How to Apply French Acrylics With a Kit

Acrylic nails may need trimming once you apply them.

French nails – fingernails painted with a light pink or nude shade with bright white tips – are among the most popular types of manicures worn. The clean lines of the nails give an immediate sense of being put together. If you're looking for a quick way to get a French manicure, head to your local drugstore and buy a kit. Within in an hour, you can use these kits and have professional-looking acrylic French tips.

Things You'll Need

• French manicure kit
• Acetone nail polish remover
• Cotton balls
• Nail file
• Nail clippers

Instructions

1. Wash and dry your hands thoroughly.

2. Take the nails out of the kit and determine which nail fits best on each finger of your hand. Set the nails aside in order in front of your hands so you know where each one goes.

3. Apply glue into the nail. Place the acrylic nail on top of your real nail and hold it steady for at least 30 seconds. Repeat with each of your nine remaining nails. Let the nails dry for at least an hour before you try to handle anything heavier than a sheet of paper.

4. Pour some nail polish remover onto a cotton ball and clean up your cuticles of any excess glue that leaked from around the nail. Check your nails to see if you want to trim the length at all. If it's only a minor trim, use your nail file to file them down. If you need more length cut off, use your nail clippers to trim them, then file away any jagged edges.

References

• Beauty Soap and Bubbles: How to Apply Acrylic Nails
• Nails Guide: How to Put on Fake Nails
• Create Magical Nails: Acrylic Nails