Hands and nails give the first impression and say a lot about you. This is why they must always be beautiful, well-groomed, and healthy. Do you dream of a perfect manicure but sometimes you don’t have the time (or desire) to go to the beautician? Please don’t panic. You can book mani pedi services at home for getting beautiful and whitened hands and feet.
Or here are our tips for the perfect at-home manicure that you can follow:
You can achieve excellent results without leaving your home with a bit of practice and using the right equipment, skill, and products
Homemade Manicures for Long Nails: The Basic Steps
For a home manicure, you must start by removing all possible traces of varnish and cleaning the nails. To remove unsightly cuticles, you can soak your hands in lukewarm water for a few minutes and trim excess skin with a cuticle trimmer or an exfoliating pen. Then moisturize with a balm or hand cream nourishing.
We arrive at the most important moment of the home manicure: the filing. Choose the lime the most suitable for your nails: in metal or glass if you have hard and strong nails, in wood if you have fragile nails, or in cardboard, if you are looking for a practical tool that will also allow you to do small touch-ups.
As for the shape of the nail, to obtain a harmonious result, you will have to consider its natural form and the characteristics of your hands. If your nails are long, you can opt for an oval, almond, pointed (much like “claws” for an aggressive look), or square shape with slightly more angular edges.
Once the desired shape has been obtained, you must apply the base – essential for optimal adhesion – then you can let your imagination run free with different nail polish and nail art! Last step: use a nail polish fixer. It will improve the rendering and prolong the hold of the manicure.
1- File the Nails
Chic and natural, the square shape (square-rounded) has everything to please: easy to achieve and ideal for short nails. First, cut the nails into a square, then, using a fine grain file, round off the sides, always filing in the same direction to prevent the nail from splitting.
2- Push Back the Cuticles
Soak your nails for one minute in a bowl of lukewarm water to loosen the cuticles. Gently push them back with a boxwood stick. Massage a drop of oil onto each nail and its contours. You boost growth by stimulating the matrix (the base of the nail).
3- Apply a Base
Degrease your nails with soapy water to obtain better adhesion to the varnish. Choose your base: if your nails are hard or streaky, prefer a moisturizing formula (enriched with vitamin E) to nourish them. If they are soft, use a hardener, avoiding the cuticles so as not to dry them out. This trick will make your feet and hands look smooth and fair. If you don’t have time for doing it yourself you can book mani pedi services at home for making your hands and feet younger and gorgeous-looking.
4- Choose the Right Shade
Your skin will set the tempo! The pink and apricot shades bring freshness to light skin tones, and beige and off-white enhance tanned skin. Apply two coats by edging the nail (pass the brush over the end of the nail and bring it down towards the finger). Avoid direct sunlight, which softens the varnish and prevents it from drying (you don’t dry your varnish at the window!).
5- Fine-tune the Effect
Apply a gel-effect top coat that shapes and shines as a final touch. Do not hesitate to apply a new layer every two days and moisturize the cuticles to strengthen the hold of the varnish and enhance the beauty of the hands.
Manicures For Short Nails: The Most Suitable Shapes
Do you like having (or your job requires) short nails? No worries, you, too, can flaunt neat and elegant hands that will get noticed. Of course, the first steps of the manicure – cleaning and moisturizing – are the same as for long nails.
With regard to the filing, the rounded or square shapes (with a drawn upper part and little rounded on the corners) or even the shape called “squoval” (from the English squared + oval, which is characterized by an oval with “softer” edges, less sharp than for square nails) are best suited for short nails.
French Manicure at Home? It’s Possible!
Most certainly, you have more than once wanted to display a French manicure. You can book mani pedi services in Lahore to get French manicure at home through Mahir beautician services.
Or you can use this technique, that is perhaps the simplest and most elegant, consists of coloring the nail’s free edge with white nail polish (or colored if you prefer an original look).
Making a French manicure yourself is easy when you follow the right steps. First, you need to file the nails, being careful that they are not too short (so that the edge is easier to hem), drawing a rounded or angled line according to your taste. Then apply the transparent nail polish all over the nail evenly. Drawing the edge is the most difficult part, but there are special stickers for this purpose and white pens or pencils, which can help you achieve a more precise outline. If you need manicure pedicure done at home by a professional beautician, you can book online.