Nails can say a lot about a person. Manicure for a woman is one of the main details of her image.
The main success of a good manicure is healthy nails. They require care and care. Before talking about gentle manicure, let's recall the basic tenets of beautiful nails and caring for them.
Rules for Nail Care
Briefly dwell on the basic rules of nail care:
- Nails are made up of keratin cells, therefore, in order for them to look good, a sufficient amount of calcium, protein and other nutrients must be present in the diet.
- Nails, like skin, require hydration. They must be moistened both externally and internally, i.e. drink plenty of fluids throughout the day and use moisturizers from the outside.
- Always, in any situation, the nails should be clean. There is nothing more untidy than dirt under the nails, this applies to both women and men.
- Every week it is necessary to file nails, giving them the desired shape. For a week, the nails have time to grow, and initially their perfectly flat and smooth shape requires correction.
- Manicure tools should always be kept clean. Even if they have only one owner, the instruments must be periodically sterilized. This will prevent the possibility of infection if accidentally cut.
- Trust your senses. If pain occurs during cutting of the cuticle, then this should not be done. If blood appeared (this should not be), it is immediately necessary to treat the wound with 3% peroxide (it will stop the blood and disinfect the wound).
- If in some places the varnish has cracked, then it should be removed completely. Better without any polish than with peeled manicure.
- If one nail is broken, trim or file all the others to the same length. A gentle manicure for short nails looks no worse than for long ones, and nails of different lengths look untidy.
Everyone knows these rules, but sometimes it will be useful to remember them. Now it’s worth talking about which manicure tools are better to use. Of course, they must be made of material that can be sterilized to avoid infection. These are metal tools.
How to sterilize instruments
They can be sterilized in a disinfectant, for example, 3% hydrogen peroxide or medical alcohol, completely immersed. Of course, pre-wash the tools with a detergent. Immerse in a disinfectant solution for at least 30 minutes, then remove and dry.
Another way to sterilize is by heat in the oven. Temperature - 180 degrees, time - 15 minutes.
Now you can do a manicure. It will not be scary even if you accidentally injure yourself, the infection will not get into the wound.
Tools for home manicure.
Nail files can be metal, glass or disposable. Metal files are good in that they can be used to easily file nails to the desired length. There is much debate about whether metal nail files harm or not. Maybe if the nails are weak, glass nail files in this sense are less traumatic.
Glass nail files will not remove a large length, but they are perfect for final work. When working with such a nail file, there is less chance of delamination of the nail.
Nail scissors are better to immediately buy high-quality. The packaging should contain the words "manual sharpening". The same criterion must be considered when choosing scissors for cuticles and tweezers. Of course, they will cost more, but it's worth it.
Manicure scissors are easy to trim nails, and cuticle scissors with specially rounded edges will be used even by a lay man.
Cuticle sticks are also better to choose metal. They are durable and easily sterilized.
Now directly about the manicure itself.
Beautiful manicure (photo). Gentle hand care
If there was varnish on the nails, then it must be removed using cotton pads moistened with nail polish remover. Then wash your hands with soap and dry them thoroughly. If moisture remains on the nails, then when cutting with scissors or sawing, weak nails may delaminate. Trim and file always need only dry nails. If the nails are not completely healthy, crumble and break, they should not be grown. A gentle manicure for short nails will also look quite good.
Now it's time to trim all the nails to the desired length. You need to do this by moving the scissors from one edge of the nail to the other, the scissors should be guided along the line of natural bending of the nails. You can not start this procedure from the middle of the nail, because in this case, the nail may crack or exfoliate. No need to achieve a perfectly flat edge, it can then be corrected with a nail file.
Probably. there has always been debate about how to file nails properly. Is it possible to move the nail file back and forth or is it more correct to move it in only one direction. In fact, both options are true. If the nails are healthy and strong, then the nail file can work in any direction. But if the nails are weak and brittle, then it is better to move the file only in one direction. But in both cases, the movements should be slow and wide, and not jerky and tearing. Even if the nails are short, you can make a noble gentle manicure.
The desired shape of the nails achieved. Now it's time to polish your nails.
Polishing
Polishing is necessary so that the nail looks perfect, as well as for better adhesion of the varnish to the surface of the nail. So the varnish will last longer. By the way, with polished nails, you can do without varnish, as well, you will get a beautiful gentle manicure. A photo of him is attached.
Begin polishing from the bottom of the protruding nail. Next, we go to the edge itself, grinding its protruding parts that remain from the file. This is done using the rougher side of the polishing bar. Next, go to the surface of the nail, first with the rough side of the bar, then fine-grained. The movements should be cruciform. For each nail, just a few seconds of polishing is enough. A beautiful manicure is almost ready (photo). A gentle version of it for all occasions can be found in the catalogs of specialists with or without a picture or just polished.
Cuticle
To care for the cuticle at home, you will need a bath with soapy solution for hands, an orange tree stick or metal for the cuticle, scissors or cuticle tweezers.
Now you should lower your fingers in a warm soapy solution and relax a little. How many minutes to keep hands in this solution? How much do you think is necessary. Then remove the hands from it and get wet excess moisture.
Next, using a cuticle stick, gently slide it away from the nail and carefully cut off excess skin and burrs. Do not cut too much, so you can get hurt. In addition, the cuticle protects the nail matrix from harmful elements and infection. A gentle manicure can be done without cutting the cuticle, but only by moving it away.
Your arms are perfect. You can already consider the manicure finished. Polished nails are good and without varnish, especially if they are short. A gentle manicure for short nails is ready. It remains to apply a moisturizer or lotion to your hands. Now you can wrap your hands in a warm towel and calmly sit or lie down while listening to music. Heat will help moisture penetrate the skin of the hands.
If you want, you can go further. We will make a gentle pink manicure.
Applying varnish
With the help of varnish, you can make the nails glass or metallic or as delicate as rose petals. But you should never hide under the varnish groomed or sore nails. Apply the varnish only on healthy nails with good manicure.
So, we continue the manicure with gel polish. Delicate color is suitable for any occasion. The color pink is universal, suitable for social parties and for office work.
First, apply the base coat under the base coat. It will help the varnish base firmly and firmly attach to the nails. This ensures that there is no greasy residue on the surface of the nail, so the varnish will last at least 6 days. When the base coat dries, apply the base.
Next, when it dries, apply one coat of varnish. Apply a second coat of varnish only if the result does not satisfy you. When the varnish is completely dry, a layer of fixing varnish should be applied to each nail. Gentle manicure is ready.
Final stage
If this does not seem enough, you can add a simple drawing in the form of several thin stripes, draw flowers or stick stickers. But after that, the fixing layer must be applied again. The main thing for an excellent manicure is healthy nails and well-groomed hands. You can learn a lot about a person from this detail.