How to Do Manicure at Home

You don't need to go parlour every time for manicure as it can be done easily at home. Some expertise and time requires to do manicure at home. Follows these steps to give the fresh look to your palms by manicure:-

1- Collect the things together:- You may collect things required for manicure first to avoid any trouble after starting process. Things required to do manicure at home are as follows:-

• Cotton balls or cotton swabs
• Nail polish remover
• Cuticle trimmer
• Nail trimmers
• Nail buffer
• Nail file
• Cuticle or hand cream
• Nail polish
• Base coat
• Top coat

Choose the place:- First choose the place where you want to sit for manicure. Collect all your things on that place. Wear half sleeves clothes during manicure.

Remove your nail polish:- If you are putting nail paint then remove it first by nail remover and using cotton ball.

Clean Your Nails:- If your nails are dirty then clean them first. It is very important step of manicure.

Give the proper shape to your nail:- Now give the proper shape to your nail by using nail clipper. Cut your nails but not too short otherwise it may cause uneasiness. Use nail filer to give proper shape to your nails. File your nails properly without pushing them. Pushing may cause breaking of nails. Give the smooth round shape to your nails instead of making them pointed.

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Buff nails:- Using a white block of a stick-type nail buffer, or a pad-type nail buffer and buffing powder, buff the surface of the nail a little bit to even out the surface and to smooth out ridges. Remember not to buff too much; thinning it too much will weaken it. Perfect edge-to-edge flatness is not practical or necessary. A soft, flexible buffer will more easily buff the sides of the nail along with the middle.

• You may wish to buff your nails after pushing back the cuticles if there is some residue where the cuticles used to cover, in order to scrape or grind it off in the process. Being thin, soft, and not firmly attached, it should come off easily.

Soaking of Nails- Very important step while doing manicure at home. Nails soaking will help you to get rid from dirt, dead skin cells and dust collect around your nails. Use very soft nails brush to clean your nails while soaking. Hard brush may cause harm to your nails. Gently rub brush around nails.

How to do nails soaking:- Warm some water but do not keep it hot. Then mix some mild dishwasher soap. Dip your hand in water for 10-15 minutes or as per the capacity of your nails. If you skin is very soft then do not just wash your hand. If you have any injury then avoid manicure.

Prepare your cuticles. Then let your nails dry and apply gentle skin cream. Use the orange stick, cuticle pusher to push back cuticle. Never cut your cuticles other you may catch infection.