I have gotten french manicures and pedicures done at the salon. They paint them on. If you want to do it at home, they have a kit with the white polish, and the light translucent pink. Some of them come with little strips, but don't use them, they really suck and take too much time! I just paint my nails with the white about 1/4 of the way on the tip of my nail.....let dry......do a second white coat the same way......then I take a Q-tip with nail polish remover and remove the excess to make the upside down U-shape. Then I apply the pale pink. It is a bit time consuming and you use a lot of Q-tips, but it gets really easy with practice and costs a fraction of the price that you would pay at the salon, and IMO, it looks better! Hope that helps!