What to know about reverse French manicures

Posted in: French manicure by weddingcometrue | July 6th 2010 | 2 comments

We all know that French manicure is one of the most popular of our days and you should also know that according to manicurists this is the most asked for style of them all. This shows that although it has been around for a very long period of time it still is considered to be clan and elegant.

Maybe this is because it looks so simple and because of its versatility. There is no occasion for which a French manicure isn’t right and so if you have to attend an event and you have no idea what manicure style to choose then you should opt for the French style because you simply can’t go wrong with it.

You should know that although most people think that French manicure is boring because all that it means is the pink base and the white tips, there are many more styles to try. One of the styles you should take into consideration is the reverse French manicure.

This style is a very old one and there are some celebrities that very rarely can be seen without them. One of these celebrities is Dita Von Teese.

The point of the style is to have the moon (also known as the lunula) bare, or to have it polished with a different color than the rest of the nail. The method of creating the style is very similar to the traditional French manicure. One of the methods is to polish the entire nail white or with the color that you want the moon to be polished and after it has dried to polish the rest of the nail, with the other color, but remember that you should polish the moon too. There are some nail guides that you could buy to help you not to smear the polish.

Another method that you might try is to polish the entire nail with the color of your choice and then to remove the polish from the moon with the help of polish remover. You could leave the moon bare or you could try to polish it with another color, but this may take quite a bit of artistic talent.

The look that you will achieve is quite original because there are very few women with reverse French manicures and so I am sure that people will notice the style.

The advantage of the style is that you could use any color that you would like, but the most popular combinations are black and white and red and white. These look very nice, but as I have mentioned before, you can use any color that you would like because there are no rules and limits.

I hope that you will try this style at some point and that you will like it because I am sure that it is nothing like the other manicures that you tried before. You just have to have a little creativity and some free time to create the reverse style without having to rush.