French nail drawing lessons. French gel polish: technique and professional tricks. Preparation, process technology

My greetings to everyone! Almost all blog readers want to know how to do a French manicure. We reveal the secrets of the most popular design that drives the entire female population crazy.

Design from the catwalks

This design was first developed for fashion models. They often had to change their clothes and change their nail polish to match. But a design has emerged that fits all types of clothing and looks beautiful on nails of any length. The female audience quickly mastered the French style even at home.

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The classic version does not require many tools, because colorless varnish is enough to apply to nails, and snow-white varnish is enough to decorate the tip. A simple and elegant French jacket looks natural and very noble.

But the designers didn’t stop there, expanding the range of colors. As a basic basis They It is recommended to choose transparent peach, pink, beige or lavender nail polish. In winter, cool shades shine beautifully, and in summer, warm tones look better with tanned skin.

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Steps to apply an elegant manicure

See how to create a beautiful French jacket step by step:

Remove old paint layers.
Give the plates the desired shape, cut off the burrs, process the cuticle, sand the surface using a soft buff.
Degrease the nail plate with nail polish remover.
Cover with a protective agent to strengthen the plates and level their surface.
Apply two layers of base varnish and wait until dry.
Draw a smile by painting the tip of each nail.
Decorate with a pattern or keep it classic.
Cover with clear varnish to add gloss and increase the durability of the coating.

This option is great for beginners.

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Procedure for home use

To make your manicure last longer than 2 weeks, do it with gel. Its advantages include durability, color constancy, and the ability to use additional products. It is important to purchase a special drying lamp: LED or UV lamp.

See how to apply gel polish step by step:

Prepare your nails for coating.
Treat with primer and let dry.
Apply a layer of base gel, dry in a lamp, as written in the instructions. Treat each nail this way.
Draw a smile, dry again. If you use a stencil, first remove the protective sticky film using a cleaner.

Here, gel polish has an undeniable advantage over regular varnish: it retains its consistency, that is, it does not harden in the air, so even with a toothpick you can correct mistakes made during application.

Apply the top coat in 2 layers, trying to smooth the surface and even out the thickening above the smile line.
Dry each nail in a lamp.
Remove the sticky dispersion, moisturize the skin around the nails.

Devices for applying an even smile

A French jacket will look much simpler and neater if done with stripes. They are sold separately or available as a set.

What is an adjuvant? These are thin (5 mm) strips of self-adhesive paper, usually arched. They are very convenient to use.

How to stick stripes correctly:

separate from the base;
press the adhesive side to the nail, leaving the tip free;
draw a smile;
When the varnish has hardened, pull the strip by the tip.

Ready-made stencils for French

Learn how to do a French manicure with stencils to get a perfect manicure or something close to ideal.

Choose polish colors for the tip and main part of the nail.
Follow the pre-manicure procedure.
Apply base to nail plates. Wait for it to dry.
Apply 2 layers of the base color, allowing each layer to dry thoroughly.
Glue the stencils: wrap the stencil around your finger and leave the tip of the nail free. On short nails 2 mm is enough.
Apply 1-2 coats of desired color to the tip.
Carefully remove the stencil without damaging the coating.
Coat the plates with finishing varnish.
Add rhinestones, stickers, patterns, highlight your smile with a contrasting color. Today, a smile can be made in the form of a triangle, a wavy line, a zigzag, flowers or hearts.

You can make the stencil yourself. Take the self-adhesive tape, transfer the drawing onto it, cut it out with scissors and that’s it, the stencil is ready!

Working with stickers is very convenient. The simplest transparent stickers are made from tape. They are placed throughout the nail, leaving the very tip free, which is painted in different colors. To prevent the tape from sticking too much, try sticking it to any surface several times and then tearing it off. This will reduce its strong adhesive properties.

If you don't have ready-made stencils, make them from window insulation tape. Cut a strip 3 or 4 cm long and 5 mm wide. Straight stripes will work first, then you can implement new ideas. By the way, even plain paper will do, you just need to wet it with water and stick it to the nail.

Tips or artificial ends

With the help of false tips you can create a wonderful manicure for long nails. Before gluing the tips, it is necessary to carry out the usual preparatory procedure with cuticle removal, filing, degreasing, etc.

Glue the applied ends with special glue, marking the required length on them with a marker.
After this, remove the excess with pliers.
Give the nails the desired shape, sand with a file for strong adhesion to the gel.
Treat the junction of the nail and the tip well to remove the highlighted junction.
Degrease the tips and wipe your nails with primer.
Apply a thin layer of transparent gel and dry in a lamp.
Fill the middle of the nail plate with gel and dry in a lamp.
Remove the adhesive layer, give the nail the required shape, and use a file to smooth out the roughness.
Paint the tip with white gel to get a smile.

To perform this procedure efficiently, watch the video.

To quickly perform a French manicure, you can use white pencils., painting the inside of the plate.

New design

Many girls liked the anti-french look, when the smile is located near the cuticle. The classic version: the nail is a natural shade, and the design is snow-white or vice versa.

For work, select suitable stickers and perform a white manicure.

Manicure ideas

Elegant design continues to evolve. Designers bring new ideas to life: they experiment with texture, color, and decorations. Look at the photo of the colored jacket.

Dear girls, you have learned how to do an original French manicure. As you can see, there is a lot of room for imagination. Create new patterns using different varnishes and additions!

French manicure was originally created for the catwalk. Its author wanted to save models, who often change outfits during a show, from endlessly repainting their nails. The goal was achieved, and the successful idea was subsequently appreciated by women all over the world, because it fits with different clothes, looks great on nails of any length, and harmonizes with all skin colors. And another advantage that has led to the popularity of French is that you can do it yourself, even with a standard set of tools at hand.

Tools and materials for DIY French manicure

No exclusive or prohibitively expensive means are required, with the exception, perhaps, of stencils - this is the only device that is intended exclusively for creating a neat French jacket. Everything else is probably in your home cosmetics bag, and if not, you can easily find it in a specialized store. There are even separate sets for French manicure, which already include several shades of varnish and stencils. The price range for them is very different, so you can choose any one to suit your taste and budget.

Before work you need to prepare the following:

for a caring bath: warm water with the addition of sea salt, lemon juice, essential oils or herbal decoction. Any manicure draws attention to the hands, so the skin on them cannot be dry and rough. The procedure will give your palms a more well-groomed appearance and also soften the cuticle. However, if your hands are in good condition, you can do without a bath, but girls for whom creating a manicure is akin to a spa ritual do not refuse the extra opportunity to take care of themselves;
to soften and remove the cuticle: remover, wax or special oil, orange stick or manicure hoof. You can use wire cutters, a trimmer and a pusher, but these tools require appropriate experience, and if handled improperly they can be traumatic;
for nail treatment: manicure scissors, a file (preferably glass), polishing buff;
tools for more convenient painting of the tip of the nail: a thin brush, stencil strips or a special felt-tip pen;
coloring agents: base varnish and color. The main one is applied to the entire nail. It can be completely transparent or translucent in a pastel shade. Colored varnish is usually white or milky. With white manicure it turns out bright and contrasting, and with milky it turns out muted and more natural. If desired, you can add a protective base for nails to the varnishes, as well as a topcoat;
auxiliary tools: cotton swabs, thin brush with short bristles, toothpick, nail polish remover.

Reference! In the classic version of the French manicure, the nail is painted with clear varnish and its tip is white. This gives the manicure elegance and naturalness, thanks to which it is considered universal. However, modern fashion has expanded the range of colors, so the base polish can be translucent pink, beige, peach, or lavender. The choice depends on the color of your hands: in winter, cool shades are preferable, and in summer, when the skin tans, warm shades look better.

French manicure can also be done with gel polishes. This will take a little more time, but will allow you to enjoy all the benefits of gel coating: durability, safety and color that does not lose intensity.

Those who prefer gel polishes will need a special lamp, a primer, a base product, colored coatings for the nail and its tip, a finishing gel and a liquid that removes the sticky layer. The rest of the tools are the same as in the list above.

How to do a French manicure at home: step-by-step instructions

First you need to remove the old manicure, if any, make your favorite hand bath or simply wash them with soap. Then you should treat the nails: remove excess length and flaking tips, give the intended shape, carefully cut off the burrs, push back the cuticle, sand with a soft buff. Gel polish will require more thorough sanding to remove the top glossy layer. After this, wipe the nail plate with nail polish remover to degrease it and remove sawdust. Then the creative process begins.

Apply a protective base. This step is not mandatory, but desirable, since such products strengthen the nails, smooth their surface, and make it easier to apply varnish. In addition, they protect against harmful substances that are found even in expensive products from luxury brands.
Cover the nail with two layers of base polish and wait for them to dry.
The most difficult stage of the entire process is to draw the so-called smile line, that is, paint over the tip of the nail. He must be extremely careful, since he plays a key role in the entire manicure. By the way, the smile line allows you to visually correct the shape of your fingertips: if the pattern is moved a little higher and made more rounded, then the nail bed will acquire exquisite oval shapes. Some girls find it easy to draw a straight line using a regular brush from a bottle of nail polish, but most still cannot do without additional devices, which will be discussed below.
Decorate the manicure with a pattern, if it was planned.
Apply a topcoat that will add gloss, speed up drying and increase the durability of the manicure.

Important! The topcoat should be clear or translucent, but may have a pastel tint. In this case, it slightly tints the smile line, dimming the brightness of the white color.

When using gel polishes, the procedure looks similar:

Treat prepared nails with primer and let it dry.
Apply a thin layer of base gel and cure it in a lamp. The drying time should be specified in the instructions, since it may differ from company to company, and failure to follow these rules can lead to nail breakage or peeling of the gel.
Paint each nail in the main color and also dry it in a lamp. If necessary, add another layer of base varnish.
Draw a smile and dry again. If a stencil is used for this purpose, then first remove the sticky dispersion film using a special tool - a clinser. At this stage, gel polishes have an undeniable advantage over regular ones: they retain their consistency and do not set in the air, so you can correct blemishes at any time with a toothpick or other suitable tool.
Apply top, trying to level the surface and smooth out the thickening above the smile line. This may require two layers, each of which must be polymerized in turn in a lamp.
Remove the sticky dispersion, then moisten the skin around the nails.

Various options for drawing a straight smile line

There are many ways to make this job easier for yourself, but each of them will still require skill, patience and special tools. The most reliable and popular way to make French is to use stripes.

French using stripes

Ready-made stencils are included with French manicure kits and are also sold separately. They are thin (about 5 mm) strips of self-adhesive paper. They come in different shapes, but more often they are arched, since it is this that allows you to get everyone’s favorite original version of the famous French jacket.

It is very convenient to use such stencils: they are separated from the base and pressed with the adhesive side to the nail so that the tip remains free. Then you can safely draw a smile without worrying about accuracy.

Important! Many white varnishes are capricious, so it is recommended to apply them in several thin layers. The first one will have bald spots, but you need to let it dry a little and add a second one, which will hide the shortcomings of the previous one.

When the varnish has hardened, the stencil can be removed by simply pulling it by the free edge. If the lower layers of the coating have not dried and have shifted slightly when removing the strip, then carefully adjust the plastic mass with the tip of a toothpick.

This method allows you to quickly get an even smile line and is equally suitable for both regular and gel polishes. Ready-made strips are affordable and sold in almost any cosmetic store, so they are considered the leaders among all auxiliary products for French manicure.

They have, perhaps, only one drawback: you cannot control the degree of curvature, and everyone’s nails are different! In addition, some people want to draw a smile that is more convex than the one obtained using a stencil. There is a way out - make the strips yourself.

DIY French manicure strips

The ideal option for making stencils with your own hands is regular self-adhesive paper from an office supply store. It has a backing so that the strips will not stick to your fingers and scissors, making the cutting process difficult.

Self-adhesive is sold in the form of A4 sheets, which are suitable for a regular office printer, so the easiest way is to find a ready-made layout on the Internet and print it out. The products will turn out like store-bought ones, but you will have to cut them yourself.

For those who know how to work in graphic editors, you can create stencils according to individual parameters, focusing on the width of the nails and the required radius of curvature.

There is a third way to make French stripes from self-adhesive tape with your own hands. To do this, you will first have to make a pattern from thick cardboard, as in the diagram below, and then attach it to a sheet of paper, trace it with a pencil and cut it out. This option is simple, although not very convenient, so to save time it is better to buy ready-made stencils.

Other means suitable for home creativity:

narrow tape;
insulating tape;
masking tape;
adhesive plaster.

Similar materials are available in any household, but it’s inconvenient to draw patterns on them, so you’ll have to cut out the strips by eye. It is best to make them from adhesive tape: it bends at any angle, fixes well, peels off easily, and besides, the thin film does not pull the varnish along with it when removed.

French without stripes

An impeccable French manicure can be created without stencils. If your hand is full, then a regular brush made from a bottle of varnish will do, but nail design masters prefer other tools, many of which are suitable for home experiments.

How to use tips

Tips are artificial tips that are used for... They come in different shapes, colors and sizes, but for a French jacket it is advisable to choose simple, unpainted ones. Manicure is done as follows:

prepare nails for gel extensions: remove the cuticle, treat with a buff, file, degrease;
choose the appropriate size for each tip;
glue the false ends with special glue, mark the desired length on them with a marker or gel pen and carefully remove them with wire cutters or a special tip cutter;
give each nail the desired shape, sand it with a file for better adhesion to the gel. Carefully treat the junction of the real nail and the tip so that it becomes invisible;
once again degrease the entire structure, and additionally wipe the natural nail with a primer;
spread a thin layer of base gel over the entire length, dry in a lamp;
fill the middle of the nail with transparent or camouflage (flesh-colored) gel, reducing the thickness of the layer at the edges, polymerize in a lamp;
remove the adhesive dispersion and give the nail its final shape, removing all irregularities and excess thickness with a file;
Apply white gel to the free tip, drawing a smile line. Dry each nail in a lamp;
add a finishing layer, polymerize, wipe off the dispersion and apply moisturizing oil to the cuticle.

Advice! The extension procedure looks simple, but its implementation requires certain skills and knowledge of important nuances, for example, when and what files to use, how to process nails, etc. To better understand the process, it is advisable to go to the salon at least once and look at the work of the master and ask questions.

Tips for French express manicure

Not long ago, special tips appeared for quick French nails on short and medium nails. The new product is a design made of a plastic holder and a ready-made white or colored tip.

Express tips can significantly save time. Firstly, there is no need to draw the smile line, since it is already ready. Secondly, you don’t have to cut off the excess length and file the remaining length until the desired shape is achieved. In addition, since false nails are short, when creating a French manicure, you can do without gel and limit yourself to gel polishes, which are easier to work with.

The technology is simple: prepare your hands in the same way as for regular gel polish, select the tips according to size, apply glue to the white strip and press it to the nail. Break the transparent holder so that it is removed entirely, leaving only its contents in place. File the edge of the false smile that protrudes above the nail plate, then degrease everything and treat the keratin area with a primer.

How to use a brush

There are quite a few brushes that can be used to paint a French manicure, since girls find it convenient to work with different tools. The following are most often used for French:

A flat brush with short bristles and a thin, rounded tip. Suitable for both drawing a smile and correcting it, you just need to moisten the brush in nail polish remover;
a flat, elastic brush with short bristles and a beveled edge;
a flat brush with a notch in the form of a semicircle in the middle. Very convenient for beginners, as it allows you to paint the tip of the nail with just one stroke;
hair brush. This brush has a long, thin and soft tip, allowing you to draw the finest smile line on very short nails, however, to successfully use this truly jewelry tool, a certain level of skill is required.

Working with brushes is carried out as follows. A drop of white varnish (or gel polish) is applied to an improvised palette, which can be anything: a piece of cardboard, a board, a saucer. From here, a portion of the product is applied to the tool and the tip of the nail is painted. When working with gel polishes, correction can be done with the same brush, simply wiping it on a napkin.

When a manicure is performed with regular varnish, you need to prepare a small bowl with remover in advance. The brush is washed in it so that it does not dry out, and also moistened if the smile line is uneven and needs to be corrected.

To clean brushes use:

from gel - special products that remove acrylic, gel and gel polish;
for gel polish - alcohol or cleanser;
from regular nail polish - remover.

Reference! To correct French manicure, you can use not only brushes, but also a special tool. It looks like a felt-tip pen filled with nail polish remover. It is refillable and some even have a set of removable tips.

How to use a whitening pencil

This cosmetic product is a pencil with a snow-white lead. It is used to paint over the regrown tip of the nail on the reverse side to make it appear whiter. Of course, this effect is short-lived and lasts until the first hand washing, although pencils with a more stable formula have now appeared. However, such a tool still cannot be considered a full-fledged tool for French manicure. You won’t be able to draw a smile line with it, and applying it under a finished French coat with varnish is pointless, since no one will see it anyway.

Some girls do manicures only with a pencil. The nails don't turn out as smooth and white as with polish, but they like the look. Unfortunately, the paint fades during the day and can partially get onto your fingers, making your hands look untidy. The problem can be easily solved if you have wet wipes and a pencil for touching up, but is it worth monitoring the condition of the French coat all day if it is much easier to draw a smile line with a thin layer of milky varnish?

A whitening pencil should be in your makeup bag for only one reason: it will disguise the overgrown tip of the nail and help to urgently “refresh” a manicure that is already several days old.

Reference! The idea of a whitening pencil has been developed. Nowadays you can find special markers on sale that are convenient for painting over a smile from the outside. They are not durable even under a top coat, but they can mask chips on a finished manicure.

How to do a reverse French manicure

This type of nail design is also known as anti-french. It gets its name because the smile is positioned along the cuticle, a mirror image of the traditional version. Thanks to this feature, a manicure can be done even on very short nails without resorting to extensions.

Reverse French is performed both in the classic version (the nail is flesh-colored and the design is white) and with any combination of shades. For this work, it is better to use special stickers, since there is no natural stencil in the form of a growing nail and without experience it will not be possible to draw an ideal line.

Templates for anti-french, having an arched shape, can also be purchased at a cosmetic store or printed on self-adhesive tape. The stencil is fixed on the nail, 2-3 mm away from the cuticle, and the sequence of actions is similar to those given earlier: preparation, application of the base varnish, drawing a smile and fixing with a top coat.

A popular type of anti-french manicure is the so-called moon manicure. The smile line in this case looks like a semicircle hiding the nail hole. To create this pattern, a special donut-shaped stencil is used, but otherwise the technology is the same.

Design ideas

An elegant and laconic French manicure is good in itself, but thanks to lovers of variety, the idea has received comprehensive development. Based on the classic version, fashionistas create new designs, experimenting with color, shape, texture, and decorations. Of course, it was not without criticism, but many girls like the idea. Even Hollywood actresses do not deny themselves the pleasure of decorating their nails with an unusual pattern.

Art French is not distinguished by the versatility of the original and does not suit all outfits, but it allows you to choose a harmonious manicure for each specific look. There are so many variations that it is impossible to list them all, but they can be conditionally divided into several groups.

Colored French

This idea turned out to be the easiest to implement; you just need to draw a smile line using any other varnish, not white. The central part of the nail can also be coated with a contrasting color. The result will be an unusual manicure, which, depending on the chosen range, can complement both a strict business image and a bright youth look.

Twist

You can paint the tip of your nail with several colored varnishes. They are used to draw parallel stripes, waves, zigzags and swirls.

Millennium

You can decorate the smile line with sparkles: paint over the entire tip of the nail, draw a thin strip along its edge, or create a sparkling gradient. The French jacket turns out to be very bright and festive, making it great for parties.

Fan French

The tip of the nail can be decorated not only with colored or shiny varnishes. Granules for caviar manicure, velor fibers for velvet, mica, foil, rhinestones, beads, lace and even fragments of dried plants are used. The variety of materials will allow you to fully enjoy the creative process and create a unique design for any event.

French with a non-standard smile line

The smile can be of any shape: beveled, triangular, wavy, V-shaped, double. Additionally, it is decorated with dots, thin lines, and patterns. It’s not difficult to make such a manicure, but the result of your efforts will not go unnoticed.

Wedding jacket

To create this variety, traditional colors are usually used, but the nails are additionally decorated so that the manicure matches the dress and hairstyle.

Video: moon manicure, colored French manicure and version with rhinestones

French is simple and complex at the same time. Its flawlessness and naturalness are the result of painstaking work. To master the technique, you will have to try, but the game is worth the candle, because the famous manicure will always help out, including situations when it is difficult to decide on an “outfit” for your nails. Even those who prefer variety in everything will be able to find dozens of original ideas for themselves or come up with an individual one, taking as a basis a classic design that is unlikely to go out of fashion.

Over the 40-odd years of its existence, each season receives new versions. You can go to salons, choosing your ideal master, spending a huge amount of time and money. Or you can create the simplest design yourself. In this article you will learn how to make a French coat at home and get acquainted with several rules for creating the perfect coating. And at the end of the article you will see the best new French clothes in 2018.

Natural charm

When creating a French manicure, a nude tone of varnish is applied to the plate, and the tip of the nail is covered with a white tint. At first glance, everything is quite simple. But you can do a French manicure at home with a minimum of materials in several ways.

The history of classic design originates in the USA, and not in France, as many might think. A revolutionary type of manicure was created by the founder of the acclaimed Orly polish brand, Jeff Pink. Especially for movie actresses, he created a universal nail coating that matched absolutely any outfit on camera. Thus, Pink saved a huge amount of filming time for the entire group. Later, this idea was picked up by world designers and began to use French in their shows.

Varieties

It seems that everything ingenious is quite simple. But even this design has a huge number of varieties. And this is not the limit at all:

Design type	Characteristics
classic	A white smile line appears on the beige background.
baby boomer	A soft gradient of the main shades of a classic manicure is created on the nail.
colored French	The free edge is covered with any plain and contrasting gel polish.
French gradient	A soft transition of colors is made on the smile of the nail plate.
twist	The tip of the nail is painted in various shades. These can be geometric stripes or multi-colored waves.
millennium	The smile is filled with dense sparkles.
glitter gradient	A large amount of glitter is concentrated at the tip of the nail, which disappears near the middle of the nail.
matte	The surface of the French manicure is covered with a matte top. The play of matte and glossy textures will add even more shine to your nails.
lunar	A small hole is additionally drawn at the cuticle, which repeats the arched tip of the nail. In this version, the holes can be made using the negative space technique, leaving them unpainted.
reverse lunar	The hole is drawn along the cuticle, framing it and the side ridges.
fan french	A geometric flowing smile easily turns into bows, snowflakes, crowns, butterflies, polka dots or painted patterns. This is why the manicure got the name fun French, because you can do whatever your heart desires with a smile.
chevron	Instead of the usual arched smile, a V-shape appears.
minx	The tip of the nail takes on a mirror-like tint. You can use foil, manicure tape or special stickers.
animal print	The free edge of the nail is filled with a tiger, zebra or leopard print. This option is for extravagant natures!
wedding jacket	The design is decorated with various elements: lace, monograms, modeling, rhinestones, pearls, manicure ribbons and much more.
aquarium jacket	Various decorative decorations are laid out in layers on the gel base: foil, broths, dried flowers, yuca flakes, rhinestones, etc.
artistic french manicure	Fingers are painted with lace, openwork curls or thematic patterns.

French manicure basics

Before applying French gel polish, it is worth understanding the basic principles of creating a coating. In the classic version, it is recommended to use nude and beige shades of camouflage: soft pink, peach, light brown and others. The tone should be as close as possible to the shade of the nail plate. It is important to ensure that the smile antennae are at the same height, and its curve should be as perfect as possible. In a classic French manicure, it completely reflects the cuticle of the nails.

French secrets

How to make French nails perfect? You should follow several rules that will help create a neat coating.

There are separate sets for French manicure, which greatly simplify the work for beginners;
to create the desired shade of the substrate, you can mix the colors with each other;
The ideal camouflage color will be obtained if you find the middle shade between the color of the nail plate and the skin around the nails;
if the substrate is painted in a contrasting shade, then it should match the color of the smile;
do not forget to degrease your nails before doing a French manicure;
an old gel polish brush can be cut so that you get a semicircle with one pointed corner, this will make it easier to draw a smile;
You can make an even and beautiful jacket using a moon-shaped brush;
If the smile is drawn with small errors, you can correct everything with a thin brush dipped in clinser.

Manicure by hand

If you don’t know how to do a French manicure at home using gel polish, you can use various brushes. In this version of the classic design, a strip of white varnish is drawn by hand.

Method 1

You can even make a French manicure with gel polish using your own brush. It will be difficult for beginners to master this method for the first time, but it is worth a little practice. If you come across a wide and uncomfortable brush, you can remove excess gel polish from it, dry it in a napkin and press it a little. The brush will become flat and will make it easier to draw a smile.

In this method, you need to rotate your finger, but the hand should remain motionless.

How to make French gel polish at home:

Prepare your nails for work, apply a base coat and camouflage gel polish.
Draw a line from edge to edge in an even motion.
With any brush you can carefully remove all errors and create a smooth outline.
Finish the design with a layer of finishing coat.

Method 2

If you have lost a thin brush with long bristles in your arsenal, then this option is for you. You can buy it at any art store or on the shelves with manicure supplies. How to do a French manicure at home:

Apply a base and camouflage layer of gel polish.
Place 2 dots where the free edge of the nail begins and one dot in the middle of the nail.
Use a thin brush to draw an even arc.
Using your original gel polish brush, paint the remaining tip white.
Apply top coat to design.

Method 3

Simple markings will help create a neat and even tip. For this method it is better to use a thin brush, but others will also work. The method is very convenient for drawing a smile on long nails.

How to make French shellac at home:

Apply base and camouflage gel polish to your nails.
Mark the width of the smile with a dot or thin line.
Mark points at the side bolsters where the free edge begins.
Place three points at the very tip of the nail: in the middle and two equidistant from it.
Connect the side points from different sides, drawing antennae.
Paint over the remaining space.
Apply the finishing coat and dry the layers in a lamp.

You can see how to make a French jacket at home in the video.

Method 4

The round brush is well suited for designs on medium-length nails. You can do a French manicure yourself by following the instructions:

Cover your nails with a base coat and apply a camouflage layer of gel polish.
Using a round brush with a white tint, mark a line of thickness along the entire length of the end.
Bring the “tails” to the desired depth in the direction of the side rollers.
Carefully round all corners.
Cover the design with topcoat.

Method 5

A flat brush is more suitable for thick materials (for gel paste or gel paint). In order for the line to be even, there should be no excess material on the brush, just saturate it well.

How to do French nails step by step:

Apply a base and a nude shade to your nails.
Using a flat brush with a white coating, draw vertical lines along the sides that follow the outline of the antennae.
Place the entire surface of the brush on the nail and form a smile.
Make the required number of layers, drying each one.
Apply finishing topcoat to the coating.

Method 6

The round dots attachment helps create a smooth smile line for a French man. It is best to choose the smallest nozzle. How to do a French manicure correctly:

Apply camouflage to prepared nails.
Take support under your elbows, relax your hand and carefully transfer the white gel polish using an oval dot to the tip of the nail, forming whiskers and the width of a smile.
Cover the design with topcoat.

Building up

Do your natural nails have some imperfections or do you think that a French manicure doesn’t look very harmonious on them? We will tell you how to make a French jacket at home using artificial materials. Acrylic powder and gels help shape the architecture of the nail and align its plate. With some minor adjustments, your nails will look gorgeous!

French without lamp

Nowadays, no one is surprised by durable coatings in manicure. Acrylic powder has appeared on the nail art market, which helps you create a French manicure without an ultraviolet lamp.

What you will need:

manicure file;
degreaser;
base gel;
white powder;
transparent powder;
pale pink powder;
polymerizer;
top gel;
buff.

Use a manicure file to remove the gloss from the nail.
Apply a degreaser that will dry and disinfect the natural nail.
Apply the base gel to your nails in an even layer.
Without drying, dip the tip of the nail into the white gel to the required level.
Then dip the entire nail into translucent powder.
Apply the base to the nail again and dip the tip in white powder.
Dip the entire nail into pink powder.
Use a brush to brush off any remaining powder.
Apply polymerizer to all nails.
Level the surface and correct the shape using a nail file and buff.
Cover your nails with top gel to secure the design.

Acrylic

The combination of acrylic powder and a special liquid (monomer) allows you to increase any length and give the desired shape to the nail. Making a French manicure with acrylic is quite simple.

What you will need:

a manicure file with an abrasiveness of at least 150 grit;
nude acrylic powder;
white acrylic powder;
monomer;
brush for laying out acrylic;
special molds with markings.

How to make French acrylic yourself:

Prepare your hands for work, file off the gloss from the surface of the nail.
Place the mold on your nails.
Dip the brush into a glass and pick up camouflage powder.
Place it on the edge of the nail plate and gently blend it.
Press and smooth the acrylic, correcting the smile area.
Scoop up the liquid with a brush and dip it into the white powder.
Form a line of the free edge and push it towards the already laid out camouflage acrylic.
When the material has set, distribute it evenly along the free edge.
Add a few more balls of camouflage powder, eliminating the border at the cuticle.
Remove the mold and carefully press the nails with special clothespins.
File down the free edge area and side areas of the nail, remove the thickness.

Video instruction

How to make French gel at home can be seen in the video below.

French lay-out

This method is suitable for those who do not know how to create an even smile with a brush. You can shape the base of the nail and your smile using structuring gels of different shades.

What you will need:

manicure file with abrasiveness 100/180 grit;
base gel;
camouflage gel soufflé;
white gel;
brush;
finishing coating.

How to make French gel:

Prepare natural nails: completely remove the free edge and remove the gloss.
Degrease your nails with a cleanser and apply a primer for better adhesion of the materials.
Apply a thin layer of base coat to your nails and dry in a lamp.
Place the molds on your nails, pressing them a little.
Use transparent gel to form a base.
Send to polymerize in a lamp.
After drying, carefully remove the mold.
Apply camouflage gel to the base of the nail.
After drying, file the edges for a clear future smile line.
Using a thin brush, apply white gel in 2 layers onto the substrate, filling the free edge.
Each layer must be dried in a lamp.
Use metal clothespins to form arches.
Give architecture to the nail using a file, removing excess thickness.

French with tips

After we learned how to make a French manicure at home with gel, it’s worth considering options for creating a French manicure with tips. The idea will appeal to those who have problems with filing their nails, taking a long time to grow them, and adjusting the architecture.

Overhead tips

Almost everyone likes a classic snow-white manicure. But drawing it causes some difficulties for some. Using French tips you can create the perfect classic design. French tips can be found in manicure kits or purchased separately. They vary in smile width and size. You can choose your own unique tip for each finger.

The corners of the tips should fit neatly into the corners of natural nails.

How to do a French manicure yourself with tips:

Using a tip brush, apply glue to the free edge of the nail and onto the tip, paying attention to the corners.
Press the tip onto the nail and gently smooth it, holding it lightly.
Using tongs, bite off the transparent part of the tip and trim a small corner.
Use a file for natural nails over 180 grit to file down the side walls.
Sand the surface to even out the transition between the French strip and the base of the nail.
Cover the design with base and top.

Extension with tips

But there is also another type of tips. Special plastic nails are used for extensions. They come in different shades: transparent, white, black and colored.

What you will need:

tips;
type cutter;
glue for tips;
file 80/80;
brush;
scissors;
brush;
camouflage gel polish;
white gel polish;
finishing coating.

How to do a French manicure at home step by step:

Use a nail file to remove the gloss and file down the free edge so that the tip lies flat.
Cut the tips to the required length.
Glue it to the nail using glue.
Use a file to give the desired shape and length to the nail.
Clean the surface of the nail for better adhesion of materials.
Use a dust brush to remove all excess.
Apply the building gel as a substrate using rubbing movements.
Send everything to polymerize in the lamp.
Take a small amount of camouflage gel and apply it to the base of the nail.
Using a brush, carefully draw a smile line using white gel.
File the nail, giving it the desired thickness and shape.
Place the design in the lamp and cover with finishing coat.

French with stripes

French stencils are used to create even and white stripes. They greatly facilitate the procedure itself and reduce the time required to create the coating. You can find strips in a cosmetic store or order them from an online store.

When creating a French manicure, it is advisable to use translucent colors. They partially cover the shade of the natural plate and create an indescribable luxurious natural effect.

Stencils

The set contains stencils from 120 pieces of various widths and shapes: arched, wavy, triangular.

How to make a French jacket with a stencil:

Before application, it is necessary to prepare the nail plate. Treat your nails and cover them with a base coat.
Spread the camouflage color over the nail.
Send everything to dry in the lamp.
After the base color has completely dried, carefully press the stencil with an orange stick or pusher. Pay special attention to the areas near the side rollers and the bottom to avoid the varnish from flowing.
Use your original white gel polish brush to paint over the remaining space.
After polymerization, carefully remove the stencil and apply the top coat.

Self-adhesive tape

Stencils for French manicure can be easily replaced with regular stationery tape. You need to correctly measure the width of the smile and the depth of the mustache. To cut the paper better, it is recommended to use nail scissors. The resulting strips must be carefully glued to the dry surface of the nail and carefully painted over the space of the smile.

Available means

Did you know how to make a French jacket at home using the most common materials that everyone has on hand? Read our instructions, because they will help you quickly create a French manicure if you don’t have special brushes, strips or stencils.

Stationery tape

To create a smile, any adhesive tape or adhesive tape for manicure will do. Arched smiles can be cut out in advance using small scissors.

It is necessary to apply a colored base coat to the nail and dry it very well.
Carefully cut a small piece of tape.
Glue one tip on one side, and the second tip on the other, following a slight arc-shaped path.
Paint the gap with the desired shade.
Cover the design with topcoat.

Rubber

A simple trick that will help you draw a smile line without much effort. You can use an elastic band for money or a silicone bracelet.

How to make a French jacket without stripes:

Cover the nail plate with base and camouflage.
Apply the elastic band to the nail plate, leaving the desired width.
Cover the free edge of the nail with white gel polish.
Carefully remove the gum and apply the finishing coat.

Patch

Everything is even simpler here. The patch follows the shape of the smile and will help to cope with its drawing. It is enough to stick the patch on the well-dried surface of the colored nail with the arcuate side. Then all that remains is to paint the space with white varnish, and the French jacket is ready!

A dense base and a thin smile line visually lengthen the nail plate.

Express design

You can create a quick design using stamping. His set includes a special plate with an engraved smile design, a scraper and a small stamp. Making a French jacket without stripes at home is quite simple:

Treat your nails and apply a base coat.
After drying, apply camouflage base.
Let your nails polymerize.
Apply white gel polish to the smile plate.
Use a scraper to remove excess.
Carefully transfer the design onto the stamp.
Immediately transfer the smile to your nails by imprinting the design.
Cover the design with topcoat.

Film

Peel-off film, which helps protect the skin around the nail from polish when creating gradients and other complex designs, can help here too. It is necessary to apply a film to the well-dried varnish so that the tip of the nail remains unpainted. When the film dries, feel free to cover the free edge with white varnish. All that remains is to carefully remove the film with tweezers and apply a top coat to the finished manicure.

Lifesaver

How to make the perfect French jacket if there is not much time left before going to the event? There are times when you urgently need to get a French manicure. There are special whitening pencils. Their advantage is that you can make a French jacket in just a couple of minutes without much effort.

The French pencil is applied under the nail itself. Before use, wash your hands well and clean your nails. It is enough to moisten the pencil a little in water, and then draw well under the nail plate. The effect will not be long in coming. Snow-white smiles will appear on your nails. But its effect is quite short-lived.

Top 5 unusual ideas

After we learned how to make a French manicure at home without stripes, with stencils, gel and much more, it’s worth paying attention to the most original and best French manicure ideas.

Soft rolling of flowers

Gradient French is distinguished by bright and rich colors. This design can be made using gel polishes or multi-colored gels. The graceful roll of shades goes well with the nude camouflage base. On each nail you can make your own version of the transition of tones.

What you will need:

base coat;
camouflage gel polish;
colored gel polishes;
thin brush;
lint-free napkin;
clinser;

How to make a French jacket evenly:

Apply camouflage gel polish in 2 layers to prepared nails.
Dry them well.
Place a few colored drops of gel polishes on the palette.
Use a thin brush to pick up one color and begin to carefully draw out the smile antennae.
Without drying, wipe the brush in a lint-free cloth soaked in cleanser.
Pick up a second color with the brush and continue painting the smile from the other edge.
Gently blend the colors together in the middle.
Dry your nails in a lamp.
Cover the design with a setting topcoat.

Attempt at writing

The classic smile is replaced by something original. Why not fill the smile line with unusual multi-colored brush strokes and feel like a real creator?

If you mix a little topcoat and white polish, you get a translucent base that can act as a base.

What you will need:

base;
main color of gel polish;
multi-colored gel polishes;
finishing coating.

How to make French gel polish at home step by step:

Prepare your nails for work, cover the design with a base coat and apply camouflage.
Dry all layers completely in the lamp.
Take one colored gel polish and blot the brush in a small piece of paper so that there is not a lot of polish left on it.
Carefully transfer the strokes onto the nails to one edge.
Repeat the same procedure with other flowers on the other edge and in the center.
Dry your nails and apply the topcoat.

Festive French

Who said a smile line has to be white? French is a real field for experimentation. You can create a smile line using colored kamifubuki. An excellent New Year's manicure when you want something unusual, but are too lazy to sit on the design for a long time. This coating will look especially good on short nails.

What you will need:

base;
gel polish of any shade;
kamifubuki of different colors and shapes;
orange stick;

How to do a French manicure on short nails:

Apply one layer of base and 2 layers of colored gel polish, drying everything in a lamp.
Cover the tip of the nail with a top coat with a sticky layer.
Using an orange stick, attach the kamifubuki tightly to each other in several rows.
Dry your nails in a lamp and apply the top coat.

To all cats

Fantasizing about the shape of a smile, you can embody any ideas on your nails. All lovers of furry animals will love the smile in the shape of a cat. You can make it from sticky paper or carefully paint in the missing elements with a brush.

What you will need:

base coat;
colored gel polish;
stencil blanks;
finishing coating.

How to do a French manicure with gel polish at home:

Prepare your nails for work and cover them with base.
Apply a base of any color (in our case we used glitter).
Glue special stencils that resemble the outline of a cat.
Apply contrasting varnish to the free edge.
Dry the layers in a lamp and remove the stencil.
Cover the design with topcoat.

Glitter tip

A great option for holiday design. The tip of the nail can be filled with dense glitter or small particles of special manicure powder can be used. You can rub them in with an eyeshadow applicator or your finger.

What you will need:

base;
gel polish of any color;
rubbing powder;
eyeshadow applicator;

How to make French shellac yourself:

Cover your nails with a base coat and camouflage.
Glue the stencil, leaving the necessary space to fill in the smile.
Apply glitter rub.
Apply a layer of finishing top.

The glitter can be stretched using a brush or sponge to create a sparkling French gradient.

French-style nails are a long-known design method. Moreover, you can do it yourself, since the technique for doing it is quite simple. Let's look at how to do a French manicure so that the polish goes on evenly and your nails look as neat as possible.

This type of hand design is considered classic, because the use of white to apply a stripe on the free edge of the nail allows you to appear with such a manicure at a school meeting, in the theater, and at a party. This manicure looks natural and organic everywhere.

What else is good about this type of design for your hands?

Highlighting a white stripe can help eliminate some visible imperfections and give the appearance of an evenly grown out tip of your nail.

Techniques and types of French manicure

Currently, there are two most common methods for performing French on the free edge:

French manicure is done by hand, without the use of overlays;
Applying French paint using stencils.

How to carefully make a French jacket without using stencils?

Manicure technique without stripes

How to properly do a French manicure without using stencils? The technique for performing this type of design is quite simple, you can learn how to do it yourself. The main thing here is to carefully make a French cut along the edge of the nail plate. The scheme for performing such a manicure is as follows:

Use nail polish remover to remove old polish from the surface of your nails.
Use a file to give your nails the desired shape. Usually for this design method they are given a slightly square or oval shape.
Using a bath of warm water, to which foam or salt is added to better soften the cuticle, and sharp manicure tweezers, the skin around the nail is treated. This needs to be done as easily and evenly as possible so that there are no burrs or irregularities. You can also move the cuticle using a wooden, pointed boxwood stick - this is an option for performing a French manicure using the unimaginative method.
Using a special white pencil, a line is drawn under the free edge to better highlight the future jacket.
In order for the varnish layer to be even, it is necessary to put a base underneath it.
After the base has completely dried, a white stripe is applied to the free edge. How to do it? Typically, white polish is applied from the edge of the nail to the center. When you already have sufficient experience in applying French, it will be easier for you to do it yourself than even using stencils.
After the white stripe has dried on the free edge, varnish is applied to the entire surface, which can have the color that you like best:
- Colorless;
- Pink;
- Bodily;
- Peach.
After the varnish has dried, a layer of fixative varnish is applied, which will preserve the result for a longer time.

How to draw a straight “smile”

Now let's look at how to make a French manicure as smooth as possible. For this, special stencils are usually used on the free edge, the use of which allows you to make a white stripe so that it resembles a smile. It is for this reason that the French line is called the “smile line”.

The execution scheme in this case is approximately the same as the technique that was used when applying the white stripe independently. Let's consider its main points.

Removing old varnish. Nail polish remover also degreases the surface of the nail plate, and it is thanks to this that the French coat lasts as long as possible.
The desired shape is given to the nail plate.
The skin around your nail is treated.
After applying and completely drying the base, a stencil is applied, leaving free only that part of the nail plate where the jacket will be located. The use of stencils makes it possible to make the French line as smooth as possible.
After the white strip has completely dried, the nails are first coated with varnish of the chosen color, and then with a fixative varnish, which will make it possible to permanently strengthen the resulting design.

You should also know that French manicure can be used when decorating not only your own nails, but also when decorating artificial nail plates - tips. French on tips looks just as impressive, in addition, here you can use a sufficiently long length of the nail plate for various types of decoration of the white stripe.

As you can see, to create a French manicure, you can turn to professionals at a nail salon, or you can do this nail design yourself. It is only important to be patient.

Today's fashion trends are such that it has become quite acceptable to use different colors when decorating your fingers in this way. Contrasting colors, gold and silver, as well as all kinds of decorations - all this will help create your unique image.

Some features when using French-style equipment and tips for preserving it and adding variety:

There are ready-made kits for decorating nails in this style, which contain a base varnish, a white varnish and a varnish that covers the nail after applying the white stripe. Such sets usually include varnishes with a translucent texture.
For the last coating of the nail with a fixing coating, shiny coatings are used that have the so-called “wet effect”.
When applying a white stripe, it is recommended to apply a layer of white varnish twice - this will strengthen the color and allow it to stay on the nails longer. Of course, the use of gloves during household chores and contact with water will extend the time such beauty is on your hands.
If you decide to draw a “smile line” yourself, you can use a thin brush - this will make the French jacket much more neat and elegant.
To design a jacket, you can also use a wide variety of colors - red, black, and even a combination of several colors. White color, of course, is classic and looks as natural as possible on the hands. For brighter decoration, all kinds of decorations are used - rhinestones, beads, stickers, colored stones, piercings... It is recommended to apply decorations on a layer of special glue, which is usually used to glue artificial nail plates.

Don't be afraid to experiment, let colors add brightness to your hands and brighten up your life!

Beautiful nails are the calling card of a successful and tidy lady. The most versatile manicure that has not gone out of fashion for more than thirty-five years can be safely called the French manicure. This manicure will suit almost any clothing style and any place. In appearance, this design looks simple and elegant, but not everyone knows how to do a French manicure at home without stripes.

French nails have gained popularity due to the fact that they can be worn in everyday life, to work and to festive events. Now, when naturalness and authenticity are in fashion, this design is especially relevant. In order to get your nails in order, you don’t have to run to the salon; you can do it at home.

First you need to determine how exactly the smile line will be made at home, because this is the most important part of the jacket:

First of all, you can consider using stripes or a stencil. This is a set of white stripes on an adhesive base, which are shaped like a smile, thanks to which the line turns out smooth. The disadvantage of using strips at home is that the strip sticks excessively, as a result of which the flesh of the painted nail bed may be damaged. Therefore, when gluing the stencil, you do not need to press hard, gluing it, just lower it and align it without pressing. In addition, the transition turns out to be very abrupt and unnatural
You can try making stencils at home yourself, for example, from masking tape. But cutting out absolutely identical parts is not so easy, so here you will need to transfer one stencil to each finger in turn, which is not very convenient and takes a lot of time. Paper or cardboard can also be used as a material for a stencil, but since there is no adhesive base, they will crawl on the nails, smearing the manicure.
It is popular to use a special white pencil at home. This is a very simple method, as the line is clear and even. But under the influence of environmental factors, such a pencil is erased, so it is necessary to secure it with a transparent varnish
A thin brush is suitable for experienced people with full hands.

It is extremely difficult to manually draw a smile line for right-handed people on the right hand and left-handed people on the left hand.

Smile line

The most important part of a French manicure at home is drawing a “smile line,” but not everyone knows what it is. A natural smile, roughly speaking, is where the nail ends on the finger, the junction between the main pink part of the nail and the lighter tip. This is the line that cannot be crossed without pain when cutting your nails.

There is also an upper smile line, it is also called the hole. It is located on the nails under the cuticle, and also has a lighter shade than the main nail bed, but is darker than the free edge. This line got its name because of the oval, rounded shape of the line, similar to a smile.

The visual perception of the manicure depends on how wide the smile will be. You can lower the line, but then you need to use a camouflage layer, or, on the contrary, raise it a little, which will make the nails visually longer.

For a French manicure to be perfect, you need to take into account that the line must be symmetrical and each finger must have the same bend angle.

The classic French manicure has an oval smile shape on the nails, but there are others, such as beveled, triangular, double triangle, diagonal and so on. The color can also be different, with sparkles, rhinestones, bouillons and much more, everything that the imagination is capable of.

French manicure technology

Before you start manipulating varnishes at home, you need to get your nails in order. First of all, you need to rid your nails of the old coating. It is better to use a liquid without acetone so that your nails do not deteriorate. In addition to removing the varnish, the remover degreases the surface, so the new varnish will adhere better. Next, you need to push back the cuticle and clean the nail plate of dirt, and then shape the free edge.

Once your nails are ready for a new coat, you can begin applying polish at home. First, cover the nail with the main color, the so-called camouflage. It will disguise minor nail imperfections. The choice of color is absolutely to the taste of the owner, but in the classic version these are nude flesh tones. You can, of course, not resort to a color scheme, but simply cover your nails with transparent varnish.

You need to paint from the cuticle towards the free edge, making even, directed strokes. To make the nail more even and without gaps, you need to apply the varnish in two or three layers, drying each one in the air.

If you apply a second (third) layer of varnish on the first one that has not dried, smudging and rolling are possible, as a result of which you will have to redo everything again.

After the camouflage polish has completely dried, you can begin to paint the white color and the smile line. The color does not have to be snow-white, although this is the case in the classic version; you can make a very natural manicure at home using only nude colors. After determining the color, you need to draw a smile line on your nails, then paint over the free edge.

If there are any unevenness, they can be corrected with a thin brush or pencil.

After drying, you need to cover your nails with transparent varnish, this will smooth out the resulting unevenness, give a uniform glossy shine and help the manicure last longer.

To prevent your work from spoiling after a couple of days, it is better to use not a simple varnish, but one with a gel component. The so-called gel polish or shellac. Of course, this will be more expensive than simple nail polish, but such a French manicure will last about two weeks, without chips, cracks or loss of gloss. This decor is very popular for extensions. To add some zest to your French manicure, you can highlight one or two fingers using painting or design.

We can conclude that French manicure is not so easy to do at home. For an even line you need either stencils or a steady hand, otherwise nothing will work. French not only looks elegant and appropriate in itself, but is also a good basis for self-expression in decor.