Beautiful and well-groomed nails always attract attention. Today, to maintain a manicure in perfect condition allow various techniques for its implementation. Sustainable materials determine the safety of manicure for several weeks, while its attractiveness does not decrease.
French manicure is especially popular among modern women. The preference for this technology for designing nail plates is given by many representatives of the beautiful half of humanity, because it is in harmony with all types of outfits - holiday, everyday, weekend.
What is a jacket?
French is a medium or short length nail design. A feature of the design of the nail plates according to the French type is the free edge a few millimeters in size. The design of the edge of the nails can be smooth, round, lace and have a different color.
French appearance story
Too many women associate French manicure with its French origin. This is by no means a deceptive opinion. French appeared in the seventies in the United States. Hollywood stars were the first women of fashion who had to wear a manicure in connection with professional need.
The large investment of time for the design of the nails of the actresses prompted the producers to find a solution to this problem. The founder of the cosmetics company "Orly" Jeff Pink helped in this. His ingenious idea of decorating nails made it possible to forget about red tape with manicure and at the same time took root in everyday circles.
French has gained particular popularity since the development of the nail extension industry. Today it can be seen on both short and long female nails. He looks amazingly gentle.
Varieties of French execution techniques
Specialist manicure specialists succeed in creating various designer French nail designs thanks to several implementation techniques.
- French can be beautifully applied to the nail platinum with a nail polish brush. To do this, you need to have special skills. Only the set hand of the master can draw clear lines of the jacket.
- A more aesthetic version of the designer jacket is obtained by using a special brush designed for painting on nails. This tool allows you to create both flat edges of the jacket and openwork.
- The classic jacket can be made using special stencil stickers. This method always helps when there is no way to pay a visit to a professional nail service.
- You can also design a jacket with gel polish. This method is very interesting in that it allows you to develop completely extraordinary design variations in the design of nail platinum - from classic to ultra-fashionable.
French materials
So, for French manicure, you can use ordinary nail polishes, but in this case, the stability of the manicure will be low, and the sock is impractical. A more profitable option is nail extensions using gel bases. But this technique is not suitable for those who have very thin nail plates. But the design of the jacket with gel varnishes is a gentle technology.
Gel polish is the foundation that protects the nail platinum from destruction, nourishes it with useful substances. The gel polish made on the nails keeps fresh for a long time. This manicure looks original and lasts a long time.
French gel polishes
You should be aware that gel varnishes are made from acrylic esters and substances capable of forming a protective film base. They are not liquid, like regular nail polish. The consistency is semi-fluid, sometimes viscous. If gel varnishes contain special additives, they are plastic and have a gloss. Working with this material requires experience.
Preparing nails before a gel french
Before applying special bases, preparation of the nail plates is required. Its stages are as follows:
- cosmetic treatment and cuticle removal;
- filing the edges of the nail plates to give a certain shape;
- gentle cutting of the top layer;
- processing nails with a degreasing agent.
When the nails are ready, gel polish is applied to them, after which the procedure of drying the nails is carried out in the light of an ultraviolet lamp (2-3 minutes).
After drying, the gel coating requires the application of a protective layer, which acts as a fixative.
Overview of the best manufacturers
This is another important issue. To keep the effect of manicure on the nails for a long time, you should be able to choose from the many offers the most worthy gel polish options for French. When choosing, you should give preference to the well-known branded series of products for the care and design of nails. Cheap options do not guarantee sustainability - proven by practice!
The following branded products can ensure freshness and long-term wear of a jacket:
- gel polishes for French OPI (Germany);
- gel varnishes Masura (Japan);
- gel varnishes Geleration, Kodi, PNB (USA);
- shellac gels CND (USA);
- gel varnishes Canni, Cristina, Bluesky (China);
- gel varnishes RuNail, "Aurelia" (Russia).
Products of Japanese and Chinese manufacturers have a sharp aroma. Means of domestic production differ to a greater extent by the diversity of the palette of shades than by stable properties. Well, American and German products are the highest quality today.
It should be noted that the presented brand samples of gel varnishes for French have a rich color palette with various effects:
- neon
- luminescent;
- mirrored;
- holographic;
- magnetic;
- cat's eye.
The advantages of the best branded gel polishes
The completed manicure with gel polish does not make the nail plates heavier, as with nail extensions with acrylic or gel structural components. There are also other benefits:
- These products do not have chipping properties.
- Easily removed with simple acetone or light saw cut.
- Quickly dried in a UV lamp.
Hypoallergenic Options
In addition to the above gel polishes for French, you can use gentle gel bases - hypoallergenic - in the nail design. The best examples of these are the products of the Grattol series (Germany) and Bluesky (China).
Nail Design Gel Polish French
Using special gel bases for the design of the nail plates, you can create a surprisingly beautiful French manicure. Make sure how the completed French coat on the nails looks like gel polish (see photo below).
Here is a classic French jacket. Only two colors are used in the work - transparent for the main plate, white for the edge of the nails. It looks modest, gentle and charming.
Variegated color jacket. In its execution, you can combine any shades of gel polishes. When performing it, you need to remember that the color of the nails must match the color palette of outfits or makeup.
But the French jacket is the opposite. "Smile" is located on the side of the base of the nail plates. It looks unusual!
Asymmetric jacket. In its implementation, you can use any asymmetry of the linear design of the edge of the nail plates.
The in-depth version of the jacket is an almost completely covered nail plate, while the “smile” is not painted over.
Geometric jacket is a strict manicure option. Straight lines or geometric shapes emphasize the aesthetics of the nail design.
Very attractive gradient jacket. Mirror overflows of palettes and brilliance create a 3D effect. It looks festive!
The twist-jacket is very tender - classic, with the addition of floral ornaments to the tone of the edging of the edge of the nail plates.
And here is an interesting french design with gel polish of various color palettes. A colored manicure is a colorful option. It is preferably performed in the warm season - in summer or spring. Multi-colored plant motifs transform nails beyond recognition.
Surprisingly interesting is the marble french. It is carried out by various palettes of gel varnishes. The created marble structure of the French edging pattern emphasizes the ideal shape of the nails.
Lovers of vintage style can afford to fulfill the service jacket in identity. For its implementation, gold and brown shades are used, as well as intricate drawings.
As the photos show, the design of the jacket with gel polish can be different: romantic, business, holiday, everyday, elegant, strict, light.
Recommendations of specialists
An ideal, as shown in the photo, jacket with gel polish can be obtained only if the following recommendations of nail service professionals are met:
- You can get a saturated shade only if several layers of gel polish are applied to the nail plates;
- each applied layer is dried in an ultraviolet lamp;
- after each coating, the adhesive layer is necessarily removed using a special tool;
- the finish layer is applied more densely compared to the previous two;
- the white jacket should be dried in the lamp for no more than one and a half minutes, this will prevent the manifestation of yellowness and maintain the purity of the white and milk shades of the jacket;
- despite the properties of gel polish spread independently on the nail plate, for its application it is still better to use guide brushes, this will ensure uniformity of the applied layers;
- to achieve smooth lines and their clarity at the beginning of the experimental path will help special stencils, with which you can draw not only a jacket, but also lace lace ornaments.
Now you know what a jacket is, with the help of improvised materials and devices it can be made and in what variations. Only practice will allow you to achieve the best results. There are many examples of French. Each master creates his own individual patterns. You can always be original in the style of a French manicure.
We hope the article was helpful. Share with your readers your experience in using gel polishes for French.