French Manicure Designs
Women hanker a lot for those beautifully groomed long fingernails. In my opinion there is no greater method to make them more attractive than getting a French manicure done. This manicure is a classic and sophisticated form of manicure and one of the most elegant types of nail art.
With French manicure, the nails look beautiful and well-groomed, which plays a huge role in establishing the personality of a woman. Traditional French manicure has a light pink (or nude) base nail coat and stark white polish on the nail tips. The latest manicure designs are suitable for all occasions from a formal dinner night to a dazzling cocktail party. They look really attractive and they are also really easy to do by the DIY method too.
Unique French Manicure Designs
One of the biggest advantages of having a French manicure is the escape from the 'ordeal' of picking the perfect color shade for each evening. They look trendy with their basic light pink and bright white combination and suit every attire and every occasion. Today, the classic French manicure is modified with use of some trendy artistic designs, patterns, colors and styles. They are now transformed into stylish French nails with numerous additions in their basic texture.
Reverse French Manicure
One of the unusual and unique designs is the 'reverse French manicure design'. This manicure brings a great relief for girls who are yearning for a stunning color shade, rather than the lily white tips. If you want the reverse French manicure, first cover the nails with a base coat of any opaque color shade. Once it is dried completely, apply a half moon nail tip with a darker color shade than the base coat. For instance, if you are using the white nail color as the base, then opt for black, bright red or silver color for the tips. Once the tips are dry, seal both the layers with a nice top coat.
Marbled French Manicure
This French manicure design requires a bit of a skill to get those swift brush movements. You can apply this design on the regular French manicured nails as well. All that you need is a few interestingly contrasting nail polish colors. For instance, red, green, yellow, white, silver and blue or pink, yellow and red, etc. The choice is yours. Now, apply a few dots (4 to 5 each) of all the nail polish colors on the nail tips in a random manner. There is no rule for this application, just do it freely. Now, to get the marbled effect, drag a striper brush over the color dots and move it in a soft swirling motion!
Diagonal French Manicure
This design is great for teenagers. When done with sober and formal colors, it can also be a nice design for the wedding nails too! All you need to do is to create a diagonal line near the nail tips with help of a strip tape. The area above this line will serve as the tip of your nails. Now coat this virtual tip with an opaque color shade and the remaining nail with a sheer nail polish! Making this design is really very easy! To make it more attractive, you can create marbled manicure on the diagonal tip of your nails too! Once you learn how to manicure your fingernails at home, then modifying the base design and developing your own style is not that hard.
Chevron French Manicure
This design doesn't require a lot of modification. Chevron design emphasizes on adding angles to the regular half moon tips. The sharp edge which is formed in the middle of the nail tip, boasts a really elegant and utterly feminine nail art design. The nail tips have a sharp or slightly curvy (petal-like) shape with a point in the middle. You can decorate this middle point with an artificial stone or a simple dot of a contrasting nail polish. Chevron manicure can also be performed with reverse French manicure by using the desired color combination.
Modified French Manicure
This is the latest invention as far as French manicure is concerned. This design is all about an attractive change in the original French manicure. It emphasizes on having the same stark white, half moon tips, with a small curve at the base of the nail, which looks stunning and unique! All you need to do is to create a small curve at the base of the nail (with the same color that you intend to use on the tips) and the regular French manicure tip. When both these curves get completely dry, then color the remaining nail with a contrasting shed of nail polish! This look is really unique and you can do a lot of color variations with this design as well!
Well all said and done, now all you need to do is to learn how to do French manicure at home and then get trendy with some of the above mentioned designs. You can also add glitter on the regular white tips, to give your nails a really trendy look. So, what are you waiting for? Have fun!
