How to do an Easy French Manicure {Again}

We’re back with a follow-up to some of our most popular posts - How to do a French Manicure… Effortlessly and The New French Manicure! And the reason I wanted to try this technique is because I’ve changed the shape of my nails. Not to share too much information, but this fall with all my traveling and a recent trip to Denver which zapped every bit of moisture in me made my nails weaken and split. So, to make them a bit stronger, I changed the shape to make them a bit more square to hopefully stop the corners from splitting. Now the typical DIY Easy French Manicure I like to do isn’t working anymore. But this one is, and it’s just as easy, so give it a shot and let us know which one you like better. Plus, we think it will work for all nail sizes and widths!

Supplies needed:
Base Coat
Bandaids (at least 1 {it can be re-used} up to 5 if you prefer not to re-use)
Tip color
Scissors (to cut bandaid in 1/2)

Step 1: Paint your nails you base color and let dry… or like us, wait a few days and enjoy a mani and use this method to extend a manicure a few more days!

Step 2: Cut band-aids in 1/2 and apply them to each finger with the tips exposed for your tip nail color. Be sure to press down firmly. Once the polish is almost dry, carefully remove the band-aid for perfect lines.

Step 3: Apply a clear top coat and enjoy your very easy french manicure!! Here’s another option in dark grey and silver:

Enjoy your very easy french manicure and let us know which DIY french manicure you like best!

xo ~kim & chloe

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  • heatherfonseca

    I’ve always wanted to try doing that to extend my own manicure, but I never get around the the french tip part! I hadn’t thought of using bandaids, but they look like the perfect shape. And you use Essie and Butter London - one of my two favorite brands of polish!

  • Therese

    Love a good french manicure y’all! Thanks for the tips on extending it and so stylish-ly! ;)

  • http://www.popcosmo.com/ PopCosmo

    You are welcome! It’s so easy… you’ll love it :)

  • http://www.popcosmo.com/ PopCosmo

    We’ve also used notebook hole savers, but the bandaids work like a charm too! Essie and Butter are definitely tops in our mani book!

  • Janelle

    Omg. Love this!!

  • Sweet Little Sparrow

    So smart! Thanks for the great tip ;)

  • http://www.uglygreencouch.net/ uglygreencouch

    I’ve got nice nails and I don’t take care of them because I wasn’t sure how to do it or where to start. Thanks for showing me how easy it is.

  • linda

    love this tip! what color did you use for the base coat above, not the dark example, but the other .. it looks kind of neutral pinkish.