First, prepare materials.

① The picture shows a small brush (small brush, small pointed brush).

② It is a water cup, and DIY at home will also use this cup as a palette.

(3) It is a fake finger, and the size of the nail surface is the same as that of an ordinary real person, which is used for practice.

④ 12 color acrylic pigment set.

⑤ In addition, there are various nail polishes and 1 bottle of transparent nail polish, which are not shown in the photo, and we will talk about how to use them later.

Second, nail painting step practice:

1. Pour 1/3 cups of tap water into the water cup;

2. Squeeze out the pigment to be used little by little and hang it on the edge of the cup, which is not in contact with water;

3. Soak the brush in tap water and scrape off the excess water;

4. Dip the paint with a wet pen and scrape the nib into a cone with the edge of the cup;

5. Hold a fake finger in your left hand and start drawing with a brush in your right hand;

6. For the method of drawing flowers, please refer to the common patterns shown below:

Third, the formal creation steps

(1) Wash your hands and find a bottle of favorite background color as the base (professional practice also requires basic care and base oil);

② Start painting when the background color is dry;

③ Brush a layer of transparent nail polish on the surface after the pattern is dried, because the acrylic pigment itself is not waterproof.

Manicure painting:

1, paint painting, this is the most commonly used, just buy a box of watercolor paint, draw your favorite figure with small strokes, and finally brush it with bright oil, which can increase the brightness and better protect the pattern.

2, painting nail polish, this requires a certain skill, that is, using the color of nail polish to paint the desired shape on the surface of the nail, but also using a bright oil seal layer.

3, phototherapy painting, using phototherapy glue color glue, nail polish glue and other relatively thin glue, direct painting, phototherapy painting is more difficult, need to be used with phototherapy lights.

Manicure tools:

Nail tools are not disposable, so they must be disinfected before each use. Therefore, the size of the tool should be suitable for putting into the disinfectant container.

Crystal pliers: only used when making crystal nails, and cannot be replaced by finger leather pliers, otherwise it will easily cause crystal nails to break.

Nail clippers: mainly used to trim various types of nails, including crystal nails and natural nails.

Finger pliers: used to cut off excess nail skin.

Plastic or bristle brush: used to clean nails and crystal nails during hand care.

Nail file: used to trim the front edge of natural nails.

Sand stick: used to push finger skin.

Scissors: used for shearing nylon, silk, glass fiber and other fiber products.

Small tweezers: used to clip nail fragments, diamonds or nail skin for trimming.

Manicure professional equipment

In addition to the necessary workbench, chairs, lockers, light sources and other supplies, nail professional equipment also includes the following items.

Cushion: A sponge wrapped in a towel to cushion the manicurist's arm.

Drill: used to clean the front edge of nails.

Humidifier: used to care for chapped hands.

Glass bowl: used for soaking crystal nails.

Hand bowl: used for soaking hands.

Foot basin: used for foot care.

Grinding feet: used to remove calluses from feet.

Finger model: practice making crystal nails.