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Give a manicure to your hands
As you have seen in our last article we can easily do a pedicure at home without wasting money in beauty salon. Likewise we can give beauty to our hands at home itself. Take care of them, keep them moisturized and well manicured and you can defy the experts. Let's see how to do manicure at home.
Things you need:
- Nail file
- Nail buffer
- Small bowl
- Cotton balls
- Q-tips
- Hand soap
- Orange stick
- Nail polish remover
- 2 tablespoons of sugar
- 1 tablespoon of oil, Coconut oil, almond oil, or olive oil will all work.
- Towel
- Base coat
- Nail polish
- Top coat
- Hand lotion
Note: Before you begin an at-home manicure, Place your metal nail tools in an antiseptic solution for about 15 minutes to kill any bacteria and germs.
So here is what you have to do:
- Most important part is filing and buffing your nails.
- Remove all traces of your nail polish. Use as many cotton balls as needed.
- Never file the nail in a back and forth motion. Instead, go from side to side, in one direction.
- Shape your nails in desired shape.
- Buff the surface of the fingernail after filing.
- Fill bowl with warm water and mix oil and sugar together and scrub mixture onto hands to exfoliate.
- Brush nails with a soft manicure brush so that polish will adhere to them properly. Pat hands dry with a towel.
- Apply cuticle remover cream and gently push back the cuticles using cuticle remover or an orangewood stick. Never cut your cuticles. Massage away dead skin using circular movements.
- Wrap hands in warm towel for 2 minutes. This will allow the oil to really sink into your skin.
- Dry off hands.
- Apply hand lotion and massage your palm of your hand with the thumb of your other hand. This will improve blood circulation. Work your way all over your hand and repeat with your other hand.
- Before you paint your nails, clean them with an orange stick that has been wrapped with cotton and dipped in nail polish remover and rub over the surface of the nail. Remove any creamy residue
- Apply a protective base coat, covering the entire nail but stopping short of the cuticle.
- Apply two coats of your favorite polish color, starting with a single stroke down the center of the nail, then across the cuticle base and down the two sides without touching the cuticle. Allow each coat to dry.
- Finish with a topcoat for extra gloss and the shield against chipping.
Here you get beautiful hand with gorgeous nails. Even you can do nail designing at home by using various designing tools available in market.
Tips to maintain your manicure:
- Apply a fresh layer of top coat every two days to extend the life of your manicure.
- Wear gloves for any activities which might damage your manicure, like gardening or washing the dishes.
- Don't use your nails as a tool to open something.
- Before going to bed always apply hand cream.
So next time when you want to pamper your hands don't go to parlor just relax and give your hand a perfect manicure at home.
(Sources: beautytipsonline.com, beauty.iloveindia.com)
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