Well-groomed women's hands undoubtedly also include beautiful fingernails. Unique works of art can be created on your fingernails, transforming your hands into a real eye-catcher and completing your outfit. Unfortunately, sometimes your own nails break. One way to restore the shine to stressed nails and make them stronger and more resilient would be to reinforce the nails with gel. In order to file the gel nails to a point, there are various filing techniques that can be used to achieve the desired pointed shape. Be inspired by the diverse variations of pointed gel nails.
Gel modeling for pointed nails
Gel nails are made with the material acrylate and hardened under the influence of light. In general, gel nails are easy to model, which allows you to do a beautiful manicure yourself in the comfort of your own home. The gel nails can be designed in a variety of ways. If you want to wear your nails pointed, nothing stands in your way. The tapered nails not only look elegant and classy, but also have the advantage of not having any corners that you can bump into during your daily activities.
Popular nail shapes
Stiletto
If you have naturally firm fingernails and want to attract attention with your manicure, you can shape your nails into stilettos. This shape appears challenging, feminine and modern. TheStilettosare very long and are filed diagonally from the nail bed to the tip. The nail tip itself is not rounded and remains pointed. Many stiletto wearers claim that they don't feel restricted in everyday life by having extra-long nails. Suitable for everyday use or not, this variant of pointed nails certainly takes some getting used to.
If you have already decided on modern and elegant pointed nails, you need to consider how you will wear your stiletto or edge nails. As already mentioned, pointed nails offer many design options and, thanks to their shape, present many nail designs in an exciting and exciting way.
NeutralStilettos in Nudefor example, they look very discreet and well-groomed. If you still want to add interesting accents, you can make your pointed gel nails shine with glitter. Whether you add individual glitter stones or spread glitter over the entire nail is entirely up to you. If you don't really dare to try out a daring nail design to go with the already eye-catching nail shape, the stiletto nails and the pointed gel nails in a matt look would be a great idea.
One of the all-time favorites when it comes to stilettos, also known as pointy nails, is without a doubt the Flench look. Gel nails that have been filed to a point look great with both narrow and narrow nailswide French lacesimply stylish and well-groomed. The French manicure emphasizes the extravagant nail shape in a subtle way.
Mountain Peak
If you would like to wear your gel nails pointed and short, that might be the optionMountain PeakNail shape is right for you. This style is short stilettos. In Mountain Peak, the fingernails are shaped to a point from the nail bed towards the tip. Wearers of this eye-catching shape will undoubtedly attract enthusiastic attention. The shape is daring, striking and extravagant.
Metallic shiny Mountain Peak nails are a real eye-catcher. These nails do not glitter, but impress with a smooth shine, as if metal shimmers. The pointed gel nails are sprinkled with fine shimmer powder over the lacquer layer and rubbed in with an applicator. Whether in gray, blue or another favorite color, this design offers a great play of colors.
Edge Nails
Another modern and fascinating variant of the sharply filed fingernails are the so-calledEdge-Nail. This filing technique is particularly striking due to the sharp edge that adorns the top of the nail tip. The fingernails look bent lengthwise. You can achieve this unique and special shape using stable gel or a tip extension. In order to better show off this fascinating edge effect, the tip of the nail must be filed to a point. Of course, this requires a bit of sensitivity, but with a little practice you can do it quite well.
These trendy pointed nails look fascinating decorated with different patterns. Pointed nails in dark red with subtle, white, irregular patterns look present, feminine and eye-catching. Floral patterns can also decorate your edge nails. Nail designs with flowers look delicate, playful and romantic.
Another onegreat summer designare the sharpened neon gel nails. Neon blue, pink, yellow or green – these colors give the nail tip a special charm and look fresh and modern. If monochrome nails are too boring for you, you can also create enchantingly beautiful nail polish tips with geometric shapes, simple lines or golden accents.
Lipstick-Nail form
Maybe they're a little more noticeableLipstick nails.If you want to shape your gel nails pointedly in this way, you don't have to worry about the design. This look can be easily achieved by filing the side lines of your nails straight and making the tip of the nail noticeably slanted. The result is a lace with one side longer than the other. In order for this typical, asymmetrical effect to really come into its own, the angle of the nail must be filed very accurately.
Arrow Head Nails
One of the latest nail shape trends that is sure to attract attention is theArrow-Head-Nägel. With this filing technique, the side lines are filed straight while the nail tips are shaped into an arrowhead, as the name suggests.
Tips for filing sharp nails
For those of you who want to conjure up one of these special shapes yourself and give your natural nails a pointed shape, there are a few things that need to be taken into account for a flawless manicure. First and foremost, make sure that you don't file your nails too far down, as they can easily tear there. Your nails must be straight on the sides and only the free edge of the nail can be shaped as desired.
In order to file your nails into a point, you should imagine the point where the tip will be. You can then start filing the sides from your finger towards the tip. File the side lines as straight as possible so that they run straight from the nail bed when viewed from the side. The length of your fingernails also matters for good-looking stilettos. The nails must be of a certain length, as extremely short nails cannot technically be shaped into points.
