Blue French Tip Nails 2024 [54 Photos] – New Blue Manicure Designs

Take a classic translucent base and paint the “smiles” on the tips of your nails with blue or cold blue. This design will make your manicure look laconic and original, but not too flashy. Here’s a step-by-step video tutorial to help you out.

To make the result more interesting, apply different shades of blue to the tips of your nails. And if you want to make a bright accent manicure, choose blue as a base. In this case, the tips can be emphasized with a contrasting varnish: red, purple, green, yellow.

The fewer details in the manicure, the neater it looks. However, it is not necessary to follow the fashionable principle of minimalism less is more. You can turn on your imagination and come up with something original, turning the manicure into real nail art. Make the blue tips figured or, for example, multi-layered. Add drawings in the central part of the nail or near the lunula. Another popular design idea is the lunar French, combining the lunar manicure with the French one.

Since the French manicure emphasizes the tips of the nails, at least a small length is welcome. And the shape can be any. On oval nails you will get graceful arches. On a nail plate of the “soft square” shape it is convenient to draw straight lines. And the tips of sharp nails can be emphasized with corners and triangles.

Blue French Manicure: Fashion Trends and New Products – 2024

At any fashion week you will find confirmation that the French manicure is a design that is unlikely to leave the list of trends.

Nail artists who worked at the fall-winter 2019/20 shows recommend wearing a neon French manicure with a base and tips in contrasting colors. A striking example is the Roberta Einer show. Another recommendation is to experiment with the shape of the accent on the tip. You can simply “bevel” the line, as at the Prabal Gurung show, getting a non-standard version of the French manicure. Or, on the contrary, leave it straight, lowering the border of the color application closer to the middle of the nail. This is what they did at the Tibi show. Philipp Plein’s idea is to decorate the tips of the nails with tongues of flame, painting them with a cold blue or light blue color.

The shows can also serve as a source of inspiration for summer manicure options. At the spring-summer 2024 show, nail artists especially often choose the French manicure.

Courreges used a bright blue shade in a multi-layered French design with several colored arches on the tips of the nails. At the Ulla Johnson show, instead of soft smile lines, we saw corners. In the Kith manicure, the French was combined with an emphasis on the lunulae; this mirror design was covered with a matte top coat, which made the manicure spectacular without any additional decor. In the case of Nicole Miller, a transparent background polish was complemented with bright neon shades on the tips, echoing the eye makeup. Christian Siriano suggested painting the main part of the nail with glitter polish, and the tips with a “clean” color without glitter. Oscar de la Renta also chose a minimalist colored French manicure, only complementing the arched lines with neat dots on the lunulae.

Any of these catwalk versions of the French manicure can be worn in everyday life.

Blue French on short nails: ideas with photos

When doing a French manicure on short nails, you need to strive for a thinner outline of the tips of the nails. Thick lines will visually shorten the already small nail plate. To get the opposite effect and make the nails seem longer, try French manicure options with a beveled edge or with side stripes.

Side French

Move the stripe from the tip to the side of the nail plate. Make it so that it bends around the nail on one side. Let it be an arc, as in a regular French manicure – then the hint of this design will be easily read. You can draw a line in blue over a white or transparent base coat.

You can also use another shade that goes well with blue as a base, such as a pastel blue like Essie’s Luxurious Azure.

Diagonal French

This version of the French manicure is an alternative to the side French manicure. Draw a diagonal line on half of each tip. You can draw one or several at once to get a “striped” effect. Blue polish will be the main one, and it can be complemented by black, white, red, silver – in a word, any of the colors that harmoniously combine with the blue range.

Asymmetrical French

Try to design each nail differently. One with a classic “smile”, another with a beveled arc, the third with a side line. You can also replace the French manicure with a moon manicure on individual nails. The unifying detail will be the color: draw each detail with blue or light blue varnish.

Streaks on the tips of the nails

When experimenting with French manicure, you can go far beyond its usual presentation. It is not necessary to work only with lines. Start from the fact that French manicure is primarily an accent on the tips of the nails. Then you can even decorate them with colored blots or stains, which, by the way, create the impression of an art manicure with watercolor patterns.

Marine French

Replace the single-color arcs with a mix of shades that are commonly used in seascapes. To make the waves even more realistic, use a translucent white varnish with a “foggy” effect as a background.

Blue French with rhinestones

To make the French manicure look elegant on short nails, do not add massive decor. It is better to have a minimum of details in the manicure, then it will look “clean”, and therefore most advantageous with a short nail length. In the design with blue tips, neat dots or, for example, small rhinestones may well appear – if it is important to make a manicure with a festive mood.

Blue French Manicure Options for Long Nails

French with blue tips

The length of the nails plays a significant role in how even the simplest manicure is perceived. On long nails, a French manicure can become a noticeable detail of the image. To make it even more striking, use a bright blue shade on the tips.

Lunar French manicure in blue

If you have long nails, try combining a French manicure with a moon manicure — or with a reverse French manicure. This solution looks very impressive. In the latter case, the “smile” is turned over so that it follows the curve of the cuticle line. You can choose different shades for the tips of the nails and for the arch at their base. Another option is to use the same blue, and leave the gap between them colorless.

Pearl blue french

To make your French manicure more delicate, choose a varnish with a pearl effect. Or replace the rich blue with a softer pastel version of this color. Add a pearl bead to the hole as a decoration – and get a full-fledged nail art. With this design, even sharp long nails will not seem “predatory”.

Blue French with figured tips

The tips can make up almost half the length of the nail plate. This means that they are convenient to use as a separate area for creating designs. Fill it with a blue background, and then add stars, snowflakes, flowers, patterns – everything you would like to decorate your manicure with. In addition, the border of the color field on the tips of the nails can be given arbitrary outlines and thus make nail art even more interesting.

Combination of blue French manicure with other colors and decor

In an attempt to make classic manicure more unusual, you can limit yourself to changing the color of the tips of your nails. Or you can add a few additional shades, texture contrast, and all sorts of special effects to your nail art.