A Study of Space Nail Techniques for Nail Design

Abstract

With the growth and development of the beauty industry in the 21st century, nail art has evolved into a means of social expression pursuing the beauty of the general public, maintaining artistic values. Today, nail art, a field of art maximizing beauty, is highlighted as one of the highest-value-added industries. As the number of women in the workforce rises, people’s interest in various nail design has increased. In fact, nail art has gradually evolved into an element used to improve the degree of perfection in styling. The scope of nail art has been expanded to the means of value expression, which represents the degree of self-management and confidence, and it has become more important. As Albrecht Durer (1471-1524) attempted to express his new awareness on pride and self-consciousness through hands in self-portraits, hands themselves can represent who we are as a person. Under the cultural phenomena of hallyu (popularity of Korean pop culture), there have been more opportunities to introduce Korean culture to the world. Accordingly, there has been a necessity to have traditional Korean nail art in the K-beauty industry as well. To reduce the closeness of the ‘full coat’ and maintain the retention of gel nail, this study proposed space nail art. In addition, this study tried to establish theoretical grounds through related books, literature records and various web sites to analyze space nail, which as yet has not been greatly studied. This study is also aimed to propose differentiated nail art in customers’ aesthetic needs and the unlimited possibility in the development of nail art materials.