How to do a French manicure: 4 ways

French manicure has been trending for more than one season. The reason for this is the technology available to beginners and versatility. A high-quality French jacket is relevant both for a special occasion and for office everyday life. French manicure with gel polish is not only beautiful, but also practical. The coating will last 2-3 weeks. Fashionable new items for 2020 offer different options for the French jacket, which we will get acquainted with.

French manicure

Required Tools

If you decide to do a French manicure with gel polish at home, you need to prepare everything you will need during the process. Searching for a tool you suddenly need distracts you from your work and affects the quality of your manicure.

Trend of the season

You will need:

• Basic manicure accessories - scissors, nail file, nippers, buff.
• Primer.
• Base coat for gel polish.
• Cuticle oil.
• Pink and white gel polish for a classic version, colored varnishes for a bright jacket.
• Top coating.
• Stencils for French manicure.
• Orange stick.
• Cotton buds.
• Nail polish remover.
• Additional decorative elements upon request.
• Lamp for coating polymerization.

High-quality French

Preparation

French manicure with gel polish looks perfect on well-groomed hands. Carelessness will ruin even the work of a first-class master from the salon. To make your nails look beautiful, you need to carry out preparatory procedures. It won't take much time, and the result will pleasantly surprise you.

• First of all, you need to remove the old coating, or its remnants.
• Get a European or cut manicure - determine the length of the nails, shape them with a file, remove the cuticle.
• It's time to take a bath with sea salt.
• Treat nails with a degreasing agent.
• Use a buff to buff the surface of the nail plate. Important! Grind strictly in the direction of nail growth, otherwise there is a risk of damaging the nail plate.

After the above procedures, do not wet your hands, do not use cream, balm, or oil. Try not to come into contact with foreign objects.

Manicure products

Classic French

1. Apply primer to polished and grease-free nails and wait until it evaporates from the surface.
2. Carefully apply the base coat and dry in a lamp. Drying time depends on the varnish and lamp power.
3. Apply pink or beige gel polish and dry your nails. If necessary, apply a second coat and dry.
4. Use white polish to draw a smile line on the regrown part of the nail plate. If you are not sure, you can use special stencils. If the varnish accidentally smears, it's okay. The defect can be corrected using a cotton swab.
5. Send your fingers under the lamp to dry again.
6. Apply top coat and dry.
7. Remove sticky layer.
8. Rub the oil into the cuticle, this will give your hands a well-groomed look and protect the skin from drying out.

Classic jacket with heart

Some craftsmen practice combining the main and white colors. Due to inexperience, the line where two varnishes meet will be very noticeable. You can disguise it with decorative elements. But first it’s better to get your hands on it using the method described above.

How to apply French gel polish on your legs?

In the summer, when open shoes are used, a beautifully designed French pedicure is especially appreciated. Gel polish is ideal for coloring toenails. It does not wear off and does not lose its shine from friction against the surface of the shoe, does not turn yellow or peel off from sea water and hot sand. Gel polish allows you to maintain a flawless pedicure for a long time.

Before you draw a French jacket on your legs, you need to think through the design and choose colors. You should not make an elongated oval smile shape on your toes. It is suitable for very large and elongated nail beds, which are extremely rare. The width of the white stripe should not be more than 1-3 mm, otherwise the French coat will look rough and unaesthetic.

It is not recommended to use clear gel polish for pedicures, as it does not correct the natural shade of the nail. The combination of natural color with white can aggravate the blue and yellow of the natural color.

1. Before applying gel polish, perform a trim pedicure. The cuticle can be removed with a special product and an orange stick. The nails are given the desired shape and filed. Use a file to remove the glossy shine from their surface. After removing dust, the plates are degreased with a preparatory agent.
2. Treated nails are covered with a base, evenly distributing it over the entire surface. The base layer is dried in a UV lamp for 30 seconds. After this, a colored coating is applied, painting the cut of the nail. It is polymerized for 2 minutes. Then apply another 1-2 layers of colored gel polish. The gel layers are dried for 2 minutes.
3. When the surface is dry, draw a white stripe. It can be applied according to the same pattern that is used for manicure. But it’s easier to paint the strip with the same type of strokes, moving from one edge of the nail to the other. To paint the nails of small fingers, it is more convenient to use a very thin brush. The white layer is dried in a UV lamp for 2 minutes. After applying the top layer, the gel polish is polymerized for 2 minutes. Then the nails are treated with a sticky layer remover and cuticle oil is applied.

Colored French

Fashion trends in 2020 offer a bold and bright option - a colored jacket. This manicure involves the use of two contrasting colors: red and blue, yellow and black, green and burgundy, etc. There are no clear rules or restrictions here. Girls who don’t want to stand out too much use transparent or nude varnish as a basis, and bright colors paint the smile line. Coloring all ends with different colors is encouraged.

Another fashionable option for a colored jacket is to coat it in one color with varnishes of different textures. The base is matte, and a glossy finish is used for the tip. Or vice versa.

Colored French

Girls with longer nails can allow a gradient transition of several colors to be made on the grown part of the nail. If desired, the joint line between the coatings is framed with a strip of gold or silver sparkles.

Drawings on one or more fingers, pebbles, stickers are also fashionable trends in French manicure not for the first time. The main thing is not to overdo it with decorative elements, otherwise it will look bad.

Delicate transparent manicure

The technique of colored French manicure is no different from classic manicure. You need to prepare the same set, do a trim or European manicure, and prepare your nails for applying gel polish. Important! If more than three colors are used, the manicure should be in harmony with clothing or accessories. The right time for a colored jacket is summer, when colorful dresses, blouses, and shorts are in style.

Perfect manicure

French manicure: video tutorials

Nail service professionals and representatives of cosmetics brands will tell you how to do a French manicure correctly and beautifully:

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French manicure with tape

French manicure with stencils of different shapes

French manicure with gel polish

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Reverse French

Fashion trends in French manicure suggest a departure from the classics. In the 2020 season, the so-called reverse French is relevant. The idea is that the smile line is formed at the base of the nail, along the cuticle line. The result is a mirror version of the classic French manicure. Stencils in the shape of a triangle or crescent will help you draw a line. Preparation is no different from the traditional version. You will need the same items and varnishes in the desired colors.

Gel polish base

Algorithm for performing reverse French:

• Apply primer to degreased and sanded nails.
• Cover your nails with base coat and dry.
• Apply varnish of the main color in one or two layers, dry each in a lamp.
• Using a brush or stencil, draw a “smile” along the cuticle. Its size is chosen at your discretion.
• After drying, if necessary, apply a second coat of smile and put your nails under the lamp.
• Apply top coat and let dry.
• Remove the sticky layer and treat the cuticle with oil.

UV lamp

Additional recommendations

To extend the life of your manicure, you need to follow simple recommendations:

• Don't skimp on tools and materials. High-quality manicure accessories will cost more, but will last longer and provide good results.
• It is better to purchase gel polish, base and top coat of the same brand.
• Each layer of coating must be applied to the end of the nail, sealing it. Then chips and cracks will appear much later.
• You need to dry the coating exactly as long as indicated in the instructions. Deviation in time, up or down, negatively affects the quality of the manicure.
• On the first day after a manicure, it is recommended to refrain from visiting the sauna, swimming pool, or taking a bath.
• You should wear gloves when washing dishes and doing other housework. You will extend the life of your manicure and protect your hands from the harmful effects of household chemicals.

As you can see, you can get a French haircut without going to the salon. French manicure on nails with gel polish looks elegant and stylish at any age. The main thing is not to rush and choose quality materials. There is no need to stop at the classic pink version, it's time to experiment and play with colors.

Types of such manicure

There are several varieties of this option for coating nails with varnish. Many people are interested in the question of what a French manicure is, because this type of decoration is by far the most common. If during the process you follow all the principles of French manicure, then it becomes possible to achieve amazing:

• patterns;
• design;
• registration

Today there are many types of French. One of them is a classic French manicure. It looks beautiful on both long and short nails. In this case, the main coating is beige, and the tip is painted white. To create a colored French French manicure, varnishes that differ from beige and white are used.

There are other types of French manicure:

• Lunar. It is represented by a smile at the base of the nail.
• Matte. It is created by exposing ready-made French gloss to steam or covering it with a pale varnish.
• Fan. In this technique, fashionable elements are placed at the end of the plate; these can be rhinestones, or a lace pattern is made.
• Millennium. This colorful manicure uses glitter polish, which is mainly applied to the tip of the plate or glitter.
• Art. It is decorated with all sorts of beautiful picturesque patterns and designs.

In the process of creating a French chevron manicure, a sharp angle is drawn in the middle of the smile. There is also a gradient jacket, which is also called ombre. This option presents a smooth transition from one color, and not as sharp as in the classic type of manicure.