What brings popularity to some things was not originally conceived by their creators as the main quality of development. For example, the world famous Viagra was a banal drug for the cores with a non-banal side effect, but who today remembers this? And how could two girlfriends Janice and Don assume what fate awaits their idea - minx (manicure)?
How it all began
Initially, this technology was conceived to protect the nail plate. Realizing that the variations in the design of the cover are truly endless, the girlfriends made a real revolution in nail art. Minx is a manicure that quickly gained popularity and was considered elite. High fashion masters took the baton, beating it in their collections, as well as magazines with world names such as Vogue and Cosmopolitan. A special admirer and the first lady to release the metallic claws on public display is the scandalous and shocking Lady Gaga. Today minx is a manicure that has become available to us, mere mortals.
What is it
The variety of designs of these thermal stickers amazes the imagination and can satisfy even the most sophisticated and demanding taste. Abstraction, imitation of the skin of snakes and reptiles, floral and geometric patterns in any colors will successfully emphasize the image and become its highlight. However, the most popular options to this day remain gold, silver and metallic.
Masters of nail art present minx (manicure) as an exclusively salon procedure, however, having shown a truly national quality - ingenuity, our women replaced the special equipment for thermal processing of templates with a conventional hairdryer or incandescent lamps and refuted (albeit behind the scenes) this statement.
Salon at home
In principle, there is nothing prohibitively difficult to make minx (manicure) at home . Having chosen the stickers with the right design, prepare the nails, giving them the desired shape and length. It will probably be superfluous to mention the cleanliness and dryness of their surface, this is a well-known moment that precedes any actions with a nail plate. Also, claws will need to remove the natural fat layer with alcohol.
For better adhesion of the material to the surface, you can slightly loosen the upper layer of the nail, walking on it with a soft buff, but this is not necessary. Then you need to remove from the base and warm up the sticker until it becomes elastic and supple. Now put it in place and level it. We bend down the excess from the side of the free edge and heat it again, now on the finger. All. The coating perfectly took its place, adapting to the natural shape of the nail. It remains to remove the excess (it is preferable to use a file of glass) with perpendicular up and down movements.
Only 20 minutes, and a delicious minx (manicure) is ready . How to do it will become even clearer after the first procedure, so before a responsible event, you should practice to get used to the stickers. Although it is officially believed that such a coating will adorn your hands for up to 8 days, in practice this period often increases to 10, or even 14 days (depending on the speed of nail growth). Minx - a manicure that is not afraid of damage from homework. But it is better to refrain from heat exposure, for example visiting a steam room. Removing thermal stickers is very simple: they should be heated and, picking up from the side roller, remove.