The secrets of creating a perfect manicure

Perfect manicure always highlights a woman. Therefore, more and more often the question arises: how to make such a manicure? This article will reveal the basics and tricks of creating perfect nails.

Creating a perfect manicure rests on three components:

• hand care;

• selection of nail shape;

• color matching varnish.

As for the first basis of an ideal manicure, the majority of women, unfortunately, ignore this. And the skin of the hands and the nail plate require no less care than, for example, the skin of the face and body. In addition to moisturizing and nourishing hand creams, you should use special masks, massage and scrub.

In the cold season for the hands should use a nourishing cream that is rubbed into the nail plate. And at night the best option would be a moisturizer. In addition, nails should be treated with special oils. To do this, a drop of oil is applied to each nail and rubbed carefully. The same should be done with the cuticle.

Do not overlook the shape and nails. It should be chosen based solely on individual parameters, and not on fashion trends. When choosing a form, it is worth starting from the shape and type of the holes. The outer edge should be symmetrical to them. And also pay attention to the length and shape of the fingers and hand. Properly selected form will be able to correct all the flaws and make the hands more elegant.

• Oval. It is almost universal and suitable for any length. It is able to visually lengthen short nails and emphasize the advantages of long.

• Round. This form harmoniously looks on short nails and small plump fingers.

• Almond-shaped. Recently, this form is gaining popularity due to the ability to visually lengthen the hands and fingers. It is an oval with a pointed end. Experts, though they recommend it for long and medium length nails, but you can experiment with shorter nails.

• Square It is in harmony with the wide nail plate and long fingers. But it can also be chosen for medium-length nails on short fingers of a small brush. This form is well corrected narrow nail plate.

Many women rely on their own preferences and fashion trends when choosing colors. At the same time, they forget about such important points as the color type of the skin, the shape of the nails and the length of the fingers. Namely, the color is able to unsightly highlight dry skin of the hands, rough fingers or the age of a woman. In order to choose your color it is worth a small test. It is necessary to take two strips of fabric: one of a cold shade (blue, burgundy), and the other warm (yellow, sand) and put a palm on them. Carefully look at which of the shades is the most beneficial underlines hands. It is this color scheme that is correct, which will visually transform the hands.

For skin with a cold shade, blue, blue, pale pink, burgundy, crimson color will do. And for a warm subtone - golden colors, warm pink, coral and terracotta shades.

Perfect manicure can be done independently, while you need to have only the simplest things. These include nail file, orange sticks, nail polish, fixative.

• The first step to create flawless nails is to soften the skin of the hands and prepare the nails for the procedure. To do this, you need to make a bath with warm water and a few drops of lemon juice with oil. Hold hands in such water for 10–15 minutes. After that, wipe your hands and move the cuticle with sticks.

• The next step is to give the nails the desired shape. To do this, you can use the tips described above. It is necessary to work with a nail file smoothly and to file in one direction. Regardless of the shape, the nails should be of the same length.

• After that, you should do the nail plate. To make the nails shine it is worth to polish with a soft nail file or a special sponge. Then you should apply a varnish base to better fix the primary color. Another such varnish prevents the formation of a yellow shade on the nails.

• The main stage is the application of colored lacquer. Varnish should begin to apply from the center, then make two strokes from the sides. After the first layer dries, you can start applying the second one. At the same time it is worth carefully controlling the amount of varnish. If the varnish on the brush is small, then it dries quickly and the surface is rough. If the varnish, on the contrary, is too much, then it will spread on the skin around the nail and dry for a long time. All this can lead to a messy look of hands.

• The final step is to remove the errors and apply a fixative varnish. If ordinary lacquer is used, you can put your hands in cold water for 3-5 minutes to dry it quickly.

There are quite a few tricks to create the perfect manicure, but for home conditions the following are the most acceptable.

• Using strips of tape when creating a French manicure.

• Putting glitter on the surface of a nail cleared of a varnish. All this should be fixed with a transparent varnish and the manicure looks like new again.

• To create "scales" on the nails, you can use a regular mesh from under the products. To this end, a mesh is applied to the first coat of varnish and a second coat of colored varnish is applied on top of it. Then the net is carefully removed and the design in the form of scales of sea fish is ready.

• Using ordinary stealth will help with the design of smooth and small dots.

• To create a design, an ombre needs only a sponge or cosmetic sponge. Necessary shades are applied on its surface in layers, and then a sponge is applied to the nail.

• For a matte finish, you should hold painted nails over the steam.

• PVA glue is used to remove excess varnish from the skin around the nail. To do this, before the procedure, it is applied to this area, and then removed. The result is a flawless manicure with perfectly clean skin around the nails.

In order to always look well-groomed hands, and marigolds pleased the hostess and others, It is necessary to adhere to simple rules.

• Careful care of hands skin in the evening and morning. To do this, applying cream and cuticle oil will be enough.
• As for the cuticle, experts strongly recommend that it not be cut off, but only removed at the base of the nail, as it is a barrier to the penetration of microbes and pollution.
• To file nails is best in one direction from the edge to the center. If you do it in different directions, then the nails will begin to exfoliate and quickly break.
• Before applying the base or color varnish nails should always be polished and degreased. This will help the usual nail polish remover or a special solvent.

• It is important to remember that no matter how perfect a manicure, it should be adjusted as nails grow. To file nails in time, remove the cuticle and give the desired shape to the plates.
• When applying a varnish special attention should be paid to the tips of the nails, this is where the varnish is most quickly erased.
• Sometimes unsuccessfully selected color can spoil the whole manicure and appearance of the hands in general.Therefore, in the arsenal of each girl should be the base colors or the most appropriate shades. These include pink, flesh, sand and clear varnish.
• It should be in your diet to include vitamins and foods rich in calcium, omega-3 acids. It is these minerals that nourish the structure of the nail and they are less exfoliated and broken.

At present, every girl can allow herself a perfect manicure, you only need to know its features and small secrets.

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