Easy DIY French Manicure at home!
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2020
- I make card and scrapbooking videos and because you mostly see my hands, I love a classic French manicure on short nails. In this video, I'll share my DIY French manicure process which relies on some basic Olive & June tools and a little time and patience. I promise it's not too fancy. Just like me.
⭐️ NOTES & TIPS ⭐️ One thing I failed to show in the video: Cuticle Serum. When the mani is done and dry, I swipe on a bit of the Olive & June serum for a finishing touch. My other hot tip to keep the mani going? Top Coat every few days and specifically, I add a fresh top coat on Day 2. Sounds like overkill but it's not. When I filmed the intro for this, I was four days out from filming the mani. Top coating extends manis.
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I love a French mani. Been doing them myself for a few months now. I like how it always looks classy and goes with any outfit. Plus if I’m busy (or let’s be real lazy) it’s not super noticeable if they grow out or are a little chipped here and there, and I can often extend the life with a quick dry top coat.
I just love your sense of humor. Your references tell me we're close in age. I too, am a vampire lover! Thanks for the manicure tips... I'd watch any video you post!
Well you are too kind. So I guess you remember when Fonzie jumped that shark? A classic.
Cathy, your sense of humor and honesty is so refreshing! Thanks for just being YOU. Love all your videos. Keep up the good work for all of us watching, laughing and learning!!
Thank you so much!
Karen's mom called and said stay in your lane 😉 I told her to take a seat. I love any video you do. Just enjoy hanging out with you! Fun times!
Lol! Thank you!
This was awesome
This is a great video! TY!
You did a beautiful job on your French manicure . Your hands look gorgeous. Thank you for sharing and giving us a great tip. 💖💖💖
Thanks for watching!
Lol. Your sense of humour is really appreciated. This is such a great little side step from your usual great videos on crafting. Very much appreciated.
Thank you so much!
Love💅💅this video change up and of course your humor to go with it!
I know it's not craft related! But… yeah, I like to have my hands looking somewhat presentable FOR my craft videos!
Your nails look BEAUTIFUL!! Love, Love Love!! 😍🙌❤️
Thank you for sharing. French manicures are class not tacky!
I'm not sure who told me the were but I remember thinking, "really? Cause I love 'em!"
Thank you so much!!! Merci Beaucoup Catheee!👩🎨
You are fun to watch, and also included more tips on French manicure and painting nails in general. Thank you! 💗
Oh thank you!
I love your humor. I literally LOLed at the intro. Love me some Olive and June!
Yes you do, Mr. Giant Box That Needs to be Opened!
Thank you for sharing this! I learned so many tips! Can’t wait to receive my new nail products!
I truly love Olive & June. I have way more polish from them than is necessary. Lol.
I so enjoy watching your videos! Loving your humor. I will be trying out a French mani soon. Your nails look wonderful! Thank you for sharing your nail tips.
No pun intended? hahah! Tips. Get it? I just did.
Thank you for this video! I bought the polish colors and tools you used and it was so easy. Olive and June really is the best!
Yay! enjoy!
Very complete manicure! If in time you start finding your fingernails splitting straight down. That is from arthritis. The fingernail forms in front of the cuticle. So for me I have arthritis in my fingertips. My first recommendation would be to try gel nails. Those are pretty easy to do at home. The polish you will have to look for---probably online. When that no longer works it then becomes necessary to go with acrylic nails. Those, I haven't mastered! Thank you for being real. For sharing what gives you joy--and just might give us joy too.
Thanks for this Cathy. I already have all the tools I ordered at the beginning of the pandemic because I had to take off my acrylics and start doing my own nails. Yesterday I ordered the french nail supplies because of you.
Wonderful!
🥰 your personality! For me, a non-fancy person too, I am inspired!
Yay! Thank you! I do love that O&J polish and philosophy!
Ok, introduction on point. I feel like I'm going to use this intro as a mood pick me up when I'm having bad days. As always, thanks for your time and effort and love your posts.
Thanks, Diane!
Thanks for sharing! You made this feel doable.
I'm so glad! I get better over time. It can be learned!
Thank you for sharing this video. Also, for turning me onto Olive & June. Placed my first order with them.
Hope you enjoy it! I do love this company!
Love the french mani. Always chic. I got way into polish since quarantine. It was partly due to your review of the O&J box. Love their tools.
Good stuff, isn't it?
I love your personality! Your french manicure looks great! I have to try this. TFS!
Thank you so much 🤗
I quit trying to give myself a French manicure ages ago, but now I'm going to try your method. Great tips!
You can do it!
You did a great job using your French 101 in the real world and an even better job on your nails! I'm _definitely_ going to try this technique, not just with the white, but with different colors. I'll look très chic thanks to you. ☺️💅😀
Merci!
The mark of beauty is a French manicure!
So enjoyed both your nail video's
Yay! Thank you!
Thank you for sharing your videos
My pleasure
Love it! TFS! 💕
Thank you! 😊
I am tres jolie that you posted this video. I have always wanted to try a French manicure at home and assumed that it would require painting skills I don't have. Your video was fabulous and has convinced me that I just need one of those awesome clean-up brushes and some practice. I've been terribly busy getting the first week of remote learning off the ground, and your video was a welcome treat! Thanks so much for sharing!
The brushes are great!
Thanks for sharing!!!
Thanks for watching! It's not craft related but… my hands are in my videos a lot. I had a few folks ask how I did 'em. This solves that!
Thanks for doing this video!
Glad it was helpful!
ok because of you and the mani videos and this one in particular I ordered the COMPLETE SYSTEM from Olive and June. I hate my nails, ugly cuticles and ridges. After watching you and then the videos from Olive and June I am going all in!
You will love it! Just remember it takes time to restore nail health but I do believe 100% in their system. My nails have improved SO much over the past year of doing my nails the O&J way! Don't forget to get their Ridge Filler!!
I love the idea of prepping then with the polish on!! Thank you!!
I learned that from watching an Olive & June tutorial. It was this one: ua-cam.com/video/lNrkC2pYpXY/v-deo.html
And it helps. Because my naked nails really don't all match up.
Ty cathy 😘 i will definitely try it ,nail polish never stays on my nails 💅 dont know why ,maybe you have and answer.
Okay I will give it a try! Tres bien!
Good luck! or bon chance!
Love those lovely French manicured nails!!! I have Olive & June nail supplies and a few polishes, however, I need to get the white. I appreciate your sharing of this company & your nail care regimen! Stay well! Blessings & hugs!!!
It's wonderful polish, isn't it Maria?
Cathy Zielske Yes, I LOVE IT!!! Thanks again for sharing your French Manicure regimen, it’s my go to manicure & it looks fabulous on tootsies too!!!
This was fun! Never knew this could be done at home. Your hands always look lovely. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much! 😊
Best Intro Video EVER! I laughed so hard I think I just woke up my kid :).
Ha! Gotta keep it down. Those naps are QUALITY time for you!
@@czdesign Haha naps? Those are looong gone :). But the night hours after he goes to sleep are MUCH needed ;).
You make French manicures look so easy. Your nails are beautiful.
Thank you so much! I haven't done one in a while now! But I love the look!
Thx CZ you are awesome!! Loved this video super helpful with humour from a twilight fan ... can’t go wrong 👌
Glad you enjoyed!
Look great.
Very nice. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Looks fun. I'll bet most things you do you have fun with! You make me smile and laugh and during these times, I love that! Not sure if I will try the French manicure (I recently got a buffing machine for my nails) but when I get tired of that I'll try this. Thanks!
A buffing machine? Now that sounds interesting!
@@czdesign Ah YES! So easy and fast to have shiny nails...I don't like to spend much time on them! If you are interested, QVC sells one (www.qvc.com/Emjoi-Micro-Mani-Battery-Operated-Nail-Polisher.product.A281972.html). Highly recommended as long as you don't get too aggressive with the nail smoother part!
I just watched your newest video and I thought your manicure looked really beautiful and I wondered if you had a tutorial on it - I didn’t have to look very far! Thank you for sharing this with us 😃
Yes!
Thank you so much for this video! I usually just have my nails done for big events, but this fall I'll be making videos for my hybrid students and those choosing to learn online. Well, I looked at my nails and panicked! I didn't want to go to the salon and spend a lot of money and risk Covid. Your video pointed me in the right direction and gave me the confidence that I can do this at home. My order has been placed, I'm excited there are video to show how to take care of my nails and the cost was very reasonable. You're the best...thanks!
And the polish is WONDERFUL. You know how (and maybe this is just me) but sometimes, with regular brands, my nails hurt after taking off the polish. I think its the formaldehyde or whatever the bad stuff is in regular polish? Anyway, O&J is vegan and cruelty free and I have NEVER experienced that after taking off their polish. Good stuff!
Great video! I've worn acrylic nails for over 20 years. Because of the COVID-19 situation a regular salon visit is over. Since March my nails have undergone a complete transformation. They're finally past the thin and brittle stage but I miss my pretty nails. I am going to give these products a try because I long for beautiful nails again. Thanks!
PS. I love your card making videos too. 😊 I have purchased the Studio Box from Olive & June and love it! I also got the HD polish to try the french manicure. Best polish EVER!
I'm sure it's a big adjustment! I have friends who have gone through the horrible grow out time with salons being closed, too!
Love the intro!!!! Beautiful mani too!! But you always do a nice job 😊
Thank you so much 🤗
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As you said practice makes perfect, but you really did a great job! I love that little clean up brush. I am horrible at painting my nails so normally I don't but I love the French manicure look. When I do paint them I just slept polish on all over the place and after it dries really well then wash my hands in hot water or take a shower and all the Polish just peels off the skin really easy. I'm sure that's horrible for my cuticles though. Many years ago I got a French manicure kit that sort of had like masking paper stickers so you could paint the white part.
Oh yeah, the day after mani shower? That gets excess polish off the hands! Then I always top coat on Day 2, right after I shower. Makes the mani last even longer!
Love your intro- very funny😂
Thanks, Kathy!
Thanks for giving me some new tips on doing my nails. I love the look of a French manicure, but it has always been tricky for me to do it myself.
I never thought about using a flat edge clipper with the polish on. I have always soaked my nails. I need to stop ✋. I have always trimmed my cuticles. I need to stop ✋.
Thank You!
I will admit, if I am at a salon, I love that nail techs can clip and do it well. I just can't do it and I rarely ever had my nails done. And not at all in the current pandemic!
Love your video and your sense of humour. I'm 52 and not ashamed that I love the vampires too. Just finished devouring Midnight Sun. Team Edward all the way. I've been doing my own manis since the pandemic and have no desire to return to the salons. You've inspired me to try le Francais manicure. Merci boucoup mademoiselle. ;)
I'm on chapter 8! Might have to read some more this afternoon!
Lol, I am a REALLY mature vampire fan (Team Edward). Love the tips you gave, especially about washing your nails and not painting while damp. Did not know that!
Yeah, I am reading Midnight Sun right now but I'll be honest with you: it just makes me want to watch the movies! lol! Love me some Edward!
Loving your work Cathy as always. You can't jump the shark you haven't got a leather jacket on! Thanks for doing this video it was great.
Ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. Hahaha!
Your intro made me subscribe!
HA! Love that and welcome!!!
beautiful
Thank you! 😊
You total inspired me to give O&J a try. I ordered a kit back in March or April. I’ve thrown out any polish that isn’t O&J since then. I’ve been super impressive with their customer service. Also whenever I place an order it always asks...”how did you hear of us” and I type in your name every time 😊😊
Well that is awesome and I appreciate that! i just ordered the new Nailfie collection and it's already shipped! Looking forward to the new colors!
You are a rock star! My guilty pleasure is also Twilight and Harry Potter!
Two classics. My daughter's go to is HP. But she prefers to re-read. Over and over.
Votre manicure est magnifique!
Merci!
Love your nails. Loving your videos too. :-)
Thank you so much!
You’re my favorite!
Awww shucks. xoxo
Thanks for this video, Cathy! Funny, because I noticed how nice your nails looked on your last video and wondered if you did them yourself or had them done. I, too, have tried all the French manicure stuff and gave up. I’ll give this a try!
Honestly, it can be done! It took me a few tries but now I feel pretty confident doing it!
Very professional looking! Well Done. xo
Thank you so much! I did speed it up quite a bit! lol. It takes me a while but I got better over time!
@@czdesign Oh BTW ~ I'm 66 and Team Edward 👼
OK, I'll try it because you made it look easy. Hope you made a little by my using the link. Love your sense of humor. I'm now reading the two new twilight books, well one at a time. Guess I'm late to that party.
Well I appreciate it, because yes, I'm an affiliate for O&J! Never too late to the party for Twilight!
Newer to your channel. A suggestion, pour a bit of acetone in your cap or in a small dish and much easier to dip your brush.
You have the best voice. So soothing!
Awesome job!!!
Oh good point! Yeah, the acetone for clean up has been so good!
Another middle-aged vampire lover here! I really appreciate all the tips you gave. My cuticles tend to want to overtake my nails so I am constantly pushing them back. I am definitely going to try filing them! Thanks!
Every now and then I do still soak my hands like they would in a salon… and push back my cuticles, but I tend to wait on painting until my nails are perfectly dehydrated!
I too am a middle aged vampire fan and love doing my own nails. Thanks for sharing they look great!
Maybe that could be a special club of its own? Vampires and Middle Aged Mani Lovers?
I’ve had acrylic or gel nails for decades but while we’ve been social distancing I decided to remove them and let my own nails breathe. They looked awful at first but they’re just getting long enough to polish so I love your tips on doing a home French manicure. Thanks so much. One thing tho-I didn’t see any description of the nail brush you were using to clean up the white tips. .
Oh, sorry Ruth! It's part of the Tool Kit! I will add that link! oliveandjune.kk2kau.net/Rqegv
Whelp, I just bought the complete system from O&J. Cannot wait to take matters into my own ‘hands’ with my mani/pedis lol. Cathy I just adore you! I watch your videos so often my husband has nicknamed you, “Zil”. I grew up in Everett too!! My close friend who also grew up in Everett teases me whenever I say, “I grew up in Everett” because I went to Jackson HS and according to her (who went to Everett HS) - no one who went to Jackson High School in Mill Creek can claim to be, “from Everett”. Her and I have an ongoing, playful row about it. But my home address WAS EVERETT! She once said to me, “I don’t know anyone who TRIES to say they are from Everett” lol. If you’re from Everett you get that! Still, despite it’s misgivings I LOVE the town, in fact, my husband and I take our 2 and 3 year olds on a “snooze-cruise” every night and we almost always drive to Grande in Everett to look at the beautiful old houses. Keep doing what you do, all of it, you’re endearing and charming and inspiring and a master at simple yet beautiful cards...not an easy feat!
I'm so old Jackson HS did not exist when I graduated from CASCADE, thank you very much! ha! I LOVE to tell people I'm from Everett. My other bestie still lives there and I miss it. Haven't been since the pandemic started. Hope to when it all settles down!
@@czdesign HAHA! :) Well you may be ‘old’ but you are a beauty inside and out! Everett misses you :):)
I do my nails in reverse order. Clear base coat, 2 coats of sheer pink, then 2 coats of white, then the top coat. I'm going to try your method, but first, I need that brush. Thanks for the video.
The brush is helpful for pretty much any nail painting session! I do love mine!
French mani is always classy, I think. Never heard of it being referred to as tacky, that’s crazy. I may have to try this! Most of the time my nails just have clear polish because I’m lazy😂. And I work in healthcare and nitrile gloves are the enemy of manicures. I used to do the variation where the white isn’t opaque but semitransparent (I forget what it was called) because it was more forgiving. My nails are longer so it might be trickier, but I just might try this. Thanks for sharing!
I feel like I heard it was tacky from a friend once. It stuck in my brain. I love how clean it is!
I’m a nail tech. I love your nail tips, your nails always look great 👍🏻. My top tip for a neat french mani is use a dotting tool to draw the white tip then fill in with the brush. No clean up needed.
What is a dotting tool? I've never heard of that.
Cathy Zielske it’s a set of stylus like tools that have a little round head at the point. Come in different sizes. Great for nail art. Very cheap on Amazon.
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Fun video, didn't know you were from Everett, WA. I am in Spokane, after living south of Seattle for many years.
Yep. Born in Seattle, grew up in Everett. Lucky for me, my bestie and her fam still live there. I love coming home to visit.
This was so refreshing. Thank you for sharing your tips. Definitely going to order those colors. Do they have a quick dry drops?
They do not. And I would say their polish takes about the same time as an average polish to dry.
I’m a bowler 3 nights a week and weekend tournaments, and I also work in a bowling pro shop, so doing my nails is just a huge waste of time lol, throw a few balls and my nail polish is torn up, working is worse , they end up looking like a 3 year old did them lol... your nails are lovely.
Sigh. I love bowling. In college, I was pretty good!
Hey, Thanks for the tip! haha, get it? Tip, nail tip? Yes, your humor is rubbing off on me! But seriously, great tips, trim and file with polish on, straight edge clippers, buffing the cuticles, dont wash your nails after buffing (every nail salon I have ever had my nails done at, have all sent me to the sink!) dehydrate the nails, that makes so much sense. I will look up Olive and June Thanks.
Do look them up! Good people, good company, good product!
Thank you! I learned a couple things from this video. I didn’t catch any mention of a base coat, do you skip that step?
Yes! No base coat with olive & june polish. They have a base coat formulation IN every polish. I only use it with their darker colors just for easy removal but they do not even make one.
Me too with twilight and I’m 55
Cathy, you are so funny on your videos. I was wondering about this but being able to do things at home instead of going to a salon is appealing to me so I thought I would check out what you had to show. I'm so glad I watched. I learned so much! A question for you though, about how long does your manicure last? When I do my nails, sometimes within a day or two it starts chipping off. It may be my process, I learned things I never heard of from your video, or it may be my products. Okay, another question. Do you find that the Olive & June topcoats really hardens your nails? My nails snapped off at the slightest bump against anything and I, too, keep my nails fairly short. I'm anxious to hear your reply as I've been really debating about breaking down and going to a salon for some type of gel work. I really dread getting hooked on having the weekly or bi-weekly refill process.
So I'm on day 6 of my most recent. The key is top coating. And I probably do it every other day after I do it on day one and then day two. I keep my nails pretty short too. I don't know if O&J hardens my nails, but it's a great seal on the polish, if that makes sense!
I'm not alone anymore look at all you middle aged vampire fans. OMG I have been doing my nails all wrong all these years why has no one told me not to wash my hands after taking off the old polish. I am going to try this technique
Yes to middle aged vampire fans and yes to not washing. I never knew that. In fact, I did post a video about a year ago showing my basic routine and was still washing my hands. But since i stopped doing that, the manis last longer. Plus, Olive & June is great polish.
Have you ever had that thing when you take off your polish and your nails kind of hurt? I used to experience that a ton, but not with O&J. I think because it's a formula free of the nasty stuff.
Thank you for sharing this. I wonder how to do this. After the second layer of white , you clean that up again right?
Yes, correct. Same process after the second coat!
lovely💋😍
Lol... just saw an add for Happy Days...jumping through shark episode!!
Are you serious? Hilarious!
I'm going to try this. And I'm a middle aged vampire fan too. 😉
Good luck!!
Would like to see you with a little longer nails ; I wish my hands looked as pretty as yours !
I do go through phases, but… I spend a lot of time in my office on my computer and I swear, when they are longer, they make it harder to type!
I might have to grow my nails again so i can try this - your nails look great Cathy thanks!
You should!
You are la bombe!
Merci!
You should try stamping polish and plates. It is a game changer. I absolutely love it. They also have french manicure plates. Check out maniology. There are lots of instructional videos as well.
So i have watched videos and it looks SO fun! Plus I've seen my friend and master card maker Kristina Werner do it… I think I will try this fall!
@@czdesign be careful, it is very addictive. I now have about 20 plates and polishes.😁
Crack up. 💜
Have you read midnight sun? I was reading it and then I had to stop so I could re-watch all the twilight movies LOL
I'm on Chapter 8. Lol!
Well I can’t find “Karen’s “comment that wanted you to stay in your lane. Darn it I wanted her to know you made this video just for me 😉.
Hahah! Thanks, Rose!
Could someone help me ..... Cathy almost always says she’s going to post in the comments the supplies she uses .... I just can never find. Where?
Hey Nancy, are you on a phone? If so, there is a whole slew of information underneath in what is considered the description area. Look for a little down arrow under the video on your phone. Tap that, and it will reveal all the info. If you're on a computer, look for SHOW MORE and click that, to reveal a big old list!
Cathy!! Thank you SO MUCH! I’ve been watching your videos for some time, and I often like to look back / look at the products. I’ve never been able to find the information until NOW!!! That is the faintest, most obscure little arrow I’ve ever (not) seen. I got it though .... thank you for your quick response, your kindness and your humor!!
@@nancydawson998 yes it really is a hard one to find and I don't watch a lot of content on my phone and now that I realized how hard it is to find I'm going to try to remember that and mention it in my videos.
I have used money on exspensive nail polish of all brands plus top coat, but everytime i use it, i sit there, wait about a hour, but its stil not dry 😤😤 when its dry,i be all happy, next Day i wake up, it has bumps and are dent and all messed up 🤬🤬 i even Got my naivs done one time, and they where ruined the next Day, when i woke up... GOD im starting to hate nailpolish.
I have had that happen, too. And part of me wonders is it because I used to make sure I washed my hands after nail prep. Which I have learned from the O&J folks, not to do. Because the few times I have gone to a salon, they always have me wash my hands before nail painting, and it has happened occasionally there, too.
Give the whole prep your nails, then clean them off with remover, and try that.
I just don't "get" some people. Your title very clearly states what this video is about. Don't like these types of vids...Dont watch it! Easy peasy!
So so easy! lol!