How to make a water manicure?

No sooner had we become accustomed to the French manicure and nails, decorated with rhinestones, as we are offered to master the technique of water (marble) manicure for the use of this at home. On the Internet, there are many video files dedicated to the secrets of water manicure, which are invariably accompanied by signatures like "We will show you how to do water manicure at home, it's easy and fast." But is it easy to do water manicure at home, as the professionals promise? Let's understand together.

What is needed for water manicure?

How to make a water manicure?

  1. Like any other manicure, water begins to do with the treatment of nails - pruning cuticles and giving the nails the right shape. After finishing the preparatory procedure, we cover the nails with a transparent varnish, or with the varnish of the color that you want to make the main one in the composition. Let the varnish dry thoroughly.
  2. Pour warm water into the container.
  3. Lubricate the skin around the nail with a fat cream, while trying not to get a cream on the nail itself. Otherwise, the nail polish will not hold. Instead of a cream, you can glue your fingers with adhesive tape, leaving your fingernails free. This is done in order to make beautiful divorces only on nails, and not along the entire length of the finger.
  4. We take the first bottle of varnish, and gently drip the varnish into the water, bringing the brush to the surface of the water. When the first droplet fades, take a varnish of a different shade and add its droplet to the water. So alternately drip lacquer in the center of the composition. With flowers you can and need to experiment, taking as a varnish different shades of the same color, and completely different colors. It is important to remember that the varnish that you dissolved in the water first, and will prevail on your nails.
  5. We take a toothpick and make her stains on the surface of the varnish. First, it is necessary to confine oneself to divorce, and after acquiring a certain skill, it will be possible to perform even more complicated patterns. Mix lacquers need not longer than 1 minute.
  6. We immerse the nail into the water, pull it out and remove the varnish from the skin around the nail. While the varnish is not dry, you can add a sparkle.
  7. We give the varnish to dry - this procedure because of water will take much longer than with conventional painting and we cover the nails with a transparent varnish, in order to prolong the life of the manicure.
  8. We repeat the same procedure with the rest of the nails. Water after each dive is not necessary to change, the remains of varnish are easily collected by a toothpick.

Can not get a water manicure

  1. Patterns on all nails turned out different. The principle of water manicure is to perform patterns on nails in one style, and not in the identity of the drawing. So you have the same nails and should not.
  2. The varnish is folded or not dissolved. There can be 2 reasons for this behavior - the water temperature and the consistency of the lacquer itself. The water must be warm, but not hotter than 40oC. The room temperature of water for marble manicure will be optimal. Varnish for water manicure should be chosen liquid, but diluted with a solvent is not necessary - just spoil everything. For the first experiments it is better to take 2-3 varnish varnishes.
  3. It is impossible to make a water manicure, as in the picture. No wonder, the first time you can not achieve the desired result, there are examples of persistent individuals who, in pursuit of perfection, redone their manicure more than 20 times. Although, maybe you just do not have the patience? The lacquer dries a long time.

From all of the above it becomes clear that the marble manicure is, undoubtedly, beautiful, but also laborious and requires a lot of free time. So it is not worth hoping for the truthfulness of statements about the simplicity and speed of this method.