Es posible que hayas visto todo tipo de divertidos diseños de mani de verano, desde uñas ombré y coquetas hasta uñas que no combinan, pero ahora es el momento de que las uñas de la piscina tengan su día bajo el sol.
Como puede imaginar, las uñas de la piscina se ven exactamente como el agua en una piscina y, a menudo, presentan diferentes tonos de esmalte de uñas azul. También tienen un efecto fresco, casi teñido, que es representativo de los patrones de luz en el fondo de una piscina. También hay una versión más literal del diseño, que reproduce la apariencia de las gotas de agua.
Para recrear la tendencia de manicura de verano más llamativa, recurrimos a Michelle Nguyen, fundadora de PLA (Paris Lash Academy) y PLA Nails para compartir sus mejores consejos.
Luckily this look is pretty easy to DIY at home. “You’ll need an off-white shade, a blue shade, a blooming gel (to help disperse the color), a dotting tool, and a top coat,” says Nguyen. “The off-white and blue shades create the color scheme, while the blooming gel helps to disperse color and give nails the refracted light look. The dotting tool helps to further disperse the polish with more precision, while the top coat sets in all in.”
PLA’s Blushin’ Baby and Santa Social Club are nice a white and blue, respectively. If you don’t have a curing lamp at home or gel just isn’t your thing, you can always use regular polish. Nails Inc. has a set called Made in Mykonos that features royal blue and white polishes.
Rather opt for press-ons? Static Nails in Vanilla Clouds have a similar vibe. So do Dashing Diva Magic Press On Nails in Starfish Waters.
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Nguyen recommends creating this mottled design with gel nail polish, which can be a bit easier to use since you’re able to quickly cure the polish between steps and don’t have to wait for it to dry. Plus, the blooming gel helps to create the wavy water effect.
Step 1: Paint one coat of an off-white color.
Step 2: Cure this coat.
Step 3: Paint one coat of blooming gel, but don’t cure it.
Step 4: Use a dotting tool to dot the nail with the blue color of your choice. The blooming gel will help dilute and spread the color.
Step 5: Once colors are properly bloomed, cure the blue coat.
Step 6: Paint on a top coat and cure.
If you’re looking for more of a textured water drop instead of the pool design, that would require “a builder gel to create the shape of water droplets using a dotting tool,” explains Nguyen. “This can be a bit of trial and error and takes a steady hand.”
Nguyen says she especially loves the design on almond-shaped nails. You don’t have to have super long nails to rock this trend, but it is nice to have a little more room to get the design just right.
Ready to dive in? Ahead, pool nails inspiration for your summertime mani.
