How To Give Yourself A Manicure
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Everyone loves having beautiful, well kept hands. And getting a manicure ensures the beauty of hands for long. But a good manicure often costs a lot; therefore it is not feasible to get manicures on a regular basis. However there is another option. Getting a manicure is now easier than ever. You can get a great manicure right at home without any cost. Try giving yourself a manicure.
There are two ways of giving you a manicure. You can either purchase a manicure kit, or just do it all on your own.
Manicure kits are widely available in the market, and they do not cost all that much too. They have an instruction manual giving step by step guides of what to do. But if you would rather prefer doing it yourself, here is what you should do.
What to do:
- First clean your nails of any old nail polish that you might have on.
- Fill a little tub with warm water and dip your hands in it for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Dry hands thoroughly then use nail clippers to gently trim your nails. File them in one direction. Give them either a round or a square shape. Remember trim only a little, you should still be able to see the white part of the nail when you are done.
- Apply a generous amount of cuticle cream and using a cuticle pusher and gently push your cuticle backwards. Never pull or peel them. They could bleed, leading to an infection.
- Using a hand and nail cream, massage your hands for 5 minutes.
- Now, choose a nail color of your liking. Wipe off any excess moisturizer from nails before applying color. Then gently apply the base coat and wait for 1 minute to dry.
- When the base coat is dry, apply the second coat to give a much deeper hue. Wait 5 minutes or longer to dry.
- Remove any excess color from fingers or side using a cotton swab dipped in nail polish remover.
- When the nail polish is dry, apply the final layer of clear nail polish to give your nails a shine.