| Taking care of your nails doesn't have to be anything | | | | back and forth but do it in one direction only at a time, |
| but a relaxing, pleasing experience. There is just a few | | | | it helps if your file in the direction they grow to prevent |
| things that you need to think about when setting up a | | | | splitting. You may want to keep your nails even length |
| at home manicure. Take a good look at your nails, | | | | and find the shape best for your hands. Some fingers |
| when planning what you want to do you need to | | | | look good with square nails and others with oval tips. |
| know what condition your nails are in. Are your nails | | | | 4-Soak your nails for a few minutes in warm water, |
| dry? Do they have lines or ridges? Are the nails | | | | there are a few recipes to create a treat for your |
| peeling in layers? Are they soft or brittle? In what | | | | nails, so you can look into that. If your nails are stained |
| shape are your cuticles? Are you a nail biter and have | | | | well thats different. Here is a real easy recipe to |
| hangnails? Each of these questions can be answered | | | | whiten your your nails. Use this twice a week till stain is |
| while deciding just how much or how little you want to | | | | gone 1 tablespoon hydrogen peroxide 1 cup warm |
| do for a at home manicure. Make sure you have | | | | water Soak for 15 minutes twice a week. Pat dry 5- |
| everything you need before you get started. Your | | | | Now you need to push back your cuticles but never |
| favorite polish, file Polish remover base coat top coat | | | | cut them or push them back hard. They are what |
| Cotton balls orange stick bowl for the warm water | | | | protects the root of the nail. Good idea is not to use a |
| towels Now you are setup, follow the steps and off | | | | cuticle remover they are known to contain alkali and |
| you go. 1- Remove any old polish on your nails and | | | | that is one of the harshest products out today in |
| toes. If there isn't time to give yourself a pedicure then | | | | cosmetics. To gently push back the cuticle, by using a |
| having no polish on your toes in better than chipped. | | | | soft moist towel or orange stick. The dead skin you |
| Another tip when removing your old polish don't use a | | | | can trim off but leave living skin alone, just not a good |
| polish remover system that requires you to stick your | | | | idea to do. 6- Clean under your nails but be careful if |
| entire finger into a jar of solution. Remember polish | | | | you are too vigorous you may create a space under |
| remover isn't very good for your nails and avoid those | | | | your nails for fungi or bacteria to grow, yuch so be |
| that contain acetone or chemical relatives of acetone, | | | | careful. 7- Now its time to paint your nails. Its best to |
| even if they say they have conditioners. The acetone | | | | have a base coat for that will fill in any ridges your |
| and alcohol in polish removers damage the surface of | | | | nails may have and make your polish look better. First |
| the nail, affect the nail's natural luster, and weaken the | | | | step: paint on a clean base coat. Its best to wait about |
| base of the nail. 2-You will want to rinse your nails in | | | | 3 minutes between putting on the polish so that layer |
| warm water immediately after using polish remover. | | | | has a better change of being dry. It also helps to keep |
| Then scrub them cleanly with a soft-bristle nail brush. A | | | | your nails from staining or getting yellow. Second step: |
| really good idea is to of done this the night before and | | | | The best way to apply polish is to start at up the |
| then applied moisturizer and slept with gloves. That | | | | center, then up both sides from the base to the tip. |
| would of seal in the moisture and just really help your | | | | You really only need to use three strokes. Real good |
| nails and hands. A super easy recipe to do at home | | | | idea is to avoid quick-dry polishes for they mostly |
| for a hot oil treatment for your nails is 1/4 cup olive oil | | | | contain acetone which is not good for the health of |
| oil from one vitamin E capsule Just heat the oil in a | | | | your nails, try a thicker, slower drying polish it will hold |
| saucepan and let cool until just warm. Add the vitamin | | | | moisture plus give your nails more flexibility. Go over |
| E to the oil then rub it into your cuticles and nails, | | | | your nails with two coats of polish letting each coat |
| massaging any extra oils into your hands, put on your | | | | dry about 3 minutes Third step: Brush on your top coat |
| gloves and your hands and nails will just be wonderful | | | | cause it will seal the polish and help protect it from |
| the next day. 3-Filing may be necessary to shape and | | | | chipping. And there you go, you just gave yourself you |
| buff away anything not looking good. Just don't file | | | | very own home manicure saving yourself money. I do |
| unless your nails are dry and free of any creams. Soft | | | | hope this was good enough for you to be able to do a |
| nails with may peel, tear chipped or even split. Just | | | | home manicure, if not then stop by and send me email |
| make sure your nails are dry. They say don't saw | | | | and I will try to answer any questions you might have. |