How to do a manicure at home

The myth about the impossibility of achieving a salon effect when creating a manicure at home is high time to dispel. Tools and materials have become available and have become distinguished by affordable prices, masters have long revealed secrets, and girls flaunting homemade manicures confirm that you can achieve what you want on your own.

Do not assume that nail care at home is easy and fast. You will have to spend some time to make the nails flawless.

This question is asked by girls who have abandoned home care in favor of a salon due to an unsuccessful result. Do you think that the lack of professional tools and a diploma from a special course was the culprit? In vain, because most ladies make the same mistakes when creating a manicure:

Nails began to look rough and unattractive. This is usually caused by improper filing. Choose the right shape.
After the manicure, burrs appeared. The reason is moisture on the skin. If you do not dry your hands after the process is completed, wait for the skin to peel off.
The nails still do not look well-groomed, even though they were perfectly filed and varnished. Did you forget about the cuticle? Without removing it, even professional nail products will not help you.
The cuticle grows back quickly and becomes rough. After removing it, the nails should be well nourished with oils or cream.
The nail polish comes off like a film. If you bought a low-quality product, it is not difficult to figure out the culprit of the situation, but if a rather good product was purchased, you should think about buying a base coat.
The varnish flies off in pieces, the design quickly deteriorates. Let the finish coat settle in your nail bag. Didn’t have time to buy it, but you need to do a manicure urgently? Look for clear varnish.

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How to start a manicure?

Do not rush to immediately grab onto the existing arsenal of manicure supplies. First, take care of hygiene. If you do not wash your hands with antibacterial soap before the process, the risk of infection will increase.

The next step is degreasing and cleansing the area of the nail plate. Even if you do not have old varnish on it, be sure to use a degreasing liquid.

Sawing must be carried out using two files - grinding and hard. With the help of a grinding file, the surface of the nail should be leveled. Do this carefully so as not to make it too thin.

Using a hard file, you should align the edge of the nail. The form should be selected not only on the basis of personal preferences, but from recommendations. The table shows various natural nail shapes and suitable types of top edge for them.

After filing, you need to clean the area between the inner surface of the nail and the skin. Use a wooden stick, not metal tools.

The subtleties of cuticle removal

There are a couple of ways to carry out this process. The cutting technique consists of several points:

Make a nail bath with warm water and healthy ingredients. As additives, it is recommended to use sea salt and lemon juice. If you have wounds on your fingers, it is better to steam your nails in a decoction of useful herbs (chamomile, etc.). Be sure to thoroughly dry your hands with a towel after a five-minute soak.
Take an orangewood stick and shape the bottom edge of the nail. Don't get carried away - just remove the excess.
Use cuticle pliers to trim the pushed back cuticle. The sharper the tool, the better. An important condition - the wire cutters must be wiped with alcohol before the procedure.
Use a disinfectant solution to wipe your nails.

There is a simplified technology, but first you need to stock up on liquid to soften the cuticle. Such a tool can be in the form of a cream, as well as a lotion. Its advantage is the ability to slow down the growth of the cuticle. The procedure will be carried out as follows:

We apply the agent to the cuticle.
After a couple of minutes, we take a wooden stick and push back the cuticle.
We remove the remnants of the product with a cotton swab dipped in a degreasing composition.

How to cut burrs?

This small flaw can darken the whole picture that you have worked so hard for, so it should be ruthlessly removed. This is done in this way:

Steam the nails in the bath for five minutes. Additives are not required.
We disinfect the surface of the skin with burrs with an alcohol solution.
We disinfect the wire cutters and cut off the burrs by applying the wire cutters to them perpendicularly.
After completing the trimming, we again disinfect the surface of the skin.

Is it so easy to apply coatings on the nails?

The last step is to decorate and strengthen the nails with special tools. Ideally, the whole procedure should follow these instructions:

Apply base coat on nails. You can apply enamel with a suitable effect, for example, firming.
We paint the nails with the selected colored varnish. First you should make a drop near the bottom edge of the nail in the center. It needs to be pulled up, and then painted on the sides from the bottom up.
We apply the second layer of varnish according to the previous technology after the first layer has completely dried.
After the second layer has dried, apply a top coat.

Final steps

The penultimate step is applying hand cream. Gently rub it into the skin, paying attention to areas near the nail plate.

The last step is to apply cuticle oil to the bottom edge of the nail. Drop it right under the nail and rub it in.