DIY manicure at home

We all like a beautiful manicure that just looks and feels elegant, but the cost of salon manicures can really add up over the course of a year! If you want to save time and money on manicures, I will give you essential steps for a DIY manicure at home.

Step 1: prepare your tools

Be sure to have these essential tools in a tote you always have assembled and ready.

·        Nail-polish remover and cotton pads

·        Nail clippers

·        Emery board and nail buffer

·        Cuticle pusher and nippers

·        Callous/cuticle remover

·        Hand/nail moisturizer

·        Base coat

·        Nail polish

·   Clear topcoat

Step 2: remove your applied nail polish

 Remove any previously applied nail polish with a gentle nail-polish preferably with not to acetone, which is gentle on your skin.

Step 3: Select the right shape

 Clip your nails, if necessary, then gently file them into shape. A slightly rounded nail shape or square-rounded edge is generally the best way to go but you can be as creative as you want.

Step 4: Soak away. Ahh … the relaxing part!

A Classic manicure includes soaking your hands in warm soapy water to soothe and soften dead skin cells.

 Place your hands in a bowl of warm (not too hot) water and add a bit of your gentle face cleanser or shampoo to the water, limit this step to three minutes or less.

Step 5: Remove excess cuticle and callouses around the nail

Once you land on the final shape, it’s important to make sure nothing is left hanging on the edge. When nails are filed quite a bit, it's important to use a nail buffer to get all remaining nail debris out from under the nail and from the sides of the nail along the cuticle line

Be careful NOT to pull, lift, tear, rip, force, or cut into the cuticle in any way. 

Step 6: moisturize

Your fingernails are cleaned, clipped and filed. moisturizes your hands with a rich cream with a gentle massage for a few minutes and then apply a silky oil into cuticles.

Step7: Prep your nails properly before you paint

Cleanse the nails with your nail polish remover or alcohol to remove any residue of cream or oil left on the nail.

Step 8: Paint nails in coats

polishes your nails with a base coat, and then use a regular color you prefer apply it in two thinner coats which are better than one thick coat. Make sure to allow each layer to dry between coats.

follow by a top coat to add gloss should do the trick.

if the polish texture is sheer, oftentimes it will look good even with one coat.

Step 9: Avoid heat when drying your nails

As for drying, air-dry or use a blast of cold—not hot—air to assist.

Heat actually keeps your polish from firming. Cold air does the opposite.

When it dry, Fix mistakes, you can gently use your finger to push polish back into place before adding a layer of top coat.

Step 10: Reapply moisturizer! 

Keeping your hands and the nail area healthy-looking requires moisturizer. You can't have great nails and hands without this essential product.