2012 Spring Nail Fashion Has Gone Nude
Spring fashion week brought us the latest fashion trends for the 2012 and it also showed us what the hottest nail trends for 2012 will be. No more will you find that nails simply need to be one color. They will be taking on new and added dimensions this year. The only thing stopping you is your imagination and creativity. For those who choose to take the more simple and less expensive route, nude nails are the only option. Say so long to black nail polish and hello to neutral colors. It is time to add a neutral effect to focus on the new spring clothing colors and less on your nails.
The end of 2011 brought us nail colors that were bold and bright. Spring is ushering in a more natural look with soft pinks and neutral shades. Natural polish choices have hit celebrities and runways alike showing us that nude can be just as good. The nude trend shows us that nails can once again be cute and we can take a break from the extreme and just relax a little. Nude nails also go with any choice of outfit whether it is an evening on the town or a pair of our comfortable jeans. It can accent short nails or give long nails a new and fresh update. Neutral polish can accent any skin tone with a lighter or darker shade of polish. You can even match your skin tone for an overall clean look.
No need to stress over what colors and techniques to try for spring. Simply find a polish that matches your skin tone. For the more adventurous, you can add neutrals with gold undertones. If you have an olive complexion, try a nude pink shade. For dark skin, go with neutrals in brown shades. Just remember, bold spring nails are subtle soft shades to enhance your femininity.
Nail Art Trends For 2012 Come With Accessories
Today’s trendy nail art is not just in the colors you choose but in the accessories you add to your nails. Accessories can add a bold statement to your style. Of course, it is essential you choose the right color and shape to make your hands look fabulous. The true test of your unique style comes in the bits and pieces you choose to add to them.
Learning to be an expert in the new nail designs of the coming year, takes patience and creativity. It will be well worth the work and effort when you hear the many compliments you get from your unique designs. If you plan to design your own nails, you will need a good quality nail kit. It will need to include rich colors in a wide range of shades. It is also essential to have good polishing tools to give you a smooth surface to work with. It is time to break out of the old boring colored nails and add some pizazz. You can do pretty much anything you set your mind to in 2012 with nail designs.
Once you paint your nails with a specially chosen color, it is time to add things like glitter, beads, stickers, or whatever else strikes your fancy. For the bold nail expert, fruit, flowers, and prints can be added as decoration. Take a look at the styles of the models out there to gain inspiration. Have your first design done a professional to see what ideas are popular. If you are good at doing your own designs, then you can be as creative as you want. To keep your style looking good for a longer period of time, choose higher quality polishes as your base. Cleaning and adding moisturizer to your manicure routine will give you a good canvas to work from.
Different Kinds of Nail Overlays
Nail overlays are the answer to a woman’s dream of long beautifully shaped nails, even to women who have problems growing their nails long. Because of modern technology, different kinds of nail overlays are made available to women that make their hands and nails look glamorous and beautiful. Some nail overlays are very natural looking and gorgeous, some are very affordable and some quite expensive. The choice of nail overlays could be acrylic nails, gel nails or fiber wraps.
Acrylic nail overlays
Acrylic nail overlays could well be the most popular acrylic nails and also the most durable. To apply an acrylic overlay, the natural nail need to be filed and artificial nail tips are glued on the nails. The acrylic product which is a combination of a liquid and powder mixture is then used to coat the seams of the artificial nail all the way to the tips. Another coating is applied, this time from the base of the nails, without touching the cuticle all the way to the free edge of the artificial nail. Acrylic nail overlay looks like a hard plastic cover once the product dries. It needs to be filed, sculpted and polished for a final finish.
Gel nail overlay
Gel nail overlays are gaining a lot of popularity these days because they are the most natural-looking of all the artificial nail overlays. But gel nail overlays are also less stronger and durable than acrylic nails and also more expensive. Gel nail overlays are created with the use of artificial tips and coated by a gel solution. Gel nail overlays are of two types, those cured under a UV lamp and the no-light gel nail overlay that is cured either by soaking it in water or by a spray of a gel activator. Gel nail overlays do not need a coating of polish since they are quite glossy.
Nail wraps
Nail wraps are the most natural looking nail overlay. Nail wraps are made of silk or fiberglass with different prints or patterns that is laid on natural nails and coated with nail polish. Nail wraps are the most affordable nail overlays that also give the most natural feel and look.
Easy Hand and Nail Care
Your nails and hands are as important as your skin or your teeth and therefore need to be cared for as meticulously as the other parts of your body. Well-cared for hands and nails are reflections of a person’s attitude towards, not only their looks but also their overall health. It is unfortunate that, at times we take them for granted and neglect to give them the care and attention they deserve.
Don’t wait till your hands are veined or blotched and your nails are discolored or weakened before you act. Of course there are remedies and cure for such conditions but prevention is always better than cure. Hands and nails are easy to care for. In fact, you do not need expensive products to keep them in good condition only a conscious effort to keep them cared for at all times.
Some simple tips to better care for your hands and nails include the proper way to clean them, keeping them hydrated or moisturized and making sure that they are free of dead skin. Here’s how:
• Wash your hands thoroughly with antibacterial soap to make sure that they are always clean, then wipe them completely dry with a soft fluffy towel to avoid abrasion.
• Keep your hands and nails hydrated by using a moisturizer at least four times daily. This will give keep your nails and hands in the pink of health.
• Wear rubber gloves when doing household chores or gardening to protect your hands and nails
• Avoid using your nails as a staple wire remover or can opener or for any purpose that will damage and harm the nails.
• Exfoliate your hands to get rid of dead skin with the use of a lemon and sea salt solution. With a soft-bristled brush or an old toothbrush brush the solution on your hands and nails to soften it and at the same time remove skin and nail discoloration.
• Soaking hands and nails in a warm cup of milk will hydrate the skin and strengthen the nails. Dead skin are stripped off from the skin by the lactic acid contained in milk and its calcium content will make nails stronger.
The New Acrylic Nails
Acrylic artificial nails have gone a long way from when it was invented more than twenty years ago. Then, acrylic nails were just a piece of plastic formed like fingernails, very unnatural looking, very far from the way it looks now. The new acrylic nail is more natural – looking, sturdier and more durable while providing women with fabulous nails they can flaunt around.
The term acrylic comes from the word “methacrylate” a mixture of polymer powder and monomer liquid. What gives the new acrylic nails its extraordinary strength and toughness is Poly(methyl methacrylate) or PMMA or synthetic polymer. When the monomer and polymer are mixed together, the chemical reaction of the mixture produces the filament-like acrylic product that dries to look like natural nails.
The most important aspect of applying the new acrylic nail is ensuring that the nail bed is perfectly clean before the application to prevent the growth of bacteria that could cause fungal infection in between the natural nail and acrylic nail. Cleaning the nail bed with alcohol will dispel grease and oil and will eradicate bacteria.
Another important step in the new acrylic nail application is priming the nails. The process involves applying a nail primer over unpainted nails to ensure that the acrylic product sticks on the natural nails. What the nail primer does is to melt away a thin layer of the surface of the natural nail coarsening the surface to secure the acrylic deep into the nail.
Sculpting the new acrylic nail entails the use of a nail form made of either plastic or thin metal foil that is placed over the fingertip and coated with the acrylic product. Once the acrylic product hardens the nail form is removed.
The final stage of the new acrylic nail application is the filing and buffing of the hardened acrylic product to the desired length and shape. The new acrylic nail can be painted with nail color or not. In itself, it already looks great but when painted with nail varnish or polish in some amazing nail colors it looks super elegant and fabulous. Photo by B_Zedan
