If manicure trends are constantly multiplying to reinvent the way to wear nail polish, there are many that require dexterity. Here is one that you can adopt very easily and with just one nail polish!
Good news for those who are not adept when it comes to getting a manicure yourself or doing a nail art even more complex, but who are fed up with the classic nail polish poses that cover the entire nail: a fun new way to apply your nail polish is causing a sensation on social networks like Instagram and Pinterest, and makes us eye at the same time ! This original manicure but not difficult to reproduce is the manicure half-dipped nails. With it, there is no need for a variety of nail polish or to know how to apply them perfectly on your nails: all you need is a single polish (and a little nail polish if necessary) to adopt it in a few minutes only.
What is a manicure half-dipped nails ?
As its English name suggests, the manicure half-dipped nails gives the impression that the nails have been dipped only halfway into the nail polish. In other words, they are coated with nail polish only on the upper part of the nail while the other half of the nail (lunula side), remains bare, much as if you had soaked the tip of the nail. your nails directly into the varnish without completely immersing them in the bottle. A minimalist manicure, then, but which does not lack panache because it reinvents in a fun and graphic way the way in which varnish colors the nails thanks to the negative space created. It is also a good alternative to nail art graphic when you are not sure how to pull off a more complicated one. On the color side, a single shade of nail polish is enough to embrace the trend even if it is quite possible to multiply the colors on your fingertips to make your manicure even more fun.
Half-dipped nails blue nail polish manicure
Manicure half-dipped nails silvery
Half-dipped nails with gel nails
How to apply your nail polish to make half-dipped nails ?
The key to a successful type of manicure is the clear line between the varnished half of the nail and the half of the nail that stays natural. Most of the manicures shared on social media indeed show a very clear line on the nails, with the two halves of the nail being separated by a nice straight line. The idea is that we can immediately understand at first glance that this half-filling is voluntary, and above all, we cannot confuse it with the effect that the varnish sometimes offers when it is chipped. It is therefore above all that you will need to pay attention to in order to succeed in your half-dipped nails.
More concretely, here's how to go about it with your nail polish:
- Coat your nails with a protective transparent base coat that smoothes the surface of the nail and protects it from varnish which could end up leaving traces (by making your nails yellow, for example).
- Once the colorless base is dry, apply the polish to the upper half of your nails, making sure to start by coating the nail from its middle to go towards the free edge. Rather than placing the brush of the varnish at the level of the lunula to make it slide over the entire surface of your nail, place the brush in the middle of the nail and then proceed as usual.
- To make sure you display a neat colored half of a nail, then just take a very fine brush such as a special brush nail art or makeup brush for eyeshadows (which you will then reserve for the manicurist of course) and soak it in nail polish remover to correct any overflows or simply perfect the straight line that naturally took shape when applied some nail polish.
- Let the colored polish dry well, then coat all nails with a layer of transparent top coat to protect your manicure and even the surface of your half-varnished nails.
Here you are with half-dipped nails !
5 ways to personalize your half-dipped nails
Far from being content to revisit the application of nail polish, this fun manicure also allows many fantasies and can also form the basis of a nail art further if you wish. Some indeed wear several colors of nail polish on the nails of their ten fingers or mix a few half-varnished nails with nails entirely covered in colors. Others do not hesitate to highlight the demarcation between the varnished part of the nail and the bare part more by emphasizing the parting line of another shade of nail polish or by applying nail jewelry on it. the area (rhinestones, nails, etc.). For still others, personalization is done by distorting the concept of half-dipped nails but keeping the appearance of the half-varnished nails: by decorating the usually bare part of the nail with a transparent varnish but full of glitter or by applying a metallic shade of varnish on this half of the nail rather than leaving it unvarnished. See for yourself as the examples below show.
A manicure that mixes half-dipped nails and classic nail polish
Half-dipped nails with a demarcation of another color
Of half-dipped nails with glittery negative space
Half-dipped nails adorned with nail jewelry
Half-dipped nails two-tone
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