How to make a manicure using a sponge beautifully?

Not all girls like to visit manicure salons. Many care for the nails at home seems like a simpler, more convenient and enjoyable option. In addition, manicure is not only the treatment of nail plates in order to give them a well-groomed appearance and the desired shape. Sometimes it's just covering the nails with the lacquer of the right color, suitable for today's clothes and mood. Because of each change in the image, it is impossible to escape to the salon, and therefore many learn the secrets of a beautiful and unusual drawing on their own nails, in order to be able to give them the right color at any time and draw the necessary pattern. For such masters, our article is about how to make a manicure with the help of a sponge.

This kind of drawing on nails came into fashion a couple of yearsback. Its peculiarity lies in the fact that the watercolor effect is achieved in the final result. Try mixing some watercolors on paper - you will get a smooth gentle transition from color to color. This is how a beautiful manicure looks with the help of a sponge.

What will it take for him? We take the following tools:

• a piece of sponge according to the size of the nail plate or slightly larger, but not too large;
• a pair of cotton buds to remove excess lacquer;
• Acetone or a means for removing nail polish;
• varnishes of two or more shades that will become part of the drawing;
• varnish of base color;
• fixer for varnish (colorless varnish).

And now we come close to describing howdo a manicure with a sponge. The first step is to cover the prepared nails with a varnish of the primary color. Then you need to wait for it to dry completely - it will be the backdrop for our "watercolor painting". After the first layer of the varnish has completely dried, take a sponge. It should be small, so as not to spoil the skin around the nail hole. By the way, the ideal solution to the problem of how to make a manicure with a sponge will be the use of conventional makeup sponges. They are just the right size and equipped with a comfortable handle.

On the sponge, apply a thin layer of a second color varnish. To remove excess, you can gently blot it with a piece of paper. With light touches, we cover with varnish from the sponge the upper part of the nail. When this layer dries, you need to collect more varnish on the sponge and continue to get wet near the end of the plate. The closer to the edge, the more intense the color should be. As a result, you should get a nice transition of shades. After reaching the desired tone, the excess varnish should be carefully removed with cotton buds, and after the layer dries completely, cover the nail with a colorless varnish or a special fixer.

So you can do not only a manicure of the same color. After a few training, the rainbow manicure with a sponge will also be up to you. It is only necessary to choose in advance the colors of the varnishes and the sequence of their location on the nail. And if you want to make the transition of colors on the nail smooth, you can proceed as follows. On a flat surface (it is best to take a plate or a saucer) you need to pour two drops of varnishes of different colors next to each other, between which there will be a transition. Then they need to be joined together by a toothpick from the common edge, but not completely mixed. Both of these drops should be soaked with a sponge and gently applied to the nail, covered with a base layer of lacquer. An imperceptible and beautiful transition is ready.

You learned how to make a manicure with a sponge. The methods are very simple in execution, but the result is an original and stylish manicure, which can not be distinguished from the salon options.