Manicure with mirror flakes. Trendy decor for Yuki nails - your couture manicure

Yuki flakes or Chameleon flakes are the main trend in the nail industry in 2017. “Yuki” is translated from Japanese as “snow,” and this name best conveys the essence of this material for nail art - it looks like large flakes of snow, fragile and weightless. These are the thinnest plates of pigment of different shapes and sizes, which can be carefully placed on the nail without spoiling their shape, or can be rubbed into dust with a slight movement. And this is precisely the main charm of this material - there are a lot of options for applying it, and they will all look completely different.

Yuki flakes can not just be applied to the entire surface of the nail, although it is very beautiful. You can apply decor to part of the nail, make a gradient, cover it with a matte top, which is also very unusual, and also draw on the surface, creating a pattern on it. You can combine the first and second application methods, creating original compositions. Yuki can be added to the top when creating a voluminous design - they will shimmer in the sun just incredibly beautifully! You can design with the flakes using stencils or do it freehand.

Translated from Japanese, "yuki" means snow. However, the new product is so named not because of its color, but because of its texture and optical similarity. It is proposed to decorate our fingers with a special weightless, thin mica with the characteristics of a chameleon pigment, shaped like snow flakes. Designs with galactic decor on any tinted surface look just as bewitchingly beautiful as the sun’s rays shimmering in the sharp edges of water crystals.

What should I apply it to?
Like any similar pigment, flakes are applied to gel polish. Their big advantage is their ease of use and compatibility with almost any materials; Yuki flakes are very unpretentious. Unlike pigments such as Northern Lights and Maybug, Yuki flakes do not have to be applied directly to the top without a sticky layer. You can use a top with residual stickiness. You don't even have to remove the dispersion layer. Moreover, you can use any colored gel polish as a base, and use the top coat at the final stage to cover the design. All this significantly saves both materials and time spent on design, and, importantly, reduces the thickness of the coating. And, of course, it saves you money - if you don’t have a top without a sticky layer, you don’t have to buy it additionally.

So, Yuki flakes can be applied to:
– top without a sticky layer (just like northern lights, chrome, etc.)
– top with residual stickiness, having previously removed the dispersion layer
– top coat with residual stickiness, directly onto the dispersion layer without removing it
– colored gel polishes with residual stickiness without removing the stickiness
– colored base gel polishes (for example, black or white masura base, which are created specifically for design substrates), without removing the stickiness.
The color of the base coat can be any, but according to most, the design with Yuki pigment looks most advantageous on black. The pigment itself has a very rich color and a pronounced chameleon effect, so it is quite self-sufficient and a colored base may simply be too much. On the other hand, by choosing the shade of the base coat to match the flakes, you can emphasize their color and give it greater depth.

Manicure ideas are often interrelated: once you fall in love with one design, new trends immediately begin to emerge based on it. This happened with everyone’s favorite rub. It itself has not changed and continues to please fans with its exceptional brilliance and brightness. But the yuca flakes created on its basis are ready to capture the imagination of lovers of chameleon radiance. The trend is gaining momentum, so we recommend that you familiarize yourself with the options for how to apply yuca flakes and start experimenting now in search of the perfect nail art.

What is yuki flakes

All girls fall in love with this pigment at first sight. Multi-colored chameleon flakes are a fashionable novelty in nail design. "Yuki" means "snow" in Japanese. Indeed, stunning bright and very beautiful particles of different sizes and shapes resemble light flakes of snow. Only they are not white; the coarse flakes look like gasoline spills on water. Their weight is so small that with one touch, they immediately begin to scatter throughout the room.

The flakes change shade depending on the lighting and angle of inclination, creating an unusual shimmer on the nails. They can go from bright green and emerald to gold and bright crimson, or from bright blue and purple to green. The particles are very light, each jar is tightly filled. This amount is enough for a myriad of manicure ideas.

Yuca flakes - multifaceted design. There are a huge number of options for applying pigment; here you can experiment endlessly and follow the flight of your imagination. The pigment is easily rubbed into the nails, forming an unusual mirror surface. Or weightless flakes can be beautifully placed on the nail, creating entire works of art on the fingers.

The compressed pigment is presented in the form of thin plates of different sizes and shapes, but with an unchanged holographic effect. Yuki can be placed neatly on the plates without destroying their shape, or you can grind them into a cosmic veil, the choice is yours. As soon as a new product appears, it immediately acquires a bunch of names. So, holographic flakes for yuca nails received nicknames - mica, foil, chameleons.

Differences between yuca flakes for nails between foil and rub

Many may have noticed the similarity of the scales to foil or mica for manicure. Small particles look like metallized fine and compressed dust. Yuca flakes look luxurious in the photo, but all the beauty of the real iridescence can only be observed live, looking at every detail of the manicure. The effect is best seen in natural light during the day.

The pigment is quite practical to use. If foil is used only to achieve a mirror-like surface of the nail, then several design options can be created from chameleon flakes. And each of them will be unique.

How to Apply Yuca Flakes on Nails

Not many people know how to apply yuca flakes. They are a self-sufficient design element in themselves. But there are several options for creating a beautiful coating. In order to make a manicure using them, you need the usual available tools.

• A shiny, mirror-like surface can be achieved by using yuca flakes as a rub. Compared to conventional pigment, this is not the most economical option, since flakes fall off in large quantities.

1. Completely prepare the nail for work: shape it, degrease the nail plate and apply a base.
2. Cover your fingers with one layer of colored varnish.
3. Rub the scales tightly, like pigment. Using your finger or an eyeshadow applicator, gently press into the sticky layer. Then the flakes lie evenly, completely cover the nail, and a glossy shine appears.
4. Carefully buff the end with a nail file and use an acid-free primer a little along the free edge to increase adhesion.
5. Cover with 2 layers of setting top.

Tip: For problematic nails (thin and flaking), it is necessary to strengthen them before designing. Either cover your nails with acrylic or use a base to level them. This will increase the adhesion of the design to the artificial turf.

• A rub is a great idea to transfer yuca flakes onto your nails. The pigment can be applied using any brush (fan, straight, round). Since the brush is soft, the flakes are not rubbed into the nail too tightly. But the design turns out to be more textured.

Application technique:

1. Prepare the nail for work and cover it with a base layer.
2. Apply colored gel polish in 1-2 layers.
3. Take the flakes onto a brush and gently tap into the nail plate. There is no need to pull them too much in different directions, otherwise it will ruin the entire composition of the design.
4. After the nail is covered with a mirror surface, apply the final topcoat.

• The universal pigment helps to achieve not only a mirror-like surface, but also an original manicure.

Application method:

1. Before starting a manicure, treat your nails with a nail file and apply a base coat.
2. Cover your nails with colored varnish. Take the pigment onto the brush and distribute it over the nail point by point using separate clappers. Not rubbing, but slapping a little. This is convenient to do with an applicator, fan, flat or any other brush. You can add very few crackers, or you can add more.
3. A beautiful iridescence of particles of different shapes and lengths forms on the fingers. You can make a stretch of flakes and rub some of it in, achieving a mirror-like surface. You will get a rainbow mosaic.
4. Gently smooth all corners with a brush. The thinnest scales fit perfectly, do not stick out and look great.
5. In order for the pigment to wear well, not peel off or fly off, you need to cover your nails with topcoat.

• Yuca nail flakes can be applied individually to the gel polish using a rhinestone pencil. This method is suitable for creating unusual designs on your fingers.

How to design correctly:

1. Prepare your nails for work, sand the surface and cover with a base layer.
2. Apply a layer of color.
3. Use an eye pencil to pick up a few particles and apply pointwise to the nail plate in a chaotic manner.
4. Cover with finishing to secure the design.

Manicure with Yuki flakes

The described Yuki rubbing is applied to gel, shellac, acrylic and varnish. Nail designers favor the flakes for their ease of use and stunningly incredible look. The most advantageous background for pigment is a dark one, although many artists experiment with a light base. Yuki flakes look more impressive on long nails, but a short length is not a taboo for using a spectacular coating.

For those who do not have experience in applying Yuki mica, experienced manicurists recommend taking into account the following subtleties of work:

• If a gel is coated with pigment, the latter is freed from the sticky layer so that the colorful flakes lay down beautifully.
• Regular varnish is first coated with several layers of topcoat and dried.
• When working with acrylic they work extremely quickly.
• The flakes are applied with fingertips, an applicator or a fan brush. Mica is gently spread over the surface of the nail with slapping or polishing movements, keeping the direction from the core to the edges.
• You shouldn’t limit yourself to just one Yuki color; a combination of several shades looks amazing.
• The nail design is secured with two layers of topcoat, and each one is dried.

Bright ideas of yuca flakes for nails

Delicate manicure with yuca flakes

A gentle manicure means something light, airy, sweet and romantic. It is always in trend and is very popular among most women. It looks great on both short and long nails. A gentle manicure will complete your everyday look, and if you add minor decorative details to it, it can be used in a festive ensemble. If you think that a gentle manicure is represented only by a classic French manicure, then you are deeply mistaken. In fact, the delicate design is very diverse, which is why it is interesting.

It is made in pastel colors and is becoming increasingly popular. Many girls fell in love with him for his naturalness and tenderness. With its help you can transform your nails and make your hands more elegant and sophisticated. This nail design option is universal. It suits absolutely any look. Its versatility makes it indispensable in the dynamic rhythm of life.

Pink manicure with yuca flakes

Delicate pink manicure, like airy, cotton candy. It evokes the most pleasant impressions. In order to give it more sophistication, many decorate it with additional details. A soft pink manicure with yuca flakes is truly chic. Are you going to a celebration? Add to this manicure a scattering of rhinestones that can decorate 1-2 nails. It is easy to lay out various patterns from rhinestones or simply create a droplet effect.

Yuki flakes on ring finger

Even so long ago it was believed that fashion trends were set in Paris, the capital of world fashion. However, time passes and everything changes, and today, among fashion trends, you can feel the fresh and spicy wind of the East, luxurious India, and most importantly, unusual and mysterious Japan, which brought original fresh notes even to the art of manicure.

Nail designs with yuca flakes, photos of application options for which you can see in our article, appeared recently, but are already extremely popular and in demand among fashionable beauties around the world.

Manicure yuca flakes and rhinestones

“Diamonds are a girl’s best friend” - the chorus of a popular song has long become an independent aphorism. To highlight your beauty with a shining gemstone - not a single woman will refuse such a temptation. - these are, of course, not precious diamonds, but in combination with a beautiful design on the nails they look no less impressive.

How to work with Yuki flakes? This is the question that fans of shiny manicures ask. Iridescent scales with a blinding shine conquer everyone! On any substrate, and especially on dark shades, the crystals are incomparable! Although Yuki's nail rub is already extremely expressive, it can be interestingly played up using the rest of your nail art arsenal.

A mixture of styles, a non-trivial mix of techniques and means allows you to interestingly present even the most classic manicure, saturate it, turning it into a miniature masterpiece. Originally decorated nails are a great accent, a bright point in any look.

Yuki flakes or Chameleon flakes are the main trend in the nail industry at the beginning of 2017. “Yuki” is translated from Japanese as “snow,” and this name best conveys the essence of this material for nail art - it looks like large flakes of snow, fragile and weightless. These are the thinnest plates of pigment of different shapes and sizes, which can be carefully placed on the nail without spoiling their shape, or can be rubbed into dust with a slight movement. And this is precisely the main charm of this material - there are a lot of options for applying it, and they will all look completely different. There is only one jar, as many designs as your imagination allows! Well, we won’t even describe all the beauty of this material, it’s better to see it once:

What should I apply it to?
Like any similar pigment, flakes are applied to gel polish. Their big advantage is their ease of use and compatibility with almost any materials; Yuki flakes are very unpretentious. Unlike pigments such as Northern Lights and Maybug, Yuki flakes do not have to be applied directly to the top without a sticky layer. You can use a top with residual stickiness. You don't even have to remove the dispersion layer. Moreover, you can use any colored gel polish as a base, and use the top coat at the final stage to cover the design. All this significantly saves both materials and time spent on design, and, importantly, reduces the thickness of the coating. And, of course, it saves you money - if you don’t have a top without a sticky layer, you don’t have to buy it additionally.

So, Yuki flakes can be applied to:
- top without a sticky layer (just like northern lights, chrome, etc.)
- top with residual stickiness, after removing the dispersion layer
- top coat with residual stickiness, directly onto the dispersion layer without removing it
- colored gel polishes with residual stickiness without removing the stickiness
- colored base gel polishes (for example, black or white masura base, which are created specifically for design substrates), without removing the stickiness.
The color of the base coat can be any, but according to most, the design with Yuki pigment looks most advantageous on black. The pigment itself has a very rich color and a pronounced chameleon effect, so it is quite self-sufficient and a colored base may simply be too much. On the other hand, by choosing the shade of the base coat to match the flakes, you can emphasize their color and give it greater depth.

How to apply?
As we have said many times, there are a great many ways to apply Yuki flakes, let’s look at them point by point:
1. Marble effect with large gaps. This is one of the most luxurious and popular options. The base is top or gel polish with a sticky layer. We do not remove residual stickiness. Place the flakes directly on it, point by point, selecting the desired size and shape. You can grab flakes from a jar with a silicone brush or a wax pencil for rhinestones. This design can be done either for the entire nail or just for part of it. Play with the spacing and size of the scales to add variety to your design.

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3. Spraying with a brush. You can use a soft fluffy makeup brush (for eyeshadow) or a fan brush. And even here there are 2 methods of application. You can pick up just a little pigment on a brush and apply the flakes, just a little bit of powder on the nail, with a very light movement. The design will be similar to the previous paragraphs. In another option for applying with a brush, you can apply the flakes tightly covering the entire surface of the nail. In this case, the pigment is “stuffed” with the brush. In this case, many particles will be destroyed into smaller ones, and the design will turn out to be textured. In both cases, we use top coat or gel polish with a sticky layer as a base.

4. Rubbing. This method is familiar to all nail artists who work with pigments such as Northern Lights, holography or chrome. Using a finger, an eyeshadow applicator or a silicone brush, the pigment is rubbed into the surface of the nail. The flakes are very fragile and quickly grind into dust. Depending on the intensity of rubbing, you can achieve a different effect - from textured to smooth surface. The effect in this case will be similar to the northern lights pigment. This option uses a top coat only without a sticky layer.

What to secure with?
A Yuki flake design is set in the same way as a design with any other pigments, such as holographic or northern lights. You can use the top with or without a sticky layer. A reliable method for fixing pigments is described in the article “How to fix pigment correctly?” Under the top, the flakes do not change color or become cloudy.

Chameleon flakes under matte top.
It’s ironic that such a bright and iridescent design like Yuki flakes looks simply magical under a matte top. This option is more discreet, but that’s the beauty of it, it looks mysterious and stylish. In our store you can find more than 10 matte tops for gel polish, from velvety to satin, the design will be different under different tops.

Yuki flakes gradient
Yuki's flake gradient looks incredibly impressive. Imagine using several colors, each of which is a chameleon. That is, by creating a gradient with two colors, you will get not just a two-color coating, but a whole rainbow of tints in 4-5 shades. Moreover, no one limits you to two colors, all shades of the flakes combine well with each other and you can use 3, 4, 5 colors at once, stretching the gradient through all 10 nails.

There are several techniques for creating a gradient, as well as ways to apply the pigment itself. We will describe them in the order of numbering the application methods from the first part of the article. The easiest one is application method number 1. Application is exactly the same as on the entire nail - dotted. You paint half of the nail with one color, reducing the color to nothing in the middle - picking up smaller particles and placing them less frequently. And on the second half of the nail you place particles of a different color from another jar, smoothly transferring them to the first color.
Using method number 2, with your finger, it will be more difficult to make a gradient, since, naturally, in this case you cannot clearly aim and place specific scales in the right places, but you can press different colors from different jars onto different parts of the nail (top-bottom , right-left) and it will be no less impressive, although it will be more of a placement of spots than a gradient. To ensure that the border of these spots is not too clear and that it is not really a stain, you do not need to put too much pigment on your finger.
Using application method number 3, making a gradient is quite simple; by analogy with the first method, cover half of the nail with a pigment of one color, gradually reducing its saturation, then the second half with a different color.

Mix it up!
As mentioned above, the pigments combine well with each other in color. Thanks to this, many of them can be mixed to obtain an interesting effect. It is not necessary to mix a large volume at once; you can mix a small amount of flakes in a lid and immediately use it for design. Experiment!

One of the brightest new products of this season, loved by modern fashionistas, is the “yuki flakes” manicure. This is a very original and sophisticated trend, distinguished by its beauty and a huge selection of possible variations. You can create almost any look with flakes.

What are these particles? At a quick glance, they look like very thin pieces of holographic foil. But if you look at them more carefully, it becomes clear that this is a metallized pigment pressed into small plates. These particles are capable of refracting light rays in a bizarre way, creating an amazing play of colors that can be compared to the beauty of the northern lights. Depending on the lighting and viewing angle, the color of the manicure looks completely different. This effect can be called a unique feature of yuca flakes.

Differences between flakes and rub and foil

Many people note that yuca flakes are similar to foil or mica for manicures. The particles themselves resemble tiny compressed dust. They look gorgeous in photographs, but only in person can you appreciate all the beauty of the iridescence by examining the smallest details. The effect is best seen in sunlight.

This pigment is very practical to use. If with the help of foil you can create the effect of a mirror surface, then flakes allow you to create many design options, each of which will be unique and original.

How to use yuca flakes

This modern type of design captivates with its individuality, but still remains a type of pigment. There are several ways to apply them: on top after removing the sticky layer or without it, and also directly on the base coat - also with or without dispersion.

• This provides an opportunity to experiment with technology. The particles can be applied with a special pencil for rhinestones, a finger, a small sponge or a brush, using rubbing or driving movements. This way you can achieve a wide variety of textures.
• When working with yuki, great care should be taken, since weightless particles will fly apart at the slightest breath of air.
• Nails should be pre-treated with a buff, and the decorative coating should be secured with a top coat. Under the transparent top layer, the multi-colored particles remain no less bright, shining and saturated.
• The huge advantage of yuca is that when applied to the nails it does not create thickening. Unlike kamifubuki, they do not need to be “sunk” in a large amount of base and topcoat. To secure the “chameleons”, it is enough to apply a couple of layers of finish, and other decorative elements can be added on top.
• As a base, craftsmen most often use black gel polish, which is also suitable for regular chrome rubbing. But you can choose a base that will be in harmony in its shade with the flakes themselves. This will allow you to achieve an original and complete image.

Bright manicure ideas with yuca flakes

• Matte manicure

If you cover the decor on top with a matte top, this will give the design restraint, but it will not lose its originality and originality. This manicure is performed using dark-colored gel polishes. A matte manicure with flakes will give your look a touch of nobility and ancient sublimity.

• Delicate manicure with yuca flakes

An airy, truly romantic, light manicure always remains on trend and is in great demand among many women. It looks great on nails of any length. With the help of such a manicure, you can successfully complete any everyday look, and with the additional use of certain decorative elements, you can make it very solemn and elegant. This manicure is not limited at all; it can be very interesting and varied.

It is embodied in soft pastel shades and continues to gain more and more popularity every season. Many modern girls highly value it for its naturalness and naturalness. This is one of the most versatile nail designs that suits any look, making it look amazing in today's fashion.

• Gradient manicure

With the help of light-reflecting particles, you can easily achieve a beautiful color transition. As a rule, varnish and flakes of similar shade are used for the effect. Yuki should be carefully filled with a brush from the lunula and below, gradually reducing their quantity.

• Isolation of the ring finger or one or two nails
  

For a long time, it was believed that fashion trends were dictated by Paris, the capital of trends. But time passes, everything changes, and in modern trends one can feel the influence of enchanting India, mysterious Japan and other eastern countries.

The design with yuca flakes, the various variations of which are discussed in this article, appeared recently, but has already gained enormous popularity among beauties around the world. One of the interesting options is to highlight only one finger with flakes, most often the ring finger.

• Pink manicure

Delicate, like cotton candy, it leaves the most positive impression. To add sophistication, you can decorate it with additional elements. A manicure with yuca flakes in a soft pink color looks absolutely stunning. To create a festive look, you can decorate 1-2 nails with rhinestones, arranging them in interesting patterns or simulating the effect of transparent drops.

• Combination of flakes and rhinestones

Diamonds are still a girl's best friend, and this aphorism remains true. No girl will refuse to complement her natural beauty with the shine of a precious stone. In combination with an elegant nail design, rhinestones look no less impressive and bright than real diamonds.

Shimmering, shiny yuca flakes can captivate any lover of a beautiful manicure. Against any background, and especially against a dark shade, these crystals look incomparable. The flakes are very bright and original, but they can be successfully combined with other fashionable elements of nail art.

A fun combination of techniques and styles will allow you to diversify even the most ordinary manicure, turning it into a small work of art. Uniquely designed nails are a great accent to complete any look.

If you follow new products and fashion trends in nail design, then you have probably noticed the steadily growing interest in a unique decorative material in the form of the thinnest plates shimmering with the colors of the rainbow. Yuca flakes is a nail pigment pressed in the form of flakes of different shapes with a holographic effect. These fine chameleon flakes are carefully placed on the sticky surface of the coating and turn it into a shiny layer with amazing multi-colored tints. You can easily grind individual yuca flakes into powder and use them as a rub to highlight some areas of the coating with a mirror shine. You can appreciate a fashionable manicure with a rainbow 3D effect while moving or gesturing, when chameleon flakes mesmerizingly shimmer on your nails when you change the angle of inclination relative to the light source.

Yuca flakes are available in a variety of colors. Particularly popular are brilliant transitions from golden to emerald, from cornflower blue to azure blue, from titian to burgundy or marsala, from lilac to violet-red. You can apply rainbow flakes to your nails in a variety of ways, and many nail artists use this decor to create simple and complex compositions that will be noticeably different from each other. Before applying yuki flakes, you can, and after removing the stencil, add rhinestones or kamifubuki to the design in areas not filled with the main decor. The design with multi-colored iridescent flakes is covered with both a glossy and matte top layer so that the decor on individual nails “plays” with highlights differently. Yuca flakes are often combined with other shiny decorative elements to achieve the perfect 3D effect. For example, chameleon flakes go harmoniously with multi-layer mineral mica or rainbow foil for manicure.

♦ ON WHICH COATING CAN DECORATIVE FLAKES BE APPLIED?

This decor with rainbow tints is easily applied to any coating, but most often gel polish is used as a background. Choose a neutral background color (black, white, gray), but you can add additional depth to the composition by using gel polish to match the chameleon flakes. Delicate flakes can be applied to any coating layer:

on the base layer of gel polish;

On colored gel polish after removing the dispersion layer with a cleaner (with residual stickiness);

On a sticky dispersion layer of colored gel polish;

On the hardened top gel without a sticky layer;

On a hardened top gel with a sticky dispersion layer.

♦ POPULAR SHADES OF CEREAL CHAMELEONS

The decor is sold in small jars and each of them is signed with the name of the shade. The names of the most popular shades are presented below:

▪ fire opal;

▪ cosmic amethyst;

▪ shimmering titanite;

▪ elegant jade;

▪ Burmese tourmaline;

▪ bold malachite;

▪ volcanic vesuvian;

▪ Ural jasper;

▪ rose quartz;

▪ incredible bismuth;

▪ mysterious fluorite;

▪ mysterious lapis lazuli;

▪ sensual peridot;

▪ cold emerald.

♦ METHODS OF IMPLEMENTING PEARL DESIGN WITH CHAMELEON FLAKES

Tools and materials:

· UV lamp for drying each layer;

· Set of manicure tools;

· Yuca flakes;

· Silicone brush (or wax pencil for rhinestones);

· Eyeshadow applicator;

· Fan brush (or fluffy makeup brush);

· Colored gel polish for the base;

· Top gel and base;

· Degreaser;

· Klinser.


Preparatory stage:

❶ We trim the nails with scissors with rounded edges, giving the free edge of each nail the desired shape (oval, square or almond);

❷ Place your fingers in the bath for 10 minutes (you can add sea salt and essential oils) to soften the cuticle;

❸ Move the cuticle to the base of the nail with a manicure spatula and remove it with a trimmer or nippers (you can use a remover);

❹ Changing sides of the buff, we grind and polish the surface of the nails, and then treat the nail plates with a degreaser;

❺ Apply a thin layer of base to the nails, seal the end and keep your fingers in a UV lamp until polymerization is complete (approximately 40-50 seconds);

❻ Apply several layers of colored gel polish to the base coat. We dry each layer in a lamp.

How to properly apply yuca flakes to gel polish:

☛ Method No. 1
Spraying with a brush.
Apply the pressed pigment to the sticky layer of gel polish using a fan brush. This tool is convenient for making interesting transitions in texture design. For example, closer to the base of the nail, we carefully apply whole flakes, distribute them evenly and go lower, already “stuffing” with a brush the decor, which will collapse into small fragments;

☛ Method No. 2
Marble effect.
This method allows you to make an original design with transitions of different sizes and spaces between individual flakes. We use a silicone brush to transfer flakes individually onto the sticky surface of the hardened gel polish, distribute the decor over the sticky layer, “playing” with the indentations and sizes of the flakes themselves;

☛ Method No. 3
Uniform distribution.
In this option, it is not necessary to use tools, since it is easier to pick up the scales from the jar with your fingertip, carefully transfer them to your nails and attach them to the sticky layer of gel polish with a light slapping motion. Trying not to destroy the flakes, distribute them evenly over the entire surface of the coating. A matte top gel can be applied to this layer to visually increase the volume and depth of the design;

☛ Method No. 4
Rubbing.
Rubbing is usually used to perform mirror or metallic manicure, as well as for holography. Rub yuca flakes into the sticky layer of gel polish in a circular motion, varying the degree of pressure. For convenience, we will perform the procedure with a fingertip or an eyeshadow applicator. The scales will be crushed into dust and rainbow tints will appear on the surface of the coating. You can rub the pigment into a layer of gel polish or into a hardened top gel, but before the procedure we remove the sticky layer with a cleaner.

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In the photo: manicure with yuca flakes on gel polish

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