Classic French manicure is a pink shade of the nail surface and a neatly drawn smile line at the tip. If you are not using a camouflage tone, then be prepared that after three or four days the nail will begin to grow back and the crescent will move.

Although this uncomplicated masterpiece was called a jacket, the origins, oddly enough, have American roots. Smile nail design appeared in Hollywood in 1976. And it is not surprising, because the actors change their images in one day, and the manicure rarely harmonizes with the general appearance. Because of this, we decided to create a universal design called a jacket.

How to do a French manicure at home

With the help of simple manipulations fashion manicure not difficult to do at home. We will tell you about each method in more detail.

To make a smile even on the left hand, cut off the pile on the brush with a crescent; similar tools have already appeared in stores. When drawing a jacket, do not worry about straight lines. With a brush and nail polish remover, imperfections are easy to erase.

Tools:

  • Basic coverage ( Matt lacquer shade of pastel);
  • Color at the tip of the nail (white);
  • Topcoat - topcoat fixing colorless varnish;
  • Special strips - stickers.

Step-by-step instruction:

Step 1: The first step is to prepare the nails. This stage includes light procedures that are familiar to every girl. Use a nail file or home hardware to shape your nails and steam your hands in a 20-minute warm soak to gently remove cuticles.
Step 2: It's time to apply the base coat, wait until it dries completely. Now we glue special strips of stickers to create an even French manicure. We paint over the tip of the nail, if necessary, apply the varnish a second time.
Step 3: Wait until it is completely dry, remove the strips. French manicure at home is ready.

Types of French manicure

If you are not afraid of bold decisions, we recommend trying a red jacket, the fiery shades of which can accentuate your fatal beauty. By the way, it will not be superfluous to combine such a chic trend with a formal suit and red lipstick. But remember, the red art has to be done very carefully. Pay attention to the samples shown in the photos.





French manicure ideas with a pattern

Have you decided to make an unusual drawing at home? Keep in mind that additional skills are not required, a prerequisite is the presence of auxiliary tools. After all beautiful manicure will work even with a minimum of effort. For example, stick a sticker and draw a smile, and use a stencil to add a picture.

Even the classic home version of the manicure looks irresistible. Therefore, be sure to pamper yourself and complement the look with a fashionable French-style nail design. Fortunately, new ideas replenish the piggy bank from season to season on an ongoing basis.

If you think the classics are too boring, learn how to make a colored French manicure with a pattern. But keep in mind that you will have to carefully draw the desired images, although it is not forbidden to use ready-made stencils, stickers and other auxiliary equipment (for example, Konad will facilitate this task).

Every girl is simply obliged to master French manicure at home, at first it is better to use ready-made stickers or decor. And then move on to the difficult options, drawing with acrylic paints.

Decor on a jacket with acrylic-based paint is performed after positioning a smile on a camouflage coating. Preliminary preparation of the palette and water for washing brushes will be required. You need to start with painting, peas, butterflies or simple patterns.
See the photo gallery for the latest fashion designs. In the same way, use varnishes instead of paint.



Another trend is black or dark camouflage, a smile in color. And then crystals, stones or sparkles are glued, which changes the final appearance at the roots.

Unusual French manicure with rhinestones, boutonnieres and sequins is easy to implement using an already drawn jacket. First, apply the matte shade plus the strip on the tip, but in addition, decorate the smile area with sequins. Don't forget to pin the design. To make the process easier, use varnishes with massive glitters.

We suggest trying a multicolored French manicure for short nails.


Step-by-step photo of French manicure for short nails:

Every year the jacket is replenished with new design ideas. In addition to the usual option, there is also the opposite, for example, a white hole, not a smile. In this case, the nail can be either long or short. It is as popular as the classic one. Such a design is acceptable to wear in winter, spring and summer, when the play on contrasts is most appropriate. To make a colored French manicure yourself at home will take as much time as you would spend on creating a classic one.

Execution options are very different, it all depends on your own preferences. You can use the color only for a smile, and leave the rest of the surface in a transparent - matte tone, but you can choose more bright colours varnish. A step-by-step master class will greatly facilitate the assimilation of information for beginners.


Looking for something new? Meet sideway french - stylish manicure... It is very easy to make it at home, even for beginners, you just need to choose the most matching colors. This design differs from the classic version only in the location of the strip. The so-called smile is on the side nail plate.

Step-by-step instruction:

  1. Start by applying a base. You can skip this step.
  2. Then, on the side, in the direction from the cuticle to the tip of the nail, draw thin line... Wait until dry.
  3. Fill in the remaining space with another shade.
  4. Secure the trendy French manicure with a top coat.


Step-by-step video

French manicure without stripes

Of course, if you think that you can do without auxiliary equipment, try to do a manicure without stripes. But this path requires certain skills and the ability to execute clear lines. We need the same set as in the previous paragraph (or any colors to choose from), but we are already excluding stickers.

  1. After the marigolds are covered with a base coat, wait until everything dries well.
  2. Using a thin brush, gently paint a smile on the tip of the nail. Or first, place a line along the edge, and cover the border, for example, with gold decor.
  3. You can go the other way and apply a crescent moon, and then touch it up with a brush dipped in nail polish remover. These manipulations are also easily carried out with the gel, which means that the design will last up to two weeks.
  4. Secure the beautiful manicure with a finishing coat.

Have you decided to get a beautiful and neat manicure? Then pay attention to French manicure at home. This design will suit any look and event.

French types:

  • Classic (light pink or beige varnish is applied to the nail plate and the tip of the nail is painted over with a white strip). It looks very stylish and natural.
  • Fan French (looks harmonious on long nails). The edge of the nail is decorated with beads, acrylic, lace, foil or rhinestones. In this case, the smile line can be of various shapes: diagonally, zigzag, corner, etc. Very original version for a brave girl.
  • French millennium (decorative sand, sparkles or other small shiny objects are applied to the nails). You need to paint over tightly so that the marigold does not shine through.

  • Colored / twist french (2 types of varnish are used for manicure, mainly in contrasting shades). They cover the nail with one shade, its edge with another. Popular shades: lilac + silver, blue / purple + gold, red + green, white + black.
  • Art french (the tips of the nails are decorated with an original pattern / pattern, which is made using stencils). You can add a brush to various ornaments (polka dots, stripes, lines, etc.) This idea of ​​a jacket with a pattern looks very stylish and unusual!
  • The most beautiful French manicure is moon manicure (the second name is "reverse jacket"). At the base of the nail, apply a thin line with a crescent with varnish.

How to do a French manicure at home?

Devices for work:

  • a special set of varnishes for a jacket (pastel colors: soft beige or pink)
  • stencils (sold with a set for a jacket). You can take a regular tape or a brush and paint yourself (we will talk about this method later).
  • clear lacquer for base coat
  • fixer varnish
  • nail file
  • cuticle stick (orange)
  • special liquid or oil for softening the cuticle
  • nail tweezers
Step-by-step instruction

Step 1 To begin with, we make a hand bath. We degrease the nail plate with liquid and put it in a bowl with water + sea salt (optional + essential oil). After - wipe it thoroughly with a towel.

Step 2 Then we apply a special softening liquid to the cuticle.

  • after 3 minutes, carefully treat the cuticle with an orange stick
  • we remove burrs with tweezers (before work, we must treat the devices with an alcohol solution)
  • then we take a nail file and give the necessary shape. After - we cover the nails with base varnish (do not skip this stage: the manicure will last you longer and the nails will not turn yellow)

Step 4 We paint the edges with white varnish twice. Do everything carefully so that no varnish gets under the stencil.

Step 5 When everything dries up, remove the stickers.

Step 6 We cover the nails with natural varnish (peach, light pink, etc.). You decide!

Step 7 When the varnish is completely dry, fix the result with a fixative varnish (gives the manicure a “glossy” shine ”). We decided to add some "flair" to the design, then look at a few. If in the process your varnish has gone beyond the "boundaries" or has spread - do not worry: take a cotton swab, dip it into the liquid and treat everything beautifully.

How to do a French manicure at home without stripes

It may seem to you that it is very difficult to make a jacket without a stencil and there may be irregularities in the manicure. But this is not the case. We will now tell you in detail how to make a French manicure without stripes. The tools for work are identical to the previous version, except for stencils.

Step 1 As usual, we make a bath for the pens, process the cuticle and cut off the burrs. Then we give the nails the required shape.

Step 2 Take white pencil(special for a jacket) and draw a line from the inside of the nail (this will make the jacket look more expressive).

Step 4 When everything is dry, apply white stripes. There are 3 options for how you can do a French manicure without stripes:

  • through dedicated fine brush draw a line along the contour of the grown edge of the nail and paint over the resulting area with varnish.

  • with a brush from white varnish, we begin to drive along the nail, while the brush remains in its initial position, and the finger itself moves. It turns out that the brush, while remaining motionless, draws a rounded shape with the help of a finger movement. Note: Make sure there are no lumps or drips on the polish brush. Small irregularities will then get better with transparent varnish.

  • draw white stripes with a varnish brush, then take a cotton swab soaked in liquid, and correct everything by drawing a semicircle.

Step 5 When the white stripes are dry, apply a pastel-colored varnish (pink, peach, colorless, etc.).

Step 6 After hardening, apply a layer of fixer varnish to the surface. Thanks to the last step, all minor irregularities will get better, and the manicure will last longer.

How to make a French manicure at home with scotch tape?
  • Step 1 To begin with, we carry out the nails in order (bath, file, remove burrs, etc.)
  • Step 2 We cover with varnish (transparent) and wait until they dry.
  • Step 3 Then we take the scotch tape, cut out the shape of a semicircle and stick it on the nail plate.
  • Step 4 We paint over the resulting area with white varnish

  • Step 5 When the white stripes are dry, carefully remove the tape and apply varnish (optional: beige, light pink, etc.)
  • Step 6 The final stage. Apply a fixative varnish to the dried nails. All is ready!

Take note: 1) if the nails are short, then the edging with white varnish must be made too thin to visually lengthen the nails; 2) to make the manicure look more neat and beautiful, use a special white pencil or crayon for a jacket (they tint the inner side of the nail plate with it).

If you give your preference to practicality and always want to stand out with an elegant appearance, then the choice of manicure will most likely be made in favor of the invariable classic of manicure, namely French. Speaking about who would fit this design, it is impossible to define any framework, because it is he who always turns out to be "in place" whether it is daily work in the office or some festive event. He was especially fond of brides.

What is French manicure

First of all, it is a versatile design option that looks amazing on nails of any length. It creates a complete look and is suitable for the fair sex with any type of appearance, in addition, thanks to it, your hands will always look well-groomed.

All the attention in this technique is given to the tip of the finger, in contrast to its mirrored brother moon manicure. The edge of the nail plate in French design is usually highlighted with a snow-white color of gel polish. If you are interested in non-standard solutions, then the edge can be highlighted in any desired color.

Sometimes even masters combine several at once and draw them in separate clear lines. As for the main color of the nail, it is most correct to pay attention to pastel shades or delicate translucent tones, which will look perfect in contrast with a colored smile at the tip.

Why is it better to do a French manicure using gel polish

With the advent of gel design, women's lives have become much easier. Its main plus is its practicality, because the average period of wearing such marigolds is at least two weeks. As for the gel polish when performing work on a French manicure, then of course you will spend a little more time on work, about two hours. But, at the same time, you will reduce the time for daily correction of cracked varnish. Gel varnishes of light shades have their own specifics when wearing:

  • Firstly, because of their consistency, they are not uniform and lie unevenly;
  • Secondly, they crack and this is very noticeable in light shades.

The duration of socks of this design varies from two weeks to a month, and plus the fact that with the regrowth of nails it is not noticeable. But, if you compare gels with ordinary varnishes then the advantage in socks becomes apparent.

Essential tools for a French manicure

Due to the fact that the smile of the main pattern in a jacket should be clearly delineated and, most importantly, neatly, you will need a little more material than during normal work with gel polishes.

Let's list all the necessary materials again:

  • UV lamp;
  • Manicure set;
  • Buff;
  • Primer or degreaser;
  • Base and top coat;
  • Pastel gel polish (transparent is also suitable);
  • Contrasting color of the gel, for drawing a smile (in the classic version of the jacket, give your preference to the snow-white one);
  • Orange stick;
  • Lint-free napkins;
  • Nail polish remover;
  • French stencils;
  • Thin pattern brush.

All these simple tools you can buy in specialty stores for nail industry professionals.

Step-by-step instructions for performing French manicure with gel polish

First, be sure to prepare your nails for the job ahead. To do this, carefully treat your nails and remove the cuticles. During the preparation stage, do not forget to shape the nails into the desired shape and remove the dead skin particles around nail bed... After this stage in the work is completed, we proceed directly to the design of the design:

1. Align the nail plate with a buff and treat it with a degreasing agent;

2. Now apply a layer of base coat and cure it in a lamp;

3. Cover the nail with the base color and cure it in the lamp as well. You may need more than one application, each of which must be dried in turn;

4. Draw a smile line using a stencil or a thin brush, then making sure that they are even, dry them in an ultraviolet lamp;

5. Apply top coat and dry nails for a few more minutes;

6. Now it remains for us to remove the sticky layer using nail polish remover and without a napkin;

7. All your French manicure is ready.

As you can see, the work is not difficult and a girl can handle it even without special professional training. The difficulty that can arise when applying the gel to the right hand or left, depends on what kind of presenter you have. You will have to tinker with it a little longer, but with careful and careful work, you will succeed.

What gel polish to choose for a jacket.

The basic rule when choosing a material for work is, of course, its quality. As for your choice when choosing a colored gel polish for French manicure, in fact, like for any other design, pay attention to the following:

  • A dense and rich color that fits well in a maximum of two layers. Otherwise, when performing work, you may have bald spots and an uneven shade;
  • Gel polish should not be very liquid, but thick also will not work. As a rule, they lie in several layers and cause pigmentation. And also, the nails under such a gel will form a tubercle and will soon cause detachment.

Most the best way for the substrate of the nail, choose a gel polish of a delicate shade that is most suitable for your natural color nail plate.

Many masters use gel paint or ordinary acrylic paint to draw a smile. Since, its shade is much brighter than ordinary gel and lends itself better to work, laying down in a thin and even layer.

Which brush to choose for a French manicure

So, we have already found out that it will not be difficult to work with this design. However, this requires accuracy and perseverance. Of course, you can use a stencil, but the masters highlight their impracticality and the fact that it is not always possible to get the desired shape of a smile. This is where the design brush comes in to help you.

French manicure is today considered one of the classic types of design. Due to its versatility, it will always stay on the crest of the wave. Therefore, those who are not yet familiar with the implementation of this design using modern coatings should familiarize themselves with the features of the design itself and study the step-by-step technique for its implementation.

Peculiarities

French, French manicure or french design- all these are the names of a single type of nail design. It appeared not in France, but in America; today the technology has already turned 40 years old. The idea of ​​its creation was born due to the lack of time for painting the nails of actresses. That is why there was a need for a design that would fit any image, which was created by the founder of the Orly Trading House.

The classic version of the jacket has a flesh background and a white smile, which is used to form part of the grown nail.

Today, this trend is quite relevant in situations of a strict dress code. The jacket itself has long gone beyond the classics: in the center of attention fashion trends color solutions, as well as decorating nails with a smile. The smile shape of traditional French manicure can be different.

It depends both on the characteristics of the nail plate and on the shape of the cut of the regrown edge. The width of the contrast stripe may vary, sometimes it is very thin, in other cases it is completely diagonal. For example, at the nails almond-shaped the smile is wider in comparison with the oval-shaped marigolds. And also today a smile can be fancy, which opens up a lot of opportunities for creating thematic and seasonal designs.

An inverted jacket differs from the usual one in that, in fact, it is a mirror image of it. That is, his smile is located at the base of the nail bed. Such a manicure is considered one of the most popular today. It is used by beauty bloggers and celebrities.

The shape of such a smile can be very diverse. For example, in addition to the hole and imitation of the growth of the nail plate, it can be diagonal, triangular, semicircular and made as a contour stroke. One of the features of the modern jacket is its combination with all well-known manicure techniques. Moreover, it can be the basis or its accents. Plates with a contrasting smile can be decorated with different nail materials.

Ways of applying a "smile"

A smile can be made different ways... Beginners who are just starting to master working with gel polish should take into account the fact that due to the peculiarity of the composition, you can work without haste. Hybrid coatings, which are used today for French manicure, do not dry without a special lamp. Therefore, you can safely design and adjust it before drying in a UV or LED device. As for the methods of applying the so-called smile, they depend on the design. In general, for beginners, the option using auxiliary strips or foil tape is better suited. Basic nuances different options can be conditionally divided into traditional (brush and stripes) and fancy (stamps, dots, stickers, fimo).

Brush

Using manicure brushes to shape a French smile can be difficult for beginners. It is difficult to draw the lines equally evenly on all fingers to make the design look professional. Of course, you can contrive and resort to fantasy drawings, but if you do not have drawing skills, such a manicure will not look beautiful. To learn how to draw the necessary lines, and even more so by drawing to yourself, you should train on special stencils.

Stencils

French stencils mean special strips different shapes and width. Depending on the client's desire, you can use both traditional arched elements, and corners, waves, zigzags, hearts. However, stencils do not simplify the work 100%, as novice craftsmen might mistakenly think. Along with them, when separated from the base, part of the varnish with which they created a smile can also come off. And this means that you cannot do without a brush, because you have to correct the lines.

Dots

Sets of sticks with different attachments allow you to create one of the most popular French designs today. At the ends of the tools there are metal balls that are dipped in gel polish, and then put dots on the nail plate in the right places. It is easy to work with such a tool, but at least without minimal training it will not work to make a beautiful smile. In addition to the fact that you need to clearly set dots in the selected shape, which should be ideally the same on other French nails, you need to make dots of different sizes.

Stamping

This method is easy, because working with stamps that have an engraved pattern will be perfect the first time. Stamping is distinguished by the accuracy of the lines, for which this type of design is chosen by the masters of the nail service. Like the previous version, this type of smile turns out to be fantasy. It is also applied to accent nails of manicure.

Slider design

Another solution to overcome the lack of experience in nail art is island or application sliders. Water-based stickers on a transparent basis are easy to use, such a jacket looks incredibly delicate and beautiful. It doesn't take as much time to create the desired design as the tedious alignment of smile lines.

Fimo

This material is used for a creative jacket. Such a decor is a variety of elements, cut into a thin layer of oblong sticks. These are a variety of stars, fruits, berries, which are simply glued in the area of ​​overgrown nail plates. The decor is voluminous, and therefore such a manicure cannot be called comfortable in everyday life. However, fimo can be used in aqua design by sealing on top with several coats of modeling agent.

Required tools and materials

Depending on the variant taken as a basis, the type of tools and the raw materials used for the design may differ. Let's take a traditional technique as a basis, from which in the future it will be possible to build on and improve the design with various decor. It is also important to first decide on the type of manicure, because it can be conventional or hardware.

As for working with the device, this method is more convenient and less traumatic for the nails and the skin around them. If there is no apparatus at home, and a woman is just beginning to get acquainted with nail art, you can use a basic set for manicure: nail scissors, nail file, pusher, tweezers.

You will also need to work:

  • rubber hoof;
  • napkins for manicure;
  • dehydrator;
  • soft polisher (buff);
  • drying lamp for nails of the required power;
  • base material;
  • finishing agent;
  • pigmented background varnish;
  • contrasting pigment for a smile.

If you plan to perform a design on accent nails, prepare the decor conceived by the design. When a dots is needed for decoration, but it is not there, you can use an ordinary wooden toothpick.

Preparation of nails and cuticles

Before starting preparation, the nails are treated with an antiseptic. After that, with a file, give the free edge of the nail plates the desired shape. At the same time, back and forth movement is strictly not allowed: all conditions are created for crumbling and further injury to the nails. In addition, two different directions files can cause manicure detachment.

After that, a special cuticle remover is applied to the side rollers and cuticle. It will help soften the skin and prepare it for faster and more painless removal. After the product is applied to all 5 nails, the time comes for the most pleasant step in a hygienic manicure. The hand is dipped into a bath with warm water (the water temperature should be at least 30–34 ° C). The hand should be in the water for about 3-4 minutes. After the required time has elapsed, they wipe the fingers and proceed to the manicure. Using a pusher spatula, the cuticles and skin are pushed back on the sides. In this case, you should not press on the instrument too hard, so as not to injure either the skin or the nail.

Next, they take tweezers or scabbard and cut off all excess and keratinized around the nail plate. It is important to keep the tool at the same angle and make sure that the cut is not intermittent. If everything is done correctly, then you can prevent the appearance of burrs in the future. After you walk with tweezers, you should take a pusher or an orange stick and clean out the pterygium. Before this, the stick must be soaked in water. You need to carefully walk along the contour of the nail when cleaning the pterygium. This stage will allow you to assess the quality of the work performed by the tweezers: to understand how well you cleaned the excess skin. If, when passing along the contour with an orange stick, skin remains are found, take the scalp and clean up what was not cut off immediately.

The procedure is performed on each nail. After that, a special cuticle oil is applied to the skin treatment sites. It is at this stage that the edged manicure ends.

In order not to injure the skin, you can take note of a few tips from the masters in the field of nail service. For example, trauma to the skin can be attributed to improper movements of the scalp or nail scissors. You cannot do it in jerks, and even raise the tool up. The cuticle should be removed with movements in the course of cutting the skin.

In order to minimize the risk of injury to the skin at this stage and not cut off the excess, you need to slightly pull the skin at the cut. So it will be visible where the cut ends, and the base line will not be torn. We must not forget that before trimming with the larger side of the pusher, the skin at the base of the nail is pushed back and only then is it lifted. As for the pterygium, it can also be cut with the sharp edge of the pusher. In this case, you do not need to deepen the tool too far under the nail. Injured skin around the nail will ruin appearance manicure, and at the same time the mood. In addition, nails that have undergone such stress will hurt for a long time. You can start further work with nails only immediately before painting them.

Step-by-step execution technique

To get a high-quality coating, you need to choose sharp and comfortable tools. It is important not to forget to disinfect them. With the correct implementation of all stages, the French manicure on the nails will last for at least two weeks. Insufficient drying of each layer can be one of the main reasons for its fragility. It is not worth reducing the time of general work at the expense of it, because as a result, the coating may begin to chip off in a couple of days. Better, on the contrary, to add time for the last (sealing) layer.

It is not difficult to do French manicure on prepared nails.

Whether in the salon or at home, the technology will be the same. It is not always convenient to do a manicure for yourself, and therefore it may require more time. If you do not have enough information, you can refer to the video tutorials of professional nail service masters. In the lessons, many professionals show the ideal execution technique step by step, teach how to perform it step by step correctly.

To work closer, move the top, base, pigments, a thin brush, if necessary, stencils and a lamp. You need to start with the preparation of the nail.

  • Strengthening and removing gloss. At this stage, you need to remove the upper glossy layer from the nail plates. This is necessary so that all layers applied in the future are held firmly and securely. The durability of the manicure will first of all depend on this. Take a buff (soft rectangular grinder with fine grain) and remove the gloss with light movements. Then a dehydrator is used, degreasing the working layer and removing sawdust residues. Now you can start decorative manicure or strengthen your nails. The strengthening process is necessary for thin and fragile marigolds. In addition, it will be useful for nail plates, which rarely rest between manicure.

  • Basic coverage. After removing residual sawdust and oiliness, degreasing the surface of the nails, a layer of base material with a transparent texture is applied to them. This material should be applied in a very thin layer, because the accuracy of the work will depend on this (a dense layer of the product will flow over the cuticle and side rollers). The base is dried in a lamp, the drying time depends on the type of device (from 30 seconds to two minutes). It is important to consider that each applied layer will have to dry when working with gel polish. And each layer needs to be passed along the end of the nail, because the durability of the coating will depend on this. The base may remain sticky after drying, so you should try to avoid accidental touching.

  • Background. At traditional technique after the base layer, a camouflage gel polish is taken with the maximum hitting the skin tone. The pigment is applied in two layers, each of which is dried in a lamp. To prevent the composition from flowing outside the skin and spreading evenly over the surface of the nail plate, you need to take a little pigment. At the same time, it is undesirable to send the coating to drying immediately after application: you need to give the varnish the opportunity to distribute over the plate, get rid of the stripes. Since it is rare for novice masters to get neatly to the base of the nail, after the first layer of pigment has dried, they take a thin brush and paint on the edge at the base of the nail with it. This will exclude varnish flowing, and will also allow you to trim the pigmented layer, thereby giving aesthetics to the coating. After working with a brush, continue painting the nail with a second layer of pigment. The varnish is dried in a lamp.

  • Smile. A smile, which will give the jacket status, is best applied with a special acrylic paint or gel. To do this, you can use a gel polish contrasting to the main background. It will be easier for beginners to use templates: depending on the type of stencil, this can be quick and easy. But if the stencil is attached unevenly, the smile will also be uneven. If there is no fear of hand-drawing, take a brush and first draw a thin line with white paint along the contour of the edge of the nail plate. Even a professional's hand can sometimes tremble, which will lead to the formation of a defect. In this case, you can use special means by dipping a brush into it to correct the line. If the work is slow, the drawn line may spread slightly.

To prevent this, you can remove the residual stickiness after drying the background gel polish. Now you can safely draw the desired line, trimming its width. So you don't have to worry that the material will flow and the line will spread out in width. To achieve better precision in work, it is worth drying two nails in a lamp: the smile will definitely not spread.

  • Sealing. After the smile is dried in the lamp, it is necessary to seal it. For this, a thin layer of top is applied. The self-leveling material evens out the background coating with a smile, making the step near the smile line invisible. However, if the smile initially turned out to be too thick, you need to use the buff, carefully trimming the smile line in a delicate way. After that, you can apply another layer of top on top. Final drying will be the last step of the job.

  • Decorating. Having understood what the method of performing a French manicure is, you can diversify it by leaving one or two nails for the design. You can not make a smile on them, but instead place a sticker on the accent, transfer the pattern using disposable stencils. The design with a picture will also look beautiful. You can paint anything on such nails: you can even decorate a French manicure with a seasonal pattern. This trend is quite popular today.

Do not cover your smile on top with glitter varnish. From this, a clear contour is erased, the coating may lose its expressiveness. As for mother-of-pearl, rubbing will look more weightless on the background of the jacket. It is applied before sealing, and a smile is made on top of it. A jacket with pearl dust looks especially delicate, today it is considered the best material to create a special background coating effect.

You can quickly and easily decorate French manicure with stickers or the so-called slider design. To do this, after applying the base material and pigment with their mandatory drying, another thin layer of the base is applied to the accent nail. The application picture is placed on a wet napkin, wait 30 seconds, then remove it from the paper backing, apply to the nail on a layer of undried base. The slider is leveled, then dried, reinforced with a base and sealed with a layer of top.

How do I use the strips?

French stencils and strips can be used in different ways today. They are glued, retreating from the edge of the required distance. It is not necessary to press the template into the freshly applied and dried coating. Immediately after covering the prepared area, the strip or stencil is removed, since this cannot be done after drying.

Sold strips in ready-made sets, as well as rolls. Roll options give only a straight edge, which is far from always convenient due to the peculiarities of the nail plates. The sets are variable in shape and are convenient to work with. Beginners can be advised to use, in addition to the strips, a special silicone agent that protects the skin around the nails from polish. Anything that gets on the film can be removed, thereby increasing the accuracy of the work.

How to make a French manicure with gel polish, see the video below.

French manicure, due to its simplicity and unpretentiousness, is one of the most popular works of nail art; In this article, we will look at how to do a French manicure at home.

This is a manicure suitable for almost any type of clothing and any event. Despite the name, this type of manicure appeared in Hollywood, since it was he who ideally suited almost all the costumes of the actresses of the "star factory".

What are its advantages

The main advantage of the jacket is its versatility. It suits any life situation and is appropriate for any outfit or make-up.

In addition, the benefits include the following:

  • it can be used not only for natural, but also for extended or artificial nails;
  • with a jacket, the shape of the tip of the nail can be almost any - from round to square;
  • this type of manicure can be used to mask imperfections and defects in the nail plates;
  • one of the few manicures suitable for men; it is only necessary to almost completely remove the free tip of the nail plate;
  • gives many opportunities for the manifestation of imagination and design ideas;
  • one of the longest-lasting manicures - external factors practically do not affect it;
  • which has already become a classic, the jacket is always in fashion.

What tools will be needed

This manicure does not require any special tools. Everything you need is in any unassuming manicure set:

  • pliers with triangular tips for deburring;
  • two nail files: medium and soft;
  • cuticle remover and emollient oil;
  • optional - a stick with an oblique cut.

The set of tools may vary depending on how the preparation for the manicure will be approached.

Everything here is purely individual and depends on your own desires and the state of the nails. Someone prefers to remove the cuticle mechanically, someone using special chemicals. In some cases, the cuticle simply pulls back.

How to do a French manicure at home correctly (at home)

At its core, a jacket is a painting of the outer edge of the nail in some color. The classic is the option in which white paint is used.

A type of jacket is moon manicure- when it is not the edge of the nail that stands out, but its base. The border of paint application with a regular jacket is most often determined by the so-called "smile line".

The smile line of the nail delimits its color - this is the place where the nail turns from flesh to white. Paint with a jacket is applied in such a way as to exactly repeat the "smile line".

In cases where you need to make a jacket below this level, you should cover the nail with flesh varnish to hide the "smile line". A similar procedure is applied to artificial nails.

First, you need to put your nails in order and pretreat them. Any manicure on unkempt nails will look, to put it mildly, not very aesthetically pleasing.

Step by step instructions in the photo

The first step is to remove the old nail polish with nail polish remover and give the nail the desired shape. The shape and length of all nails should be the same as possible.

Photo: nails of the same shape with the varnish removed

Next, you need to make a nail bath. For this, a shallow bowl is taken into which hot water is poured. You need to add sea salt to the water (1 teaspoon), about 1 g liquid soap and a few drops of essential oil.

Nails need to be steamed a little in this bath; time - no more than 5 minutes.

Photo: steam nails in a bath

After steaming, hands should be thoroughly washed to remove all dirt. If necessary, you can use a small brush.

The next step is to remove or push back the cuticle. This question is purely individual. Everyone has their own approach to this procedure. In the simplest case, it is enough to push back the cuticle with a wooden stick with an oblique cut.

Photo: pushing back the cuticle

Next, the hardened skin around the nail is removed. It should already be soft after steaming and there should be no problems with its removal; cut off the skin with triangular nail clippers. If necessary, you can cut off the cuticles with the help of nail scissors.

Many people use special fluids called removers. Such fluids exist for both the skin and the cuticle.

Photo: removal of hardened skin

After that, the final cleaning of the nail plate and the removal of the cuticle remnants adhered to the nail is performed.

When the preliminary preparation of the nail is completed, you can proceed directly to the application of the manicure. For good adhesion of the varnish on the nail, so that it lasts longer, you need to process the nail with a medium or soft nail file.

In this case, you should not be too zealous - only the shiny layer is removed so that the nails become matte. At the same time, their surface will acquire sufficient roughness for good adhesion to the varnish.

There is no need to polish the nail to a shine. There are two main ways to apply a jacket:

  1. Contrasting. With it, paint is applied to the nail, after which stripes are drawn, and the nail is covered with transparent varnish.
  2. Muted. First, a transparent base is applied to the nail, then the strips and the nail are covered with a translucent colored varnish.

Actually, in terms of technique, both options are almost the same. Apply only different compositions varnishes. Therefore, for example, consider the application in the case of using a contrasting jacket.

One layer of nude (pink, beige, etc.) varnish is applied to each nail. Wait until the varnish is completely dry. If there is any doubt about the uniformity of the application, a second layer is applied.

Photo: applying the first coat of varnish

After that, you need to stick the strips on the nail. They should be glued tightly, evenly and evenly on each nail. Identity lies in the fact that each nail has the same distance t of the strip to the edge and the shape of the bend.

The width of the stripes should not be too large, so as not to artificially "shorten" the nail visually.

After that, the tips of the nails are painted with white varnish. The stripes can only be removed after the white varnish has completely dried. Irregularities should be carefully corrected.

Photo: applying white stripes to the edge of the nail

After that, the nails are covered with transparent varnish. At the same time, it is imperative to varnish the end of the nail, which will not only smooth out the irregularities, but also save the manicure for a longer time.

Photo: applying clear varnish

How to do without using strips

The application of paint to the edge of the nail can be done without using stencil strips. This will require additional tool in the form of a thin brush for manicure.

First, you need to apply varnish with a regular brush to the edge of the nail, and this should be done in two stages - from the edges of the claw to its center. At the same time, you need to apply the paint in such a way that it does not slightly reach the level of "smile".

Video: how to do a French manicure at home

Further correction of the painting is reduced to the fact that with the help of a thin brush, the white paint is painted to the level of the "smile line".

You can also use more by simple means to correct this line: from a cotton swab with acetone to a regular napkin.

How to paint on your ring finger

The classic jacket is self-sufficient, however, to complete the image, it is sometimes recommended to apply some simple pattern on one nail.

You can also use color compositions, however, the brightness of the colors should not stand out too much. The drawing is applied with a thin manicure brush.

If you have little experience in applying manicure, then the following tips will help you to make a jacket at home with better quality:

  1. If you are applying paint to the outer border of the nail without a stencil, draw a line under the edge of the nail with a white pencil. This will help to more accurately highlight the "smile border".
  2. Use correction tools more often (from simple cotton swabs with nail polish remover to special spatulas).
  3. Always apply varnish in layers with each layer completely dry.
  4. Use a fixing varnish - it will speed up drying.
  5. If you are making a jacket for short nails, you should not increase the width of the strip too much, as it will visually significantly "shorten" the nail.

If you do to yourself

French is a fairly simple manicure to implement. As a rule, the main problem in doing it to yourself is the irregularities in the selection of the "smile line", especially on the right hand.

The following technique is recommended to solve this problem - when painting the outer edge of the nail on the right hand, you should not move the brush, but, holding it tightly with your left hand, move the nail under the brush.

Since most people right hand works more accurately than the left one, a similar technique allows you to get fewer mistakes when painting.

The application of the base and varnish coating, as a rule, is not a problem.

French manicure is a great example of the fact that beauty does not always require significant effort.

His minimalism is a living embodiment of the phrase that "simplicity is the basis of beauty." Using the described technique, you can always make a stylish manicure with a minimum of time and money.