Shaping nails. How to make a beautiful nail shape for manicure at home? How to shape nails on hands and feet

07.08.2019

Manicure and nail modeling are concepts arising from each other. You can learn how to make beautiful nails yourself without the help of specialists. The only catch is to understand which shape is right for you: square, almond-shaped, oval, stiletto, and adjust what nature has given you. After all, by filing nails, they can be made beautiful or completely unsuitable, which is why any manicure will look clumsy. To give them the perfect shape, you need to understand some things. That's what we'll talk about below!

Preparing for simulation

Strange as it may seem, but you need to start processing your nails with ... selecting the right tools. The old cheap nail scissors that you are so used to are better replaced with tweezers. But if you can’t do without the first ones, then get high-quality, with tightly closing blades, made of anti-corrosion material.

In general, sharpening nails can be done with just one file. But files with suitable abrasiveness and from high-quality material. It is better to refuse metal files: their use violates the structure of the nail plate, which leads to serifs, cracks and breaks. What can not be said about glass, ceramic and emery options. However, glass cannot be used to treat hard and thick nails, as well as artificial ones. And ceramic ones are more suitable for gentle and delicate manicure.

There are so many types of emery products that with a large selection in the store you can get confused. What options does the modern beauty industry not offer: with paper-based emery crumbs, with garnet abrasive, with silicon carbide, with aluminum oxide, with diamond chips. Almost all of them (except for paper-based products) are expensive, but they will also last a long time. However, two nail files in a "bundle" - glass and ceramic - can solve all problems with nails: shape them, process edges safely, and are affordable.

When filing your nails, you should follow a few rules:

Carry out sawdust in one direction: gently, carefully, without chaotic and sudden movements.
Visually “divide” the nail in half and make sawdust from the edge to the center, while holding the nail file at an angle.
File your nails once a week: with frequent filing, they will not be able to recover quickly enough.
When leveling the surface of the nail, polishing should not be done more than once a month.
Strengthen and nourish nails. One of the most effective remedies is a salt bath for hands. As salt, it is better to use sea salt, not food salt. 1-2 drops of burdock oil in the bath will provide nourishment and nail growth. So, pour a glass of warm water into a bowl, add a spoonful of sea salt and essential oil, and put your hands in it for 20 minutes. After the procedure, soften the hands with cream.

Nail shapes

We figured out the tools for manicure. We turn to the main thing - which form to choose for nails, because it depends on it whether they will be beautiful or not. By nature they are:

Trapezoidal
square
Rectangular
round

It is important to consider the length of the fingers and the shape of the hands. So, the owners of wide palms and not too long fingers should not be filed under the “square” and already square nails. Too narrow a hand with long fingers will look like a "vampire's hand" if the nails are made in the form of a "stiletto". In both cases, an oval-square shape is suitable. It happens that one person has different nails: both square and round. Then a square shape would be ideal.

In general, if you follow the basic rules of modeling, then you need to proceed from natural data: the shape of the cuticle, the nail bed, the length of the fingers.

There are 4 main forms of nails:

Square
Round
oval
pointed

Imagine visually which one suits you best. You can cut out nail templates and attach them to your hand, based on the data in the tables.

Tab. No. 1

Tab. No. 2

Choice of nail shape	If the shape and thickness of the fingers	If the fingers are long	If the size of the hand and palm
rounded	large, full	Short; medium	Small hands, big hands, wide palms
Square			Narrow brushes
oval	Any, including short		Any, including full hands
Pointed (or "almond")			Palm of medium thickness or narrow

Tab. No. 3

How to make nails "square"

When the choice is made, you can start modeling. The "square" is the basis of all shapes, even the circle. Using nail scissors, trim the free edges of the nails to the desired length. Circumcision is carried out in one motion in a straight line. If the nails are of medium length, then scissors will not be needed: the necessary manipulations can be carried out with a nail file.

Visualize where the center of the nail is and carry out sawdust in one direction from the edge (nail roller) to an imaginary point in the center. First on one side of the nail plate, then on the other. Polish the nails with a polishing buff, rinse your hands in warm water and moisten with cream.

"Soft Square"

Plus a “soft square” in the less pointed corners of the nail plate, so you won’t “cling” to clothes or thin tights. To achieve this shape, you must first make the nails square; it remains only to gently round them. Just a couple of extra movements can lead to an “oval”. Therefore, the file should be operated only in one direction and with light movements. The corners should be gently rounded, after which they should be polished, rinsed with pleasant water and moistened with a cosmetic product.

"Oval"

The oval nail shape is classic and suits most women. First, with scissors, you need to cut off the unnecessary length with a clear movement. All nails must be the same length. File them with a nail file from the sides, starting from the base and moving to the tip of the nail with clear movements, and only in one direction. They will turn out elongated and with a pointed end. At the end of the procedure, the tips should be rounded, all nails polished, hands rinsed and moistened with nourishing crepe.

"A circle"

The circle differs from the oval only in the length of the nail. But we must keep in mind that the round shape is suitable only for owners of short nails, so it is extremely important when cutting with scissors to achieve the same length of nails on all fingers. File from the base to the center of the nail. Then, with a file, give the nail a rounded shape, similar to the shape of the hole. Polish the plate, rinse your hands in warm water and moisten.

"Almond"

giving the nail a pointed shape, you must first make it square. Then, using scissors and a nail file, make the sharp edges trapezoidal with 4 corners. It remains to smooth them with a file so that the nail is elongated and sharp, but not too much. At the end of the procedure, polishing, softening hands in warm water, moisturizing.

Having formed a correctly selected shape of nails, you will have another pleasant procedure - nail art. With a beautiful manicure, your look will be completely completed!

One of the most important components of a beautiful manicure is the correct shape of the nails. It is also worth noting that working on it is one of the most costly in terms of time. In addition, she is also the most responsible - the slightest flaw in the configuration of the nails and the impression of the manicure is spoiled. Many girls who practice nail polish at home even prefer to turn to professionals to give them the correct shape of their nails, and then maintain it on their own.

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Especially to help beginners, "Ideal Manicure" will tell you in detail how to shape nails at home, reveal the basic techniques and secrets of the procedure. With a little practice, you'll have nails that look like you've been to a salon.

How to do the shape of the nails? Fundamental rules

On portals and blogs dedicated to manicure, you can find many tips and recommendations on how to shape your nails. Perhaps the most common of them is taking into account, when choosing the configuration of the plates, the natural shape of the hands and nails. Allegedly, for short fingers with wide plates, only a round or rectangular shape is suitable, and, for example, “square”, etc. is strictly contraindicated for trapezoidal nails. In fact, all this is nothing more than a myth. Any nails and any hands will suit a different shape. After all, this very form is set to make the nails beautiful, and the right design will help hide all the flaws in their structure. The main thing is to create an optimal harmony of form with the width and length of natural plates.

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But there are unshakable rules that are necessary to create a spectacular manicure. So, how to properly shape your nails:

All nails should have the same shape. The exception is a manicure, where the emphasis is on 2 - 3 nails that differ in shape.
Another important rule for nails is strictly the same length! Multi-format nail plates look funny.
The length of the nails should be determined by the size of the nail bed, starting from the lowest point of the cuticle and ending with the tip of the nail, and not by the size of the free edge, as some people mistakenly do.
First you need to choose a reference length for all nails. As a rule, all fingernails have different lengths of nail beds. The reference should be conditionally considered the nail plate, which has the longest bed length. If you focus on a shorter nail, then there is a risk that all the other plates will have to be cut under the base, and they may still be longer than the rest.
Remember - 6 fingers (2 ring, 2 index and 2 middle) should have the same length from the plate from the cuticle to the end of the free edge. The little fingers may differ from the standard by 3-4 mm. to the smaller side. Large - 1 mm. more.
When determining the parallel for the tip of the nail, you should focus on the center of the plate, and not on the cuticle. The cuticle of the nails, as a rule, has a beveled direction, and if you focus on it, then the tips will turn out to be beveled.

How to make a nail shape. Deciding on an option

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There is a wide variety of forms for nails, both natural and artificial - pipe, age, "almond", etc. But they all basically, often, have the same source. So manicure masters distinguish three main forms:

"Square";
"Triangle";
"Oval".

All other forms known to us are formed as a result of variations or combinations of basic forms. So all forms that have a rounded tip contain in their basis or in combination "oval" ("almond", "age", round shape, etc.). Forms with gradually tapering side faces borrowed the outlines of the "triangle" ("ballerina", "stilettos" and the same "almond"). A straight tip parallel to the base refers to the shape of a "square" ("soft square", "rectangle" and again "ballerina").

When creating a shape, you should take into account the directions of the lines of the side faces and the end. Knowing their basics will help determine the correct direction of sawing.

In this review, we will not separately consider how to make a beautiful nail shape for each variation, but only introduce the general rules and techniques for creating it using individual examples. You can find information on creating the shape you are specifically interested in in separate reviews of the "Perfect Manicure".

How to make a nail shape at home

Beautiful nail shape can be created at home. You just need to stock up on the necessary set of tools and time. Ask, where is the relationship between how to make the correct shape of nails and tools? The most direct. It is from the presence of the latter that depends on how well the form will be made.

So, to create the perfect manicure you will need:

Three nail files of different grain sizes: coarse (about 100 - 150 grit), grinding (about 200 - 250 grit) and soft polishing buff (from 280 grit and above).
Brush for dust removal of note dust generated in the process of work.
Dark varnish without gloss and glitter (you will learn why it is needed to create a nail shape below).

On a note

Grit is the degree of graininess of the file, the higher its numerical index, the softer it is. So the nail files with the lowest value are very rough and are suitable for cutting large sections of the plate, it is also convenient to process artificial nails with them. Files with a medium degree of abrasiveness (grinding) are necessary for shaping the ends and edges. The most delicate surface and the highest grit value of polishing buffs. They are necessary for polishing natural surfaces and smoothing out irregularities.

And now let's look at how to give a beautiful shape to the nails using the example of a "soft square". There are several options, for example, we took two options - standard (on nails without coating) and lightweight (creating a shape on coated nails).

Option 1: shaping bare nails

Initially, you need to set the desired length for all nails with a nail file with coarse abrasiveness. You should act carefully so as not to cut down anything superfluous. You can also use nail scissors or nail clippers. With them, the work will be done faster, but there is a risk of damaging the plate. The nail file acts more delicately, prevents delamination and breaking off of nails.

You should start removing the length from one of the 6 nails (middle, ring or index) which has the longest bed. Then, adjusting to it, you should alternately process the rest of the nails.