French manicure is a classic. But, like any classic design, it needs modernization. Why improve something good? - you may ask. To get something beautiful. Look for ideas of an interesting design based on French manicure below.
Matte Classic
You won’t surprise anyone with a standard French manicure today. But if you transform it a bit and play with textures, an interesting design may come out. For example, to coat nails with matte varnish, and white smiles - glossy. And it is possible and vice versa. Such a French manicure on short nails will look very attractive. Perhaps even better than long ones. How to make it?
You need to start by preparing the nail plate for work. It should be degreased, and then with the help of a buff, the glossy layer is removed from the nails. Now you can apply the base. If desired, it can be changed to camouflage or multi-varnish. Now you need to apply color. Then choose at your discretion. You can use any delicate shade of pink, beige or peach flowers. Then you should cover all the nails with a matte top. And after that, you can move on to drawing "smiles." The easiest way to do them is stencil. It is necessary to place the strips so that the free edge of the nail can be painted over. We cover the fingertips with white varnish in two layers. The last stage is the application of a glossy finish on white smiles.
Select one nail
A variant of such a French manicure today can already be considered trivial. But he does not look worse because of this. You can select not one nail, but two. Moreover, it is not necessary that the fingers with drawings on the right and left hand are the same. Let's repeat the idea of the French manicure given above.
According to the standard scheme, we prepare nails. Degrease them and saw them. Now cover with a transparent base. If you are not satisfied with the natural color of the nail, then you can apply another layer of pigmented varnish. Now move on to the smiles. They need to be done on those nails on which there will be no picture. If you have been doing manicure for a long time, then it will not be a problem for you to draw even strips with a thin brush. If this process causes difficulties, use stencils. After that, you can go to the nails with a picture. We cover them with white color and dry.
Now we take a pink varnish and draw an oval for it. With burgundy paint, draw a shadow on the bud. It remains to supplement the image with leaves and stalk. We draw them with a thin brush. First we draw a strip to the cuticle, and then supplement it with ovals pointed on one side. We cover the design with the finish and dry the nails.
Flower jacket
This design of French manicure looks interesting. It is especially relevant in the spring, during the flowering of cherries, apple trees and plums. The above picture is more like sakura, but no one bothers you to play with the color scheme. How to repeat the design?
We prepare the nail plates. After they are washed and degreased, apply the base. Now, without fail, you need to apply color in two layers. The backing should be neutral in color. Beige or light peach color is perfect. Dots are dipped in pink paint and on each nail we put three points so that they form a triangle. It will be a flower. You can place two or three flowers on one nail, and also only half of it. With a thin brush we depict the branches and decorate them with leaves. Moreover, they should go diagonally, as if repeating the shape of the nail.
It remains to complement the design with white dots. You can make them with dots as well as toothpicks. Finish the finished design and dry it.
New Year's service jacket
Do you like interesting designs? Then the above photo of a French manicure should you like. This unusual design is made extremely simple, but looks spectacular. Moreover, it can be worn not only during the New Year holidays. To create a festive mood for yourself, you can do a manicure a few weeks before the New Year. How to create it?
We prepare nails for work. Saw them and degrease. Now apply the base, and then bright red varnish. Dry the result. On one nail we draw a silhouette of a Christmas tree. If you can’t create an even outline, you should cut yourself a stencil from adhesive tape in advance. On the remaining nails we depict snowdrifts. With a thin brush, draw a wavy line just below the free edge of the nail. Now we paint over the resulting space with white varnish. You can draw snowflakes on your nails with a jacket. Well, you can just dot the dots. We cover the design with the finish and dry the result.
Romantic french
Not sure which design to decorate your nails with? French manicure will always be appropriate. You can supplement it with small drawings of any subject. For example, hearts. Such a manicure will be appropriate not only for Valentine's Day. A girl can decorate her nails with such a design before going on a date. Manicure is created according to the classical scheme. Nail plates are filed and degreased. Then they are covered with base and color. Smiles are drawn on the tips of the nails. But with such a design, it is worth using not a classic white color, but silver or gold varnish. It remains to supplement the manicure with hearts. You can paint them with a brush. Moreover, the image does not have to be monochrome. You can circle the heart with a black outline and draw white highlights on it.
If you do not know how to draw, it does not matter. Sliders and stickers are available for sale. Place the images on your nails, and then strengthen them with the finish.
Graphic option
A photo of a French gel manicure you can see above. But if you have at your disposal only ordinary varnish or shellac, then you can repeat the design with their help. Graphic manicure looks stylish and will suit any clothes, both festive and everyday. This design is created simply.
After you have prepared the nails for work, they need to be aligned using the base. Now apply camouflage and dry the result. We take a thin brush, immerse it in white varnish, and then draw a diagonal strip on the free edge of the nail. Fill the resulting triangle with white. We do the same operation with black varnish. To make the design look more interesting, you can draw a thin black strip parallel to a triangle of the same color. We cover the design with the finish.
French, rhinestones and broths
Despite the fact that this design involves the presence of rhinestones, the nails do not look vulgar. Tenderness gives a French manicure. Photo of nails you can see above. Repeating this design is very simple. First of all, you will need to file your nails and degrease them. Then you should apply the base and after that camouflage or color. Now you need to create white smiles using the stripes. But they should not be done on all nails. One finger must be left without a picture. On this nail in the future we will glue rhinestones. After the French manicure is ready, cover it with a top.
Now you can move on to design. Glue large rhinestones onto a thin layer of unprocessed top. We quickly dry the nails so that the rhinestones do not move out. Now you need to apply another layer of the top and glue small broths on it. Dry the manicure again and fix the decor with another layer of finish.
Brilliant French
If you are bored with the standard manicure options, refresh the design with shiny foil. This option of manicure will look not only expressively, but also festively. How to create a similar design? We prepare the nail plates and apply camouflage. Now dry the nails and proceed to the design. Shiny "smiles" can be created using special strip stickers. You just need to stick a thin stencil on the nail, and cover it with a finish. You can draw a shiny strip with a thin brush or using a special stencil.
Matte + Glossy
If you want to get an original design, but don’t want to bother yourself at the same time, make a bet not on the drawing, but on the texture. Matte nails with glossy tips look stylish. And the design, made in black, certainly will not go unnoticed. How to repeat a similar manicure? It is necessary to prepare the nails and apply a leveling base on them. Now cover all the nails with black. If your varnish is liquid, then you should apply the varnish in two layers. We cover the result with a matte finish. Now you need to create glossy stripes.
Using stencils, we separate the free edge of the nail and cover it with black varnish. And this time we try to distribute the paint with a thin layer so that it does not flood anywhere. Dry the result and cover the tip of the nail with a glossy finish. The last action is to remove the stencil.
Lace French
If you combine the two design ideas, you get interesting solutions. French lace manicure is an unusual way to decorate nails. Of course, it requires painstaking drawing, but the result is worth the effort spent on its creation. How to repeat such a manicure at home? You need to start with standard nail training. After this, it is necessary to cover the nail plates with varnish. You can repeat the same graphic version of the design as in the picture above, or you can choose any other more cheerful color. But remember that you need to take contrasting colors to achieve a greater effect. After the nails are painted, you can proceed to create a picture. It will cover the free edge of the nail and can go on almost half of the nail plate.
You can create a picture with a thin brush or with a stencil. As it is possible to take a piece of any lace fabric. And if you don’t want to bother yourself at all, you can buy lace sliders. The final action is the top coating of nails.