Nail Art 101 – Two-Tone Mani

The two-tone mani is very similar to the classic French manicure that we did last week.

But instead of having a clear/nude nail bed with a white, black or coloured tip – you would use 2 colours – one colour on your nail bed and another colour on your tips.

Your 2 colours can either be:

  1. Different shades from the same colour family: here I used Tip Top Nailchic – Sherbet Angel for the pink & Tip top Nailchic – Surfer Girl for the purple. This would be a great way of wearing the trendy pink nails for this summer season.

 Tip Top nail polish

  1. Or two contrasting colours for a bolder look: here I used no. 115 from Ralo Cosmetics for the black & Zoya Professional Lacquer – Diana for the red.


Zoya nail polish

  1. Or keep it closer to the original Fench manicure, by using a shimmery colour on your full nail, with a traditional white tip: here I used Nail Junkie 096 by SinfulColors Professional for the shimmery Turquoise and SensatioNail™ Invincible Gel Polish French Manicure Tips by Nailene®

 Sinful Colours nail polish

Here are the super easy steps to create your own two-tone mani:

Step 1. Always start off with your favourite clear base coat, to make your mani last longer, and to protect your nails from staining.

Step 2. Paint all of your nails with your 1st colour from base to tip, and leave to dry completely.

Step 3. Use your French Tip Guides or some scotch tape as a guide to neatly paint your tips with your second colour, and leave to dry completely.

Step 4 . Finish off your mani with your favourite clear top coat, to make it last longer and to add some shine.

Helpful tip:

As soon as you start using more than one colour on your nail, you have to be very careful when applying your top coat. The last thing you want is for your beautiful design that you have just painfully created, to be smudged by your top coat brush strokes…

So for your Two-Tone mani for example, instead of painting in vertical strokes from the base of your nail to the tip, rather use horizontal strokes, from side to side, and therefore with the direction of the line between your 2 colours.

Share your Two-Tone manis with us here on Beauty Bulletin in the comment section. We would love to see it or hear from you!


Article by Mariaan Enslin

 

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