Manicure with a stamp at home. All about stamping design: how to use and choose quality materials

Manufacturers of products for the nail industry do not cease to please girls with new products. Not so long ago, the technology appeared.

It allows you to do in minutes regular manicure bright and original even in the absence of skills and experience.

The technology consists in transferring the image to the nail by stamping, that is, it is printed on the nail plate using special tools.

At the same time, the technique can be mastered and used at home, if you purchase the necessary equipment.

They will significantly reduce the time for a manicure and allow you to get stylish patterns without special skills.

The convenience lies in the fact that all stamping tools can be purchased as a set or purchased separately.

The set includes:

engraved metal discs
scraper,
stamp,
two varnishes.

You can apply patterns not only on natural, but also on artificial nails, while in the salon the cost of the service will be significantly lower than hand-painted.

In this case, even small details of complex patterns will be clearly visible.

There are a lot of options for ready-made drawings - from floral motifs to abstract patterns.

A rubber stamp will help transfer the pattern from the disc to the nail, and a scraper will remove excess polish.

Varnishes are usually presented in three colors and have a thicker consistency than regular ones.

Stamping with gel polish

There are no instructions for creating a shellac pattern - as mentioned above, it has an overly liquid consistency. Even when choosing a bright and saturated shade, the pattern, which will remain on the stamp pad, will be translucent, and on the nails the pattern will turn out to be smeared or blurry. However, create on shellac Beautiful design using a special varnish for stamping or acrylic paints is quite real. There are three options here:

The first option will appeal to those women who do not like to walk for a long time with the same manicure, because in this case, you can almost daily erase a boring pattern from your nails and apply a new one. Shellac is much stronger than regular varnish., therefore, such a procedure will not harm the main manicure at all.

For people who are just starting to master the stamping technique, it is better to use acrylic paint to create a design at first. Firstly, you need to work with it more slowly than with a special varnish (which will only be good for a beginner, since the paint will not have time to dry on the die), and secondly, to remove an unsuccessful drawing, you do not need to use aggressive means just wash off the paint with water.

Step-by-step instruction

Before proceeding To create a nail design with stamping, standard preparation should be made: make a hygienic manicure, remove or push back the cuticle, correct the shape if necessary. If you prefer to steam your nails in a bath before removing the cuticle, it is better to carry out the procedure a day before applying gel polish - in this case, the coating will last longer.

Having prepared your nails properly, you can start creating a stamping design. The instruction describes how to apply stamping to a finished manicure, followed by a top coat:

Treat the nail plate with a buff and degrease with a dehydrator.
Apply a thin layer of the base and dry for 10-30 seconds in an LED lamp or 1-2 minutes in a UV lamp (the exposure time is determined by the power of the device).
Cover your nails with a layer of colored gel polish and dry for 30 seconds. in LED lamp or 2-5 min. in a UV lamp.
If you plan to apply colored shellac in several layers, repeat step 3 until the desired effect is achieved.
When the last color coat dries, cover your nails with a top coat. The drying time is the same as in the third paragraph. If the top has a sticky layer, remove it with a special liquid. Alcohol or acetone should not be used for this purpose - you can ruin the manicure.
Coat the skin around the nails that you plan to transfer the design to with a product called Skin Defender to keep it from getting varnish. You can replace Skin Defender with PVA glue or regular fat cream.
Apply acrylic paint or special varnish to the stamping plate. Remove excess by running a scraper or plastic card across the plate. You need to clean off everything superfluous in one quick and confident movement, without interruption, otherwise the drawing will turn out to be smeared. The scraper is held at an angle of 45 degrees.
Transfer the design to the stamp by rolling it over the plate. Please note: the movement should be rolling, single, with moderate pressure. Do not press hard on the stamp - this will lead to uneven printing of the pattern and its smearing.
Take a look at the stamp pad to make sure that the design is printed clearly and without errors. If desired, at this stage, you can carefully paint the pattern directly on the stamp, so that later you can transfer a multi-colored picture to the nail. If you don't like something, it's best to clean the stamp and reprint. By the way, ordinary adhesive tape is quite suitable for cleaning silicone stamps. To remove an unfortunate pattern from the pad, just press it against a sticky surface.
If the drawing suits you, transfer it to the nail. Do this with a light rolling motion, avoiding strong pressure on the stamp so as not to smear the pattern. Keep in mind that when working with special varnishes for stamping, all actions must be performed quickly so that the varnish does not have time to dry on the plate or stamp, but in the case of acrylic paint, you need to wait until it dries slightly on the stamp pad, otherwise the picture will turn out blurry. If a finished result on the nail you don't like, wipe off the design with non-acetone polish remover or rinse with water (depending on the material used), clean the stamp, scraper and plate, and repeat all the steps from the beginning. In this way, you can decorate all the nails or create a design on only a few - it all depends on your imagination.
Wait a couple of minutes for the pattern on the nail to dry, and then cover the nail plate with a top coat. Apply it as quickly as possible, keeping the brush parallel to the nail. Avoid unnecessary brush strokes so as not to blur the design. After that, dry the top (30 seconds in a LED lamp or 2-5 minutes in a UV lamp, depending on the power), remove the sticky layer and remove the product that was previously applied for protection from the skin around the nail. Lubricate the cuticles with special oil and enjoy the finished manicure.

This type of stamping it will last almost as long as a regular gel polish manicure (perhaps a few days less - after all, shellac is not used to create a pattern). You can also apply a drawing on the last layer of a color coating, after removing the sticky layer with a special liquid, and then cover the nail with a top coat and dry it in a lamp. Do as you like, you will not notice much difference in the duration of the socks.

If you want to be able to erase a boring drawing and replace it with another, follow all the steps described in the instructions, but after the pattern dries, cover the nail not with a top, but with an ordinary fixative varnish.

Possible problems when drawing

There may be several reasons why stamping on nails does not work:

If you are sure that you are following the instructions exactly, but you cannot achieve the desired result, the difficulties may be due to a lack of practice. Don't worry, after practicing a few times, you will surely master the stamping technique. The benefit of shellac allows you to gain experience without the risk of damaging the main coating . For greater clarity you can watch a video tutorial on creating a stamping nail design.

Stamping is surprisingly easy and fast way decorate your nails with original drawings. We will tell you how to make stamping on nails and what materials are needed for this.

Today, for independent nail art, you do not need to have amazing artistic talent or a lot of free time for regular visits to the salon. The technique of applying drawings and patterns using a stamp is available to both professionals and beginners. With branded tools and special stamping varnishes, any girl can create a luxurious nail design in minutes.

Stamping, better than hand painting, reproduces the smallest strokes and details of drawings that cannot be accurately done with a brush. The stamp transfers any image to the nails, from a lace jacket to geometric abstractions. Stamping looks equally good on natural and extended nails, on shellac or gel polish. And who said stamping is it for nails only? The freedom of its application depends only on the imagination of the owner.

Stamping tools

Beautiful stamping can only be achieved with the right tools and varnishes. What do you need for nail stamping?

Disc with engraved drawings. Serves as a stencil for drawing an image on the nail plate. Manufacturers offer a lot variety of options disks, so you can assemble an impressive collection of your favorite patterns.
Scraper or scraper. Needed to remove excess varnish from the disc. A quality scraper is made of metal and has rounded edges.
Stamp. Silicone elastic product in a semicircular shape. The quality of the transferred image depends on the quality of the stamp.
Lacquers for stamping. A lacquer with a thick consistency with a pronounced pigment will give a bright result. Traditionally, dark colors are used, such as black, blue, purple or burgundy.
Base varnish. Serves as the basis for stamping. May be pastel or bright colors. Base polish and stamping polish should be in contrasting colors.
Stamping fixer. Its main role is to protect the coating and extend the life of the nail art.

What are the best tools to use? Definitely, not purchased "by hand", but in a store with a good reputation, which sells branded accessories and tools.

	Stamp	Scraper	Disk
Quality Tools	Silicone or original Konad , MoYou London	Original branded, metal or plastic with rounded edges	The correct form with clearly embossed patterns, has a protective film, non-sharp edges and the brand of the company
Poor quality tools	Rough rubbery, often the stamping surface moves away from the base, the surface is not curved	Plastic brittle plate, metal with sharp edges and/or notches	Hexagonal shape, with sharp dangerous edges. The drawings are often embossed indistinctly and with different depths. There are incorrect letters on the surface in the form of a stigma.

Stamping technology

Before the procedure, you need to prepare the work surface and all the necessary tools and accessories. In addition to the main set, you will need nail polish remover, cotton swabs and discs, and nail files.

We do stamping on the nails.

Nail preparation. It is necessary to remove or move the cuticle with a special stick, remove all burrs. Give the nail the correct shape and polish all the roughness.
Base application. A base and / or background varnish is applied to the nails. It is better to apply the background varnish twice, after waiting a few minutes after the first application.
Stamping varnish is applied to the selected disc pattern in an even thick layer. It is necessary to ensure that the varnish gets into all the engraved lines of the image.
The scraper must be leaned against the disc and with a quick, confident movement, slightly pressing, draw over the pattern to remove excess varnish. If it doesn't work the first time, you can repeat.
The stamp is pressed tightly against the disk for a few seconds so that all the elements of the pattern are imprinted on the surface.
The stamp must be leaned against the edge of the nail on one side and with a quick rolling motion, “print” the pattern on the entire surface of the nail - at the end the stamp will be on the other side of the nail. In no case should you repeat the movement, otherwise the pattern will be smeared.
With a cotton swab dipped in nail polish remover, wipe the skin around the nail to remove any remaining polish.
After the patterns have dried, apply a fixative to the nail to protect the pattern.
After the end of the procedure, clean the stamp and disk with a cotton pad with the same agent.

! An important tip - you need to do everything with quick, precise movements in order to prevent premature drying of the varnish.

Little secrets of manicure with stamping

For stamping, contrasting combinations of lacquer shades are best suited.

If the scraper does not remove excess polish or cleans everything the first time, you can try changing the angle of its inclination.
Sometimes the silicone stamp doesn't want to "work". You can make it work by buffing a shiny surface.
If you cover the background varnish on the nail with a top coat and apply patterns on top and also cover it with a fixative, you can get a lasting beautiful manicure.
Matte rich varnish will make the stamping more noticeable.
Images on the disk can be painted with varnishes of different colors, then the print will turn out to be unusual. You can also paint the imprint directly on the nail.

Watch the video tutorial on stamping:

We wish you creative success and a beautiful manicure!

Sincerely, imkosmetik online store.

Manicure with a pattern has long been an essential accessory for any lady. For a creative person, decorating nails is a long and enjoyable process of creating nails masterpieces; for busy beauties, the fashion industry has provided an easy and quick option - nail stamping.

What is nail stamping

The stamping technique is a modern discovery for girls. With its appearance, the need to contact the master to apply beautiful drawings on the nails disappeared. This technique involves a neat and accurate image of small details. A bonus for those who have started stamping is a unique opportunity to decorate phones, postcards, pendants, earrings, watches and other items. You can even decorate furniture or a refrigerator if you wish. With stamping technology, it is possible to change the image daily.

What is included in the stamping kit

The advantage of stamps for nails is saving on visiting the salon. In addition, thanks to stamping, you can create interesting drawings. This technique is easy to master on your own, although it is necessary to develop a skill for a successful undertaking. A special set will help in carrying out the stamping technology. The kit usually contains the following items:

Scraper - a plastic scraper equipped with a comfortable handle, helps to remove excess paint. This tool has no sharp parts, only notches.
Metal discs for stamping - special plates, stencils for nails with carved patterns. On one product, 7 engravings can be located at once. Plates for stamping can be chosen at your discretion.
Manicure stamps that look like prints. Their main purpose is to move images from disk to nails.
Special paints that are needed directly for work. They are usually found in bottles that resemble conventional varnishes for nails, but they have a thicker consistency. These funds will not spread, so the drawings will be clear.
In a set, you can sometimes find a special stamping printer that allows you to print a picture.

Stamp technology uses special stencils for nail design or disks on which various patterns are engraved. These patterns, when applied with a stamp, can become an excellent decoration. Depending on how many pictures are on the discs, they can be produced in different variations. As a rule, stencils for painting nails have from 4 to 7 different patterns. On request, you can order large rectangular plates with an engraved design that includes at least 10 different ornaments.

Stamp

The most important tools for stamping are nail stamps, which help to recreate different patterns: from cobwebs to checkerboard, from flowers to asymmetrical divorces. Stamps are original (Konad, Enas, Born, etc.) and non-original. According to the material, they can be silicone and rubber. Rubber is hard and it is not always able to repeat the shape of the nail, so it is difficult to use such products for drawing a picture. Silicone can easily change its appearance. Stamps can also be single-sided or double-sided.

Lucky

Ordinary decorative varnish is not suitable for stamping. Also, stamping for gel polish will not always work out, because. this tool flows strongly and the picture is fuzzy. Therefore, it is necessary to buy special color coatings with high pigmentation, in connection with this, the pattern will turn out to be bright, voluminous, and clear. Mandatory requirements for stamping varnish:

Density, so that when transferring the pattern, it does not spread.
Good pigmentation, high color density, so that the pattern is even, not transparent.
Colour. Choose bright colors that will stand out from the background of the main coating.
It is better that the stamping varnish be matte, otherwise the pattern will be translucent.

How to use a nail stamp

When creating a manicure using the stamping technique, the following procedure must be followed:

We remove the cuticle and give the nails the desired shape with a nail file.
Degrease nails with nail polish remover.
Apply base coat first, then base coat.
If the disc is new, then you should remove the film from it,
We decide on the engraving and cover it with paint.
With a light, gentle movement of the scraper, we remove all excess varnish.
We press the stamp to the image and hold it in this position for several seconds.
We transfer the drawing to the nail plate.
Cover with fixative.
After finishing work, clean the tools with a solvent.

Price

On average, the price of stamps in Moscow varies from 120 rubles for a simple set to 3,000 for quality products. It is difficult to find a professional series in the shops of the city; it is often ordered through online stores: aliexpress and planet nails. A beginner's set from Konad will cost you around 1000 rubles. In addition, you can buy stamps, stencils, stamping kits in salons that sell everything for nail manicure.

Video

Photo of nail design with stamping

Painting nails at home is currently becoming popular among the fairer sex. To do beautiful drawing, you will need a special stamping kit, some free time and a great desire to make your fingers unusual and unique. Check out the different designs created with photo stamping.

Fantasy manicure has long become not just a familiar accessory for any lady, but also a way of self-expression. For creative natures, decorating nails is a pleasant many hours of creating nail masterpieces, but for the most busy and practical beauties, the world industry has provided a faster and easier option - a nail stamp. How to use this wonderful set?

The question is so simple that even a child can understand this technology, one has only to practice a little, following the advice of experts. Acquiring skills will help you create clear, vibrant drawings and significantly save on the services of a salon nail master.

Your own artist?

A wonderful nail art stamp device helps to apply an even and beautiful drawing without any artistic abilities, the ability to draw and create the smallest details of patterns! It is easy to use, with it you can quickly, without effort, decorate your nails with an exquisite design. Stencils help in this simple matter - metal plates with patterns carved on them from simple ornaments to complex compositions: flowers, natural motifs, animals and abstract textures.

They can be purchased both in sets and each separately, choosing according to your taste and style. With the help of ready-made decors, you can create a unique mosaic on each nail or complete your look with a modest artistic accent on one or two fingers. At the same time, spectacular nail art takes no more than half an hour for connoisseurs, and those who often practice decorating nails with stamping can do it in 10 minutes!

Stamping technique. What should a newbie have?

Standard stamping kits, in addition to metal disks with patterns engraved on them, include a silicone or rubber stamp for nails, how to use which everyone who has ever stamped documents knows how to use; a scraper (scraper) to help remove excess varnish from the disk surface, as well as special acrylic paints for drawing, reminiscent of varnishes, but with a thicker texture. It allows them not to spread, and craftswomen with the help of such paints can create clear contours. On one stencil (round, hexagonal or rectangular), there are usually several print options (4-8, 7-9 or 8-10).

For beginners, knowledgeable lady masters are advised to first purchase a ready-made set, and then buy additional disks and paints of interest. The most popular and high-quality kits of the South Korean company Konad are considered today, but there are also more budget options, for example, such as Fix Price (China). In the reviews you can find recommendations to start with the best manufacturer disks, and then, having filled your hand, move on to more affordable stencils. Otherwise, the desire to save on templates can lead to disappointment and a negative experience in the stamping technique: soft Chinese plates with fuzzy contours can cause sloppy prints on nails. Scrapers (or scrapers) can be supplied with metal insert, which more easily cleans excess paint from plates. However, it can also cause scratches and other unwanted damage to the disc. Experienced home crafters often use old plastic cards instead of scrapers, they are ideal for this purpose. In addition, the nail stamp has a different configuration and size. How to use this tool with a rectangular shape (for long nails) or a small round one (for applying on short nails), it is better to think in advance. Large patterns for small nails will be excessive, and small patterns on long nails do not look so harmonious.

stamping technology

Strict observance of the rules and knowledge of several secrets of mastery will help to turn stamping from a painful and fruitless activity into pleasure (not only from beauty, but also from the very process of creating a high-quality professional manicure). Preparation before stamping is no different from nail care before manicure: first you need to degrease the surface of the nail plates, then with a nail file and you need to give the desired shape to the nails, gently pushing the cuticle. Next, you need to apply a base coat of strengthening varnish. It will help to evenly distribute the decorative layer and protect the nail from its coloring pigments. At the same time, due to good adhesion to the plate, thanks to the base coat, the pattern will last longer. When the base is dry, you can cover the nail with a background color. After waiting for the complete fixation of this layer, before using a stamp and a nail scraper, fill in the pattern you like on the plate with a contrasting acrylic-based varnish. At the same time, it is necessary to ensure that the entire pattern is filled with paint, otherwise a fuzzy pattern will appear on the nails. Holding a scraper or an old plastic card at a 45-degree angle, use a quick, firm hand motion to scrape away any excess polish after it has set. Next, to transfer the picture, you will need a stamp for nails. How to use this tool?

We put it perpendicular to the surface of the disk, slightly pressing down, remove the paint from the engraved notches by rolling, so that the pattern is clearly fixed on the silicone or rubber pad of the stamp. Then we transfer it to the nail plate, just as tightly, with a precise movement, pressing it to the working area of \u200b\u200bthe nail and trying to completely imprint the pattern. Next, we roll the stamp lightly, without moving it or smearing it. The silicone pad of the stamp requires special care and speed of reaction. When the stencil for nails is filled and slightly dried up, a stamp from this modern material needs to be quickly printed. To do this, experienced people advise placing all the tools as close as possible in order to have time to transfer the print to the nail before it is firmly fixed on the silicone. The final stages of simple nail decoration will be design correction using darts, cotton swab or toothpicks with a small amount of cotton wool and nail polish remover, which will help to gently remove errors from the side rollers and cuticles, as well as a fixing layer with a clear top coat.

Knowing how to use the stamp for nails correctly, you can repeat these steps as many times as you need to make designs on your fingers. After all, stamping is not just a lesson in creativity, but a great way to create masterpieces without resorting to the services of professional nail designers.

Stamping tools: proper care

Before using all stamping tools, make sure they are absolutely clean. When removing the film from the stencil, you need to treat the plate with an acetone-containing agent. The die should also be thoroughly cleaned. Any oil products form the thinnest film that adversely affects the quality of stamping masterpieces. They can also be removed with a liquid with acetone in its composition.

Stamping Features and Common Mistakes

An openwork ornament with finely applied lines dries quickly enough, so after 0.5-1 minute it can be covered with 2-3 layers of top coat. And you need to do this with neat, quick movements so that the drawing does not turn out to be blurry. A full-fledged imprint of the ornament should be obtained from the first time. The density and saturation of the varnish play a big role, so you need to purchase only special acrylic varnishes. The usual one is too liquid - it will pour out of the stencil and spread over the nail.

Too thick varnish will not take up all the voids in the template and will not adhere well to the background coating of the nails. Particular attention should be paid to how to use a nail stencil with a rubber stamp that is too hard or too soft. A poor-quality hard stamp base will not translate the pattern, and a too soft pad will force the paint out of the template, and the pattern will be fuzzy.

Creative people

If stamping seems too simple to you, then you can use it as a basis for artistic painting, giving free rein to your imagination. For many masters small items become on disks a real find to spice up a French or any other classic manicure.

Reverse stamping: stamp for nail design. How to use?

Another modern technique for those who are bored with a monochromatic manicure is reverse stamping. It will take a little longer than usual practice. Its essence is just as simple: a layer of black or colorless varnish is created on the stamp, then, when it dries a little, a small pattern from the plates is added on top of it. After the sticker-film dries, it is removed from the stamp and transferred to the nail, having previously covered it with a top coat or plain varnish.

For beginners, it is better to do this with a small pattern so that you do not have to cut it off. Experts who have gained a hand can create entire mosaics from individual drawings from different plates.