No matter what energy flow we’re in, our choice of color, design, form, or length of a manicure always reflects it. A new manicure trend known as “aura nails” can portray precisely where your brain and heart are, just like your aura (the energy you emit; in other words, your vibe) does; if aura nails haven’t already taken over your social feeds, welcome. Aura manicures, one of the biggest trends of the season, feature gradient designs and colors that correspond to your mood.
First things first: an aura can be photographed. The Latin term “aura” means “air” or “wind” in English. Have you ever had your atmosphere captured on camera? The colors of our energy are not visible to the human eye, but the correct film photography can capture their frequently vivid and blended colors, providing the topic for the trend.
Aura nails
Aura nails include a solid base coat of your choice and gradients made using an airbrush or blossoming gel paint. The colors blend while standing out independently, adding dimension to the nail trend.
According to a London-based nail artist, an airbrush is her go-to tool for excellent and slick results. “Each nail features a unique color combination and an airbrush-style pattern. The hues merge in a similar way to how an aura might.” The colors are selected based on the customer’s preferences, and she then layers them to produce the ombré look.
The design depicted above utilizes warm and cool colors on each nail. Warmth is added to the index and middle fingers by airbrushed yellow and apricot-orange polish, while cool and light blue hues adorn each hand’s pinky, index, and ring fingers. On oval-shaped nails, the aura pattern appears rather frivolous. With Maby, you can take the initiative in everything.
According to a nail artist, her method for producing the aura effect starts with the Mia Secret Blooming Gel; airbrush equipment is not required. She puts on a dot of gel nail paint before UV curing the blooming gel. It spreads across the blossoming gel layer, giving the appearance of an aura. The next chosen hue is put on top after the previous layer has dried. Or base color, blooming gel, a drop of gel polish, cure, and repeat.
A gel topcoat protects the polish after each layer has dried. Nail technician suggests using the Kupa Gel Topcoat for the best, most long-lasting shine that makes the manicure scratch-resistant. The Valentino Beauty acrylic powder in Classic Nude served as the foundation hue for Molina’s creation.
Despite the difficulty of DIY aura manicures, we beauty nerds are always up for a good one, aren’t we? Primarily, the makeup tools in your kit can be used to produce these airbrushed looks. Please visit Maby blog to update the latest nail news
Nail technician notes that while producing airbrushed looks with ordinary nail polish isn’t always simple, it is achievable. Regular polishes can be blended with makeup sponges or sponge eye shadow applicators. “As the polish dries and hardens inside the sponge, creating an undesirable ombre chunky, you might need a few of these [sponges]. Ensure each coat is completely dry before applying the next to avoid smudging.” The nail technician expands on the idea of doing it by pointing out that the gradient design can also be made by applying powder pigments with an eye shadow brush to a matte finish.
A manicurist utilizes an airbrush machine to produce the gradient effect and mixes nail charms with her aura designs. She added gold star charms to her above blend of cream and green as an accent. According to Mendoza, “the appearance may take more than one hue to produce a smooth transition depending on the colors chosen as the base.”
The nail technician from New Jersey started by airbrushing a transition color in the center of each nail in a circular motion after applying two even layers of the base color. After using the transition color, she dried the nails and loaded the airbrush machine with the final color, which covered the nail’s core and gave the appearance of an aura. The nail technician cleans the borders of each lacquer applied to the nails using an airbrush. Your glazed donut manicure can be upgraded for the holidays with velvet nails.
Nail technician emphasizes her aura designs’ capacity to use stark contrasts in color. A transition polish can even things out even if the polish hues are opposite one another on the color wheel. She contrasts a black base with a white aura effect by adding a coat of light blue as a transition color, as shown in her cosmic blue aura manicure above. She turned to the Valentino Beauty Pure Gel Polish Collection for both designs. The Nailz By Dev Liner Gel line was also used throughout the manicure.
If you’re wondering how aura designs look on an entire classic-yet-colorful French set, nail artist Claudia Brooks created her aura French manicure using the blooming gel method. She kept the base color nude and blended hues of purple, blush pink, orange, and lime green throughout the center of each nail.
The nail artists incorporated a dark colorway into the Russian manicure pictured above for all the goths. She used The GelBottle Inc Builder In a Bottle 17 for the nude base color, then applied a star stencil and airbrushed on a coat of black gel polish with the Aprés Nail Aer Gel Machine. She cured the design in place, removed the stencil, applied some opal flakes, and added a clear topcoat.
Each manicure showcased throughout Allure’s gallery of aura nail inspiration features gradient-centric designs without limitations. Whether your aura nail manicure is done with blooming gel or with an airbrushing tool, each dimension of color will ensure an abundance of soul-soothing hues illuminating our nails and our very being.