French Manicure Nail Shape
When it comes to French manicure everybody knows it and everybody loves it. I think that it is the most popular style of the pact few decades and even in our times it is the most requested style in the nail salons. Although having a long history we can’t say that it hasn’t changed over the years and we can’t say that it isn’t flexible either. In fact there are very few things that can’t be changed about it.
The classic French manicure has white tips and pink, beige or nude base. If we prefer, we can also use clear polish instead of pink. The only characteristic that can’t be changed is the style: the tips and the rest should have different colors. It is up to our imagination what colors we use, how we associate them. Besides the classic look we can also get nail art, two-dimensional or three-dimensional nail art, stickers, beads or rhinestones.
When it comes to getting your nails done you can choose to go to a salon or to do it on your own. If you choose the easier way, the salon, the manicurist might ask you what shape you would like. In this situation you can answer your favorite shape, or you could ask her what she recommends. There are several aspects that she needs to take into consideration, like hand shape, finger size and shape, nail bed shape and even the skin tone of your hands might influence her recommendation.
In case you would like to do your nails at home I can give you some information regarding French manicure nail shape. Some say that the best alternative is to keep the nails straight across the tips and round on the edges. This style is a kind of square style, but it is a bit rounded so it looks more feminine. It is also called squoval, because it is somewhere in the middle between square and oval. This seems to be the most popular style in America nowadays. The round shape has the advantage of enhancing the smile lines.
In this case the shape of the nails follows the shape of the smile line. Square shapes make the nails look wider. It might be perfect if you wish to create that image, but it might look quite bad if your nails are a bit wider by nature. Square nails with a straight white tip also could make your nails look shorter. Oval tips mean that the tip is more rounded than the smile line. This shape makes the nails look longer than they really are. Older women prefer oval and round tips.
Remember that you can use any shape you want and I think that it is good to try them all, so you will know which one of them looks best on you, or which one you like the most. There might be some shapes that look good, but you don’t like them, so choose the French manicure nail shape you really like.
The classic French manicure has white tips and pink, beige or nude base. If we prefer, we can also use clear polish instead of pink. The only characteristic that can’t be changed is the style: the tips and the rest should have different colors. It is up to our imagination what colors we use, how we associate them. Besides the classic look we can also get nail art, two-dimensional or three-dimensional nail art, stickers, beads or rhinestones.
When it comes to getting your nails done you can choose to go to a salon or to do it on your own. If you choose the easier way, the salon, the manicurist might ask you what shape you would like. In this situation you can answer your favorite shape, or you could ask her what she recommends. There are several aspects that she needs to take into consideration, like hand shape, finger size and shape, nail bed shape and even the skin tone of your hands might influence her recommendation.
In case you would like to do your nails at home I can give you some information regarding French manicure nail shape. Some say that the best alternative is to keep the nails straight across the tips and round on the edges. This style is a kind of square style, but it is a bit rounded so it looks more feminine. It is also called squoval, because it is somewhere in the middle between square and oval. This seems to be the most popular style in America nowadays. The round shape has the advantage of enhancing the smile lines.
In this case the shape of the nails follows the shape of the smile line. Square shapes make the nails look wider. It might be perfect if you wish to create that image, but it might look quite bad if your nails are a bit wider by nature. Square nails with a straight white tip also could make your nails look shorter. Oval tips mean that the tip is more rounded than the smile line. This shape makes the nails look longer than they really are. Older women prefer oval and round tips.
Remember that you can use any shape you want and I think that it is good to try them all, so you will know which one of them looks best on you, or which one you like the most. There might be some shapes that look good, but you don’t like them, so choose the French manicure nail shape you really like.
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