The French manicure is undeniably popular.
This could be the versatility offered by the French manicure.
As this enables you to have hands that look beautify groomed and nails that are polished to a gloss.
And not having to worry about choosing a colour, this also takes away the worry of choosing the wrong colour, and only finding out that you don't like it when it has dried, and you don't have the embarrassing task of asking the manicurist if you can have the colour changed, so I would say that this is the beauty of having a French Manicure.
One of the great things about the French manicure is that it shows fewer imperfections and fewer chips that the coloured manicure.
Also, the fact that I don't have to worry at all about the colour of the polish and whether or not it will go with the outfit that I have chosen to wear.
Now, if I have sold to you the art of the great French manicures, I now must say that it's not that easy to do yourself, but!!!! If I don't have much time and need to hurry, like myself at times, I just give my hands and nails a bit of a soak, clean under the nails and dry thoroughly, and using a white (nail) make up pencil draw it under the nails from edge to edge, this will make the tips of my nails white, then I can apply a clear polish.
This is not as affective as a French manicure but believe me it can work as a quick fix job.
But when I have more time to spend on myself I bring out my little home kit that I have put together for this purpose, believe me, this is not the same as going to your own local salon and getting the proper pamper but nonetheless, it's a treat.
Firstly my hands are soaked for about 5 minutes then I scrub them well with an exfoliating scrub.
Then I will trim and shape the nails.
Next my handiest little tool is a 3 way buffer,
(I love this tool, and you can even use it on your toe nails, and they can look brilliant too, you can buy this in most chemists, super stores and beauty shops)
When using this, there will be a bit of dust, but nothing to worry about, you use the rougher side first, then the smoother and lastly the smooth, this is the one that does the trick, you end up with the highest of shines and the smoothest nails that you could ever wish for.
Now you can apply polish if you prefer, you can buy strip tapes to use as a guide when applying the white polish, but I can never get it right and end up with smudge's but you could use a thin brush, a make up brush maybe!!
Once you have applied the polish to the tips and they have dried, then this is the time to apply the beige or pink top coat, whatever your preference, and once again when dry you can apply a chip proof clear top coat.
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