How To Make And Shape Your Fingernails?

2024 Author: Josephine Shorter | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-17 02:10

How to make and shape your fingernails?

Nail shape is perhaps one of the most important parts of a manicure. Today, experts offer customers a wide range of possible nail shapes, but you can even get the desired shape at home. The most important thing is to clearly understand which nail shape is right for you.

Content:

• The basis of a perfect manicure is the correct shape of nails
• Pipe nail shape
• Almond-shaped nails
• French nail shapes
• Oval nails
• Stiletto nail shape
• Sharp nail shape
• How to make square nails?

The basis of a perfect manicure is the correct shape of nails

Finding two people whose nail shape will be exactly the same is simply impossible.

Today, you can give your fingernails a round, oval, square, pointed or rounded square shape at the corners. Before choosing the shape that you will do, pay attention to your fingers, study the nail bed and the "moon" shape of your nail, and also use our recommendations:

Nail shape	For which nails this form is ideal
Oval shape	Wide short fingers; Wide nails.
Round form	Short nails (by giving the nails a round shape, you will protect them from brittleness, make them more durable); If the nail hole is rounded.
Square shape	Long and thin fingers. With square nails, long fingers look even more sophisticated; If the nail hole is square.
Pointed shape	Short fingers (the pointed shape of the nails will visually add additional length to them); Small fingers.
Rectangular shape with rounded edges (a cross between square and oval nails)	Wide nail bed; Short nail bed.

When choosing a shape for your future nails, do not forget to consider their strength as well. So, if your nails break very easily, you should choose a regular straight shape so that you can strengthen and reduce the likelihood of them breaking.

Pipe nail shape

The pipe nail shape is versatile and very elegant. Recently, nails of this shape are highly popular, since representatives of the beautiful half of humanity are trying more and more every day to give preference to an interesting and very unusual shape of nails. The shape of the pipe really looks very original.

It is quite difficult to give your nails the shape of a pipe on your own, and more often than not, extended nails have such a shape. Externally, a pipe-shaped nail is very similar to half a spherical tube. We can say that the pipe shape is a combination of almond-shaped and square-shaped nails.

Key features of pipe nail shape:

• Smooth and necessarily parallel lateral edges of the nail;
• The free pipe-shaped edge of the nail can have square, rectangular, oval or sharply beveled edges;
• Ordinary tips are not suitable for shaping nails. For building up and subsequent modeling of this form, it is necessary to use monomer and acrylic powder.

In order to properly build up nails for the pipe shape, it is very important when building to give the nail plate the correct shape, and also make a small influx in the center of the nail. As soon as the acrylic starts to harden, squeeze the sides of the nail, thus creating a "tube" shape.

Important: if you build up your nails and do not squeeze the sides of the nail, then the result will be an irregular nail. This stage of building is very important for getting the correct shape of the pipe.

After the acrylic has hardened, file your nails, shape them and remove any roughness.

It is very convenient to wear pipe-shaped nails every day. One of the most important advantages of this form is that you can make a variety of designs on it, including glitter and varnish with reflective particles. Due to the fact that the pipe-shaped nail plate has many edges, the nails from the side will seem perfect.

Almond-shaped nails

Almond-shaped nails have always been very popular, because outwardly they are very similar to natural nails, they give an additional graceful and very feminine look to the hands. Making the almond shape correctly is not easy, it requires experience and sufficient skill.

Key features of almond-shaped nails:

• The length of the free edge of the nail should not be shorter than your nail bed;
• Colorless, light pink or caramel-colored varnish, a classic jacket will look best on almond-shaped nails (you can highlight the border between the tips of the nails and their plate with sparkles);
• You can give an almond shape to both natural and artificial nails.

Important: almond-shaped nails are quite traumatic. In order not to damage your nails and hands, try to carry out all household work with protective rubber gloves.

If you are modeling almond-shaped nails with acrylic or gel, be extremely careful when filing the nail plate. It is very important that the shape of the almond-shaped nails is clearly delineated, in this case, your manicure will look really beautiful.

Natural almond-shaped nails can be very fragile. If you want to slightly change the shape of your nails, you will need to shorten them quite a lot: to the full length of the pointed tip.

French nail shapes

French is considered one of the most ideal modern types of manicure: it is combined with any clothes, and with the help of correct modeling you can easily hide any flaws in your nail plate. French will visually change the shape of a natural nail, however, to create a truly perfect French manicure, it is very important to know some important secrets.

Key features of French-shaped nails:

• You can model a jacket both with gel and with acrylic;
• To create a jacket, you must use elastic and rather rigid brushes (for example, sable brushes);
• To get a truly professional jacket, model your French manicure on forms. Thus, you can always correct the appearance of your natural nails, form the correct bend of the artificial nail, and also give the free edge a truly optimal length;
• When modeling acrylic, you should pay special attention to the correct consistency of powder and liquid (for example, if you use too dry acrylic for building, the extended nails will be very fragile).

In order for the jacket to look perfect, it is important to create the correct smile line, make a beautiful free edge, and also give the correct shape to the nail itself.

In case of building-up, you need to lay out the free edge of the nail with one ball, and the joint of the white and camouflage materials must be correctly joined. Otherwise, the material of the nail tip may break off right along the smile line.

In order to create the correct smile line on a jacket, it is important to remember that the border of pink and white materials is a solid and even line.

How to create the perfect smile line:

1. Determine the central axis of your finger, from which the smile itself will be brought out to the side rollers. Make sure that the sides of the line are symmetrical in relation to each other;
2. Find the point at which the "mustache" will end (both sides must also be symmetrical);
3. In order for the smile line of the nail to be as clear as possible, its "sides" should have the same height along the entire length of the extension, there should be no rises and falls;
4. When creating a jacket, do not forget that the length of its white part must be less than the length of its pink part;
5. When placing the mold, make sure that there is not even the slightest gap between the natural nail and the mold, and that the shape and center of the natural nail coincide. In the case when the shape is put crooked, the nail will also be crooked, and its bend is very unnatural.
6. The lengthening of the nail should be about 1 millimeter narrower than the natural length of the nail plate.

7. Depending on what shape your artificial nail will have, lay out a smile based on the recommendations:

   Nail shape	The shape of a smile to suit
   Square shape	Rounded smile
   Almond shape	An elongated and narrowed smile line
   Pipe form	More rounded and elongated smile line
   Edge shape	The smile line should follow the shape of the free edge of the nail
   Stiletto shape	An elongated and narrowed smile

Oval nails

Recently, oval nails are an absolute hit in the field of manicure. Elongated oval-shaped nails are something in between the short nails familiar to everyone and a very long manicure (not very convenient in everyday life).

Oval-shaped nails are suitable for absolutely everyone. They have rounded corners, thanks to which they complement almost any look. The most important feature of the perfect oval shape of nails is the presence of clear lines.

Instructions for the correct oval shape of nails:

• Take a file and run it several times on each side of your nail. File your nails in only one direction, thus, microcracks will not appear on your nail plate (they often make nails brittle);
• After you have filed the nail from both sides, gently run the file along its tip, thus giving the nail a natural rounded shape;

Important: Make sure that the tip of the nail is the same as its base.

Oval nails should be given special care as they are quite vulnerable to mechanical damage. So, if you are the owner of thin nails, try to regularly use special polymer-based strengthening products. They will make your nail plate stronger, reliably protect it from damage.

Stiletto nail shape

The shape of the stylet nails visually makes the fingers longer and more feminine. As practice shows, the preference for this form of nails is most often given by bold and rather decisive representatives of the fair sex. The shape of the stiletto nails is quite difficult to wear, they are also very difficult to make.

In order to obtain the shape of the stylet, it is necessary to file the nail plate in a special way after preparing the nails for extension.

Instructions for obtaining stylet nails:

1. If you are working with acrylic, lay out the free edge of the nail in shape, getting the nails of the desired length;
2. Using tweezers, clamp the shape of the nail along its entire length;
3. File your nail. To do this, place the file parallel to the line of the nail, and then horizontally at its free edge. Make sawdust down to the edge of the nail and its sides. In order for the manicure to look perfect, try to get an even and very clear angle at the stilettos.

Important: if you want to be the center of attention, try to achieve a bifurcated nail effect when building.

In order to prevent your nails from scratching everything around, and also not clinging to clothes, when creating the desired shape, be sure to dull them a little.

Stiletto nails have a special advantage: thanks to their enviable length, you can get almost any design on their surface. Floral and static patterns, acrylic modeling, simple bright coating look especially beautiful.

Sharp nail shape

Sharp nails will visually make your hands more feminine and graceful, and your fingers even longer. Most often, a business woman gives a sharp shape to their nails, however, sharp edges of a manicure will look organically in an everyday look.

In order to make your nails sharp, you need to file off the sides until you reach the center of the tip of the nail. If this is the first time you give your nails such a shape, try not to make them very long at once, otherwise, you will feel very uncomfortable, the nails will quickly break (the fact is that when giving a sharp shape to the nails, they will be filed from the edges to the center As a result, sharp nails have no support, they become brittle and very thin). To keep your nails strong under all circumstances, be sure to take proper care of them.

Key features existing in the technology of creating sharp nails:

• Do not use volumetric sculpting in the process of creating the desired shape: you can only make a semi-volumetric one at the edge of the nail;
• Do not allow the presence of a large number of bulky parts in a manicure on sharp nails (in this case, the manicure will look overloaded);
• Try to use contrasting color combinations on sharp nails, sometimes apply a neutral color coating on your nails. The range of possible colors with which nails will look beautiful and original is very wide.

How to make square nails?

Square-shaped nails are especially suitable for all happy owners of thin and long fingers. Square nails are also popular with men, since oval and too long nails are not at all suitable for representatives of the strong half of humanity.

We recommend young mothers to choose square nails with rounded corners, with such a manicure they will always look well-groomed, and the possibility of hurting their beloved child will be minimized.

You can square your nails with a simple nail file and nail scissors. To create square nails, first grow them a little, then start creating a manicure by following these steps:

1. Remove polish residues from your nails;
2. Take a small amount of warm water in a small bowl, add sea salt there and place your hands there for about 10 to 15 minutes;
3. Thoroughly blot your nails and hands so that they are completely dry;
4. File each nail from the sides with a file. When filing, move the file strictly in one direction along the nail. File the tip of the nail in a straight line, so you can achieve the perfect square shape;
5. If in the process of using the file between the sides of the nails and its straight tip, sharp corners are formed, slightly round them with a file. To do this, file both corners from their edge to the center.

You can maintain the perfect square shape of your nails without any problems. To do this, simply file your nails in a straight line regularly.

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The author of the article: Gordievskaya Valeria Sergeevna, cosmetologist, specially for the site ayzdorov.ru