Life hacks for manicure

Well-groomed hands are hard to imagine today without an elegant nail design. If you visit a professional salon, the master, of course, knows how to make a neat and beautiful nail art. However, not everyone has the opportunity to regularly visit specialists. In order to do the right manicure at home, there are many recommendations and life hacks.

First of all, you need to learn how to paint your nails carefully with your own hands, without soiling the skin around the nails, without touching the cuticle. This will help in knowledge of the technique of proper coating, which includes the following rules:

• always clean and degrease the coating; do not use hand cream after this;
• treat dead cuticle;

• always apply the initial droplet just above the cuticle line, only then lower the brush down;
• the next step is to stretch the drop along the line of the nail up exactly along the line and on the sides;
• do not press on the brush, the movements should be neat, smooth, unsharp;

• do not apply the next coat until the previous one has dried;
• choose a high-quality viscous coating with a comfortable brush that does not spread;
• wring the brush before applying;
• for painting the nail plates “under the cuticle” use a special thin brush.

There are many additional helpers that will help to make up your nails and not go beyond the edges. It is worth considering them in more detail.

• First of all, this is scotch tape.. If you want to create patterns with it, prepare templates in advance, if the goal is a neat coating, three strips for each nail are enough. For these purposes, a narrow type of adhesive tape is needed: stationery, painting, duct tape. Glue the strips on the sides and at the end, press as it should, as if framing a nail. After you can start applying the varnish.

• Special proofreaders markersthat are sold in professional stores. The core of such a corrector is saturated with a varnish remover. With the help of such an assistant, you can immediately remove any miss.

• Special protection in the form of stickers also available at nail markets. They are attached around the nail to the skin and protect it from accidental contact with varnish.

• Tools that are applied around the nail: hand cream as nutritious and greasy as possible, petroleum jelly, PVA glue. They should be placed with a cotton swab on the skin, after coating is removed with a sponge.

• Skin defender - This is a professional product that is enough to apply on the skin and allow it to dry. The resulting film after manicure is easily removed with the varnish that has fallen on it.

It is not enough just to gently apply the varnish, it is important that the coating is very even. At home, you can achieve smoothness of the nail plate if you know a few secrets of applying varnish. It is necessary that the varnish is as close as possible near the cuticle, otherwise it will appear that the nail has already grown. In order to keep the surface level, follow these basic rules:

• do not allow moisturizers and other greasy products to get on your nails;
• the nail should be dry, the wet plate can peel off, in addition, it is difficult to notice pterygium, which must be completely removed;
• in no case do not apply varnish on exfoliating nails, there should be no flakes; in this case, it is necessary either to shorten the nails, or to strengthen them with a primer, base coat, soft gel, acrylic powder.

The nail looks smooth when the color is applied to the entire surface, the shape of the nails is visually correct, the bed of the nail is aligned. To achieve this, several life hacks from professional masters will help.

• The nail bed is aligned with a soft gel or base. The technique is as follows: it is necessary to cover the nails with any of these products and dry, then another layer, thinner, which is no longer dried; apply a drop of the product in the center, push it with a brush along the edges, hold the nail upside down, then dry.
• "Under the cuticle" - figurative expression, in any case, it should not be. In addition, the rollers also need to be processed, otherwise a beautiful opening of the nail will not work. The easiest way to do this is a special apparatus for manicure.
• Be sure to adjust the shape of the plate. The flat type of nail is corrected with acrylic powder, wide - leaving thin loose stripes on the sides.

You can make a manicure that lasts as long as possible independently. The main thing is to take into account several recommendations of nail art specialists.

• Watch the length. Too long nails, of course, look spectacular, but in ordinary life they are not particularly appropriate, and uncomfortable. The longer the nail, the easier it is to damage it.

• Cuticle care. This is a very important nuance, because rough keratinized skin with the varnish that has fallen on it will make it flake. Use oils, creams, scrubs, move dead skin with a special stick, or remove it by cropping.
• Home manicure often begins with baths for nails, this is wrong, since moisture is unacceptable for a persistent manicure.Pause between the spa and the coating; wiping your hands is not enough. The nail plate in warm baths soaks, it takes time to compress. If you do not wait for time, the varnish will crack very quickly.
• Use the base. It provides excellent adhesion between the pigment and the plate. This is a very important intermediate layer that protects the nails and allows the design to remain intact for a long time. If the coating most often peels off the edge of the nail, try applying an additional layer of the base to the edge.

• Do not save on varnishes. Use the products of trusted, established brands. The consistency of the “right” product should be of medium density, remove the brush and let the drop form. If it took a second - the varnish will spread, if more than 4 seconds - it is too thick and dries quickly.
• Enough two-layer application of any coating. The more layers, the less durable your manicure will be. Be sure to withstand drying time between coatings. First let the base dry, then apply pigment, let it dry, proceed to the second layer, they should all be thin.

• Do not forget about the top cover. This layer perfectly fixes your design and protects against external aggression.
• Remember the safety precautions. Wear gloves when in contact with water and chemicals.
• Make corrections in time. Manicure needs to be updated regularly. Moisturize your hands daily, periodically update the top coating.

If it is not possible to update the design every few weeks, you can bet on such compositions in which nail regrowth is not so noticeable. There are so-called long-playing types of nail art. With them, the nails look well-groomed for a long time, and the regrowth is almost imperceptible.

• Reverse jacket. This actual lunar manicure method not only looks very unusual and creative, but also very practical. It is enough to leave the holes intact so that the manicure looks fresh for a long time. If the beginning of the nails is framed in color, you can simply tint it as it grows.

• Fashionable geometry. This type of design is incredibly popular today, because it fits perfectly into almost any image. The practicality of geometry is that you can arrange strips, triangles or squares in any order and anywhere on the nail plate. The randomness of geometry creates the illusion of fresh design for a very long time.

• Point minimalism. Another hit of the season is minimalism, the points in it play almost the main role. The same principle works here as with geometry - randomness, the lack of rules for the location of points allow experimentation. The nude coating and several points in the middle of the nail can look very neat even after a month.

• Half design. The chip of this method is to leave part of the nail intact. The pigment is applied only to half of the plate and is decorated as desired. The principle of durability of such a manicure is the same as that of the lunar - the beginning of the nail remains unpainted.

• Nude style. This elegant trend in the spirit of minimalism allows you to admire an almost imperceptible design for a very long time. Specialists of nail art predict incredible popularity of nude coating in future seasons.

First of all, you need to understand why this is happening and not to allow the varnish to deteriorate in this way. The varnish contains liquids that evaporate over time, the varnish thickens, then dries. However, the human factor can also be considered a common cause. Improper storage and use, temperature changes can spoil the varnish in a short time. The following recovery methods should be followed:

• if this trouble has already occurred, you can use professional thinners, if there is an opportunity to purchase them; it’s enough to use a few drops so that your favorite coating will please you with its quality for a long time;

• if there is no thinner at hand, you can use transparent varnish, however, this method will extend the life of the varnish for only one coating;
• acetone-containing liquids are the most common and simple method, but, unfortunately, varnish diluted in this way will last a very short time, chips and cracks will appear; for a half bottle, it is enough to take one fourth of a teaspoon of nail polish remover;

• the use of raising the temperature perfectly copes with thickened varnish, just drop the bottle in hot water and hold for several minutes; boiling water is not suitable for this purpose, since the temperature difference is extremely harmful to varnishes, this method is not particularly durable, since the effect will disappear along with cooling;
• micellar water began to be used recently for such purposes, but has already proven itself perfectly; just pour one tablespoon of water into the varnish and let stand, and you do not need to shake the bottle;

• if you urgently need to dilute the gel-based varnish, none of the above methods will work; you can use any alcohol-containing product - alcohol, vodka, but, unfortunately, you can not often use this method, the quality of the varnish is significantly reduced.

There are other secrets of home manicure so that the nails do not break, but the coating has long kept a fresh and effective look, namely:

• when starting to apply the coating, always start with the right hand, despite the fact that it is more difficult; if you are left-handed, start by painting the left, it is better to use all the attention and patience for a more complex process;

• thin coating is recommended; the less funds on the brush, the easier it is to apply;
• avoid applying the base to the skin, cover all ends with a base and pigment, strengthen the nail plate regularly;
• on yellow nails, the coating is less durable, since a certain amount of pigment has been soaked into it in the upper layer, in this case, polish the plates with a buff;

• so that bubbles do not form, in no case shake or chat the bottle in front of a manicure, just roll the bottle between your palms;
• avoid coating near heating systems and air conditioners, in this case there is a high probability of uneven coverage;
• Use special drying products or just hold your nails in cold water.

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