Red manicure 2021: 222 design photos

Fashion is capricious and fickle - trends replace each other at breakneck speed, never ceasing to surprise with new ideas. Manicure is no exception; every season brings new solutions: the actual length of nails, shape, design, and, of course, colors change. However, there are options that invariably turn out to be among the most popular. This is exactly what red and white manicure is, associated with sexuality, independence and style. Red and white look very good, so the combination of these colors in nail design is especially popular and fashionable. In their combination, these shades are absolutely unique. You can create a delicate design by adding just a couple of white stripes, spots or flowers. White can also serve as the main color, but it is the bright base that creates the greater effect. Many masters simply paint all their nails scarlet, painting only on the ring finger. The expression of red and the tenderness of white attracts many girls. Today we’ll talk about fashionable ideas for red and white manicure.

Fashion trends of red and white manicure photo

When choosing a red and white nail design, be prepared for the fact that the bright shade will immediately draw attention to the slightest flaws in your manicure. Therefore, before using gel polish, it is necessary to correct their shape, get rid of defects, cut off hangnails and cuticles and carry out preparatory procedures.

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The red color in this manicure will play the role of the main accent. It will help you emphasize a seductive image, express your character and self-confidence.
White inserts will symbolize positivity. They will make a rich design easier to perceive, but will not create a boring image.
In tandem, these two shades will be perceived concisely, so red and white nails will not contradict your image, even if the palette is completely different.

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To make the design effective and modern, we recommend learning about the most fashionable color combinations and nail art techniques. The most interesting red manicure ideas are in our selection below.

Black-red

Black, like red, never goes out of style. The “duet” of black and red can be called the most contrasting and effective, and their combination is also a universal color combination. This design is created in order to attract the views of others. There are many options for combining black and red colors in manicure:

on a red background you can draw black patterns, lines, silhouettes, simple shapes using a thin brush and black gel paint;
using black gel “Cobwebs” on a red background you can make neat, almost weightless patterns;
using watercolor paints, you can paint translucent, delicate designs of flowers, leaves and buds on red nails;
using dots and black gel polish you can create a “ladybug” style design;
alternating red and black nails looks bright and contrasting;
The red and black gradient makes the nails a spectacular addition to the look.

Red-white

In manicure, red and white are combined quite often. They allow you to create an elegant and effective design that can be adapted for both everyday wear and an evening look. The following techniques are used for everyday manicure:

on white nails, red patterns or prints (hearts, polka dots, flowers, monograms, etc.) are created using stamping or hand painting;
lines of different thicknesses and locations are drawn in red on a white background; some nails are completely covered with red gel polish;
white flowers, ornaments, geometric shapes, lines, lace are painted on red gel polish;
Nails are painted with red and white gel polish using the moon design technique.

If you need a festive design, you can do a white manicure with red sparkles. You can make only the tips of your nails shiny or cover 1-2 nails completely with glitter.

For an evening option, a classic jacket with white stripes on the free edge is suitable. Nail art will beautifully complement a flower or ornamental design made with red gel paint. It is better to draw on 1 – 2 fingers.

Red with gold

To make a scarlet manicure with gold, you can use golden rubbing, foil, glitter, kamifubuki, and gel paint as decoration. Gold on a red background looks luxurious, this is one of the classic combinations.

All shades of the red palette look equally beautiful with gold decor, but the most successful are the combinations of gold and scarlet, wine, and red-orange.

On a note!

A red manicure with golden sparkles fits best into a festive look. To use the design for everyday life, it is better to combine gold decor with a matte finish. Then the nail art will turn out more calm and restrained.

Red with silver

Red manicure with silver is variable and, despite its brightness, goes well with casual outfits for autumn: jeans and knitted sweaters in soothing shades, leather jackets, dresses made of thick fabric. The main thing is to choose the right decor.

Nail art that uses a silver rub with a mirror effect will be stylish and discreet. It is rubbed on one or two nails, and the rest are covered with red gel polish. The same rubbing can be used to “silver” the tips of scarlet marigolds. The design will be more vibrant, but it still has the right to be considered everyday.

Silver ribbons of different thicknesses are a simple and laconic, but at the same time effective decor. They can be glued to your nails lengthwise, crosswise, or in zigzags. If you glue a silver strip horizontally to the center of the nail and then decorate it with rhinestones, you can create an imitation of jewelry. And if you cover the stripes with a matte top, nail art will become a stylish addition to the image of fans of minimalism and simple solutions.

Red with glitter

Nail artists have gel polishes with glitter in their arsenal. They look festive on their own and do not require decorative support. Shimmer in varnish can be of different shades. The size of the glitter particles may also vary. By covering your nails with shiny gel polishes, you can get a fun, monochromatic manicure.

Red-blue

Red and blue gel polish go well together. In manicure, these colors can be combined by covering the nails with them alternately or in a chaotic manner. Blue is a rich and bright color, so when combining it with red, you should use decor as support, for example, blue and red rhinestones. They can be glued to the ring finger or to the lunula area, one crystal at a time on all nails.

Red gel polish with a design on the ring finger in blue looks impressive. These can be blue drawings or a drop of “liquid metal” with a blue foil backing. Blue-red stripes and gradients look no less expressive. To “dilute” the bright colors a little, you can use light blue or white gel polishes in your design.

Red-pink

To reduce the brightness of scarlet gel polish, it can be “diluted” with pink. An interesting pink-red manicure design can be achieved using the following techniques:

stamping: patterns are created on a pink background using red gel polish;
abstraction: when mixing red and pink coatings on the nail with a needle or thin brush, an abstract pattern is created;
foil prints: red shiny “islands” will be a good complement to pink gel polish.

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Beige-red

A beautiful design is obtained if you combine dark red and burgundy gel polishes with nude shades. On beige nails you can draw geometric patterns, leopard spots, and delicate flowers. Fashionable drawings in silhouette style, made with black gel paint, will become an interesting design accent.

You can achieve harmonious and calm nail art if you paint patterns on beige nails with the same dark red gel polish that covers the rest of the nails. A red beige manicure for short nails looks very stylish under a matte top coat.

Geometry

Geometric designs look concise and simple. As a rule, black is present in any geometric design. It is used to outline the contours of shapes and draw clear lines. You can also combine white, blue, dark green, brown, beige, and pink with red.

Using these shades, you can draw a simple geometric pattern or create a color block design. Some areas of the nail can be left transparent without applying colored coatings to them. This technique is especially relevant when creating designs for short nails with geometry. Transparent areas add depth to nail art and allow you to visually make your nails a little longer.

French

Among the creative variations of French manicure, the red French manicure is in first place in terms of frequency of choice among girls. The red tip of the nail goes well with the beige base. In addition to such a calm combination, you can use more contrasting ones, for example, the free edge can be painted with scarlet gel polish, and the rest of the nail plate can be made white.

A black and red French jacket on medium-length nails looks expressive and bright. It should not be done on too short nail plates, as the nails will appear even smaller.

With an image

Red manicure for short nails can be decorated with a simple design. It could be a cute heart or a twig with buds, butterflies or birds. Drawings with cartoon characters, animals, and abstractions remain popular in 2021. The inscriptions made with black gel paint do not lose their relevance. Below is a photo of a design with interesting drawings.

On a note!

To beautifully combine designs with red nail polish, it is better to use classic color combinations and avoid multicolored nail art. The scarlet coating attracts attention on its own, but with a variegated pattern it may look too bright. Use no more than 3 colors to create drawings, and each of them should be “friendly” with red.

With rhinestones

You can admire nails with rhinestones forever. The shimmer of small crystals will decorate even a boring monochrome manicure. Silver and gold rhinestones look beautiful with red shades of coatings, but a design with red and black stones will be no less impressive.

Rhinestones can be glued to one nail, filling the lunula area with them, you can use them to create an imitation of a ring or necklace, or you can place rhinestones of the same size and shade in a checkerboard pattern on the ring finger. To enhance the shine of rhinestones, they are glued to a nail covered with a matte top.

With rubbing

If you like minimalism, but plain red nails are too boring and banal for you, pay attention to the rub. The smallest shiny particles create a dense shimmering coating on the nails. Depending on the type of rubbing, you can get a mirror effect on your nails, delicate pearlescent tints, gasoline stains or a shimmering holographic design.

cat's eye

Varnishes with a “cat eye” effect allow you to create an unusual manicure with minimal effort. The secret of these varnishes is that they contain a large amount of small glitter. With a special magnet, these sparkles are attracted to certain areas of the nail, resulting in interesting iridescence, similar to chrysoberyl stone.

Today, nail artists have magnets in their arsenal that can be used to create more complex effects: with double highlights, wavy tints, and diagonal patterns.

Gradient

It is better to create a gradient manicure on short nails not using the classical technique with color stretching on each nail plate from the lunula to the tip, but between the fingers of the entire hand. To do this, you need to take several shades of red, smoothly turning into one another. The nails are covered one by one with red gel polishes, creating a beautiful gradient. With this technique, you can stretch a color from white to red and back to white.

Lace on nails

In 2021, undeservedly forgotten designs with imitation lace are bursting into the fashionable nail arena. Red nails can be decorated with a black lace pattern; this combination of shades looks like a win-win.

With stripes

One of the most popular variations of red manicure for short nails is striped nail art. Stripes can be painted with gel polishes or gel paints of different shades, or use adhesive tapes for design.

You can get interesting nail art by working using the deep design technique. Stencil strips are glued onto the nail, then it is covered with scarlet gel polish in several layers and dried. The stencils are carefully removed, after which the “empty” parts of the nail are covered with a transparent base. The result is an unusual nail art with a depth effect.

Volume

A voluminous design can be created using a transparent manicure base. It is applied pointwise to the elements of the design, and after polymerization of the coating, the image “comes to life”, becoming convex.

The same principle is used to create the Liquid Metal design. A drop of metal on the nail looks voluminous thanks to a transparent base applied to a piece of foil.

Such convex designs, created with the help of a base coat, have a huge advantage - they are practical, do not interfere with household chores, do not tear nylon tights and do not pull out hair. They also look very impressive, especially against a red background.

Red and white manicure with rhinestones photo

Rhinestones can add a touch of luxury to almost any manicure, but red gel polish combined with white, decorated with stones, looks especially chic. An important plus is that the incredible strength of the gel polish prevents the rhinestones from falling off. The most important rule when decorating with rhinestones is not to overdo it. An excessive accumulation of shiny elements will look tasteless and tasteless. The shorter the nails, the fewer additional elements should be on them. The best option is to place a composition of several rhinestones on accent fingers. A good solution would also be to place 1-3 pebbles on each nail, for example, on the corner or at the base of the nail plate. In this case, the rhinestones will resemble drops of dew.

Choice of nail shape

Red coatings look best on short and medium-length nails. Long nails, especially pointed predatory claws, with red gel polish look defiant and too aggressive.

Ideas for very short nails

It is difficult to add a complex manicure design to very short nails due to the lack of space for creativity. It is enough to cover ultra-short nails with a beautiful shade of gel polish. It is better not to use dark red colors, as they visually make the nail plates even smaller in size. But light red, bleached tones are perfect for short nails.

A glossy top coat will help make your nails visually longer. The matte top does not refract light and does not create the visual effect of longer nails. So it’s difficult to classify a red matte manicure for short nails as the most successful solution.

If you really want to add decor to the design, it is better to place it vertically in the center of the nail plate or in the lunula area of the nail. In this case, the nails will visually look longer. When doing a manicure on very short nails, large decor should be avoided. A large shiny stone glued to the center or tip of a short nail will make it look even shorter. If you want to complicate the design, add foil, shiny self-adhesive tapes, or draw thin lines with spider gel. But remember about moderation and the ability of volumetric decor to “steal” length.

Design on square nails

For square nails, all shades of red are suitable. Red square nails covered with a matte top look stylish. The design can be complemented with shiny elements, this will add texture contrast and make the result more interesting.

Ideas for Oval Nails

Neatly filed oval nails will be beautifully complemented by red polish. For oval-shaped nail plates, a good choice would be decor with soft, smooth outlines, for example, elegant droplet-shaped stones, round rhinestones, bouillons, kamifubuki. For drawings, it is better to choose a floral theme, monograms, smooth lines, curls, circles, dots. All rounded elements fit well into a manicure with oval nails.

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Moon design and French manicure for short oval nails look beautiful. These designs in red tones on oval nails look unusual and at the same time not vulgar.

Red and white manicure with a pattern photo

A red and white manicure with a design always looks interesting and lively. There are a lot of design options. You can get ideas from fashion blogs. New this season: designs and patterns covered with velvet sand. You can make a continuous pattern on the entire nail plate or decorate only part of it. White polka dots on a red background look simple but cute. It is also difficult not to mention the floral theme, because it is so popular this year. You can also use geometric patterns to decorate your nails. A leopard print manicure in red looks original and unusual. A red and white manicure with a design can also be done using special stickers and stamps.

Luxurious red and white jacket with monograms

The very first thing that comes to mind when thinking about the decor of a red and white manicure is openwork patterns and attractive lace. This manicure looks mysterious and gentle. When deciding on a color, rely on personal preference, because both white and red patterns look equally beautiful. Sometimes girls do a couple of nails with a red smile and white patterns, and the rest with a white smile and red monograms. This nail art looks stylish and very fashionable.

Red and white French manicure photo

An interesting combination of red and white manicure. This combination emphasizes the purity and whiteness, the tenderness of one shade and makes the other tone less “aggressive”. French French manicure with this color combination is very beautiful. It will be appropriate for any outfit and age of a woman. To give it a more festive look, you can decorate it with rhinestones or bouillons. A red and white jacket can be decorated with neat patterns. It is not necessary to paint all your nails. You can select one or more fingers. The classic French jacket in red and white tones looks very interesting. I use one color to make the base, and use the other to highlight the edge. At the same time, stylists believe that it is best when red is used as a base.

Red and white moon manicure photo

For every woman, well-groomed hands are a very important thing. But the fast pace of fashion does not always allow you to follow the latest trends. According to statistics, this year nail technicians are increasingly giving their clients moon manicures in red and white. It's popular because it's quick to do and the result is a contrasting crescent-shaped separation of colors.

Red white manicure with black photo

Today, there are many options for manicure, which can combine a variety of decorative elements, colors and other details: stones, sparkles and rhinestones. Every day, manicurists try to come up with more and more new options. What if you combine all three unique contrasting shades: red, black, white? The result is an explosive mixture that will delight you. Black, red and white are the best shades for special occasions.

Red and white manicure with glitter photo

An idea such as glitter nail designs is most likely appropriate and relevant for parties and themed events. A red and white manicure with sparkles will go perfectly with festive bright and shiny clothes.

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If the desire to add shine to your nail design during everyday life prevails, then small rhinestones that will blend into the red and white color scheme of your nails will help with this. For example, on a red background, a white lily and a rhinestone in place of the flower’s core.

Interesting red manicure ideas with designs

Red gel polish is relevant in every season and is appropriate in any look. Having studied simple decorative techniques, you can choose the appropriate way to decorate your nails.

Discreet red matte manicure

To obtain matte nails, a topcoat is used. It can be partially applied to the plate, drawing the desired patterns, beautiful ornaments with glossy varnish. Creating a successful matte red manicure requires following these rules:

choose dark shades of red: bloody, crimson, red;
make light, simple patterns;
do not make inlay, it will distract attention from the texture.

Red manicure with flowers

To diversify your manicure with unusual details, nail art masters offer designs in the form of flowers. On a red background they are most harmonious and attractive. A new floral design is a rose on the ring finger, made using the technique of three-dimensional drawing.

Chic red manicure with rhinestones

Rhinestones and stones are an option for improving the design. Volumetric fragments will attract attention and serve as an excellent decoration. This design requires minimalism, since it is easy to get tired of the flashiness and brightness when worn for a long time. They look great with a French jacket, a moon jacket, or highlighting one finger with a unique decor.

Classic French jacket in scarlet tones

The combination of a scarlet coating with a beige stripe is an interesting and fashionable design. It is recommended to supplement it with sparkles, foil, and glitter.

Beige dots at the base of the root plate will help highlight the brightness of the red color.

Using red color you can diversify the classic jacket

Stylish red manicure with inscriptions

Stylish manicures with motivating or funny inscriptions are very popular among young people and teenagers. For this purpose, special stickers and sliders are used. A minimum of effort is required, and the result is always interesting.

It is recommended to combine the inscriptions with French, shiny sprinkles, and cobwebs.

Red and white New Year's manicure photo

A red manicure with a white pattern will convey the Christmas and New Year theme and vice versa. Red color goes well with white, so white designs on a red base will look very nice, or you can draw a sweater on one nail. These colors can be found in images of Christmas tree decorations, candy canes, gifts, Santa Claus's hat, and garlands.

Red and white lace manicure photo

White color will help add lightness and tenderness to the red maniure. It is used to make beautiful openwork designs reminiscent of lace. With the advent of stamping, any woman can decorate her nails with a complex, beautiful pattern at home. And for this you don’t need to have artistic abilities, or even pick up a brush. A special technique allows you to transfer designs from a metal stencil onto your nails with a rubber stamp. For the background, you can choose any shade of red varnish. White patterns will look expressive in any case. Stamping can be applied to both shellac and regular varnish.

Red manicure ideas for short nails

Modern nail art is constantly becoming more complex and improved. The masters apply both a standard monochromatic coating and a red manicure on short nails with a design. You can decorate the plates and add a “zest” to your image using a combination of several contrasting varnishes, unique designs and patterns, volumetric elements and special decor - sparkles, rhinestones, foil, pearls and other details.

Red manicure for short square nails

Due to the absence of cuts on the sides, it is convenient to perform nail art on such plates. Many women prefer a monochromatic finish, but a red manicure on short square nails also looks good with a design. You can make a slight accent on 1-2 fingers using a tiny drawing, a neat pattern, or highlight them with an abundance of rhinestones and contrasting combinations.

Red manicure for short almond-shaped nails

Feminine, sophisticated plates with a sharp end also look impressive with a monochromatic design. A beautiful red manicure for short almond nails can be easily decorated with decor, artificial stones and pearls. Nail art in the “negative space” style, voluminous elements and rubbing looks very good. You can apply a neat design on 1-2 fingers using contrasting color combinations.

Red manicure for short oval nails

The universal option of filing down the free edge does not impose any restrictions on the choice of design. A plain red manicure on short oval nails, a colored French manicure, or intricate designs will look good. A neat accent on 1-2 fingers in the form of transparent rhinestones, metal elements, beads, sand or rubbing, or foil is suitable. A matte red manicure looks great on short nails with an oval free edge. Craftsmen often combine it with contrasting varnishes - black, yellow, white and other shades.

Red and white wedding manicure photo

A modern bride is, first of all, a combination of individuality and style, and then traditions and generally accepted norms. Therefore, many girls want to move away from the all-consuming snow-white image. And they begin experiments with manicure. Talented craftsmen will be able to choose interesting red and white designs for the bride that balance on the border of brightness and modesty. This manicure can be complemented with rhinestones or sparkles.