Nail design with snake skin effect - boldly, but beautiful!

The bold design of snake print is ambiguously perceived by others. Some fashionistas are interested in unusual versions of the image of reptiles on the nails, methods of drawing a picture, useful tips and recommendations of experts.

For many centuries, drawing a snake's skin in interior decoration, shoes, clothes, bags and other accessories has not gone out of fashion. Do not become an exception manicure and pedicure. The snake is known not only for its cunning and rapacity, but also for its wisdom. The image of a reptile does not mean any symbolism in manicure.

The image fits into everyday life, but sometimes these nails look too theatrical. Only a brave person with leadership abilities can afford this image. The best design is suitable for business meetings, evening and special occasions.

To create a manicure with reptiles practice two types: imitation of snake skin on the nail surface and direct drawing.

A rare and very expensive method of applying a snake skin that was dropped during a molt and cut out in the shape of a nail is used for special cases. After fixing the fragment on the nail plate should be coated with clear varnish.

Special stickers and artificial overlays will allow you to create such a manicure yourself at home. Sliders stick, strictly adhering to the instructions. If the sticker is completely adjacent to the nail, then no additional fastening is required. A small fragment on the surface needs to perform all the stages of a manicure: creating a base, using colored lacquer, fixing with a fixative.

Thermal film Minx with the image of serpentine scales removed from the base, heated and pasted on the surface of the nail. After drying with the help of an ultraviolet lamp, a gel layer is made and dried again.

Often in salons snake skin paint with a brush. Dots are perfect for this purpose. Large cells are placed in the center of the nail plate, and closer to the edges - smaller. Usually black, brown, green, yellow, blue shades are used. Scales can be created using the gel.

First, a thin base layer is laid, which is dried for 2 minutes in the lamp. After applying a dark layer, also dried for 2 minutes, specks of light colors are added to the nail. Suitable bubbles can be created using dots. A layer of not yet dried gel is transformed into flake segments.

This is followed by a two-minute polymerization of the coating. Then the picture is fixed with a top finishing layer. After thorough drying of all layers, the tackiness is removed by a special substance.

To overlay the mesh, you can select diamond or rectangular cells of the desired size. First, black, green, blue or gray lacquer is applied, then yellow or orange gel is added directly to the cell. The mesh should be well pressed to the nail. After drying, each cell is filled with a drop of transparent gel. To add volume to the image, the procedure can be repeated.

Sometimes the net is created using tulle, lace or old mesh tights. Covered with dark varnish and dried nail wrapped with prepared mesh fabric. The grid should not move, so it fixes something or pinch your fingers.

Color lacquer sponge is applied over the mesh. After drying the upper layer, the grid is carefully removed. Finishing layer trim the surface of the nail and help to avoid roughness.

Scales can be painted by applying black lacquer parallel horizontal stripes. Then they are connected from the sides with lines so that hexagons are formed. From them to the edge of the nail lead strip diagonally, first up, then down, forming a net around large scales.

Snake skin imitation is also created with Cat's Eye shellac. Its base contains metallic elements that, when exposed to magnetic fields in a lacquer, take on a certain shape. When drying, beautiful patterns are obtained.

First, the nail is covered with a suitable varnish, dried, paint the mesh in black. Sometimes the cells are shaded with foil, covered with biosculptic transparent varnish. Often the drawing is performed in a single color scale.

To create a volume imitation, the base gel is applied first. It is necessary to use means of dense structure. After it dries, the nail is covered with two layers of dark lacquer, each of which is pre-dried. Then light pigments are applied, which immediately cover with fixer drops.

Transfer foil will help create shiny cells. It is necessary to act quickly and accurately: firmly press the foil to the nail surface and abruptly remove. The adhesive layer will glitter beautifully. Framing scaly diamonds will get a flickering look.

To avoid erasing the glitter from the surface, you must use a top finishing layer. At the very center of the diamonds add a drop of the modeling gel. Then put a fixative. Rhombic gain significant bulk.

The chess arrangement of the cells attracts many lovers of manicure with a reptile image. To prevent the drops from spreading, it is recommended to each of them separately for a few seconds to dry in a lamp. At the final stage, all the nails are thoroughly dried and a smooth layer of a fixer is applied on top. The fingers are again placed in the ultraviolet lamp. The adhesive layer must be removed.

There is one of the easiest ways to create nail designs with the look of snake scales using the craquelure technique. To do this, take a varnish with a special effect of cracking and put on the nail plate.

Snake manicure looks very impressive. Reptiles give the nails a special charm.

• The wriggling snake on the nail causes a thrill. It can be shown in close-up or small plan on one or two fingers. The rest of the nails are best covered with snake scales. Sometimes snakes are placed in various poses or individual segments of reptiles on all nails.

• The eye of the snake adorns one of the nails on the arm. Often it looks intimidating. All nails are made in the serpentine style, but only on one we meet with the look of a reptile.

• The effect of snake skin gives one or two nails of each hand. On the other nails cause a darker or lighter varnish.

• Special refinement brings to the design decoration rhinestones. They can decorate the scales themselves or left without an image of snake skin nails.

• The design of nails with a reptile very well with the classic jacket. On one or two nails draw snake scales, the rest are decorated with white or colored french. Scale French on long sharp nails looks unusually.

Do not recommend creating the effect of snake skin in contrast. Too bright manicure is not always appropriate. Too light design looks exotic. It is best to use natural colors.For reptiles are characterized by olive and swamp colors.

Blondes are advised to put a black pattern on a golden background. Brunettes are more suitable black and white tones interspersed with red hues. The decoration of blue and green reptiles is suitable for the New Year. Such nails are especially appropriate for people in carnival costumes.

Not advised to do a manicure with a reptile too often. Print looks unusually beautiful, but bold.

Master class on creating the effect of snake skin on the nails, see below.