Inspired by multi-colored crystals, the geode nails manicure is establishing itself as a flagship nail polish trend on Instagram. Focus on this canon nail art.
For some time, stones have been popular in the world of beauty. Mineral powder in skincare products such as creams, real shards of precious stones that bathe in perfumes, make-up palettes with colors and design inspired by crystals and beauty tools in natural stones to take care of your face: there were already plenty of choices to integrate stones into our beauty routine but it was without counting on the last one nail art trend that is emulated on social networks like Instagram and which has something to seduce enthusiasts of lithotherapy: the manicure geode nails.
What is a manicure geode nails ?
As its name clearly refers to, it is a manicure inspired by geodes, those famous round, hollow stones that contain various types of crystals with bright reflections and that are sometimes found in nature.
This trendy nail art therefore consists in visually reproducing the effect of these pretty hollow stones which are full of crystals on our nails, but also by extension and more simply, in copying the appearance of the crystal of your choice on the nails using several varnishes. that we apply in different layers to obtain a realistic result. A version of geode nails which we particularly appreciate because it is much more chic and easier to wear than nail art which mimics the precious hollow stone in every way. If you want our opinion, you have every interest in setting your sights on an elegant mineral to adopt this slightly simplified version of the varnish trend of the moment.
10 amazing ways to have a manicure geode nails who copies gems
Rose quartz, jade, amethyst, citrine… It's up to you to choose the stone that you like or best suits you to define exactly what your gri-gri manicure will look like.
The geodes nails crystal style and golden details
The jade-style green manicure
Rose quartz manicure with golden details
Nails that copy amethyst stone
The manicure that reproduces citrine, a variety of quartz
Dalmatian jasper or Dalmatian stone manicure
A accent nail geode way
Blue apatite stone nail art
Jade stone nails
Matte rose quartz nails
How to do a geode nails manicure?
To display a gemstone nail art that meets your expectations, we cannot recommend enough that you entrust your nails to a professional manicurist. Otherwise, you could end up with a messy and not very stylish manicure from multiple layers of polish and attempts to mix colors on your nails. To obtain a rendering that is faithful to the different stones, you need a certain expertise, knowing how to use the varnish brush meticulously and not only! To see the tutorials nail artists on the internet, it is generally necessary to multiply the layers of varnish and then gently sand part of the nail to reveal the nuances of the stone and reveal the hollow in crystals characteristic of geodes, when it is not a question of manually drawing each detail freehand stone with the brushes of your different nail polishes. This is to say the difficulty of this nail art.
The more skilled among us can however try to achieve this trendy manicure at home by adopting a simpler methodology.
Geode nails manicure geode style: the tutorial
To easily reproduce the appearance of a geode stone on your nails, we recommend that you:
- paint almost all of your nails – with the exception of one – a neutral, mineral color like gray varnish that will be able to serve as a “base” for your gemstone nail art.
- take this same color of varnish to partially cover the last nail, leaving room to draw the hollow of a geode.
- bet on a varnish with large glitter to draw the hollow of the geode to imitate the crystals that the stone contains without difficulty
- finish by tracing the outlines of the glitter area with a mixture of white varnish and colored varnish or gold nail polish
Geode nails manicure with a gem: the tutorial
To imitate the look of a particular stone, however, everything will depend on the stone chosen of course. But there are still some basics common to all these types of nail art.
- select a cameo of two to three shades of colored varnish to reproduce the shades of the chosen stone.
- provide an additional white varnish for opalescent stones such as rose quartz or green jade, or a black varnish for those which are speckled or veined with dark filaments
- Coat your nails using the different colors on each nail and making sure to blend them with each other at each coat, thus depositing one to three coats of varnish on the nails depending on the desired opacity.
- also draw fine white lines that vein the nail to reproduce the appearance of marbled stones when necessary and do it also with each coat of varnish deposited on the nail.
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