Types of French manicure
There are several types of French manicure:
- A classic French manicure;
- French-millennium;
- Colored jacket;
- Custom jacket;
- Stylized jacket;
- French twist;
- Lunar jacket.
When you create a classic French manicure nail edge painted in white. To use the classic tunic white lacquer or whitening pencil. French-millennium - it is shiny and fun. This type of manicure involves coating the tip of the nail glitter, nail polish with sparkles or microdust. Tunic color feature is that the tip of nail polish is applied in any color. The brighter the better. Furthermore, this type of coating allows a French manicure nail or the whole part of a picture.
Custom jacket implies a non-standard shape of the tip of the nail. This can be a crescent moon, triangle, wavy line or something else. The main thing is that the tip of the nail was painted a different color, and what it will form depends on your imagination. For stylized tunic require special materials - foil, crystals, dried flowers and all that is possible to decorate the nail tip.
To decorate do not interfere in daily activities, their "sealed" into the varnish or gel.
French twist involves applying to the end of the nail two or more colors. Lunar jacket offers to allocate at the tip of the nail, and its base.
How to Make a French manicure at home?
House classic French manicure can be done using stencils or "by hand".
In the first case, you must pre-purchase white lacquer and varnish natural color, white pencil, strip-stencils for French manicure and nail hardener. First treat the cuticle. This can be done using a special tool for cuticle or nail nippers. Then Gives nails a desired length and shape. For the French manicure fit as long nails square shape, and short oval. In both cases, it will look great.
Apply a base under nail. When it dries, apply a strip-stencils for nails, leaving loose ends. Apply white paint on the edge of the nail to the stencils. Wait for the complete drying of the paint and gently remove the glued strips. Take the natural nail color and apply it to the entire nail. After the varnish has dried, apply a special nail hardener.
Instead of white nail polish on the tips can be applied to a special whitening pencil. They need to paint the edge of the nail protruding from the back side.
In the second case you will need to prepare the ground for paint, lacquer natural color or transparent, white lacquer and hardener.
Treat cuticles, file off the nails and cover them. Carefully apply white paint on the tips of the nails and let it vysohnut.Prorisovyvaya nail tip, make sure that the line thickness and bending on all the nails were the same. Then cover all the nails clear varnish. Wait for the complete drying of the paint and finish the process of applying the fixer.