A real find for fashionistas - double French on nails. A real find for fashionistas - double French on nails. The elegant edging of the nail emphasizes the femininity of the lady's hand and gives a clear completeness to the design. The original version with square nails is gradually transforming and becoming less relevant. The variety of shapes and patterns based on the French manicure allows you to use this manicure technique for everyday life and for special occasions. By adding sparkles and rhinestones, you can get a sparkling New Year's version.
Historical retreat
Classic French manicure looks very natural and modest. The nail is covered with pink or beige, and the border along the tip of the nail is made white. An overgrown nail is not noticeable due to the natural base color. All attention is paid to finishing. This manicure done with gel polish can be worn for a long time without correction.
Classic French manicure looks very natural and modest
This nail finishing technique was invented 40 years ago by ORLY founder Jeff Pink.
The style was called French because Pink worked in France, where he designed nails.
This nail finishing technique was invented 40 years ago by ORLY founder Jeff Pink. He created a universal manicure for Hollywood film actresses that matched all outfits. He coated his nails with natural-colored polish and highlighted the tips with white.
Feminine and elegant rounded nail shapes are in fashion.
Length depends on woman's preference
Many design finds and ideas are embodied in a decorated, multi-colored jacket
The style was called French because Pink worked in France, where he designed nails.
Feminine and elegant rounded nail shapes are in fashion. The length depends on the woman's preferences. Many design finds and ideas are embodied in a decorated, multi-colored jacket.
Two-color manicure with design
For example, a beige shade of varnish is considered neutral and the most popular color. Thanks to this, it can be combined with any color without any problems. Apply the selected color shade to your ring finger. If you cover one nail with mint color, then the rest with beige. And you do this design on the other hand. So, by experimenting with shades, additional decor and patterns, you can come up with new ideas for two-color manicure every time.
Double French on nails: new items
Designers continue to look for ways to diversify the basic French manicure technique. Asymmetry, or a break in a straight line at an obtuse angle, is introduced into the design of the border. A variety of colors, a combination of different textures, ombre, painting, monograms, and so on are welcome.
Designers continue to look for ways to diversify the basic French manicure technique.
It is also possible to use stencils
More and more women value practicality and wear short nails
Drawings on the nail plate will be fashionable. Painting can be done by hand, it will be unique living patterns. It is also possible to use stencils. Drawings are applied to all fingers or to several separate plates.
Adherents of the teachings of Feng Shui strive to attract good luck and wealth, and highlight the ring and middle fingers. You can follow their example.
The subject of the images includes floral patterns, images of flowers, butterflies, geometric lines and shapes, as well as the application of hieroglyphs and monograms.
The subject of the images includes floral patterns, images of flowers, butterflies, geometric lines and shapes, as well as the application of hieroglyphs and monograms
More and more women value practicality and wear short nails, which will still be fashionable in 2021. A regular French manicure at this length does not look advantageous, since the nail plate visually expands due to the contrasting border, and the hand becomes rough. But the color design of the design, the decoration of a non-standard longitudinal or diagonal stripe for a jacket, will make small nails original and expressive.
Colored design, decoration with a non-standard longitudinal or diagonal stripe for a jacket will make small nails original and expressive
And yet, for the limited space of a short jacket, you need to choose matching colors for the base and smile - blue/blue, pink/red, beige/brown
Using harmonious combinations of tones, a vertical ombre is used, which visually lengthens the nail
And yet, for the limited space of a short jacket, you need to choose matching colors for the base and smile - blue/blue, pink/red, beige/brown. Using harmonious combinations of tones, a vertical ombre is used, which visually lengthens the nail.
Today, French is performed in various varieties and combinations:
- classic version;
- multi-colored;
- transparent;
- fan-french;
- double.
Let's talk about double French. For the main color, you can choose not only classic neutral tones. Any colored varnish will do. This technique is difficult to perform and requires some experience and accuracy. A double smile is made at the tip of the nail.
For the main color, you can choose not only classic neutral tones
This technique is difficult to perform and requires some experience and accuracy.
A double smile is done on the tip of the nail
This type of manicure requires a sufficient length of the nail plate; it is not performed on short nails. It is better to do this on extended nail plates. Making a drawing is a difficult task; it must be the same on both hands.
Another version of this technique is a border at the base of the nail bed, a moon manicure. Adding a second stripe hides the boundary between the regrown plate and the varnish coating. One strip is made at the base of the nail, the second at the tip. This option also exists. The stripes can be combined in color as shades of the same tone or be contrasting. One of them can be made shiny or lined with rhinestones. There are many options for double French.
Double manicure can be used for everyday wear and to create a festive look.
It is important that the colors are in harmony with each other. Most often it is performed with gel polish.
You don’t have to worry about keeping your nails in perfect condition for a long time.
Double manicure can be used for everyday wear and to create a festive look. Colored and even dark colors for the base are suitable. The matte black jacket with a varnished and shiny smiley face looks original. It is important that the colors in such a complex pattern are in harmony with each other. Most often it is performed with gel polish. You don’t have to worry about the impeccable condition of your nails for a long time. The natural tones of the base smooth out the boundary between the varnish and the regrown nail. Double French is elegant, practical, stylish!
Double French is elegant, practical, stylish
Ideas for bright French manicure with a beautiful print
A colorful design on a French manicure can ensure a good mood. Colorful motifs add chic and romance to a woman’s look. French manicure with a pattern, made in bright colors, contains the most interesting color combinations. The coming 2021 suggests both restrained and variegated colors. Choose your French manicure pattern wisely. Even if the classic version of this nail design suits everyone, the design can ruin everything. An ornament with a picture of a bird or a pig from the game “Angry Birds” on the nails of a teacher at a music school looks out of place. Agree that “calm” drawings in the form of a treble clef or images of floristry are suitable for such important professions.
How to make a double French yourself
We do a manicure with gel polish. Everything in order:
- Treating the client's hands with an antiseptic solution.
- Filing the nail to give the desired shape.
- Apply disposable forms and a backing and dry under the lamp for 2 minutes.
- We cover the base of the nail with gel polish, and after drying we correct the unevenness.
- We draw smile lines - first one, dry it under a lamp, then another.
- We cover the finished drawing with finishing varnish to add shine to the nail.
The base of the nail is covered with gel polish, after drying we correct the unevenness.
Apply disposable forms and a substrate, dry under the lamp for 2 minutes
Filing the nail to give the desired shape
Gradient two-color manicure
A gradient on nails can look bright and catchy, sophisticated and calm. It all depends on the shades you choose. In 2021, the gradient was at the peak of popularity, where the milky color turns into bright shades with a speckled coating. And also a yellow-gray gradient - these are the most fashionable shades of the year not only for manicure, but also for clothing.
Best ideas
A variety of options distinguishes fashion trends in creating a double jacket in 2021. Not only shades of colors can be combined, but also textured options. For example, the base is made with matte varnish, and the border is made of the same color, but in gloss. Or the base is a smooth varnish layer, and the smile is sand or metallic glitter of the same tone as the base.
A variety of options distinguishes fashion trends in creating a double jacket
Black varnish combines effectively with a gold border
A sense of taste and proportion is the main criterion not only for creating a manicure
Black varnish combines effectively with a gold border. It’s always a win-win option - one stripe is white, the other to match the base varnish. The variation of colors should be harmonious. A sense of taste and proportion is the main criterion not only for creating a manicure.
Options for double French color combinations:
- Classic – the nail is carefully processed and covered with clear varnish. The tip is distinguished by a black and white thin stripe. An unpretentious manicure will go with any outfit and is suitable for any life situation. It will highlight the lady's good taste.
Classic – the nail is carefully processed and covered with clear varnish
An unpretentious manicure will go with any outfit and is suitable for any life situation.
This manicure will highlight a lady’s good taste.
- The strips are applied to one or two fingers symmetrically on both hands. Usually the third and fourth fingers are prominent.
- The strips are not extended horizontally, but vertically or diagonally to one side of the plate. They can have clear geometric outlines, or they can softly turn into a pointed end.
- The main manicure is performed with a smiley face on the tip of the nail, and the selected fingers are decorated with the same border, but in the bed of the plate. The neutral coating can be decorated with an openwork pattern of the same color as the border. This elegant option can be performed on short nails.
The basic manicure is done with a smiley face on the tip of the nail.
The double stripe itself looks elegant, so you shouldn’t complicate it with a bright base color
- The double stripe itself looks elegant, so there is no need to complicate it with a bright base color. Make this manicure - cover your nails with white or pastel color. Make the stripes gold or silver.
Make this manicure - cover your nails with white or pastel color
- The basis of the double jacket can be a decorative thin mesh applied with a stencil. Without it, you can leave the ring and middle finger, highlighting them. Or vice versa, use a stencil to emphasize the importance of these fingers, and cover the remaining fingers with a single-color varnish.
The side French is also a type of double. Different shapes and arrangement of stripes are a feature of manicure. Sideways French Manicure combines classic design features with trendy stripes. A side manicure is relatively easy to do; you can try applying it yourself.
The side strip is applied in a smooth curve from one side of the nail plate to all fingers. The base is beige or pink varnish. Stripe – white or black. If you finish with a dark color, the stripe should be narrower. The light border can occupy a third of the nail space. The side trim looks elegant when it shines. You can put glitter along its contour. This option will go well with a New Year's outfit, or with any evening dress.
Another option is to cover the nail with pink mother-of-pearl with large sparkles, and make the side border a deep pink solid color.
If the tones of the varnish and smile are discreet, then you can decorate the picture with a delicate openwork around the border.
We must remember that fashionable colors for manicure in 2021 will be burgundy, wine, blue, gold, and purple. Milky, pink and beige tones are still suitable for the base.
We must remember that fashionable colors for manicure are burgundy, wine, and purple.
Always in trend - femininity, a sense of proportion, a harmonious combination of colors in a double French manicure
The classic white stripe is often replaced with black, which is also a feature of this year.
Always in trend - femininity, a sense of proportion, a harmonious combination of colors in a double French manicure.
Wedding nail art with two stripes
Double French is difficult to do, but the results are worth it. A design in soft pink and white tones with original stones is an excellent solution for a bride on her wedding day. This manicure looks very gentle and feminine. White stripes add freshness and match with a wedding dress.
Often, instead of a white border, a shiny frame is used. Sometimes the transition from the base to the bride’s “smile” is smoothed out using ombre.
Feng Shui teachings say that the ring finger attracts luck and love. This is very important for the bride. It is enough to draw white monograms, a heart, a rose on this nail and believe the Chinese teachings. Instead of a pattern, you can apply a pattern in the form of lace, which will combine in an original way with the veil’s ornament. A French jacket with silver and gold is also suitable for the bride.
Decoration with a pattern
What was said in the previous phrase must be remembered when using drawings and patterns on a double jacket. This technique creates already complex combinations on the nails. If you intend to apply a pattern, a flower or a butterfly, the double border should be made thin and the base should be a neutral color.
This technique creates already complex combinations on the nails.
Dots, stripes, stencils in the form of lace are applied to a wide double strip with another varnish
Double French manicure is combined with designs elongated along the nail, which lengthen its shape and make the fingers visually thinner and slimmer.
The next option is to decorate the smile itself with a pattern. Dots, stripes, and stencils in the form of lace are applied to a wide double strip with another varnish. Double French manicure is combined with designs elongated along the nail, which lengthen its shape and make the fingers visually thinner and slimmer.
Types of stripes:
- wavy,
- curved along the edge of the nail;
- vertical;
- transverse.
There are different types of stripes.
They are made with varnishes of contrasting colors, sparkles, and a line of rhinestones.
Types of dot design:
- dots are applied along the smile line under the main stripe;
- along the nail space;
- white and black speckles along the main color.
The dots are applied along the smile line under the main strip.
Types of nail framing:
- the frame is lined with tiny rhinestones or sparkles - an original and new design method;
- drawing the contour of the nail with contrasting varnish
Colored varnish can be outlined with a white edging, black or also white - with gold.
The fan-french style involves a light base and a dark stripe along the edge of the nail. The sophisticated and modest design is complemented by a design on the ring finger. The drawing is done in the color of the border.
Rules for combining colors for a double French manicure
Double French nails in 2021 will become the calling card of any stylish fashionista who is in the trend of the season. In order for the manicure to look aesthetically pleasing and not taste bad, when performing it, it is necessary to use colors that combine with each other. The selected shades can be in the same color scheme and visually complement each other, or, conversely, be completely different, forming a bright contrast.
A double French manicure made in a discreet color scheme in a minimalist style will fit elegantly and discreetly into a strict office style. In order for the nail design to be festive and solemn, one of the stripes is decorated in metallic tones - silver, gold. They go well with many colors, but are most widely used with the black tone of the other stripe. By the way, black, white and pastel shades harmonize perfectly with many colors; choosing them for one of the “smile” stripes is almost impossible to make a mistake.
A double “smile” made in different textures, for example, matte/glossy, sand/smooth, matte/metallic, looks very interesting.
Despite the fact that most people choose natural shades for the background coating, you can give free rein to your imagination and apply an unusual colored base. But in this case, the growing natural nail will be noticeable, so this manicure will be less durable.
You can decorate the surface with additional elements that will add luxury and richness. This group includes rhinestones and stones, painting and casting, sparkles, and foil. Don’t get too carried away with such decorations; too much of them will turn a beautiful design into a vulgar one. You can apply a small design to several surfaces. But usually the design does not need any additions; it already looks stylish and attracts attention.
Wedding manicure
French manicure is complex in execution and sophisticated in appearance. The bride's image is emphasized with beautiful, delicate makeup. The nail design should also match it. Of course, a wedding manicure is done in light colors using white. It emphasizes the femininity, freshness and naturalness of the image of a girl in a wedding dress.
French manicure is complex in execution and sophisticated in appearance.
This manicure emphasizes the femininity, freshness and naturalness of the image of a girl in a wedding dress.
Rhinestones will complement this manicure
In this case, a double jacket can be decorated with a white and shiny border in a beige tone. You can smooth out the sharp transition from color to smile using the ombre method. Or you can use a transition of pastel colors to decorate the nail plate. The border may have a wavy shape and be combined with the highlighting of the hole.
According to the teachings of Feng Shui, the ring finger is responsible for attracting good luck and love. A wedding manicure is exactly the case when highlighting the fourth finger on your left hand is simply necessary, even if you are far from the subtleties of this philosophy.
The delicate ornament on some nails will echo the lace of the veil and wedding dress. It should be applied with a thin brush and not with a stencil. The stencil image is flat, but we need an exclusive handmade design for the wedding image.
Design Tips:
- free edge of the nail – at least 3 mm;
- the border strip should not be wide;
- white French cannot be heavily decorated; the clarity of the finish will be lost in the details;
- the main point is the neat drawing of a clear stripe, it can be duplicated in several colors;
The main point is the careful drawing of a clear stripe; it can be duplicated in several colors
There are no strict rules for applying a double French manicure; you can combine several techniques in one manicure.
The border strip should not be wide
- There are no strict rules for applying a double French manicure, you can combine several techniques in one manicure - French - on the thumb, index, little finger, and a continuous coating with decorative application - on the ring and middle fingers;
- A lunar manicure is designed with a free hole pattern (this area is not covered with varnish) or highlighted with a neutral color.
Features of double French manicure
To create a double jacket, 3 different colors are used - one is applied as a background coating, the other two decorate the “smile” line. On the free edge of the nail, 2 lines parallel to each other are applied, differing in color - this is the main difference from the classic French manicure. A manicure made using the double French technique is shown in the photo:
The unusual technique is used mainly on long nails, the free edge of which is at least 5 mm. It is difficult to design on short nail plates; subtle “smiles” are barely visible and not expressive. Although sometimes on such plates you can create an exquisite double “smile” design. The main condition for a beautiful manicure in this case is the symmetry of application on both hands.
This technique looks great on nail plates of absolutely any shape: oval, sharp, square. The main thing is that the “smile” lines follow the shape of the nail bed.
Attention! The two-stripe French technique also refers to the combination of a moon manicure and a classic two-color manicure.
The free edge of the nail plate is decorated with one colored stripe, and a hole is depicted at the base.
History of origin
The story goes that Hollywood actresses found it extremely inconvenient to match their nails with different outfits, so they had to change the color of their nails every time. In this regard, the question arose about creating a classic manicure that would fit most outfits. It was then that Jeff Pink created his own manicure, where the nails were covered with pink polish and a white arch was drawn in the shape of the nail. Everyone immediately liked this manicure, as it really matched any dresses of Hollywood actresses. It is not surprising, because what was created several years ago is still wildly popular.
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Matte multi-colored manicure
The matte finish gives your manicure a neat look. It is a worthy alternative to glossy. Most often it is done in two ways - matte top or gel polish. For example, combine sand and green, artistic watercolor splashes and a matte top in one design.
French polychrome - how to design it? Adviсe
A polychrome French manicure is a special design using two or more colors. It’s easy to make, but how to design it attractively is another question. Don’t despair, because we have collected some important tips from experienced manicure specialists:
- If you are not sure that you are combining colors correctly, then use the anti-contrast rule: warm colors are combined with warm ones, cold ones are combined with cold ones (for example, yellow and orange, purple and blue).
- The most convenient combination is black and white polychrome, because such a combination is in harmony with almost any image.
- Before doing a polychrome manicure, check the combination of colors in both bright artificial and natural lighting of the room.
- To create a masterpiece in the form of a neat two-color French coat, try to select varnishes of the same texture and from the same manufacturer. If one polish is thick and the other is transparent, then a beautiful manicure is unlikely to be achieved.
- Another tip about combining shades – there are a lot of color schemes on the Internet that will help beginners figure out what goes together and what doesn’t.
- Don’t forget to experiment and look for new images for themed events – interesting holiday art has never spoiled a single manicure.
A two-color manicure is fashionable, interesting, and attractive, which is why this French technique is increasingly of interest to the fair sex. We hope that our ideas and design examples have inspired you to come up with new looks and get your imagination going. What French jacket will you please yourself with this time?
Nail decorations
As they say, “There is no limit to perfection.” Double French is no exception. We will talk about the design of a double French jacket. Fashion designers try to decorate the manicure as beautifully as possible to make it look more fun and enjoyable. Rhinestones and sparkles are classic decorations for manicure. Moreover, the second one is used more often. This is due to the fact that rhinestones are increasingly becoming associated with a kind of bad taste, so it is preferable to use glitter.
Double jacket with a pattern:
Rubbing is considered even more popular than these two decorations. Today, a huge number of rubs have been created, so everyone can choose exactly the one that they like. The most popular rubbings are Yuki glitter or rubbing with a mirror effect. In any case, it’s up to you to choose, but take the choice of jewelry very seriously, since in most cases girls, through their ignorance, can greatly ruin the appearance of their nails. But nails are exactly what not only men, but also other women pay attention to first.
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