Fingernails & toenails are one of the most overlooked and taken for granted body parts when it comes to proper care and maintenance. Beautiful women’s nails should be healthy, strong, and well manicured, and the skin area around them needs constant moisturizing, because it gets such heavy use from all the typing and walking.
Professional Manicure & Pedicure Tips
Here are some tips on how to become a beautiful woman by doing your manicure and pedicure professionally in the comfort of your home. It will surely save you time and money.
- Removing old lacquer
Use a nail-polish and paper towel or cotton pad. Both offer more friction than a tissue and won’t shred the way cotton balls can. Always try to use a non-acetone polish remover. It’s less drying to nails and cuticles than regular formulas. - Soften nails and cuticles in a bowl of warm water
Mix the warm water with cuticle oil, olive oil or body lotion. After 10 minutes of soaking, dry off and apply cuticle cream or lotion. Next, rub cuticles with a warm, damp, washcloth in the same gentle way. The circular motion helps slough away that white membrane, which is dead cuticle skin. - Apply a basecoat
Basecoat is like a double-stick tape for your nails. It holds the polish in place so it lasts longer. It also prevents dark lacquers from, tinting your nails. - “Sweep-on” polish
The way they do at salons, in three strokes, from base to tip. Go up per dip before applying to nail. This helps you apply the thinnest coats possible. Wait two minutes between each coat of color. - Finish with a topcoat
A topcoat is designed to be shiny and protective. It acts as an additional protective shell with a higher shine. Wearing a topcoat also keeps your beautiful woman nails healthy. It helps prevent water loss, so nails breaks less. Use a quick-dry topcoat every other day to prolong the life of your polish.
Smart Beautiful Women’s Tips on:
Massage Your Fingers and Toes
Use an exfoliator to slough off dry skin, then rinse. Slather your beautiful hands and feet with a good vitamin E-enriched lotion to keep them well moisturized and supple, this will encourage healthy beautiful woman’s nails. Take vitamins with iron.
Clean Nails Thoroughly and Use Strengtheners
Use a non-acetone polish remover to clean the nail bed, wiping off any remaining massage lotion. If your beautiful nails are thin or weak, use nail protein or strengthener as a base coat prior to applying any polish. Look for one made without formaldehyde, which can make nails dry and brittle.
File Nails Promptly
File in one direction using smooth strokes. Sawing back and forth can break your beautiful nail. To avoid peeling, use only fine-grade emery boards. Anything metal will be overly abrasive. Nails don’t have to be long to be beautiful. The shape is what counts to become a beautiful woman.
