The Sheer Stockings Nail Trend That Will Make You Look Polished
The sheer stockings nail trend makes nude manicures more exciting. Just as patterned hosiery can make an outfit more chic, this style also livens up your ensemble. It’s like statement tights for your fingertips. Let’s see what stocking nails look like and how to create them.
Sheer Stockings Nail Trend
Sheer Stockings French Tips
When you think of patterned hose, what colors come to mind? The first response is usually black, and that’s why this French tip design is easy to recognize. It resembles black lace worn on a sheer base.
What colors are best for sheer stockings nails? Celebrity artist Julie Kandelec recommends nudes, burgundy, and black for starters. She’s a fan of this trend because she feels it’s fresh and innovative.
Here the artist started with the shade “Nude Perfection” from the LDS Color Craze Collection because it’s a beautiful match for the wearer’s skin tone. Next, she applied LAVIS Foil Transfer Gel and black lace foil to decorate the tips. She used black liner to emphasize the curve. Then the last step was sealing the manicure with glossy LAVIS Diamond Top Gel. Yes, it was just that easy to create sheer stockings nails.
LAVIS Foil Transfer Gel
As you can imagine, using a sheer or jelly polish means that the natural nails have to be meticulously prepared beforehand. Instead of buffing the nails excessively, try products like rubber base gel, builder gel, or ridge filler to create a smooth surface.
How to Use Nail Foil
Here are some pointers if you’re unfamiliar with applying nail foil for designs like stockings nails.
LAVIS Foil Transfer Gel works with regular gel manicures, poly gel extensions, builder gel, soft gel tips, and even acrylic nails. When sealed with a gel top coat, foil transfer gel lasts for weeks without chipping. Moreover, it’s non-toxic and nearly odorless.
Once you prep the nails and cure the base coat, brush on a thin layer of foil transfer gel. Cure it for 30 to 60 seconds. It will remain tacky so that the nail foil design will stick to it. Avoid touching it with bare fingers to prevent contaminating it with skin oil.
Choose the nail foil and press it onto the part of the nail you want to decorate. Note that one side has a printed pattern and the other is a plastic backing. Make sure the backing is facing you and the design is toward the nail. There’s no need to trim the foil down to size because the design will only transfer to where the foil transfer gel is.
Using a fingertip or a silicone tool, press firmly to transfer the design from the foil to the sticky transfer gel. Then swiftly remove the backing and protect the design with a top coat.
Nail Foil
Double-Sided Silicone Nail Art Pen
Sheer Stockings Nails the Easy Way
Here’s another stockings nails set completed with foil transfer gel and a lacy print. It reminds us of thigh highs for a wedding.
Stamped Stockings Nails
Just like you can feel the embroidered pattern on sheer stockings, you can have touchable texture on a sheer stockings manicure. The products the artist used for this look include LAVIS Emboss Gel, stamping plates, a silicone stamper, and LAVIS Classic Chrome powder.
Nail Stamping Plates - Nail Printing Plates
The steel stamping plates are infinitely reusable and easy to clean. Each one is precision-etched for crisp designs to transfer easily onto nails. They work flawlessly with jelly stampers.
How to Stamp a Sheer Stockings Nail Design
Once you’ve applied the base coat and sheer color if desired, we recommend applying and curing a matte top coat. Even if you plan on a glossy finish, please don’t skip this step. It makes the design transfer better from the stamper and it’s very helpful for the chrome powder, too.
Once you’ve cured the matte top coat, choose the design on the stamping plate and paint it with emboss gel. Leave the gel wet and press the stamper on the plate. The silicone surface will lift the pattern so that you can transfer the design to the nail.
LAVIS Emboss Gel - Clear 15g
French Silicone Jelly Stamper - Clear
After transferring the pattern to the nail, cure the emboss gel. Now it’s time to polish the design with chrome powder. You’ll notice that the matte top coat keeps the mess to a minimum as the chrome powder won’t stick to it. It will only adhere to the emboss gel.
Once you’ve wiped away any excess powder, seal the design with a glossy top coat to restore the shine.
Polka Dot Stocking Nails
It’s also fun to create sheer stockings nails with just a brush or dotting pen. Here the artist combined the polka dot nails trend with sheer stockings inspiration. The manicure features builder gel to protect fragile natural nails while they grow out.
LAVIS Builder Gel In The Bottle - B2-01 Pink Echo - Gel Polish 0.5oz
LAVIS Builder Gel in the Bottle (BIAB) is ideal for the stockings nail trend. It comes in three dozen sheer colors that protect nails for three weeks or more. It’s straightforward to apply, useful for overlays and short extensions, and it cures in sixty seconds. You don’t need a nail drill to remove it as it soaks off.
More Sheer Stockings Nail Ideas
We’ve showed you just a glimpse of the possibilities. There are many ways to join in the sheer stockings nails trend. Nail stickers make this style even more accessible, and hand painting allows for an incredible level of customization.
If you need design inspiration, it may be as close as your lingerie drawer. Major fashion houses previewed lacy ensembles on the runways, too.
Don’t limit yourself with regards to color or finish because you may be the next trendsetter on social media! Can you picture shimmery cat eye stockings, glittery patterns, or gradient watercolors?
Conclusion
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