Do you remember last week I shared this photo on facebook and twitter? I promised you I would show you how to do a French manicure. Well, here it is!
Doing an at home French manicure is very quick and easy. I didn’t realize how quick and easy until a friend of mine showed me. Now, I want to share with you!
Find out how! *picture heavy*
You will need the following:
a base coat
a tip color (usually white, but you can choose a different color to make it festive)
a sheer pink/beige nail color (for American version)
a top coat
100% pure Acetone. It will work a lot better and quicker than regular nail polish remover.
a rounded eyeshadow brush. You don’t want it too dense or too big. The width of your pinky nail should suffice.
container. This is just a cough syrup measuring cup.
Okay. Got everything? Let’s get started!
The first step is to apply a layer of base coat and let the coat dry for a couple of minutes.
Next, take the nail polish color you want to paint your tips. I like to paint mine white. I try not to go too far down my nail because that just means more nail polish for me to remove later. I also find it best to paint on 2 thin layers instead of one thick one.
After painting the tips, it’s time to shape and clean the edges. Pour a little bit of the 100% Acetone into a small container.
Dip the rounded eyeshadow brush into the Acetone.
Brush away the excess. Use the roundness of the brush to help you create a slightly curved edge. There is no wrong or right way to remove the excess polish. Do whatever feels comfortable and easy for you. After each swipe, dip the brush into Acetone so the nail polish doesn’t collect on the bristles.
Now that the tips are done, paint on a thin layer of top coat (for the French version) or a sheer pink/beige color (for the American version).
Last step is to paint on a layer of top coat if you decided to do the American version and you’re done!
Easy, yes?
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Thanks for the great tutorial! I just wanted to give myself a mani but didn’t know exactly what should it be. Now I know!
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Let me know how it turns out!!
I tried this before and it just sucked so bad for me : / I’m a massive motoric-spazz. *sigh*
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Aw
I know they have stickers you can use to help create the tips. I used to use those.
This is how I do it too
It always comes out perfect!
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ooh, I like posts like these! your nails look lovely. I’m always lazy and use those reinforcement stickers to do mine ^^
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i like to use the stickers too, but they dont give the clean finish i want
Thanks for the tutorial!
Your nails look great!
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thanks and you’re welcome!
This seems easy enough to do even for a klutz like me, thanks for the tut!
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you’re welcome! it gets easier and easier the more times you do it. so don’t give up if it seems too difficult at first
so pretty
i like how you use a brush to fix it afterwards, I never knew this trick before until i got my manicure this past weekend, no wonder all my attempted french were so uneven before and i just thought i couldn’t draw as well as other girls :p and i also only found out what “american” mean this weekend too! lol learn something new everyday huh :p I love your nails!!!
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hehe i didnt know what an “american” was until my friend was teaching me this technique. I was like oohhhh… haha who knew!
This is nice. I prefer to use clear nail polish to make it appear more natural just to have my nails a protective coating. I also like clear nail polish with glitters.
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i’ve never tried clear with glitter before. it sounds really pretty! i should give that a try!
thanks for sharing your tips…as for me I use a french tip sticker to get that even line hahaha and instead of using white polish for the tip, I use Hot Pink
Hugs!♥
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i use the stickers too! i also sometimes do the hot pink tips! hehe
Beautiful Frenchie hun! I haven’t done my nails for a long time.
This is an awesome tutorial!!! I’m definitely going to try this out this weekend!
Very nice tutorial……your nails look great!
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thank you!
Wooow! That is how it was done??? Oh my! I have really tried this one all over again and I didn’t get the exact result I don’t put any base coat before the white polish that is my very wrong. Thanks for this I will try this one and hoping to get a good result same as this.
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good luck!
practice a couple of times and you’ll be a pro in no time!
This is my favorite nail polish style ever! thanks for the tutorial!
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you’re welcome laura!
Doesn’t the acetone end up taking off the base coat too? Did you reapply base coat to that area?
it does and you can reapply a base coat if you want.
You make this look so easy, unfortunately, me and nail polish tend to be not so good of friends. I am forever screwing them up right after!
i just had my nails done with french tip and put some flower stamp on side! love the result yay!
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