How to make french gel polish

Now there is a huge variety of types of manicure and nail decor. However, French manicure does not lose its popularity (although it also comes in completely different types). And in order for the jacket to please longer and shine brighter, it is worth doing it with gel polish.

To begin with, it is worth deciding on the look, because French manicure has a lot of them, and you can choose the right option for any occasion. The most used types of French manicure are:

1. Classical. A very popular option due to its versatility, simplicity and at the same time elegance. It uses soft natural colors: the nail plate is covered with pink or transparent, and the tip of the nail is highlighted with white. This option is perfect for both everyday wear and for celebrations.
2. Lunar. An inverted version of the classic version, it is also called the reverse.There are two options for such a manicure: not the tip of the nail, but the hole is highlighted with white, making it look like a crescent, or they repeat the cuticle zone. The color scheme can also be completely diverse, such a manicure looks very original, due to which it has gained its popularity.
3. Hollywood. One of the brightest options for such a manicure. It is achieved through the use of contrasting colors and painting the tip of the nail with various ornaments and patterns.
4. Art. This option can no doubt be called the brightest of all. Colors can be any, the main rule is that they contrast with each other. In addition to contrast, various bright and shiny decorations are often used here: beads, rhinestones, figurines, etc. Such a manicure is ideal for bright girls who like to attract attention.
5. On foot. The classic jacket looks great not only as a manicure, but also as a pedicure, giving the feet a neat, well-groomed look. If desired, any type of jacket can be done both on the hands and on the legs, it all depends on how comfortable it will be for the girl.

Manicure with gel polish has a number of undeniable advantages, which more than compensate for some of the disadvantages. Among these advantages are:

1. Therapeutic effect. Often girls cannot boast of their own strong and beautiful nails, for many they are very soft and exfoliating. Gel polish will help strengthen your nails and help them grow longer. Plus, the gel polish itself is completely safe, it does not contain allergic substances or impurities that harm the nails.
2. Strength. By itself, such a manicure is very strong and durable.With high-quality application, it will last 2-3 weeks, even if its owner often does household chores.
3. Application at home. To make such a manicure, it is not at all necessary to go to a professional, everything can be done with your own hands, the main thing is to purchase the necessary materials.
4. Diversity. The range of colors for such a manicure is simply huge, and most importantly, it is not necessary to be limited to one color, you can combine several options and decorate your nails in every possible way.

The disadvantages of this type of manicure include:

1. Price. In the salon, a manicure with gel polish will be quite expensive due to the high price of gel polish. However, this can be compensated by doing a manicure at home.
2. special lamp. If you do a manicure yourself, you will have to purchase a lot of materials, including an ultraviolet lamp, since such a manicure will not dry on its own. The cost of the entire set will also be quite high, however, it will still be more profitable than constantly going to the salon.
3. Thinning. With frequent use, gel polish can thin the nails, but this depends on the individual characteristics of each girl.
4. Fake. Very often fakes are sold under the guise of high-quality and expensive gel polish. It is unlikely that you will be able to determine this yourself, so if you have a familiar master, it is better to consult with him first.

There are a lot of gel polish french design ideas. Since the fashion for French manicure does not fade away, various novelties constantly appear. There are more and more master classes on the use of various techniques. Therefore, we can say that the number of combinations is limited only by imagination. Among the brightest and most popular are:

• Manicure with acrylic powder. It is very popular among girls with brittle nails, because among other positive characteristics, it strengthens nails well. This is a huge field for creativity, with the help of such powder you can make a neon manicure, and with metallic sparkles, and matte, and many other beautiful and original options.

• Ombre. Another fashion trend for today. Moreover, it is present not only in manicure, but also in hair coloring, clothing, etc. This type of manicure is a smooth transition from one color to another, while you can make a double color spectrum or even use more colors, add drawings, stickers, stones or any other decorative elements.

• Multicolored. A multi-colored manicure will look original when each nail has its own special color or design. The main thing is to choose colors and shades so that they are combined with each other, forming a single composition. For example, when the long-awaited spring comes, you always want something bright. Why not make one nail a delicate pink in this regard, the other orange with sparkles, the third purple, the fourth blue, and the thumb yellow. It will turn out a very stylish spring design.

• Dark. Dark manicure is always stylish and elegant. And this is not only black, as many people think, manicure in dark colors can also be varied. For example, matte dark green, decorated with some kind of pattern, looks very nice.The same black can be diversified by adding red flowers to it. A deep burgundy color will always look relevant and universal.
• Translucent. One of the types of manicure, which is at the peak of fashion. It can be both plain and colored, most often it is used not for all nails at once, but for individual ones and imitates the texture of lace fabric.

In order to create the perfect French manicure at home, you first need to buy all the necessary set of tools for it. It includes:

1. UV lamp. It is better to buy a more powerful lamp, because if it is not powerful enough, it will take much longer to dry.
2. Orange stick.
3. File.
4. Means for degreasing nails.
5. Cuticle softener.
6. Base.
7. Gel polish directly. Several colors, depending on the wishes. A good alternative to white lacquer can be a white or whitening pencil. It is very easy to use, even a stencil is not needed and after it the nails look very natural.
8. Stencil to draw a smile line.
9. Top.
10. Gel polish remover.
11. Tassel. If you want to make a manicure with a pattern, you will need an additional thin brush.

So, when the entire manicure set is prepared, you can start preparing the nails. Do not underestimate the importance of the preparatory stage, properly carried out preparation will allow you to enjoy a beautiful manicure for a long time. The preparatory stage includes the following steps:

1. If there is any coating on the nails, it must be removed.then wash your hands thoroughly so that no nail polish remover remains.
2. The cuticle is covered with softener for 5-10 minutes, and then removed with an orange stick.
3. If there are burrs, they must be removed.. It is also necessary to remove the pterygium, how long the varnish will stay on the nail depends on its quality removal.
4. Further, with the help of a file, nails can be given the desired shape and length. After filing, it is important to remove all dust.
5. After all these procedures with nails, nothing else needs to be done.except to leave them alone for a while and let them dry.

After all the preparatory procedures, you can start applying gel polish. The application technique includes the following instructions:

1. First, a thin layer applied base base and dried under the lamp.
2. If a girl cannot boast of perfect nails, you can use camouflage gel polish. This is a gel that is applied to the nail (except for the regrown area) to make it smooth. Camouflage gel, as it were, creates an artificial nail on top of a natural one, but does it as naturally as possible. Camouflage gels have a natural skin tone: beige, pink. After application, the nails are dried under the lamp for several minutes.
3. Next, a colored coating is applied to the regrown area., you can choose any shade, it all depends on desire. Then the nails are dried again under the lamp for several minutes. If a bright or dark varnish is used, it is best to cover the nail in several layers, this will add saturation to the color.
4. After everything is dry you can apply a top coat and dry your nails again.
5. If necessary, you can take a napkin and wipe the nail with a special tool to remove the sticky layer, however, now many manufacturers of varnishes make them so that a sticky layer does not form.
6. After all procedures, apply moisturizing oil, if not, then you can use the usual olive.

You can watch a detailed master class on creating the perfect French manicure in the next video.

French made with gel polish perfectly emphasizes the beauty of natural nails, but many girls are faced with the fact that there is no time or money to go to the salon. Therefore, it is now so popular to do a manicure to yourself at home. It is not difficult to learn the secrets of the perfect manicure and learn how to do it at home, the main thing is to practice and it will get better and better over time. Here are a few tricks for those who are just starting their journey in the field of home manicure:

1. When buying the necessary set of tools, it is better to buy professional equipment and varnishes. It is, of course, not cheap, but it will last for a long time and keep the nails healthy and beautiful.
2. When choosing a gel polish, you should pay attention to the consistency and which one is more convenient to work with. Everything is individual here, someone likes more liquid options, someone more dense.
3. Many, before getting a manicure, acquire only what is necessary to create it, but they forget about what may be needed for removal. This, of course, cannot be called a serious problem, but it is better to buy all the necessary kit at once.
4. If you really want to draw but there is no experience, then for a start you can simply draw dots in a contrasting color. It will look stylish, but it does not require special skills.
5. All layers must be applied carefully, carefully making sure that the varnish covers the entire nail, but does not spread.

If brushes are not enough to accurately create beautiful dots, you can use dots.

Using it is easy and convenient, if at first there are only neat dots, then over time you can learn to draw whole masterpieces with the help of dots. The technology for using dots is as follows:

1. Some varnish applied to the palette.
2. The tip of the dots is strictly perpendicular sinks into varnish.
3. Drawing is done by drawing dots. You can leave them as dots, or you can continue to fantasize.

Without a doubt, moon manicure is now very popular, so It will be relevant to consider the instructions on how to do it at home:

1. Manicure. First you need to prepare the surface of the nail for work, namely, remove the pterygium and cuticle.
2. Degreasing. After that, it is necessary to degrease the nails, because if this is not done, the coating will hold a shorter amount of time.
3. Base. Next, a base coat is applied. It can be either transparent or have a shade, it already depends solely on the wishes. It is best to apply the base in several layers, thanks to which the main color will be brighter and the manicure more durable. After application, the base is dried under the lamp.
4. Light varnish. After the base has dried, a light varnish is applied to the entire surface of the nail, the color may vary depending on the wishes. The main attention should be paid to the area around the cuticle and paint over it as evenly as possible. After application, the bottom layer is also dried under the lamp.
5. Colored varnish. After that, you need to attach a stencil to the base, or just gently paint over the nail with colored varnish, without touching the light area. It also dries under the lamp.
6. Top. When everything is ready, it remains only to cover the manicure with a top and dry it again in a lamp.

A master class on creating such a manicure, see the video below.

The biggest problem when creating a beautiful French manicure on your own is precisely the neat work with the smile line. Now there are a lot of devices to facilitate this process, but you still need to approach the work with all responsibility. The most popular options are:

1. Stripes. It is not difficult to purchase such stencils, they are often included in French manicure kits, they can also be bought separately. Nothing supernatural - just strips of adhesive paper, which can be of any shape. For a classic jacket, an arc shape is suitable. Using the strips is very simple: you need to glue the stencil to the nail, leaving the tip open, after which you can safely draw it. Then, after waiting for drying, you can simply peel off the strip.
2. If there is no doubt in the sleight of hand, you can create a beautiful French manicure without using stencils, and with a brush. You can use a brush from a jar of varnish, you can purchase a thinner one separately.
3. For express manicure, you can use a whitening pencil. Such a manicure cannot be called a full-fledged one, but if there is no time at all, and you need to put your nails in order, this option is ideal. A whitening pencil is applied to the back surface of the nail, either on wet hands or by wetting the lead.

The French manicure is so versatile that it will look good on both short and long nails. Many girls prefer long nails, which is not surprising, because they visually lengthen the fingers, and there are much more manicure options with such nails. They can be given completely different forms:

1. Acute. Very elegant and catchy. Such a manicure is best done in the salon, by a trusted master, since it is important to model them correctly in order to avoid damage.
2. Square.
3. Oval.
4. Can be combined different nail shapes, for example, a square and an oval.
5. Nails with edges.

On any form of long nails, a jacket will look great. However, if things are easier with long nails, then to create a beautiful manicure on short nails, you will have to try more carefully. Owners of short nails should note the following:

1. Regrown part of the nail for a French manicure should be no less 3 mm, it is better to grow up to 5 mm.
2. A narrow smile line will look more elegant and beautiful., because if you make it too wide, the entire nail will visually appear smaller. To create the illusion of additional elongation, various patterns located along the nail can help.
3. If you want to make a festive decor, it is important to stop in time and not overdo it. You can make a discreet drawing or add a little sparkle. It will look beautiful and gentle. While if you add too many decorative elements, the overall look can turn out to be vulgar.

In general, reviews of various French gel polishes are positive. The best among the many companies called varnishes from Kodi.Customers note its durability, lasts up to 4 weeks, and beautiful shine. If you paint your nails with a bright white shade in two layers, then you can achieve the perfect coverage, this is given special attention. As features, buyers emphasize that all varnishes dry quickly enough, except for white, which requires a longer drying time.

If we talk about the shortcomings, then the customers note a not very diverse palette of colors, as well as a high price, however, with a note that its quality is worth the money.