French manicure on almond shaped nails

The nail service industry today has turned its gaze to the almond-shaped nails. They are considered not only fashionable, but also feminine. It is also a great base for different manicure techniques. Our article is devoted today to one of the best nail design techniques - a jacket.

A feature of almond-shaped nails is the smoothness and roundness of the lines. Today, such nail plates are processed, trying to smooth out sharp corners and irregularities as much as possible. The ideal nail shape should be almond-like, although it may tend to lengthen. On short nails, it is problematic to recreate the desired shape, because the tip should not be too sharp.

Ideally, the free edge of the nail should be at least half a centimeter. It is not easy to create an almond shape on your own, because it must be the same on all ten nails. To do this, it is necessary to take into account the proportions and try to adhere to the smoothness of the shape. In general, almond-shaped nails are great for any fingers. It not only refines them, but also creates the effect of lengthening and thinning.

French manicure can be different. In the classic version, this is the solid background of the base and a white arc-shaped strip framing the top edge. Moreover, today the shape of the bow can be very diverse. On almond-shaped nails, it is usually thicker than on the same straight ones, since this way it looks more aesthetically pleasing. The trick of the classic jacket is the fact that due to the naturalness of the main pigment, it looks neat for a long time, and therefore does not immediately require correction during regrowth.

There is also a so-called wrong jacket or design with the use of color solutions that go beyond the natural color of the base. All colors of the palette can be used for such a design, including pastel, neutral and luscious groups. The only thing that is not welcome today is an acid jacket, so sharp neon tones in design are extremely rare.

Antifrench is another type of French manicure. On the almond-shaped form, this option looks especially beautiful, since it visually refines the shape of the nail plates. In fact, this is a reverse jacket: the smile in it is not located on top, but at the base of the nail, in the cuticle area. Such a jacket is sometimes confused with a moon manicure, however, two techniques still have differences: in an anti-jacket, the bow frames the nail plate, while in a manicure with holes, it creates the effect of a grown nail.

Quite often today you can see a jacket, generously showered with all kinds of decor. This approach to embellishing the basic technique is flawed. According to the latest fashion trends, it is impossible to complicate the design, and even more so to decorate all, without exception, fingernails. From this, the manicure acquires variegation, but loses its status.

The abundance of monotony brings boredom into the female image instead of ennobling it. The use of either expensive hybrid varnishes or breathtaking decor will not save the matter. In order to avoid mistakes, you can look closely at the approximate designs of experienced craftsmen who run their channels on the vastness of YouTube. The best designs don't have more than three or four accents.

Moreover, if a master chooses a drawing for design, he does not complicate it with a scattering of sparkling decor. Impressive layering of one material on top of another is also not needed, such as the use of more than 10 layers of multi-colored pigments for an accent nail. You need to understand that the basic principle of expressiveness is based on the unity of the right tone, small design and the feeling of air. In other words, everything superfluous is unacceptable.

An expressive jacket on almond-shaped nails can be created in different ways:

• you can take a flesh color as a basis, spray it with mother-of-pearl along the upper edge, and decorate the accent with a simple pattern;
• a jacket of the opposite type, made under a gradient in related colors, will look beautiful;

• you can create a reverse type jacket using small rhinestones or tiny crystals;
• you can make a jacket in the negative space technique, supporting the smile effect with unpainted arms;

• a jacket with an asymmetrical design of a smile will look beautiful;
• the classic design option can be diversified with an acrylic sand and crystals accent;

• the option with a nude base and a black bow, decorated with sparkling decor and a simple pattern, will also look gorgeous;
• the reverse jacket can be distinguished by an asymmetrical lower bow and emphasized with a dotted pattern;
• in the search for new solutions, you can design a smile as a transverse line in the center of the nail plate, while making accents in the floral theme.

Today, you can use different "nail" products for a jacket. The most relevant ones that ensure the durability of the coating are special gels and gel varnishes. Matte and glossy pigments look beautiful in designs of different types. For decoration, jelly, chameleon, magnetic, temperature varieties of varnish are suitable.

Matte gel polish is considered all the rage today. It can not only have the usual matte effect, but also reproduce the illusion of fabric. For example, this feature allows you to turn even the most laconic design of almond-shaped nails into a chic evening manicure with a high status. You can buy products for suede, velor, satin and velvet.

Each design is decorated based on the characteristics of its purpose, the selected types of coatings, the size of the nail plates and the style of clothing that the woman adheres to. Decorating a jacket is fashionable today:

• various patterns;
• transfer stickers;
• transfer type manicure foil;
• broths and kamifubuki;
• rhinestones or crystals;
• ready-made stencils or stamping;
• acrylic sand or flock powder.

One of the best decor options today is rubbing, which is a manicure pollen powder with a variety of effects. This substance is remarkable in that one powder on nails of different colors looks completely different. It gives mother-of-pearl to light tones of the color palette, and to white it can give a pearl effect. On a black or dark base, rubbing allows you to create the effect of holography, a mirror, a mermaid with tints, aurora borealis. This type of powder with a flake effect can be used in place of the traditional smile.

French for the almond shape of the nails can be made using the gradient technique. In this case, it is better to use a light pigment for the edges of the nail plates. You can combine a jacket with a "veil", "broken glass", a powdery accent or a powdered pattern on one of the nails. Drawings can be created not only on a regular basis, but also over rubbing.

You can also create a smile with sparkles, although in this case you need to choose a coating with an abundance of sparkles, otherwise the look of the nails will hardly resemble a jacket. You can make a fantasy smile by depicting words, letters, and seasonal patterns on accent nails instead. For example, it can be autumn leaves, pandas, snowflakes, flower buds, beetles, butterfly wings, kittens, bears.

You will learn more about how to make a jacket on almond nails in the next video.