How To Do French Manicure At Home If you are wondering how to do a French manicure at home, you have landed on the right page. We agree th...
How To Do French Manicure At Home
How To Do French Manicure At Home
If you’re new to the world of nails, here’s what you need to know. The ever-classic French manicure typically involves a pale pink base and bright white tips. It is sophisticated and classy, and will never go out of fashion. Let’s begin with the tutorial!
What You Need
- A bowl of warm water
- A towel
- Base coat
- White nail polish
- Soft baby pink nail polish
- Top coat
Step By Step Tutorial
1. Prep Your Nails
Fill up a bowl with warm water and soak your hands in it for a minute or so. This helps get rid of all the oils and dry skin and helps your manicure stay on a lot longer.
2. Apply A Base Coat
Once you have shaped and buffed nails, you need to apply a base coat. This step is really important when you are doing a French manicure because your natural nails are going to be on show, and you want everything to look smooth. Let it dry before you move on to the next step.
3. Do Your Tips
Use a white nail polish for your tips. Rest your finger on a flat surface, tilt it to the side, push the brush where you want your French tip to start and then pull it over. Don’t worry about connecting it to the other side as the criss-cross method will take care of this. Place the brush on the other side and repeat exactly what you did first. This will create a smooth and even line. Clean up any excess polish with a Q-tip, and let your nails dry.
4. Apply The Over-Top Nail Polish
Choose a soft baby pink nail polish and paint it over your nails. This shade will blend all the colors together and make your manicure look a lot more natural.
5. Apply A Top Coat
To seal and set your manicure, go over your nails with a transparent top coat. Once it dries, add cuticle oil for hydration.
Pat, a beauty blogger, talks about how she experimented with French manicured nails at home and how satisfied she was with the look. She states in her blog post, “I decided I didn’t really want white tips, so I chose a different color combination (i).” She further shares, “I had to resort to the second method, which is freehanding the tips. After redoing that ring finger, I slowly drew the line at the tip using the actual polish brush. It wasn’t that bad.”
This is how your manicure will eventually look! Isn’t that gorgeous?
DIY Reverse French Manicure
The reverse French manicure is one of the hottest nail trends out there! It simply involves painting the circular moon shape of your nail bed in a shade that contrasts the rest of your nail. This is easy to do and won’t take up a lot of your time.
What You Need
- Base coat
- A light shade of nail polish
- A darker shade of nail polish
- Top coat
Step By Step Tutorial
1. Apply Your Base Coat
Start by applying a thin layer of a clear base coat as this helps the nail polish stick to your nails easily. It also protects your nails from staining and your manicure from peeling.
2. Apply The First Nail Color
Grab your favorite nail polish – it could be anything – from metallic to a sheer color. Apply a nice, thin layer of it to your nails.
3. Glam It Up
It’s time to go in with your second color. Use a small amount of polish and apply it while giving the brush a little wiggle to match the shape of your cuticle. Instead of going all the way to the nail bed, you’re leaving a small space for the first color to show.
4. Apply Your Top Coat
To seal the manicure, make sure you apply a top coat to ensure it lasts for a long time without chipping or peeling.
Here’s how stunning it looks!
Wasn’t that simple?
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