FRENCH MANICURE. Try the lovely french manicure, regardless of the length of your nails, French manicure seems the perfect style to make a statement with. Try to use French manicure nail art stencils, which come in different designs. No two nails are the same but its very pretty and well designed. How to Apply It If youre going to do it at home, set aside a bit of time. Itll take more than five minutes. How much more depends on whether its your first time or your fiftieth, but the steps youll follow are the same either way. Youll need: Cotton balls Nail polish remover Hand moisturizer (optional) Nail file Buffer (optional) Cuticle pusher Clear, base-coat polish Sheer, neutral-color polish Opaque, white polish Clear, top-coat polish Step 1: Out with the Old Start with a clean slate. Using cotton balls and nail polish remover, take off all traces of previous polish. Step 2: Prep Your Hands Using a nail-healthy moisturizer (something with vitamin E works nicely), slather your hands and forearms with softness. You can give yourself a little massage while youre at it. Step 3: Prep Your Nails Wipe off all excess moisturizer, and then push the cuticles back gently with a cuticle pusher, until they only slightly frame the nail. Take your nail file and shape the tips, (round, square, or somewhere in between). Finish off with a quick buffing over the surface of the nails to make a smooth canvas. Next, apply your base coat. One coat of clear will do. If you like, you can precede that by a ridge filler to create an extra-even surface. Step 4: Color Your Nails The order in which you apply your color and your white depends on the look youre going for. For a stark-white tip, youll apply the neutral first -- three strokes, sides and center. Dont apply more than one coat. The streakiness will even out as it dries. Then youll apply the white tip. You can do this using tiny, sticky stencils included in a kit, free-hand (one smooth stroke width-wise), or with a white nail crayon (less common). You only want to color the part of the nail with no skin underneath. If you want to soften the white, reverse those steps so youre painting the neutral over the white tip. Step 6: Finish It Off A quick top coat will give the manicure a finished look. DO NOT do anything with your hands until the polish is completely dry. Youll just mess up your hard work.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 16:47:28 +0000
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