How to do a French Manicure

Video Transcript

"Next I am going to show you a really quick method of how to apply on your natural nail a French manicure and a really easy way to apply color and to get that really great, crisp line with the French manicure. We are going to be starting with our French white polish and then we are going to be moving over to a top coat. We will be using polish remover with a brush to get that really crisp line, edge on that white. So we are going to go ahead and start with the French white polish. What I am going to do, you get the white on the brush, kind of dab it on the side a little bit. What you are going to do, you are going to start over on this quarter of the nail and you pull it straight over, straight line. And you want it, to shape it kind of like the V shape to get that edge. Make sure that you get it all the way to the edge. Go ahead and dip your brush back in there and then we are going to pull it straight across the nail, you are going to go straight across that nail, kind of just smooth out that white. Make sure you have the entire tip covered. Now you can apply this to your artificial nails or your natural nail, either way. And with this, this just takes a little bit of practice when ever you do, if you do choose to apply this to your own nails. And you want to apply two coats of white and just pull it straight down and get all that coverage on there. And also too, you may want to kind of go over that free edge of that nail to get that coverage, get it all covered. Okay, next step what we are going to do, we are going to go in and we are just going to smooth out that white edge. So just dip your brush into your polish remover, kind of dab a little on a little towel and then I am going to go straight against that line and just smooth it out. And the reason why you do this is you just want that really crisp line where it just looks really natural and you want it to be really straight, the straighter the more professional it looks. Just get a little bit more polish on there, just smooth that edge out, okay, just like that. Okay, now what I am going to do, the last step on this is we are going to take a top coat and you just pull that top coat straight over that white, applying it to the entire nail. So you just take your top coat and apply it just like you are polishing the entire nail and after you have completed it that is a French manicure on your natural or artificial nail."