Perhaps, now you will not find a person who would not know what a French manicure is. It is called French or white stripe and has become a classic all over the world. Even schoolgirls want to learn how to do a French manicure.
Every nail makeup company has a line of classic French manicures:
- pink clear lacquer called hazy;
- white thick polish to paint a smile.
For the convenience of applying a white stripe, auxiliary stencils of various shapes are produced. They are round, corner or arc. From round stencils, you can take out the middle and use it to draw holes in the moon manicure - one of the varieties of French. And there are a lot of such varieties.
The Origins of the French Manicure
French manicure conquered the fair sex, just appeared. The founder of the Orly company, Jeff Pink, invented this design so that in the frame of Hollywood actresses they would not repaint their nails while changing clothes. Later his firmbecame recognized in the production of cosmetics for the French manicure, which at the beginning of its existence represented all sorts of shades of white and nude pink.
But as time went on, the nail industry stepped forward by leaps and bounds, mastering high-tech chemical production. Nail extensions appeared - first acrylic, which came from dental offices. Next is gel. The white tip has become a classic in these techniques as well. Now nail schools are sure to teach how to do a French manicure
Jef Pink resisted the introduction of gel polishes into his product range for a long time, being sure that they spoil nails. After all, Orly positions its company as aimed at maintaining the he alth of nails. But, when the safety of the quality components of this coating was proven, he nevertheless replenished the product catalog with a line of gel polishes.
French polish
How to do a French manicure with varnish? In a nutshell, this design consists of a haze and a smile, which are applied using stencils. But is it so easy to cover without prior training? Many make mistakes in the process of applying a smile:
- do not wait for the haze to dry completely;
- use highly pigmented (camouflage) varnish instead of haze;
- do not immediately remove the stencil from the nail;
- trying to correct the smile line.
There are some subtleties in how to do a French manicure. If you do not wait for the varnish to dry, then the stencilwill stick tightly and be removed with part of the coating. Everything will have to be redone. When using a thick varnish instead of a transparent haze, it will take a long time to dry it - highly pigmented varnishes, which include camouflage and nudes, require a long drying time. In addition, it is very difficult to apply them in one layer - they strip. And two or three layers dry for a very long time, and too much thickness forms on the free edge.
After gluing the stencil, apply a white strip and quickly remove it until the varnish has dried. Then he aligns the smile line and only then dries up. If you wait for it to dry, and then try to remove the stencils, the varnish that has fallen on the paper will pull the entire coating with it, an ugly torn edge will form. By the way, it will work out even if you just let the top layer of white varnish form a film. So you need to remove the stencil very quickly.
Don't try to fix the ragged edge of your smile!
How to avoid mistakes
Let's consider in detail all the mistakes in order to know how to do a French manicure with stripes. First of all, for applying the coating, the nail must be degreased. A thin layer on its surface, the so-called nail effusion, prevents the varnish from adhering to the keratin of the nail. In order to remove this barrier, the nail is treated with a dehydrator. This is a special liquid based on alcohol.
After applying the base. This is a special lacquer-based composition that reliably protects natural nails from external influences, pigmentation,filling all the irregularities of the nail. The base coat usually dries in seconds. It does not need to be applied in a thick layer, it still will not give the desired effect. If you want to have transparent nails, you can cover them with a top. But the base must be used. After the base, a haze is applied and dried. It will take about ten minutes, if the varnish is slightly thickened - twenty. Strongly thickened varnish is better not to use or dilute it with a special liquid.
When it comes to how to do a French manicure, a lot comes down to applying a white stripe. You need to try to apply it in one motion, without lifting the brush from the nail. Otherwise, the border will be visible. Where the brush has landed on the varnish, the coating will be denser. For this reason, they do not make a strip in two stages: first from one side of the nail to the middle, then from the other and the alignment of the lines. With this method, there will be a white spot in the center of the free edge.
How to do a French manicure with gel polish
With the advent of gel polishes, the process of doing a jacket becomes much easier. Now you don’t have to wait long for the coating to dry, it’s easy to repaint it if you don’t like something and, most importantly, it has become possible to use camouflages! These are dense colors that mimic the natural nail bed. If there are problems with the unevenness of the nail plate, white dots, onycholysis and other problems, camouflage will reliably disguise them.
After applying and drying the camouflage, remove the dispersion layer, install stencils and make a white stripe. Immediately remove the stencils and dry the coating. If you want to havea graceful smile, the tips of the white strip are lifted up with an orange stick before sending a hand into the lamp. If the smile line is slightly damaged after removing the stencils, it can be touched up with a brush dipped in alcohol or a dehydrator.
French Manicure by yourself
The best way to do a french is gel polish. Now it is not difficult to purchase everything you need to make it yourself. In addition to the usual manicure tools, you will need the following tools and materials:
- gel polish curing lamp;
- orange sticks;
- buff 240 grit;
- dehydrator;
- acid-free primer;
- rubber base for gel polish;
- Smoke color gel polish;
- white or colored smile gel polish;
- gel polish hard top.
The photo clearly shows what steps make up the gel polish procedure.
French Gel Polish: 5 Steps
How to do a French manicure: photos of the main operations with a description.
- Applying the base and drying in the lamp for 30 seconds.
- Mist application and dry 30 seconds.
- Setting stencils.
- Applying and drying the white tip. Here, the stencils were not removed immediately after application. If they stick to the nails, they can be removed with alcohol. It is best to draw a smile not with gel polish, but with gel paint.
- Applying and drying top coat.
Smile can be colorful
Fashion trends also influence the color of the jacket. It can be traditional pink nails with red, blue, teal or silver smiles. You can make a smile with cat-eye gel polish, then the first layer is made black. Kamifubuki are all the rage right now, and a smile can be a lot of fun.
Interesting stained glass gels, mirror or pearl powder, stamping - all this can form the free edge of the nail. To observe the border, stencils are used. Some people can draw a smile smoothly and freehand, but when you need to use colored dust, broths or other free-flowing designs, they are indispensable. The technology is one, that's why there are so many french designs.
Some french designs
Now there are interesting sprinkles on the dispersion layer. These are different mirror powders. They very well imitate the surface of the mirror. You can choose not only the classic silver coating, but also bronze, copper, as well as quite exotic colors: purple, crimson and green. The effect of such a manicure, like glued foil. But unlike the cheap foil version, this is a durable design that won't surprise you with peels.
Another smile option, especially relevant in the year of the Dog, is velvet nail tips. The powder in the form of finely chopped wool takes on the color of the tip of the nail. To the touch and in appearance - pieces of the skin of an animal. Even Greenpeace will like it, because all the materials are synthetic.
The so-called "reverse jacket", a smile in the cuticle area, toolooks interesting.
They still make contrasting matte and shiny smiles, ombre horizontal and vertical, broken glass. Haze in 2018 is done in nude and white. Gold, black, chocolate smiles with imitation of precious stones, metals, chains are offered for white haze.
Conclusion
French is a brilliant invention. It quickly became a classic because it copied nature itself. Yes, he althy natural nails have exactly this look - shiny pale pink marigolds, long, with parallel side ridges. The free edge is really white, not ivory. The keratin of the nail itself is like that. Such nails are difficult to shorten: they are very thick and strong, so they are cut down. The use of a clipper may cause a crack. Unfortunately, due to ecology, only a few have such nails.
But there are materials and instructions on how to do a French manicure with a stencil. Therefore, visually nails with artificial coating will not differ from natural ones. Haven't made yourself a french yet? Try it and you will succeed.
