Manicure and manicure on short nails at home

In our time, manicure and pedicure have become very common procedure. It's no secret that a modern woman dreams of having an impeccable appearance from the top of her head to her fingertips. There is an opinion that only specialists working in beauty salons possess the art of professional manicure, but in this article this erroneous opinion will be refuted. Here we will tell you whether you can make your nails beautiful and well-groomed at home, even if you are not the owner of long nails.

To make a quality manicure on short nails at home, in the first place, you will need the following tools:
- spatula for the cuticle;
- tweezers for cutting nails;
- Nail file with abrasive coating (any, but not iron);
Cuticle scissors;
- oil for the cuticle and skin around the nail;
- hydrogen peroxide;
- Nail file for grinding with a soft surface;
- hand cream.

Now that all the tools are ready, you can start doing a manicure on short nails at home.

First, using nail files and scissors, you should give the nails a shape. Since we make a fashionable manicure for short nails, you can fantasize with a form as you please.

Now we pass to the bath for hands. For this, it is required to pour water into the container (37-40 degrees), add sea salt or foam and hold hands in it for 15 minutes. Here the main thing is not to change the sequence of the procedure, since it is impossible to saw the unpaired nails - this leads to their delamination!

After the done actions, it's time to make a mask for hands or apply a moisturizer to the skin of your hands.

The next step is to remove the cuticle. If you do a manicure on short nails at home, when removing the cuticle, it is possible to cut yourself, so first you need to apply on the skin around the nails means for removing the cuticle. If there is no such remedy, it is necessary to apply a thick layer of Vaseline for dry skin or a moisturizer, which is based on glycerin. Then you should take a wooden stick, wrap its end with cotton wool and gently push the cuticle to the base of the nail. Cut the cuticle around the edge in order not to accidentally injure the nail bed. After the peel is removed, the tip of the nail should be cleaned. Remember, if you want to give your nails a length, the cuticle needs to be removed systematically.

And now we proceed to eliminate the hangnails. If necessary, you can again make a bath for hands. Next, you need to take tweezers, disinfect them with hydrogen peroxide and gently cut the burrs. After that, once again, anoint the fingers with peroxide, because there may be small cuts.

Now you should polish the nail plate with a soft file. To do this, you can use gels designed for polishing, and if there are none, you can polish with a small piece of skin (this gives the nails a special shine). After that, you need to rub the cream in your hands and massage your fingers thoroughly - for the flow of blood to the nails, which will stimulate their growth.

The next step is degreasing the surface of the nails. Do this with alcohol or again with a liquid to remove varnish. The main thing here is not to touch the cuticles, because the alcohol will remove the remains of the cream, which protects the thin skin.

It remains the most responsible - to apply a varnish. Before this, it will be necessary to apply a varnish base to ensure depth and evenness when applying the selected color. It is also possible to use a therapeutic base with strengthening properties. Now you need to give the base a few minutes to dry out. Then take the lacquer, lightly shake it, brush along the edge of the bottle in order to remove excess, and apply to the nail. You need to start from the base and lead the brush to the tip, without taking it off. After that, you should paint over the empty places of the nail plate, which are on the sides.

Then you need to wait until this layer dries, and apply another one. Now you need to use the fixer, which gives the durability and shine of the varnish. After all the layers are completely dried, you need to rub the nourishing cream into the cuticle again, which will serve as an additional protection for the nails.

So we got acquainted with how to do a manicure on short nails at home. And now it's time to talk about the man's manicure, because in our time, men also follow their appearance and want their hands looked well-groomed.

In order to make a manicure at home, you need a normal and polishing nail files, nippers and a wooden stick for the cuticle.

If the nail has a decent length, then it should be cut with wire cutters, and if the nail is about a millimeter in length, it will be better to saw it with the nail file from sides to the center.

Next, you need to make a bath of soap and put both hands in there for 7-10 minutes, so that the skin is steamed. Then you should gently push the wiggled area of the skin around the nail with a stick.

Now it remains to process the nail polish file and anoint the hands with cream.