Double French Nail Ideas

Double jacket on nails is one of the popular types of popular French manicure. Due to its versatility, elegance and ease of execution, it has become popular with many fashionistas and appreciated by salon masters. The variety of options for such a design gives ample opportunities, because it is relevant both for the holiday and in everyday life.

This technique is performed on the basis of classic French manicure, a characteristic feature of which is the foundation of beige or pink color, as well as a snow-white “smile” - the overgrown edge of the nail plate.

The shape of the nail can be round or square, and the length is usually medium or short. However, not everyone has long aristocratic fingers, so short nails with a jacket of nude shades visually look wider, because of which the hand loses elegance. But a colored double jacket in the form of a pattern of diagonal or longitudinal stripes will help to make the plates not only visually narrower, but also original.

In fact, a fashionable double manicure is performed using three colors, while it is more unusual and more complicated than traditional. In particular, the “smile” line is covered in two colors. One of the tones is considered the main one, the second strip runs along the edge of the nail and can be of any width. That is why this option requires a sufficient length, moreover, on short edges it is quite difficult to make it.

Fashionable jacket can be performed in a purely classic style, when the bed is covered with transparent gel polish, and the edge is white. Then the only difference will be a strip of a different color, drawn along the "smile".

But you can use extravagant combinations of bright colors and shades - white with red, black, silver or gold.

On long nails, you can do a double French manicure using natural neutral tones. For a short jacket, it is better to choose the shades of one tone or, at least, the combined colors - pink and red, blue and blue, brown and beige. In most cases, a double strip is performed only at the overgrown tips, but the border can also pass at the base of the bed.

Best ideas for performing a double-smile jacket include some interesting options.

• The best decor is always done with one white stripe, the other should be in harmony with the main tone.
• Classic manicure - the tip of the nail highlighted by a thin black and white border, the rest of the plate is covered with a transparent varnish.
• The lady’s taste is emphasized by a jacket with stripes arranged vertically. The main requirement is a clear geometry.
• It is better to place diagonal strips on one side of the plate, and on the edge they should pass gently and evenly.
• The double “smile” looks beautiful on one or two fingers of both hands (on the middle and ring fingers).
• A beautiful, fairly simple, but elegant option - nails covered with nude or white varnish with a border of silver or gold. The same jacket on a black background is suitable for an evening dress.

The original type of double manicure is a side jacket, when a smooth bend is performed on one side of the nail on all fingers. The color palette may be different:

• the base is pink or beige, the stripes are black or white, you can additionally decorate the bend with sparkles;
• with a pastel base on the border, you can start openwork drawing;
• a raspberry side border is drawn on the pink mother of pearl.

The edging can also be decorated with stripes, rhinestones, sparkles, contrasting varnish in the form of dots.

If the nails are short, then it is better to entrust the procedure to the master, but for a sufficient length, including artificially extended, it is possible to perform a double jacket on your own.

The procedure is described below.

• First, hygienic treatment of the nail plate is carried out.
• Then a protective layer of gel polish is applied and dried well.
• The lightest of the two selected shades is applied to the edge and dried. If necessary, it makes sense to reapply.
• After that, you need to stick the stencil. If the darker tone is the main one, then the strip is glued in such a way as to completely cover the free edge. In the case when dark varnish is used to outline the area of ​​the cuticle, then one strip should be near the line of “smile”, and the other should be strictly parallel to it so that there is a distance between them for staining.
• The nail is painted in stages and thoroughly dried.

The use of additional decorative ornaments is allowed - then the top coating is applied on top.

If you want to decorate a jacket with two arches with a pattern, then it is more reasonable to take a natural basis, and draw strips very thinly. On a wide border you can apply a stencil in the form of lace in a different color. Drawings stretched along the nail plate look more aesthetically pleasing.

You will learn more about how to beautifully design a double jacket from the next video.