Gel French Manicure

Easy way to change up your gel French tip manicure? Swap white out for pastel blue! This is a gorgeous look for the spring and summer months. When you want just a touch of color added to your manicure.

Keep your gel French tip manicure simple, with an unexpected glam twist! Applying rhinestones all over one accent nail is all you need to accomplish this. It keeps things neutral and subtle, but gives a little textured glam.

Changing the shape of the color painted onto the tips of nails is a really fun way to give new life to gel French tips. Here, they swapped white out for black and added a triangular shape to the tips for a different look.

Do you resonate with an edgy style personality? Use black polish for your next gel French tip manicure instead of the classic white. You still get the classic, minimalistic feel but with a bit of edge thanks to black polish.

This is the ultimate edgy gel French tip manicure. Using black on the tips and the base of the nail. What adds the dimension and separates the areas of the nail is the ombre effect applied to the base of the nail.

Bring a little more shape and dimension to your gel French tip manicure with this take on the design. Applying more color to the tips of nails like this gives more focus to the ends of nails, especially with the pointed effect implemented.

Ok – how FUN is this gel French tip manicure? Using two shades in the same color family, like teal and blue as shown, gives the classic design a colorful twist. Such a cool take on the design.

Looking for a way to add color to your French tip manicure, but in a way that’s different from applying color to the tips? Here you go! Keep the tips classic white and add a fun color to the base of the nail. Here they kept it springtime fresh with pastel blue but you can use any color.

Completed with a bow! Applying a 3D bow to one accent nail is such a cute, unexpected twist to the classic French tip manicure. Keep it minimal by applying a white bow that’s consistent with the white tip polish.

Get a dark, edgy feel added to your French tip manicure with a look like this. They added dark burgundy polish to the base of the nail and completed it with gold chrome on the tips. It’s an unexpected combination that WORKS beautifully.

Give your French tips a little extra shine with a thin metallic stripe. Minimal, stylish but impactful! The placement of the chrome stripe is perfect for a smooth transition between nude and white colors used for the French mani look.

Another way to add a minimalistic, chic flair to a classic French tip manicure. Here they left the ring finger free from the classic white tip and replaced it with silver glitter and silver chrome stripes. We love that they brought the lines down a bit from the end for a modern flair.

The great thing about a French tip manicure is you can use the overall aesthetic of it, but implement it in your own unique way. Here they took the basic elements of a French manicure but added a diagonal shape to the tips to achieve a completely different look.

Disney lovers we found this just for you! Whether you’re heading to visit one of the Disney parks or you just want to embrace your love for Disney this is a really fun manicure for you to style. Polka dots, black bows and glitter give you that Disney aesthetic.

Rounded French tip manicure feels extra feminine and gives nails the illusion of added length. It’s so pretty on its own so you can definitely leave as is. But if you want more glam – apply chic embellishments to the ring finger like they did here.

Keep your gel French tip manicure classic, with just a hint of differentiation. Here they added extra style to the French tips with this delicate white triangular design and single rhinestone applied to the base of a couple of the nails.

Simple, neutral and glamorous! Swap out the white polish for silver glitter applied to the ends of nails to get a glam twist for your nails. Fading the glitter out a bit gives this an ombre aesthetic.

If the ombre effect using glitter from the previous picture isn’t really your thing, but you still want to use glitter to transform your gel French tip manicure this is a great option for you to try out. Use any color glitter you like for this manicure.

Chrome polish has become incredibly popular recently. It’s great because it gives you the neutral aesthetic of a metallic shade, but with a slight edge thanks to the chrome finish. Add a metallic edge to your gel French tip manicure using chrome on the tips!

We’ve shown you how a few different colors applied to the tips can look with a French tip manicure. If you can’t choose just ONE color – opt for two! Here they used two shades in a similar tone to create a streamlined aesthetic to the color combination.

Keep your gel French tip manicure classic with the typical colors used to achieve the look, but with a slight update. That update? Applying a matte finish to the top! Amazing how changing the finish can really transform the feel of this manicure.

Whew! We’re loving this matte French tip manicure. It’s classic with just a subtle twist with this minimalistic design painted onto the ring finger nail. Stunning and modern wrapped up into one manicure.

Looking to add more of a POP to your gel French tip manicure? Look no further because this is perfection. Using neon on the tips is a stunning way to give your nails that major pop of color. Leave it just with the tips or incorporate some other design elements like they did here.

This gel French tip manicure is delicate and beautiful. Start by painting your nails a soft nude hue. You get the French tip element by applying glitter to the very ends of the nails. We love the subtly here.

Another way to keep the classic feel of your go-to gel French tip manicure, with a subtle style transition. Adding a soft, monochromatic glitter texture to the ring finger nail is stunning here. It’s not a major difference but just enough to make it a unique manicure.

Classic gets a modern update! We’ve seen a lot of people making a small transition to the classic gel French tip manicure. That transition? Using white polish to create an ombre fade. It gives a softer transition between the colors that feels fresh and modern.

Bring the rainbow nail color trend to your French tip manicure! No need to choose one color on the tips, go all out and apply different colors to each tip of the nail to achieve that rainbow trend look. Such a fun way to add color to your French tip mani.

The rainbow color from before not really your thing? Stick to just one pastel shade on the tips of the nails, here they went with a pretty pastel pink. Such a pretty choice for the warm weather months when you want color but not TOO much color.

If you love pink you probably love this design. Choose two shades of pink to achieve this look. We love that they painted the shades of pink in rotation to the design here. It gives so much dimension to the design!

We’ve shown you quite a few pastel shades used on the tips of French tip manicures. But we can’t forget about all the other gorgeous nail polish colors! Apply dark red to the ends of your nails for a different take on the design. This is great for the fall and winter.

The French tip manicure design is pretty subtle here, but that’s what makes it so special. It’s a soft, barely there transition. The soft aesthetic is a perfect complement to rhinestones glued onto the accent nail here.

You’ve seen a matte finish added to the classic gel French tip manicure, now we’re giving you the SUPER shine finish look. The added shine element gives a whole different vibe to the classic French tip. We’re in love!

Hello chrome lover! We thought this take on gel French tip manicure was so edgy and fun. Combining metallic polish with incredibly shiny chrome on the tips = sign us up!

Like the idea of adding metallic to your gel French tip mani? This is a great option to give a try if you don’t want an all-out chrome look like the picture before this. Use your favorite metallic color for this!

Adding thin stripes to the ends of nails here is just enough of a design difference to make it unique, but simple enough to keep the consistency of the French tip mani look. Add a touch of black, like they did here, or use another color – it’s up to you!