French manicure is a classic nail design. It has gained popularity due to the fact that it can be both neutral and bright.
Daring design options are great for holidays and walks, and pastel and transparent hues are easily embedded in any, even the most strict office dress code. And if earlier it was almost obligatory for a french to have long nails, now it is easy to find options for short ones.
Features
The distinctive feature of the jacket is strips along the edge of the nail plate. In the classic version, such a strip passes along the outer edge and repeats a light strip in the regrown nails. But unlike the natural version, the white lacquer of the service jacket always shows cleanliness and well-groomedness, and under it there is no visible dirt, which is inevitably clogged under the nails.
In this case, in light and gentle tones, such a manicure is not striking and stands in the same row with “natural” makeup. And this is the case when you can easily and harmoniously combine glossy and matte texture.
For a classic jacket, you will need two varnishes - pastel or transparent and white. You will also need special rounded strips, which are sold in any cosmetic store. Now you can find not only round, but also triangular, as well as straight - they will allow you to make quite an unusual geometric design in the modern style.
How to do?
First of all, make sure that your fingers look well-groomed enough. French - this is the option when the uneven edge of the nail plate or a rough cuticle will be very noticeable.
Make sure that everything is fine with them and apply a leveling base on the entire nail plate - a flat surface is also very important. If the base can not give the desired effect properly, you can use a special nail file or a manicure machine with a polishing attachment. If you plan to leave the main part of the nail plate transparent, you will definitely need this option.
Next, follow the steps in steps.
- After applying the base, take the adhesive strips and place them on the nails so that there is a distance between the strip and the edge of the nail plate. It needs to be painted over with white varnish.
- Then remove the strips, take a second varnish and gently paint over the rest of the nails.
- When the varnish is dry, nails can be decorated with drawings, strips of foil or other decorative elements to your taste. Drawings can be drawn by hand with varnish of a different color or use special stickers.
- In the end, use the top (top coat) - the matte version will look especially elegant.
Reverse jacket
If your nails are short, a classic jacket may not be very appropriate, but in this case you can do the opposite. To do this, white stripes are made along the edge of the cuticle, from the inside of the nail plate. You can already make a double version on the nails that have grown over the edge of the finger, when the strips are drawn on both sides.
It is even easier to make such a manicure than a classic jacket, since it will be usual and simple to paint the main part of the nail with the last step. And if you accidentally hit the strip, you can use foil stickers and cover up the mistake.
On short nails, you can also make a full contour with a contrast line, and then draw a pattern in the center with the same color - it will be very beautiful, unusual and stylish.Reverse french much less visually overload the nails, so it is easier to combine with various decorative elements - rhinestones, sequins, stickers, micro-beads, foil. You can also use lacquers with trendy effects, such as cat's eyes, spreading, metallic or craquelure.
Twist jacket
Twist-french is a version of manicure, when two colors are used for strips. At the same time their location is probably the most diverse. For example, it may just be two parallel lines of contrasting colors. It will be interesting to look, if at the same time some pattern or pattern is made on the main part of the nail with the outer strip. However, you should not overdo it either - this image should be as simple and sketchy as possible.
One of the trends is the division of one strip into two colors. That is, the band consists of two contrasting halves. Often they are made at an angle to each other and going to the side edges of the nail plate.
You can go the other way - to depict not two, but several standard stripes. If you make them very narrow, then this option will look good on short nails.
Other species
Drawing can be replaced with additional strips of foil stickers or make a line of glitter. You can stick them by making a strip along the central vertical of the nails. This option is a great manicure for a party.
The asymmetric design with a stripe beveled to one side looks original. In addition to it, you can make a small drawing in the same color in the remaining space. White graphics on the jacket always looks the most impressive, although it is not necessary to stick to the classics if a manicure is supposed for an informal celebration or a date.
But there is a case when it is better to get by without pictures - this is a french ombre. This technique is a smooth flow of shades of color from intense to transparent like watercolor and is done with a sponge or sponge. When such a transition is made with the use of white or light pastel lacquer from the outer edge, they say french-ombre.
This design in itself looks unusual and attracts attention in any setting, so additional elements may be superfluous, as they overload the nails. However, if you really want something besides ombra, you can only make it on separate nails, while others can decorate it with another version of the french.
Most importantly, do not forget that between them they must also be combined, otherwise your hands will look like a manicurist's portfolio, and not like a harmonious part of the image.
Even more ideas of gentle French manicure - in this video.
