Confession: I never really loved French manicures. They are certainly delicate and lovely, but sometimes, the opaque edges just looked like long nails to me. But I am obsessed with the edgier manicures today that play off the contrast between two colors on one’s nail. I saw a chevron manicure in a magazine and knew I had to try it for myself. This look can be easily created with materials you have at home, including an unexpected one (I’ll share below) to prevent the nail color from ruining your cuticles. I also love the endless possibilities of colors and shines; while I paired matte and glossy gray nail polishes this time, there is so much that you can do with different colors as well.
Here are my steps for creating a chevron reverse french manicure:
1. Gather all of your materials and colors.
2. Push back your cuticles, buff, and apply a lip balm or vaseline to your cuticles and around the edges of your nails where nail polish may spill. This will make cleanup much easier!
4. Apply the base coat and then your base color all over the nail. Let dry.
5. Design the chevron top coat but starting about 1/3 to 1/2 from the bottom of your nail. Apply broad quick strokes from the center of your nail going down to each bottom corner in a “V” shape. Fill in this shape even if some nail polish gets onto your cuticle.
6. Apply a top coat and quick dry drops as appropriate. Peel off any excess polish.
Looks really good girl. I’ve never been a french mani girl either. Love this look. Very chic! 🙂
Nice job! Looks great.
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That looks great!
this turned out great!! chevron is one of my favorite patterns. your nails look great.
Love this..was looking at some the other day, might try it, hopefully won’t make a mess, lol!! Looks marvelous! xx
Oh my goodness, it looks so beautiful:) Have a great day, sunshine. xo
What a cool manicure!
I’ve never had a French one either, just not my style – but these are a fun twist.
i really like the look of reverse manicures. the ebst part is being able to mix ur colors
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MosaMuse
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very cute – I love it!
These are beautiful!!
Very cute! I used to love French manicures but find the look to be a bit dated now. This is a fun, modern version of it. And the lip balm idea is genius!
i am loving this!
Love this manicure.
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So neat! I love this look. Thanks for sharing how to do it. xo style, she wrote
Great tutorial with a fab result!
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It’s chic with abit of an edge. I like!
That bit about lip balm around your cuticles is genius!
Super cute!!
Thanks for the idea!
♥ Shia
This. Is. So. Cool. Although I can’t paint my nails to save my life, so you are gonna have to come over and help me (by help I mean..do it for me 🙂
Great tutorial. I’ll be trying this. I also love the color combo. It’s simple.
Love this idea, so unique and something I haven’t seen before, also the colours you’ve selected are great
I love this and adore the colors you chose! This will be next on my must try mani list! x
Look at you!!! I love it! 🙂 xoxo
This is fab! Love the vaseline tip! More people should use that!
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Looks so good!
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awesome job! i love it but wouldn’t have the patience…lol
Stop it! That’s one rad mani!
Love it! I love blue gray colors and matte-glossy mix.
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Heel in Mint
great tutorial, it looks so cool! i want to paint my nails in those sameee shades, love it.
This looks great and you did a really even job! I may need to try this out, I get impatient waiting for nail polish to dry 🙁
amazinggg, never knew baseline makes it easier to clean excess nail polish, thanks for sharing.
I LOVE what you did with your nails girl!! They look great!
xoxo
Very nice work, I might need the help of some tape to mark the lines if I ever wanted to do this looks. Hoped to check out some new nail colors soon.
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Very nice! Is that Zoya’s “Dove”? I love that gray color 😉
Love this manicure! I always want to try out new designs in manicure,but I’m alwasy sort of time 🙁 this looks pretty easy!
Anna
Good job!! 😀 I will follow your DIY and do this on my nails. Thanks!!
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Great idea…this would look amazing with bright colors for spring!
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I LOVE the lip balm trick!! I find it fun doing my nails but im not the best at staying in the lines :(, so I think this is the perfect solution for me…
Best,
Tamara B.
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This is really cute! i love funky manicures but this includes rather simple colors in a fun design
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