For you business girls, we chose a traditional french tip as our base, and then added nail stickers on the fourth finger and thumb for a subtle flair!

How to:

There are a lot of ways to do a french tip manicure. Here’s the method we used:

1. Start with a pink-y nude nail polish as your base coat. (We used the one from this Sally Hansen kit). This will help smooth out nail ridges and keep your manicure looking smoother, rather than trying to paint white tips onto bare nails.
2. Let your nails dry COMPLETELY
3. For a smooth line, we recommend nail guides like these. To use:
   1. Put a sticker almost at the end of each nail. Leave about a millimeter of space at the end (where you’ll want the white tip to be).
   2. Use the sticker as a stencil to paint white along the end of the nail.
   3. Let dry COMPLETELY before pulling off your stencil sticker and admiring the smooth line left behind.
4. Choose whatever nail stickers pique your interest and place them on your fourth finger and thumb. Or shake it up and place one at the nail bed of each finger. Or do something else! Your manicure is conservative enough you can really play around with the stickers.

English/Journalism Major

You’re spending all your time writing and chugging coffee – you don’t have time to paint your nails! And with the frenzied strength you hit your keyboard, any nail polish would chip off at the ends anyways!

I bring to you the solution: Nail Appliqués!

These allow you to rock intricate designs without needing to take a ton of time to paint them, and since the stickers are softer than regular nail polish, it’s harder to chip them on impact.

I admit, I was suspicious of these appliqués. I’ve seen them many times and I have never once felt the need to pick them up. HOWEVER I was pleasantly surprised by how well they worked and how easy they were to apply. They’re definitely going to be an addition to my normal rotation of nail designs.