Which pastel shades usually come to mind first? As a rule, soft pink, peach, lilac or lavender, sky blue - something very soft and airy. Lemon shade is rare in this series, but it can become the very detail that will add freshness and lightness to the image. A manicure with lemon polish will help you verify this. We'll tell you how to make it in the spirit of 2021 nail trends and what nail design options with lemon are easy to try right now.
Lemon manicure: trends 2021
Is it possible to extend summer with a manicure? To avoid giving the autumn blues a chance, use “sunny” shades. And experiment with nail art from time to time.
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For the spring-summer 2021 season, Mediterranean motifs were in the foreground. They also showed themselves in manicure. We owe the lemon trend to the people of Sicily.
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By the way, we are talking not only about varnishes of this shade. Citrus fruits themselves became a source of inspiration for nail art lovers: juicy Sicilian lemons are one of the symbols of this year’s fashionable summer. Lemons on nails can be present in a variety of forms - with or without leaves, whole and slices, in company with their own kind and other fruits.
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Water yellow manicure
A manicure with a marble effect or tiger color can be obtained using ordinary water, and it can be done even at home. A combination of rich yellow with bright rich varnishes or black varnish will look especially stylish.
The technique of such a manicure is not easy, but if desired, you can master it quite quickly. The varnishes are carefully dripped into the water in small portions alternately - first varnish of one color, then another. Moreover, each subsequent drop should fall into the center of the resulting stain.
Example of water manicure on the middle and ring finger
Using a toothpick, the paints are mixed and a pattern is drawn. When you dip your finger into the glass, the design is transferred to the nail. Next, prepare the mixture for the next finger. This manicure will be an excellent basis for further nail design.
Advice! A water-based manicure will last longer if applied over a clear base coat. To avoid staining the skin, it is better to first seal it with tape.
Lemon manicure on short nails
Can a manicure with a lemon design decorate short nails? It is rightly believed that nail art with many small elements is not the best option in this case. It is better to avoid “piling up” details. It is acceptable to depict small lemons on a couple of nails - cute and feminine.
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The most discreet and at the same time stylish option is a plain lemon-colored manicure. This may seem like an overly simple beauty solution, but it has its benefits. Since lemon is a light shade with a milky white “base,” it will visually enlarge the nail plate.
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At the same time, lemons can easily be made part of a laconic nail art - for example, use lemon slices as designs on the nail holes. Or decorate the ends with them, you get an unusual version of a French jacket.
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One of the design options that looks harmonious even on short nails is designs on a transparent background. You can depict slices or a couple of lemons with leaves and a twig on a colorless base and “fix” the nail art with a finishing coat.
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When decorating your nails, it is not necessary to paint all your nails with patterns and designs. You can create a lemon slice design (with veins and clear drops of juice) on one or two nails and cover the rest with a lemon color polish.
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Decorations for marigolds
The theme of designs is very voluminous and, in my opinion, endless. Especially when you consider the fact that all hands, nails and preferences are different. We can endlessly discuss how and what to do.
I will try to put together a fashionable list of designs and ideas. You, in turn, choose what you like, what will decorate your hands and fit into your lifestyle.
However, first let's go over what we can use to create designs.
Materials
Probably one of the advantages of our time is a huge selection of everything. Even taking into account the nail industry, there is an abundance of tools and materials with which even those who cannot draw, sculpt, etc. can make themselves beautiful.
Among the lifesavers, I include:
- Pigments are also rubbed in; any color is transformed when it has a metallic or rainbow shimmer;
- Stickers and decals - why be Leonardo da Vinci if a drawing can just be glued on;
- Foil – it is especially important now to use several colors of foil;
- Gel web is a kind of geometry using improvised means;
- Dots – anyone who loves lace or minimalism will appreciate it.
If you want to add some sophistication to your fingers, use a matte topcoat. Matte nails are winning the hearts of girls more and more.
What nail designs can you come up with?
Designs
Designs are like girls' basic wardrobe. This is a base that is complete in itself, but if you use accessories or simply mix things, in our case, the designs will turn out to be something new, interesting and individual. For example, combine a yellow nail with a white design and your hands look completely different.
How to decorate your nails:
- French manicure;
- Lunar manicure;
- Abstraction;
- Geometry;
- Minimalism;
- Drawings - juicy fruits or cartoon characters, clearly a yellow theme, or marigolds with flowers, for example, daisies.
Now, having combined everything that we have discussed, let's think about how we can “dress up” our nails.
Various manicure ideas with yellow color
Don't forget about monotony, which always looks good on both long and short nails.
A yellow jacket is both for the feast and for the world, and if it is also matte.
The combination of yellow French manicure with black minimalism or abstraction looks strict but attractive.
A gradient of yellow with a blue or peach tint looks interesting.
Rhinestones can complement the design or act as an accent. A slight accent on the level of minimalism - a rhinestone in the lunula area or a serious statement about yourself - the entire nail is lined with rhinestones. It all depends on your desires.
You can also come up with many options for short nails. First, use pastel shades. Secondly, pay attention to the geometry and minimum, for example, the same stripes can both decorate the nail and visually elongate the handle. The main thing is to build on your nail shape, because our task is to bring beauty and make your hands even better than they are. Therefore, designs should work on the nails, making them neater, fingers longer, and hands more aristocratic.
Many people are afraid of combining it with blue, but in vain. Blue and yellow colors complement each other interestingly, especially if the tones are chosen correctly. Glossy blue nails with matte yellow or vice versa is very enticing in my opinion.
Green gives more of a spring mood, but you can also create a summer one, for example, by painting a delicious and juicy lime on a couple of nails.
Nails using rubbing also look great. However, you need to prepare for the fact that not all masters are able to strengthen the material for a long time, so if you decide to do something like this before an important event, do not do it a week in advance, better a couple of days in order to be sure of the safety of the manicure.
Lemon manicure on long nails
Those with long nails are lucky in terms of nail art: there is literally more room for creativity here.
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If you like the lemon theme, you don’t have to limit yourself to anything and draw whole bunches of lemons.
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A bright and original version of the nail design will be given to those who choose a French manicure with a wide colored stripe at the tips (shades such as lilac, apple green, “strawberries and cream” will create a soft contrast when paired with yellow), and then complement it with drawings of lemons.
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By the way, lemons in nail design will go well with other fruits. Tropical nail art, no matter what the season, will create a summer mood.
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A little about color
What do you associate with the color yellow? I’ll assume that with the sun, summer, with cherries (I’m talking about yellow ones, of course), i.e. with something bright and positive. But when we lack positive emotions, even chocolates can’t save us, then why not get a yellow manicure?
If you constantly see this speck of color, you won’t even notice how your mood will gradually improve. Yellow is the source of positivity and positivity. Many cultures give this color its own meaning and significance. Some psychologists advise having either 1 wardrobe element or 1 yellow interior element, especially if a sad mood comes to visit you too often.
Shades of yellow
Remembering the theory of the color wheel, yellow is located between green and orange. There are about 40 shades, but let's look at at least some of them:
- Apricot - remember the ripe apricot;
- Mimosa;
- Pale yellow;
- Lemon;
- Amber;
- Giraffe – it’s hard to describe in words, it’s better to see the photo design;
- Pineapple, etc.
Combinations
In fact, you can combine everything, even incompatible colors, because there is always a chance to play with them in an interesting way.
A good step would be to refer to the color wheel. If you approach this a little more simply, then following the fashionable trend, the following combinations are recommended:
- Yellow with pink, if you want to dilute the pair, then take white;
- With red it’s bright and the combination is complex; here you can either choose more muted tones, or you can “muffle” one of the colors a little with a matte top;
Lemon nails with rhinestones and sparkles
A cheerful (despite the “sourness”) lemon-colored manicure also allows for shiny decor, although this is not the most obvious solution. Shimmering accents are usually used in evening nail designs.
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Try, for example, “filling” the inside of lemons with golden yellow glitter. Or outline them in black and add black rhinestones as decoration. The contrast of textures looks no less impressive: a lemon image with a matte “finish” against the background of a colored coating with glitter or shimmer.
