French for long nails: original design ideas and the latest fashion trends

Despite the fact that fashion tends to naturalness, today in a female image you can often see long nails. And since often their design leaves much to be desired, it is necessary to find out the features that one has to face in finding the perfect manicure.

French manicure refers to the technique of emphasizing the overgrown edge of the nail plate. Initially, this design was conceived specifically for actresses who did not have enough time to repaint their nails when changing outfits. At one time, the French was a revolutionary solution that allows you to keep your nails in good shape.

Later, the color schemes of the technique became diverse - due to this, you can successfully fit the French design into a female bow of any style and age. In this case, the overgrown part of the nail, called a smile, today can be very diverse. If earlier it still had a binding to a certain shape of the nail plates themselves, today any experiments are welcome: from the width and height to the owner’s imagination.

French manicure today has several variations - This is a traditional classic, and reverse or inverted jacket, and even gradient. Each type is remarkable in its own way, while the technique itself is able to visually ennoble not only the shape of the nails, but also make the fingers themselves more elegant.

Long nails can have a different shape of the edge.Today, several options for designing nail plates are considered fashionable. The most successful of them is the oval shape, because for it there are no boundaries in the design. In addition to her, square and almond-shaped nails are popular, the return of which has become a welcome event for many fashionistas.

As for sharp nails, this form today also began to choose quite often. In fairness, it is worth noting that sharp nails, due to their effectiveness and outrageousness, are quite demanding on the choice of design. If you sculpt anything on them, they will not look beautiful in a female bow. In general, each woman selects the shape of the nails for herself on the basis of the characteristics of natural nail plates, as well as habits. This is explained by the fact that for some fashionistas it is more habitual to walk with oval nails that do not cling to anything, while other women are not uncomfortable and have sharp cuts.

Someone prefers smooth forms, which is partly due to the appointment of manicure. For example, the oval version or even the “ballerina” looks better in the female bow than long and impossibly sharp stilettos. The same can be said about the attempt to introduce an asymmetric cut into the image - it is good at one time, but it is completely unsuitable for everyday wear.

In fact, all types of nail coatings for the modern jacket can be divided into 2 types: gels and varnishes. Since today we are accustomed to high-quality and durable manicure, the choice is limited to hybrid varnishes, combining the properties of both gel and varnish at the same time. If before there was also a confusion between the concepts of gel polish and shellac, today almost every woman knows that the principle of the varnishes is the same (the second name is associated with a particular brand).

French for long nails can be made with coatings of various types. The best are matte and glossy pigmented varnishes. With high pigmentation, they are economical. It is convenient to work with them in that they do not dry out without a special drying lamp. This allows the master to work without haste, performing a particular French design.

In addition to matte and glossy coatings, magnetic, chameleon, temperature, jelly, pearl and mirror varieties are noteworthy. Each of them allows you to bring something of your own to the design of the French manicure, which will allow the woman to be in the spotlight. For example, temperature coatings that create a gradient effect due to different ambient temperatures look especially beautiful on long nails. When it is cold, the top edge will darken, while the base may remain light.

Magnetic options allow you to create the effect of “cat's eye”, although today masters have perfected the usual highlight, performing literally space designs with this varnish. Chameleon options are noteworthy in that they adapt to different lighting conditions. Mirror variations can recreate the metallic effect, which is also considered trendy today.

There are many ideas that fashion offers to adopt when performing French manicure on long nails. For example, it’s fashionable today:

• emphasize not all, but only three or four out of ten nails;
• use the game of contrast matte and glossy type of coatings;
• use not volumetric and stucco decoration, but flat and comfortable elements of accent decoration in everyday life;

• build up nails instead of using uncomfortable and bouncing plates at the most inopportune moment;
• use beautiful pebbles in the design, but small in size, combining them with broths or gold (silver) glitter points;
• indicate that the jacket belongs to a certain season of the year, or even to a month or a holiday;
• select the cuticle area with small pebbles, foil, contour stroke.

It is important to use harmonious color combinations in the design. At the same time, it is better that the number of shades used does not exceed three or four, otherwise the design loses its status, it looks simple and boring. In addition, long nails are particularly demanding on the choice of the main color, and therefore it should be chosen thoroughly, correlating with the clothes or specific accessories available in the women's wardrobe. The color of the manicure should not completely coincide, for example, with the tone of the skirt or dress, but if it is related, it will give the image a versatility.

It is important not to forget about the dosage of decor: a jacket on long nails will look more expensive if you use less gloss, but rely on accented nail material. Moreover, the emphasis can be made not only in the French service itself - for this French manicure can be combined with classic, lunar, reverse inverted French, “powder”, “veil” or even “broken glass”. Contrasts of different textures usually add a special mood to the French, ennobling the female image.

Today you can decorate a jacket on long nails:

• acrylic powder powders;
• rubbing in;
• stickers;

• stamping;
• stencils;
• spreading varnishes;
• hand painted;

• Japanese kamifubuki;
• glitter or shiny sugar;
• rhinestones or crystals;
• manicure foil.

Regarding lace, it is worth noting that today it is embodied in hand-painted. It looks especially beautiful in accent under the classics and reverse jacket. Lace motifs can be located in the center of the accent nail, on the side, instead of a smile, or at the base of the nail plate itself. They are performed by drawing, stamping, using disposable stencils or removing the pattern from the foil with special glue, which becomes transparent when dried.

Geometric patterns are often located at the base. Today these are elongated triangles that can have a length from the very base to the edge of the nail. At the same time, they often have a border or parallel stripes, due to which they visually beat the flaws of the plate shapes. Often for geometric designs use rhinestones, kamifubuki and sparkles. The rubbing is also used for further design: it is painted with gel, and sometimes, besides this, volumetric drawings are created on it.

Design can be done based on its seasonality. For example, for autumn, you can use prints of leaves and raindrops using a transparent top or modeling gel. For summer, you can apply the theme of juicy fruits and insects. In the spring, it is worth drawing icicles on the nails, using the first greens in the design of the paint. For winter, textures of knitted sweaters, drawings of snowflakes and a snowy jacket, for which you can use acrylic sand, are suitable.

The effect of snow powder will look very beautiful, berry designs are considered no less fashionable. Due to the large length of the nails, decorating long accent nails in a french in such a theme will not be difficult. All kinds of feathers, spikelets, as well as flowers made using the wet painting technique with special varnishes look beautiful on such nails.

Examples of photo galleries that demonstrate the trends of fashion trends will help to evaluate the possibilities of modern design.

Beautiful jacket on long nails in pastel colors.

A good solution for every day, which can ennoble any female image.

The use of lace in the theme of French does not give up its position.

A smart solution to go out, which can indicate the sophistication of nature.

An elegant solution for the image of a modern city dweller.

A delicate jacket in a nude range that can ennoble even laconic clothes.

An option for a bag or shoes, an original solution for a spectacular fashionista.

Autumn design that will cheer up with bright colors.

An idea for winter, thanks to which you can stand out from the crowd.

Design for strict bows that need to take into account the dress code.

See how to draw the perfect jacket in the next video.