If you are thinking of boasting fingernails that are extremely glamorous and very fashionable then consider getting a reverse French manicure. To refresh your memory the classic French manicure consists of a flesh or pink colored nail bed that is tipped with a cream white crescent moon of color.
In the case of the classic reverse French manicure the nail bed is white and the tips are painted a color. Usually the color is more outrageous than the pinks and flesh tones associated with the classic French manicure. Blues and bright reds are quite popular when it comes to getting this type of flashy nail treatment. Basically you can think of the traditional reverse French manicure as being a solarized version of the traditional ordinary French manicure.
There is also a second type of reverse French manicure, which takes the whole idea even further. With this type, which was seen one lot of runways for Fall 2008, the moons of the nails are painted bright white and the rest of the nail is painted a vivid color like black, bright blue or dark red.
Pastels can also enter the picture here. You can see a bright white or cream nail tipped with a glossy pale flesh tinted tip. Tinsel or metallic colors are also very much in vogue especially for the winter. An example would be the silver nail that is tipped with gold or the blue metallic nail that is tipped with bright white.
Also in style is the complimentary or clashing color French manicure. For instance a complimentary example would be a blue nail bed with a red tip or a red nail with a yellow tip. Clashing color French manicures would be combinations such as a red nail bed with a bright pink tip or a brown nail with an orange tip.
There is even yet another variation of the French manicure, which is seen on the street as part of popular culture and also on runways. In this version the moons of the nails are painted bright white and so are the tips. The body of the nail is then painted whatever color the person desires.
The colors for Reverse French manicure treatments are also more vivid then you would expect. Solid primary colors look best. The most fashionable color is black but many women have been wearing both versions of the reverse French manicure in chocolate brown. This follows along with the general trend in fashion that brown is the “new black.”