French Manicure or Baby Boomer?

Baby boomer or French manicure? Everyone knows the French manicure. Clear nail polish with white nail polish on the tips. Guarantee of French elegance. In this article, nail supplies expert Maryton will show you the difference between a French manicure and the Baby boomer. Ready to be an expert on this subject?

The French Manicure application technique

First, you need a transparent base on the nail. And cover with a so-called nude or pearly or pink color, it all depends on your skin tone. Add the matte and opaque white varnish to the tips of the nails. Finally, apply a layer of transparent top coat on the entire nail. Simple to do in a salon or at home.

Baby boomer, the new French manicure

The baby boomer method is the French manicure revisited and the successor to the French manicure. It has its natural nail effect side. Use of pink varnish and a transparent base. This trend has a taste for the discreet and chic at the same time.

Classier, more shaded, and with less sharp and much more degraded contours, all women have adopted it. Moreover, this manicure application is more difficult to do than a French manicure! Quite a complex technique, if you absolutely want to learn it, you should ideally do a training and all the dedicated manicure kits of course!

How to achieve the baby boomer technique?

Each manicure has its technique and this one takes a certain amount of time to master and a lot of practice.

As with the French manicure, place a first transparent layer on your nails (base coat). This will protect them.

Start applying with the neutral colored varnish, without going all the way. You have to leave the white part.

There, you take your white colored lacquer in order to apply it on the white part of your nail.

Using a cotton swab, apply white very lightly going down towards the neutral color. You will need another cotton swab to do the same with the lower part of the nail and a last one to carefully dissolve the two colors with your nail polish remover.

Finally, finish with the top coat which will bring the desired shine and elegance.

The difference between these two techniques?

The French remains a very basic style. Nude color, and white tip with a pronounced demarcation. While the baby boomer has a more daring style. Discreet due to its gradient of pale pink and white (like babies), you can also add small decorations or change the color of your varnish.

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