Many women make a lot of efforts to create their image. Of course, they focus on the details, primarily on manicure. Men are unlikely to like a woman with groomed hands. And beautiful and well-groomed nails will decorate any girl.
French is a great option for your nails. It will suit both an evening dress, and a business and sports suit. Due to its versatility, manicure is very popular among the fair sex.
What is a French?
French manicure is nails of moderate length (the outgrowth of the nail is 3-4 mm), the shape of the nail is a spatula or oval. With such a manicure, the nail plate is painted with varnish of natural shades (beige-pink, beige, milk or natural pink), and the tips of the nails are painted white - a crescent or a smile is obtained.
This description refers to the classic "jacket". But there are also options for it.
Types of "French"
Now consider the types of this manicure:
1) Classic "french". In this manicure, the nails have a natural shade, and the smile is white.
2) Color "jacket". The peculiarity of this manicure is that the crescent is painted not with white color, but with any other - dark, bright or pastel. Alternatively, the nail and crescent are painted in matching or contrasting colors, or a combination of different textures (for example, glossy and matte) is chosen.
3) The Millennium French. Very similar to the classic "French", the only difference is that the smile is completely filled with sparkles.
4) "French" with a picture. On all, one or more nails, a picture is depicted. This manicure is very popular for a wedding.
5) "Hollywood French." The main difference of this manicure is an unusual smile (instead of a crescent, it looks like a corner).
6) "Fantasy French". The name of the manicure comes from the word "fantasy". There can be various options - an unusual crescent shape, beads, rhinestones, volumetric design.
7) "French" with shellac. This is the most persistent version of manicure, it will last on the nail plate for at least 2 weeks. Instead of ordinary varnish, shellac (gel varnish) is used - a special coating polymerized in the rays of a UV lamp.
The first step: to give the nails a beautiful shape
How to make a "French"? Drawing a French manicure at home is not so difficult. After taking a few steps, you will get a beautiful nail art.
Choose the length that suits you. The lilac jacket on the nails of an almond-shaped or soft square shape looks more harmonious.
You can remove the extra millimeters with nail scissors, and correct the shape with a cardboard or glass nail file. Tip: hold the nail file at an angle of 90 degrees to the edge of the nail and make movements in one direction.
Second step: take care of the skin of the hands, remove the cuticle
The barbs and coarsened cuticle will make any manicure useless. For a French manicure, the skin of the hands should be in perfect condition.
Make a warm hand bath to soften your skin. Take care of the cuticle removal. Slide it to the side with an orange tree stick or pusher. Remove the cuticle with nippers. Apply lotion or cream to your hands.
Third step: apply a base color
Degrease the surface of the nail before applying the decorative coating. It is easy to do with a cotton pad soaked in nail polish remover. A primer for nails will help to make a manicure resistant.
Apply the base and let it dry completely. For a classic French manicure, varnish is used in natural shades (pink, beige, flesh). If you plan to make a lilac "jacket", then apply shades of this color.
The varnish is applied in one layer, to distribute it on the surface of the nail plate should be in one motion. Otherwise, stains and streaks will remain on the nail. With a colored "coat" varnish can be applied in two layers.
Fourth step: draw a crescent
The classic "French" implies a crescent moon in white.
The crescent on the nails can be drawn in the following ways:
1. By hand with a thin brush. Draw a border and fill with color the overgrown part of the nail.
2. Using stencils-stickers. Stick the stencils along the smile line, apply the varnish to the rest
3. Using a pencil. The overgrown part of the nail from the inside is painted with a white pencil for manicure.
Fifth step: apply the finish
A top coat or "top" is needed in order to fix the manicure and extend its durability. It can be glossy, matte, shiny.
Our manicure is ready. It needs to be updated every week.
Color effect
French lilac (his photo is presented below) is an excellent fashionable version of manicure. Lilac color indicates a good taste. It also helps in creating an exquisite look.
Lilac is a shade of purple. It was obtained by mixing blue and red. By the way, there is more red in the shade. If we take the same proportions, we get purple as a result. However, due to its saturation, it inhibits the nervous system.
It is believed that lilac color has a calming effect on people. If your life has not come to the best of times or you have a hectic job, lilac painted nails are what you need.
The shade that a woman puts on her nails can tell a lot about her. Lilac color reflects such emotions as:
- melancholy;
- mystery
- freshness;
- expressiveness;
- harmony;
- peace of mind.
This shade is suitable for judicious and wise, romantic and gentle girls. If you are the owner of such qualities, you can make yourself a fashionable manicure - lilac "french".
Remember: it must suit your character, otherwise the varnish quickly bothers.
Some ideas
What could be the design of nails? Lilac jacket may be different. Now we will consider different ideas:
1) A variant looks advantageous when the nail is painted with lilac flowers, and the crescent is a tone lighter or darker.
2) The nail can be painted with transparent varnish, and the tips - lilac. It looks interesting and gentle.
3) It is possible to cover the entire nail plate with a lilac shade, and paint the tips white and vice versa.
4) Manicure with horizontal and vertical lines is very popular. Interestingly, half of the nail looks lilac, and the second yellow or pastel.
5) As an option - draw a triangle instead of a smile. Perfectly combined black and lilac colors.
6) To get a festive manicure, add sparkles, rhinestones or metallized adhesive tape. When illuminated, such a lilac jacket looks unusual.
7) Specialists using lilac color depict spring flowers on the nail: cornflowers, bells, irises, asters, crocuses, gladioli, hydrangeas.
8) The combination of lilac and yellow looks very original. Such a manicure seems airy and light. However, care must be taken to prevent disharmony.
9) Lilac "jacket" with a pattern looks beautiful. Butterflies are still at their peak. Multi-colored wings on a lilac background look very beautiful. With a thin brush, you can circle the contours with gold varnish.
10) Manicurists love to experiment with varnishes of the same color scheme. It turns out interesting and unusual combinations. Purple, violet, lilac on different nails give the image a playfulness. Of course, this is a suitable option for young girls, not mature women.
Manicure is a creative occupation, and if you approach this matter with imagination, you can get a real work of art. Try, experiment, fantasize.
What to combine lilac "jacket" with?
It goes well with cold shades of beige, gold, silver. On a white background it looks very harmonious. Orange, yellow, blue is popular in tandem with a lilac color.
When choosing a manicure for clothes, pay attention to a harmonious combination of shades.
What clothes is combined with French manicure in lilac colors?
Solid color varnish suits clothes in violet tones. For example, a silk blouse and glossy gel polish will create an excellent composition. It is better to wear classic jeans or black pants on the bottom.
Lilac "jacket" is perfect for pink clothes. A blouse or tunic of a pale pink color looks great.
A great combination is black and lilac. It is not difficult to choose accessories for the color of the nails. A bag or earrings is an ideal choice. It is important that the tone is the same with the nails.
Lilac and white look romantic and fresh. In addition, a light shade can be used as a background for manicure. The original decoration of the image can be violet petals - a bright accent on white.
Do not forget about green. Grass-colored trousers are perfect for a lilac "jacket". In manicure, you can also use green. With a turquoise or emerald color, an amazing composition will turn out.
Also lilac goes well with red and blue colors.
Conclusion
Now you know what a lilac "jacket" on nails is. Photos of some ideas for clarity are presented in the article.