: wide and narrow, because the result of your manicure will depend only on the wildness of your imagination. With it, you can create the newest original images that will amaze those around you. The best option for producing this manicure is to follow at least one of three techniques: using a stencil, a decorative brush and foil.

Manicure tools

When creating your nail art masterpiece, you will need the following tools:

Base coat, better if it is some kind of vitamin varnish, which will slowly restore your nails, while a beautiful manicure will last;
Gel nail polishes. Modern French is about bright colors, so choose the most contrasting shades of varnish;
Stencils;
Top coat or finish coat, preferably with a wet shine effect, so your manicure will look more natural on your nails.
Decorating brush;
Glue for foil;
A dehydrator is a product that degreases the surface of the nail;
Ultraviolet lamp;
Foil;
A file for pushing back the cuticle or removing it.

All these tools will be needed for all three methods of applying a lunar manicure, so if you use just one, then simply exclude additional devices from this list.

Stenciled

First you need to remove the cuticle to free the nail hole, sand it and give the future nail the shape that you want to see. This stage should be completed by applying a base coat.

The next step is to apply one or two coats of basecoat. We dry it in a lamp or wait until it dries on its own.

Next, you need to paste the stencil so that the hole turns out to be concave, and follow the chosen design, or glue it to the edge of the nail - then this is a classic moon manicure, or glue it, rearranging it upside down, then we will see the option of an “inverted French manicure”. After these manipulations, you need to paint over the hole with a contrasting varnish.

We wait until it dries and cover the nail with the finishing coat; the stencil must, of course, be removed before doing this.

Using a decorative brush

A decorating brush or flat brush will be needed when creating the second type of lunar manicure. All the first steps are the same with the first option: remove the cuticle, shape the nails as desired, apply a base polish and apply one or two coats of base. Next, the brush will be used; we use it to outline the boundaries of the future hole, dip it in a contrasting varnish and simply paint over the space of the hole. Don’t forget, after the varnish has dried, apply a top coat and complete this lunar manicure method.

Using foil

The first step is to carefully remove the cuticle, sand the nail into the desired shape, and then use a dehydrator to make the nail plate smooth so that the foil fits better on it. Next, we cover the nails with a base varnish, here you will need two or three layers of varnish, which need to be dried in an ultraviolet lamp. Then we cover the nail with a top coat and carefully remove the excess varnish, that same sticky layer after drying. Next comes the foil, carefully apply glue to the back side of the material and glue it. After drying it will become completely transparent.

Remember, you need to apply the foil with the matte side to the nail, and of course you need to apply a small square, and not a whole piece. After drying, tear off the foil with a sharp movement and secure the thin, iridescent hole with a finish coating.

All of the above methods are quite possible to implement at home, it is only important to find time to train!

A video selection with examples of applying moon manicure with gel polish is below.