Beyoncé’s SirDavis Manicure Makes Us Want French Tips – Essence

French suggestions are arguably essentially the most classic manicure up to now. “French tips are considered a classic because they are a way to make the nail look like a natural nail, but lifted,” says a nail artist Kinaya Haug tells ESSENCE.

“They look very fresh and clean, and your nails get a very ‘clean girl’ look.” While we’ve seen French suggestions revamped over and over throughout history, the sparser, chunky French suggestions of 2004 have made a comeback.

This week, for instance, Beyoncé released a brand new promotional video for her SirDavis American Whiskey with an oval set of French suggestions. With a cigar in her fingers and a glass of whiskey in her hand, her white suggestions were set deeper than a traditional nail, which covered a 3rd of her natural pink base.

The Chucky French Tip? Reborn. “Everyone is into the Y2K aesthetic, so the chunky French Tip is making a comeback,” Haug says.

Of course, there’s the French manicure, which was first worn in 1975 to chop down on the time it took for actresses to vary their manicures between scenes. It’s still popular five a long time later.

But there may be also the unique place where this style was created (hint: it is not France), which was Founded by Jeff Pinkan American cosmetics supplier working in Hollywood. It’s no wonder that America’s favorite pop megastar, beauty icon and artist Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter likes the French manicure.

“I have people who love a little micro-French and I have people who love retro-French with mostly white nails,” Haug says. For Ms. Carter, the macro-tip says enough, turning the look into her latest signature (alongside her platinum-blonde ’70s wig and caramel makeup, though). “I personally love a deep French, and I think a lot of other nail techs would agree with me.”