Sugar manicure: how to make at home

Modern fashion never stands still, it concerns trends in manicure and nail art. To date, there are many new nail design techniques. One of the last, beloved fashioners around the world, is the sugar manicure. Elegant patterns, similar to velvet, look just amazing and suitable for everyday life, and for special occasions.

The essence of sugar manicure

From the very beginning, the manicure "sugar effect" was done with the help of ordinary sugar particles. But this material was not universal, because the sugar pellets are too big, besides the manicure lasts not for long due to the fact that the sugar quickly melts - it dissolves during the first washing of hands.

However, manufacturers of materials for the nail service were not long in coming, they offered the masters a special powder called melange, which allows creating the effect of sugar on the nails. It is suitable for both helium coating and conventional varnish.

The special composition of powder resembles colored dust. It is applied to a dried gel-paint or colored varnish, creating an incredible marmalade manicure. Small grains of sand settle smoothly and quickly on the nail plate and are suitable for any image.

Velvet sand (powder melange) can be found in any specialized store or on the Internet. The grains have beautiful flickering, so the sugar manicure turns out to be amazing and simple in execution.

Advantages of sugar manicure

Girls and women all over the world increasingly prefer this kind of manicure, because:

• In this design, the nails look stylish and attract the attention of others;
• With the help of this technique you can cover all the nails, and only some of their parts can be made, which will make the design even more original;
• The procedure does not last long, and it can easily be performed at home;
• The material used in the work is quite persistent: it will stick to the nails when doing household tasks and frequent contact with water;
• If the sugar manicure is not done independently, but to contact the master, then he can hold out for about three weeks.

Requires materials and tools

To create a sugar manicure it is necessary to prepare:

• Buff with medium abrasiveness, nail file for natural nails, bond and dehydrator;
• Base, top, colored varnishes, powdered sugar for nail design, gel-paint and a thin brush (if you plan to make a drawing on nails).

Sugar manicure gel-varnish

This design looks more advantageous on accrued nails or on gel-varnish. It is in these cases that you can create not just marmalade cover, but perform various patterns and patterns that mimic the sugar coating.

Step-by-step instruction for performing the sugar effect on nails:

1. The first thing you need to do is a standard procedure for manicure, give nails a shape, use a buff to remove the gloss, degrease the marigolds and apply the bond on them.
2. Next, the nail plate should be covered with a base and sent to a lamp. After that on the nails it is necessary to apply a gel-lacquer of the primary color in two layers, polymerizing each of them in the lamp.
3. The residual stickiness of the varnish is applied to the powdered melange with a powder or brush. It is best to do this procedure over the jar with the material, so you will save the decorative rubbing.
4. After this, it is necessary to pour a little finish on the foil (this is done so that the powder does not get into the bottle with the brush) and cover the nails with a brush from the old bottle. Nails are sent to the lamp, they are dried longer than usual.
5. To sugar manicure gel-varnish looked more natural and believable, after drying the nails are covered with a second layer of top. Do not dry it, the nail plate is sprinkled with melange and sent to dry. Finally, using the fan brush, scrape off the remains and rub the protruding particles with a hard brush.

Manicure "sugar sand" with acrylic powder

If the specialized powder melange was not found or there is no possibility to buy it, then it can be found a replacement. A perfect alternative will be a colored or transparent acrylic powder with the addition of various pigments, which is used for nail extensions.

This replacement is almost the same. Melange slightly larger, but the acrylic powder is smaller, and it can be sprinkled with even the most thin lines. On nails, this material holds as firmly as melange. Performing a similar manicure, for the drawing of patterns you can use gel-paint or gel-varnish.

Lacquer with the effect of sand

A pleasant novelty in the world of manicure is a nail polish for nails. The composition of varnishes with a sugar effect includes small particles (often silicone grains of different sizes). They create the effect of a rough surface on the nail plate. In addition, the composition is very often include and small glitter, so manicure is obtained with gentle flickering.

Use such a varnish as simply as the varnish for a conventional glossy manicure. In addition, you need a base for varnish - the first thing on the nails cause it. After that, the bottle with sugar varnish should be shaken, so that the sand particles are evenly distributed throughout the jar, and only after that apply the nail polish on the nail plate.

To make the manicure look more saturated and textured, apply a sand varnish in two layers. And to slightly flatten the rough surface and additionally fix the manicure, the nails can be covered with a varnish-fixer.

Sugar manicure allows you to create a unique structure on the nails, and the design looks bold and attractive. In this case, decorative sand can not be applied to the entire surface of the nail. Patterns covered with sand, look stunning.