French (French manicure) on square nails. Photos, new items 2020

French manicure for many years it has been a trendy direction of nail art. It appears annually in the photos of glossy magazines, models appear at fashion shows with a jacket on sharp or square nails, and it is regularly ordered by visitors to beauty salons - for every day or for special occasions.

2020 was no exception. French manicure remains in the fashion trend of the season!

Who suits the French

French is a universal type of manicure, because it was developed specifically for Hollywood film stars, so that those in any outfit, regardless of age, look natural and well-groomed.

French manicure fits easily into the harshest dress code. French is suitable for any length of nails, except for very short ones. Similarly, it is used on nails of various shapes - square, rounded-square, almond-shaped, oval, pointed and even pointe and stiletto.

Varnish selection

Initially, the jacket was carried out with an ordinary varnish, but such a manicure had to be updated too often. The appearance on the market of gel polishes became a real salvation. A French made with gel polish lasts for at least 2 weeks, does not lose its decorative effect and shine, protects nails from brittleness, and thanks to several techniques, the regrown plate is practically invisible for a long time.

However, sometimes the layer of base, gel polish and top coat is too thick, which not only looks unattractive, but also absolutely not suitable for girls with especially fragile and brittle nails.

Shellac was developed for them - a special type of gel polish, which contains a number of care components, and most importantly, it allows to reduce the number of layers of resistant coating to a minimum.

In modern nail art for French manicure, both matte and glossy varnishes are widely used. They are often combined in one design, acting as camouflage and smile.

Palette

The classic jacket is made in pastel colors. There are dozens of calm shades in the palette of any brand, but a good nail art master can create the perfect camouflage tone, having at his disposal only 2 of them - peach and pink. By using them in different proportions, you can create the optimal nude color. It should be in the middle between skin and nail color.

From the richest palette of white shades, 2 basic tones can be distinguished - cold white (with a blue undertone) and warm white (with a yellowish undertone). Warm white varnish is usually very dense, applied in an even layer, but over time it can acquire an unwanted yellow tint.

Cold white is not prone to yellowing, but it falls worse and requires application in several layers.

If we are not talking about a classic jacket, then now absolutely all colors and shades are actively used, including black, dark green or blue. The choice of color depends only on the situation, author's design and color compatibility with each other.

Techniques for creating a jacket for short and long square nails

French on square nails (the photos in the article illustrate in detail each stage of its implementation) requires compliance with several basic rules:

• the shape of the nails should be neat and absolutely even;
• the upper points of the smile should be strictly at the same level;
• the most prominent part of the smile should be clearly in the center of the nail;
• the width of the smile should not exceed one fifth of the length of the nail plate (this is not true for a colored jacket or other similar variations of a jacket);
• the edge of the smile should be perfectly flat;
• for square and rounded-square, as well as short nails, a shallow smile is best.

Fashion accessories for decorating nails

This season, accessories for nail design, such as:

• broths for creating caviar manicure (glass or metal balls of different diameters and colors, similar to small beads);
• acrylic, glass or crystal rhinestones;
• melange for the Candy Chic design (fine matte multicolor crumb);
• sliders (stickers for nails with newspaper, floral, abstract patterns;
• kamifubuki in the form of circles, triangles, snowflakes, stars, crescents, hearts, fruits or flowers (shiny multi-colored confetti made of foil or plastic);
• decorative foil;
• glitters (rub in to create the illusion of a pearl, metallic, chrome finish);
• sand for velvet manicure (fine velvety powder);
• sequins;
• "Broken glass" (pieces of holographic foil);
• Yuki flakes (compressed pieces of pigment);
• varnish droplets.

However, the most unusual accessory appeared last year in South Korea. Leading nail artist Yoon Kyung Park has created special nail clips to replace traditional rings. They are attached to only one side of the finger with a clip, which gives the impression that the jewelry sticks to the nails by itself.

Clips for nails often look like a complex massive paper clip made of precious materials, complemented by large rhinestones, pearls. They are very decorative, but extremely impractical and massive, and are intended, rather, for evening looks, as they constantly cling to clothes.

Actual ideas of French manicure for square nails

Among the fashion trends in nail art, it is worth highlighting the desire to combine a wide variety of techniques and materials in one design.

Thin jacket

French on square nails, the photo of which is most often found in modern magazines, is a thin jacket, the simplest and most classic of all possible options. It is a thin strip of shallow smile and calm camouflage in the nude palette. In such a simple way, the illusion of absolute naturalness is achieved.

Narrow, voluminous and geometric strip

A narrow strip of a jacket is great for a very unusual combination - matte black camouflage and a bright narrow smile of lilac, pink or turquoise. And a voluminous white strip along the entire length of the nail plate can become a laconic accent of a classic jacket. It is often complemented with a white pattern or several rhinestones.

Geometric stripes are also popular. They can outline a smile in an absolutely straight line or break it into several sectors, and a wide triangular strip of silvery shiny varnish smooths out the severity of a black and white jacket.

Other geometry

Another way to highlight the smile area is geometry. Instead of a straight line along the edge of the nail, 2 triangles are drawn, touching or overlapping. Camouflage and both geometric shapes are made in different colors, additionally highlighted with contrasting varnish or a gap with a nude background.

Shiny jacket

The 2020 season is distinguished by a huge variety of designs, colors and manicure options. When creating a jacket, glossy varnish, shiny rub-in, metallic varnish for a smile, rhinestones, kamifubuki and "broken glass" are popular. In the latter case, it is combined with a black polish for a smile and a contour, giving the impression of a stained glass window.

Matte French

Matte jacket is the fashion trend of the 2020 season. Matte varnish is used for both pastel camouflage and black smile curves. He performs the entire design of a classic or colored jacket. One of the most popular trends is the brown and beige designs with white oriental curls.

Moon manicure

The moon manicure was first presented at the show of the new collection of the Dior fashion house in 2010. In fact, it is an inverted jacket. Instead of a usual smile, a hole near the cuticle is drawn (or, conversely, left unpainted) along the edge of the nail plate. Another type of it is less common: a smile is drawn along the contour of the base of the nail.

Nail art masters often combine classic and moon manicure in one design.

"French from Dior" is also relevant in the 2020 season. This type of manicure is suitable for all women regardless of age and looks great on square nails of any length - both short, long, and standard.

The tendency to shape the hole into a sharp or obtuse triangle remains very popular. Such a manicure looks catchy and laconic, especially if you choose dense black and white gloss as working colors. The pointed hole often stands out or is completely filled with sparkles or rhinestones.

Another stylish option for a triangle hole is to combine matte and glossy varnish of the same (preferably dark) color in the design, while the contour of the picture is often highlighted with mirror varnish of a gold, silver or bronze shade.

This technique is often used for a regular moon jacket with an oval hole. It is suitable for a provocative evening manicure, and for creating a stylish accent in everyday manicure, when the nail is decorated in soft, pastel colors, such as pale yellow.

Pastel colors (blue, candy pink, beige, fawn) are generally popular in the 2020 fashion season. However, sharp saturated shades (black, green, red) are no less popular.

The trend of recent years is the combination of elements of different techniques in one design:

1. successively made holes of triangular shape and ombre (color transition is sharp and without blur);
2. moon manicure and floral designs instead of camouflage;
3. French from Dior and mirror manicure;
4. sand and mirror manicure;
5. newspaper manicure and moon.

Colored French

French on square nails (photos from fashion magazines clearly confirm this) looks especially impressive when a transparent or nude nail polish is combined with bright dense smile polish. For a spring-summer manicure, a smile is best done using the gradient technique.

In this case, it is appropriate to use the brightest colors and their combinations - sunny yellow, yellow-green, orange, red, turquoise, blue, violet, blue. These catchy shades are often used in the 2020 season even for a solid color smile, with the dense thick color of the nail edge sometimes combined with a faint hint of it in pastel camouflage.

For the office, a colored jacket with a subtle smile made with a rich blue, burgundy, green varnish would be more appropriate.

Fruit Drawings

For a fruity design, the nails should be rounded-square.The most obvious option for a French or moon manicure is a watermelon pattern. A watermelon wedge is ideal in shape to decorate the edge of the nail or its base.

The idea is pretty simple:

1. A smile is drawn along the edge of the nail or the contour of the nail bed with a dark green varnish and additionally stands out with a thin strip of a lighter shade (white, yellow-green or pale mint).
2. The nail plate is painted over with red or dark pink dense varnish, and then tiny dots-seeds are put on it with a thin brush.

In salons, this design is often turned into a real work of art. The green part is done with magnetic varnish, dark stripes are painted on the watermelon slice, black rhinestones are used for voluminous, almost natural seeds, and for a greater effect, transparent drops are added all over the nail with liquid varnish.

Other popular ideas include a manicure in the form of kiwi or citrus slices. Often, a bright large detailed fruit drawing is placed on only one nail, and all the rest are decorated with an ordinary colored jacket or moon manicure.

However, for the integrity of the image, the color varnish of camouflage, a hole or a smile repeats the main color of the fruit - green (for kiwi). At home, you can get by with a standard nude jacket with a white smile and round stickers in the form of fruits or berries.

Flower drawings

French on square nails is a great base for floral designs. It goes well with voluminous modeling in nude tones, and with a multi-colored painted composition in the form of a scattering of flowers. Numerous photos of a classic jacket show that flowers often serve as a bright accent or play the role of a smile and reach almost to the middle of the nail plate.

The novelties of the season include a colored floral jacket, made in the same style as the fruit design described above:

1. the smile is done with a thick colored varnish (for example, coral pink);
2. a drop of the same varnish that was used for a smile is added to a transparent or nude camouflage (this will give the background a light, barely discernible coral pink tint);
3. a detailed multi-color composition in the form of a flower or a flower bouquet is drawn on one of the fingers;
4. the main drawing is often complemented by sculpting, rhinestones, sand designs, and so on.

A simple white drawing in the form of flowers against the background of a regular jacket is always relevant. It is suitable for the office, and for celebrations, and for everyday manicure.

Sakura on white background

One of the most requested oriental designs is the cherry blossom pattern.

In the case of a jacket, there are several options for its implementation:

1. a small branch of sakura is mixed along the entire length of the nail with a classic jacket (round kamifubuki are often used for petals, they will give the design the missing volume);
2. a large well-drawn flower is applied to one nail, and all other nails are made with a colored jacket to match the flower);
3. the sakura pattern is applied over the jacket in the form of a gradient.

Black and white manicure

Monochrome manicure looks unexpectedly interesting on long square nails. A smile painted with black varnish conceals the angular shape of the nails, visually making it more streamlined and soft.

French on square nails, a photo of which looks stylish and sophisticated, are black thin patterns over a regular jacket or white monograms on a nude coating with a black smile. A more striking option is a black and white smile made of 2 touching triangles, edged in gold chrome.

An elegant addition to a French manicure with a white or black edge of the nail will be a lace pattern in a contrasting (white or black) color. The lace pattern can replace the usual solid smile, while it can be done on some nails with white varnish, and on others with black.

Gold in manicure

Gold glitter or sand polish can be used to paint a smile or fill a hole near the cuticle... A peach or pale pink jacket looks luxurious and unobtrusive in combination with a stretch made with gold varnish from the edge of the nail to its center.

One of the most memorable designs of recent years has been a French manicure with metallic nail polish. They make a smile, and the nail itself is tightly painted over with royal blue gloss or matte blue varnish.

Another interesting design appeared on the Internet this season: a classic jacket is applied to all nails, except for one, the nail itself is covered with camouflage, and gold circles or kamifubuki polygons are densely attached at its base in the form of a gradient.

Such a manicure makes an unusual impression due to the contrast between a discreet jacket and a scattering of gold circles, but in general this design looks organic.

Rhinestones

Rhinestones add extra shine and luxury to a classic jacket. They are appropriate both as a border for a white smile and as its replacement. In the latter case, it is best to use white, pale blue or pink crystals, However, more daring combinations have the right to exist (for example, small black rhinestones along the edge of the nail).

A complex composition of rhinestones on top of a classic French manicure looks advantageous. Pastel shades of the base will somewhat smooth out the excessiveness of the entire design.

Small silver rhinestones emphasize the laconicism of the black and white moon manicure. They can also be applied in a gradient along the edge of the tall white smile of a standard jacket. French manicure can be combined with rhinestones like no other. This is true for both lighter tones and more catchy ones (gold, black, blue or red).

Wedding Design Options

A classic jacket is considered a traditional wedding design. It perfectly matches the veil and white dress and their concept of purity and innocence. Often, the master chooses a shade of white for a smile that perfectly matches the color of the dress, and complements the design with a pattern that repeats the pattern on the fabric.

Such a lace or floral pattern can be made in the form of a drawing or molding and decorated with light rhinestones. A pastel french gradient looks good with monograms, broths, or aquarium designs.

A geometric jacket or stamping is also appropriate.

French manicure is often combined with glitter, melange or sandy designs, which are used for 1-2 nails. Particularly effective is the design that combines the jacket and pearl rub. In general, complex designs combining different shades, techniques and accessories have become the most popular in 2020.

French manicure is an ideal choice for both lovers of modest classics and spectacular fashionistas who post photos of beauty novelties on social networks. It is suitable for any nail shape and length. Even on short square nails, it looks fashionable and stylish and retains its relevance in any setting and under any conditions.

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