The expression "well-groomed girl" cannot be imagined without beautiful well-groomed nails. In fact, such care includes taking care of the skin of the hands with the help of massaging and applying various creams, nail polish, and cuticle care. For many years, women have mastered this art, and even such a procedure as design is now more and more performed at home, as it is convenient. We offer you to see how to make a manicure yourself and along the way ideas for home nail designs.
What you need for a proper manicure
In order to provide quality nail care, you need to bring the following accessories with you. You should stock up on sponges, a double-sided nail file, a nail file, a hand cream with a nourishing and moisturizing effect, an orange stick to remove excess skin from cuticles, varnish, top, napkins or cotton towels, acetone-free nail polish remover, nail scissors, remover ... To decorate your nails, you can buy sequins, large glitter, foil and stickers in advance.
This is the main thing you can not do without when manicure in a home environment. Masters of nail service in salons use a wider range of professional tools and tools, but this will be enough for home conditions.
Rules for creating a manicure at home
First of all, they begin to push back the cuticles. Overgrown cuticles are trimmed. This is done using special tweezers or special scissors. Neat cuticle can be simply pushed aside with a special stick or remove with a remover... Then, with the help of an abrasive file, the nails are shaped. Choose the shape according to your taste, but it is better to start from the shape of the cuticles. Oval, almond-shaped and soft square are in trend. The length of the nails is short and medium.
Then, when the procedure with the form is completed, you need to take a cotton pad, dip it in a liquid for degreasing nails and wipe each nail with it. After that, you can start polishing your nails. With a double-sided polishing file (buff), you need to process all the nails. If you have thin nail plates, sand them with wax files.
Baths and scrub
- If you have time, you can make a mixture based on a decoction with nettle, sage or chamomile.
- There is another way - a solution of their sea salt and a few drops of iodine. This bath improves the appearance of nails.
You can also use a hand scrub. First, their brushes are massaged, each finger in turn, and then washed off with warm water. In this case, you do not need to use soap.
Next, hands should be wiped off with a towel and blotted with a napkin. Preparation for varnish application begins.
Varnish application
The next step is to apply varnish. Usually, the nails are covered using the three-stroke technology. Two strokes are applied on the sides of the nails, and the third in the central part of the nail.
The amount of varnish depends on the length of the nail. Layers of varnish are applied depending on the saturation of the varnish tone and its density.
After the varnish has dried, you can apply the top. Thus, the procedure will be completed, the varnish will dry, the top will fix the tone, the nails will look great. At the end of the procedure, moisturizer and cuticle oil are usually applied to the hands. How to do it yourself matte design - see here.
It is necessary to update the design and coating of nails once or twice every 10 days.
Nuances
- If a cut occurs during the treatment of the cuticles, the wound should be treated with hydrogen peroxide or an antiseptic.
- If the nails have any roughness, before applying the varnish, it is necessary to level the surface of the nail with a base.
- Removal of varnish from the skin is done with a hard brush. It must be soaked in nail polish remover. It is better that this product does not contain acetone, because it has a bad effect on the nail plate.
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