Manicure with black and white varnish for short and long nails. Photos, designs

The combination of black and white varnish in the manicure emphasizes clarity and rigor, but now nail artists use a different design approach that allows you to diversify. Below in the article are photos.

The benefits of black and white manicure

The pluses of manicure made in this color include:

• Universality. Such a manicure does not go out of fashion and will always complement any look from a sports one to a “little black dress”. Suitable for office dress code.
• A variety of designs. If you wish, you can come up with an unlimited number of curls, lines, stains and find a limitless solution to design projects
• Black and white color will look beneficial both on long nails and on short ones.
• The presence of black in the manicure visually lengthens the nail plate. Actual for owners of short nails. For this I use classic designs.
• On long nails there is an opportunity to diversify the design.

Zebra pattern

To perform a manicure “zebra pattern” you will need:

• base (base) – optional;
• black varnish;
• white varnish;
• thin brush for manicure;
• Clear nail polish / top.

Manicure with black and white varnish (photos are presented below) is performed as follows:

1. First you need to make a quality manicure. Soften hands in warm water. Trim the cuticle. Align the edge of the nail and give it the desired shape. Sand the nail plate.
2. To apply a basis. This item is optional, but necessary so that the varnish does not leave pigment on the nail.
3. Apply white polish. Desirable in several layers, depending on the density of the varnish.
4. Using a thin brush, apply neat lines with black varnish. Leaving 1/32 – 3/32 inch between the strips. The strips should not be even, but have a slight bend and be asymmetric.
5. Apply fixative. Optional item. It is necessary so that the varnish lasts longer. In this case, the duration of the sock can last up to 2 weeks.

French manicure in black and white.

Manicure with black and white varnish is more suitable for owners of medium and long nails. The most relevant nails are almonds, rounded squares and ovals. It is also possible to apply French manicure on short nails, but it will significantly reduce visually the nails, and accordingly the fingers.

A classic French manicure with a white stripe can be complemented with black monograms. An aesthetic addition to a regular French manicure will be aesthetic. For those who are less conservative in the choice of design, you can use black and white in the alternation of nails.

Currently, it will not be difficult to make a French manicure at home. For this, it will be necessary, in addition to varnish, a thin brush or special tape-stickers that can be easily removed after applying varnish.

Moon manicure

White and black varnish, as seen in the photo, will look restrained and refined in a moon manicure. Often nail masters combine French and moon manicure techniques. Another design that can be attributed to the classic manicure.

Lunar manicure is suitable for girls and women who have a narrow nail plate of medium length.

Forms of the nail plate, on which such a manicure will look more profitable: oval, rounded square, almonds and semicircle. Lunula can be either convex or in the form of a concave arc. To apply the lunula, you can use a thin brush or stencil.

Water manicure

It is a technique of applying the method of mixing varnish with water. If you perform such a manicure in color technique, then it is suitable for medium and long nails, but in black and white it will look neat and on a short nail plate.

Tools required:

• water;
• water tank;
• orange stick / toothpick;
• cuticle oil / cream / scotch tape;
• nail polish remover;
• set of varnishes: black and white;
• cotton buds.

Technique of execution:

1. In a medium-sized cup, draw water, always at room temperature. Not cold, then the varnish will harden, and not hot, then the varnish will spread out along the edges of the cup.
2. With a white varnish brush, leave the first drop in water.
3. Next, black varnish, you must repeat the same steps.
4. You can stop at 2 layers or continue to apply drops to the number of layers 4-7.
5. Colored circles on the surface of the water must be drawn with the thin tip of an orange stick or a toothpick, not dropping deep under the water. The pattern may have a completely different character. Below in the photo will be presented options for the picture.
6. Apply oily cream to the skin around the nail so that the varnish can be easily removed. You can also use scotch tape or a special tool, sold in specialized stores (the tool is similar to the glue that is applied to the cuticle and then removed together with the varnish).
7. You can not touch the nail plate with a cream or a special tool, in this case the manicure will not look neat.
8. After the finger is ready to be applied, a drawing can be applied. The finger is placed parallel to the drawing, with the fingernail down, and gently lowered into the water. To hold in water for some time, and at this time to collect the remaining varnish with a cotton swab (every time you need to use new sticks).
9. After that, you can remove your finger.
10. Next, clean your finger of varnish on the cuticle with a cotton pad or stick.
11. Repeat for untreated nails.
12. After all the nails are covered with a pattern, you can apply a fixing layer of transparent varnish.

Points on the nails

Spot manicure is applied with a tool called dots. It is a pen or stick that fits well in the hand and has a tip in the form of a ball on one or two sides. The diameter of these tips has a different size from 1/32 – 13/32 inch.

Depending on which pattern is used, the dots size is selected. Dots can be replaced with a pen, pencil, safety pin or any other object with a round end, but this does not guarantee an even and beautiful circle.

For beginners, you can use simple points that are randomly located on the nail plate. You can also use the dots to make a variety of drawings (animals, flowers, plain shapes, visual separation). This manicure is suitable for all types of nail plate.

Using stamping

Stamping is a method using a metal plate with recesses depicting various patterns, a handle that has a silicone tip and a plastic plate. You can purchase in specialized stores.

1. To apply stamping, it is necessary to apply the main color on the nail, wait until it dries.
2. Apply a contrasting color to the metal base, hold the plastic plate perpendicular to the metal so that the varnish gets into the holes of the pattern, and the excess remains on the metal plate.
3. Then attach the silicone tip of the pen to the drawing. A picture is printed on it and it is immediately necessary to attach it to the nail.

For this method, it is better to choose dense varnishes. Girls with a short nail plate can use this design to visually lengthen the nail. To do this, use black drawings along the entire nail.

Caviar Design

Particularly suitable for an evening look. Make out nails in this design with the help of special beads or micro-granules.

1. The base color is applied and until the nail has dried, it is necessary to sprinkle the nail with micro-granules.
2. With clapping movements, it is as if to drive in granules, so that they dip a little into the varnish and stick to it.
3. Wait for the varnish to dry.

This design should not be abused.

Manicure with black and white varnish with rhinestones

Rhinestones in manicure can, like to place emphasis on certain points, and form the main design. They are applied immediately with the help of special glue for nails or, as well as in the caviar design, are hammered into a dry varnish for fixing.

Newspaper manicure

To apply this design, you must have at hand a piece of newspaper and alcohol , in addition to the standard set for manicure.

1. White nail polish is applied to the nail plate.
2. At the same time, in a bath of vodka / acetone / a product containing alcohol, the newspaper is lowered for 10-15 seconds. (it is desirable that the letters on the clipping have a small print, then the design will look more interesting).
3. After that, this piece is removed with tweezers so that it does not tear. If you reach with your fingers, the probability of tearing is greater.
4. Then you need to attach the newspaper to the nail plate and press with a cotton pad for 5-7 seconds.
5. The rest of the newspaper on the skin can be removed with a cotton swab dipped in acetone.
6. In the end, it is necessary to fix such a design with transparent varnish.

This design is suitable for a nail plate of medium length. There is a second method of applying newspaper manicure. The base in this case may be black.

1. Cut out a piece of newspaper the size of a fingernail.
2. It is necessary to attach and adjust the workpiece so that the nail and the newspaper completely coincide.
3. A newspaper is applied to wet nails and gently spreads over the nail plate.
4. Fix the newspaper with colorless varnish.

Craquelure

A manicure with black and white varnish (photos show 2 ways of execution), made in this style, can also be called “cracked”.

Method 1 – using special varnish:

1. First you need to make a quality manicure. Soften hands in warm water. Trim the cuticle. Align the edge of the nail and give it the desired shape. Sand the nail plate.
2. To apply a basis. This item is optional, but necessary so that the varnish does not leave pigment on the nail.
3. Apply the main color varnish. It must dry completely – this is the main condition of the craquelure.
4. A thin layer is applied crack – varnish. The thinner the layer, the more cracked the design will be.
5. Apply a fastener for a longer and longer wear.

Method 2 – using a metallized coating:

1. First you need to make a quality manicure. Soften hands in warm water. Trim the cuticle. Align the edge of the nail and give it the desired shape. Sand the nail plate.
2. To apply a basis.
3. Apply the main color varnish. It must dry completely – this is the main condition for craquelure manicure.
4. Peel off the sticky layer.
5. Apply glue to the nail plate.
6. Glue the metallic coating to the adhesive.
7. Remove coating.
8. Apply a fastener for a longer and longer wear.

Marble design

The manicure with black and white varnish in a marble design is a pattern that imitates the surface of the stones on the nails. There are several ways to apply marble design. The advantages of this design are that it looks concisely on any length of the nail – from short to long. It will look especially beautiful on nails, which have the form of an elongated oval, almond and pointed ends.

The most popular are 2 application methods.

Method 1 – using gel polish:

1. Make a manicure. Sand the nail plate.
2. Apply a base coat. Dry in a UV lamp.
3. Apply the main color. Dry in a UV lamp.
4. Pour clinser into a separate container.
5. Put a varnish on the foil, with which to make a pattern. With a thin brush, draw color and draw thin lines.
6. Dip the brush into the clinser and draw over the drawn lines.
7. Wait for it to dry.
8. Cover with a top. Dry in a UV lamp.

Method 2 – using a film:

1. Make a manicure.
2. Apply the main color. Wait for it to dry.
3. To put a varnish of contrast color on a foil.
4. Crumple the film. Press it to the drops on the foil, then to the clean foil (slightly), remove excess varnish.
5. Then press on the nail.
6. Allow varnish to dry.
7. Fix with clearcoat.

Black and white nail polish manicure

A manicure with black and white varnish (photographs show a variety of options) does not have a certain technique, because the result depends on the imagination of the nail master.

Ombre manicure

Ombre – a smooth transition from one color to another. The manicure technique is simple. It is carried out with a special brush, similar to a fan (more “clean” way) or sponge. You can do horizontal or vertical transition.

With a brush:

1. Apply black color on one side of the nail plate, white varnish on the other.
2. Between them, hold with a brush, from the middle to black, and then to white, until a smooth transition is formed.

Using a sponge:

1. It is necessary to apply the base color in 2 layers.
2. Apply varnish to the sponge. At the junction of flowers, you can mix with a toothpick or a thin needle. Before this, apply cream to the skin around the nail, so that it would be easy to remove excess varnish.
3. Press the sponge to the nail. Remove varnish from the cuticle. Fix with clearcoat.

Black and white geometry

Geometry includes drawings – origami, with stripes, various shapes (circle, triangle, square), minimalism.

Table of the most optimal designs for short and long nails:

	Short nails	Medium nails	Long nails
Zebra pattern	+	+	+
French manicure	–	+	+
Moon manicure	–	+	+
Water manicure	+	+	+
Points on the nails	+	+	+
Stamping Manicure	+	+	+
Caviar Design	–	+	+
Rhinestone Manicure	+	+	+
Newspaper manicure	+	+	+
Craquelure	+	+	+
Marble design	+	+	+
Ombre	–	+	+
Black and white geometry	+	+	+
Manicure with a picture	+	+	+

As can be seen from the table, manicure with black and white varnish is used in many versions and will always be relevant. Carefully executed work will always accentuate hands both in life and in photographs.

Useful videos with manicure ideas in black and white

How to create a black and white water manicure:

Marble Design: