Beautiful nails give self-confidence, lift your spirits, and increase the status of their owner.
But not everyone can afford to visit a salon all the time. For many, the topic of manicure at home is relevant.
To properly make a beautiful manicure, preliminary preparation is necessary.
It includes the purchase of manicure tools, disinfectants and related items that you cannot do without.
Necessary tools for manicure at home
Good, solid tools– this is the key to high-quality cuticle care, prevention of nail splitting and high speed of the procedure.
For a classic edged manicure you will need the following tools:
| Tool | Description |
| 1. Cuticle tweezers. | It is best to purchase a Solinger brand tool, this is an old German brand of cutting tools. Tweezers have their own sizes. They determine the length of the blade. It’s good to take 0.5 cm. |
 2. Pusher (translated as pusher)
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Double-sided cuticle spatula: on one side it resembles an oar, on the other it resembles a hatchet. Must be metal. |
 3. Knipser
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Tool for cutting the length of the nail. It looks like a small guillotine, it can be used for fingernails and toenails. |
 4.File 180 grit
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The grid should be imprinted on the file itself. |
 5. Polisher 2000 grit
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There are double and triple polishers, then the grit for each side must be printed. |
| Related Items: | |
 1. A large bowl, preferably ceramic - it holds the temperature well; |
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 2. Towel or napkin; |
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 3. Cotton pads; |
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 4. Orange sticks; |
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 5. Nail polish remover. |
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| Disinfectants: | |
| 1. Chlorhexidine; | |
| 2. Alcohol solution 70%. | |
| 3. You can purchase a professional product for treating hands and metal tools at the pharmacy. | |
Which manicure tools should you use and which should you not?
If you still have little experience in nail care, orange sticks will come in handy. They can move the skin near the cuticle and clean the eponychium.
Some people use it to trim cuticles. manicure scissors. This is acceptable, but the best quality manicure will be if you use tweezers. Scissors have straight blades, while tweezers have beveled blades. That's why It is the tweezer that cuts the skin more and deeper and after them the manicure lasts longer.
Nail fork Since we are talking about the cuticle area, No blade pressure is allowed. This can damage the matrix - the growth cells of the nail under the hole. As a result, the nail will grow crooked for the rest of its life.
Choosing a nail file, which one is used for what
Files vary depending on the grit. Grits measure the amount of abrasive applied to 1 square centimeter of a file:
The coarsest file is 80 grit. It is used to reduce the length of artificial nails;
Technique for performing European unedged manicure at home:
Step 1: Wash your hands with soap;
Hand washing Step 2: Apply cuticle remover;
Applying cuticle softener 
Step 3: Starting from the little finger, use the rounded tip of a file or an orange stick to push the roller away;
moving away and grinding the roller Step 4: Remove the softened thin skin from the surface of the nail;
Cuticle removal Step 5: Process the rollers with a 180 grit file;
processing rough rollers with a file Step 6: Wash your hands with soap;
Step 7: Degrease nails with an alcohol solution;
Degreasing nails Step 8: Apply varnish coating.
Varnish coating How to paint your nails evenly and beautifully
There is no difficulty in painting your nails easily and quickly and doing it exactly at home, without using a brush on the roller.
First of all, the varnish must have a certain consistency. The new varnish applies well and dries quickly, because the solvents have not yet evaporated from it. If the varnish has thickened, add 3-5 drops of varnish solvent to it.
Do not try to thin the varnish with acetone. or nail polish remover. These products will cause the varnish to curl.
Technique for applying varnish in bright or dark tones:
Step 1: Dip the brush into the varnish, squeeze out the excess with the back of the brush onto the bottle in a “pull away” motion.
Step 2: Place the brush in the middle of the nail at an angle of 45 degrees and move towards the cuticle. Before reaching the roller, stop the brush and move towards the free edge of the nail. This entire double movement must be done without lifting the brush from the nail or stopping it.
Positioning the brush 
Smooth movement towards the cuticle 
Moving the brush towards the free edge Step 3: Place the brush on the nail in the cuticle area so that the brush lies in the hand perpendicular to the finger. Make a stroke with the brush along the cuticle to the side roller, round the stroke along the contour of the nail (the brush changes position - now it lies in the hand parallel to the finger) and bring it to a free edges of the nail.
Movement to the side roller Step 4: Repeat this movement on the other side of the nail. If you run out of varnish on the brush during the process, turn it over and continue.
Step 5: With a well-wrung out brush, run along the end of the nail, sealing it.
Result Technique for applying varnish in nude and dense pastel colors:
Nude polish Step 1: Dip the brush into the varnish, squeeze out the excess with the back of the brush onto the bottle in a “pull away” motion.
Step 2: Place the brush in the middle of the nail at an angle of 5 degrees and move towards the cuticle, holding it almost suspended. The brush does not put pressure on the nail, only the polish touches the nail. Before reaching the roller, stop the brush and move towards the free edge of the nail.
Step 3: Bring the brush to the cuticle area. Keep the hand parallel to the finger. Barely touching the nail, move the brush towards the side roller and down to the free edge. The brush should go along the side of the nail without touching the roller.
Step 4: Repeat this movement on the other side of the nail. If you run out of varnish on the brush during the process, turn it over and continue.
Step 5: With a well-wrung out brush, run along the end of the nail, sealing it.
Nail designs at home
There are beautiful design options for which you don’t have to go to the salon. They can be done at home: rhinestones, glitter, gel pen painting, stickers, bouillons, varnish painting, craquelure, velvet, cat's eye.
Cat's eye - stripes 
Cat eye-waves 1. Cat Eye Design. For it you will need to purchase magnetic polish and a Cat's Eye nail magnet. Still releasing options “Wave”, “Stripes”" and others. But the most spectacular is “Cat's Eye”.
Cat's eye - made with gel polish It is done on the newly applied layer of varnish. The magnet is brought to the nail so that the strip is along the nail. Hold for 1 second.
If you hold the magnet closer to the nail, there will be a clear line, further away it will be blurry.
If you bring a magnet first vertically and then horizontally, there will be a bright point.
Gel polish - made with ordinary varnish 2. Craquelure design. A new product, hard varnish, has appeared on the product market. This is a special cracking varnish that is applied to the dried previous layer.
Substrates made of gold, white, and black varnish look good. Crack polish dries quickly. It can be thinned like regular varnish.
If you apply it in a thick layer, it will crack into large pieces. If in a thin layer - into small ones. You can combine it: make one side of the nail with large fragments, and the other with small ones.
Craquelure - large, medium, small. 3. Velvet design. The varnish for this effect is called “Satin”. After drying it becomes matte, hiding all the unevenness of the nail.
If you apply a top coat on it, it becomes shiny, like regular varnish. You can make two nails shiny and leave the rest matte. This design looks good in dark or bright colors. On pastel colors it is almost invisible.
4. Leopard design. On a dried substrate (for example, coffee-au-lait color), uneven spots are applied with a brush with a slightly darker (beige) varnish and, without waiting for them to dry, a black dot is added to each spot. Using an orange stick, each dot is given the appearance of a comma.
Leopard design This design is classic. It can be performed not only in natural tones, but also in avant-garde ones. A turquoise backing with blue spots and black commas looks good.
5. Zebra design.
Zebra design Black lines are applied to a dry white substrate with a thin brush. There are varnishes for design, they have just such brushes.
The lines are drawn diagonally on the nail. The first line is drawn simple. The second, parallel to it, with a thickening coming from the middle of the line. It looks like a very narrow triangle. The third line is drawn simple along the previous one. The fourth is drawn with a thickening on the other side. The fifth is simple.
You can draw with a regular black gel pen. When the drawing is dry, simply seal it with topcoat. One zebra nail looks good, the rest are white.
Nails with rhinestones and bouillons 6. Design with stickers, bouillons and rhinestones. It is used on special occasions (weddings, graduations) and requires a beautiful dress.
Decorate two nails, tightly covering them with rhinestones of different sizes.. Swarovski rhinestones are suitable; they can be purchased in a set. The largest stone is placed in the center, closer to the cuticle. Near it on both sides there are smaller stones.
The smallest stones are placed on the edge of the nail. The space between large stones can be filled with golden broths. On the remaining nails, place one small stone in the center near the cuticle.
Pencil for rhinestones Place stones on wet varnish. The stone is taken by simply bringing an orange stick moistened with water or a special pencil for rhinestones to it and it sticks to it (there are special pencils for attaching rhinestones on sale). It is placed on fresh varnish, corrected, trimmed, it sticks to the varnish and releases the stick.
Sterilizing instruments at home
In nail salons, instruments are sterilized in a dry-heat oven.
Manicure tools At home, you can use the oven for these purposes. Place metal tools in a specially designated bowl, turn on the oven at 250 degrees and heat for 15 minutes.
If during the procedure a wound was caused and blood came out, the instrument is soaked in the solution before sterilization chlorhexidine or wiped three times with 70% alcohol(in the presence of special pharmaceutical products, it is better to carry out processing with them, according to the instructions).
Files and orange sticks can also be soaked in a disinfectant solution. But if there was no blood while working with them, it is enough to wipe them.
Below you can watch a detailed video about sterilizing manicure instruments; some information will be useful to you at home.
What pharmaceutical products may be useful?
In addition to chlorhexidine, you can buy hawthorn tincture 70% in the pharmacy. This alcohol solution can be used as a disinfectant.
The professional line of pharmaceutical products for sterilization is very diverse. Disinfectants are divided into two types: for hands and for metal tools. The pharmacist at the pharmacy will always tell you what products are available.
You may also need it glue BF-6. This is a medical glue for treating wounds. It is convenient for cuts, disinfects and seals the wound instead of a band-aid.
Good to have on hand for warts "Mountain celandine", brown herbal balm. If a wart is discovered during the manicure procedure, you can immediately cauterize it with this balm.
Baths and oils for strengthening and growing nails after manicure
To keep nails healthy, they need to be nourished and treated. The aggressive environment makes them thin and brittle, appear on them. To avoid this, it is good to do it with sea salt.
You don’t have to buy expensive sea salt; the kind sold in grocery stores will do. You can add it during manicure to steam your nails.
In the process of saturating the nails with such water, a phenomenon called osmosis. This is an exchange of salts between two environments. Nails, like appendages of the skin, are an excretory organ. Nail effusion emerges through microscopic holes on the surface of the nail.
After taking a course of antibiotics, it forms very actively, preventing artificial nails from sticking to the nail bed. That is why after taking antibiotics, two weeks must pass before nail extensions.
Those who spent a lot of time in sea water on vacation notice improvements in the condition of their nails. Baths do not have to be done for a long time. 15 minutes is enough. This procedure can be carried out in the evening while watching TV.
After the bath, hands are lubricated with nourishing cream. The best creams are with fruit oils. This could be avocado, aloe, or apricot oil. Just do not confuse them with essential oils. This is a completely different product.
If the cream says that it contains mineral oil, it is better not to buy such a cream. This is a product of chemical distillation of petroleum. It won't be good for your nails.
You can always look beautiful, you just need to get used to it.
Despite the growing popularity of the European unedged technique, classic manicure is used in practice by many masters both in salons and at home. It solves the problem of too rough cuticles, which simply cannot be softened at once with a remover, so you have to carefully trim them with scissors or nippers. A classic cut manicure can optionally be combined with spa treatments, the Brazilian manicure method and other types of professional nail treatment before applying gel polish. Mastering a classic manicure is not difficult; you don’t need any special expensive tools like hardware manicure, so this technique is great for home use, including for beginners.
Features of edged manicure
The difference between classic edged manicure and other techniques lies in its name. In the European technique, the cuticle is softened with a remover and then pushed back with an orange stick. Classic manicure uses metal tools (scissors, nippers, spatulas, etc.). The cuticle is first softened and then carefully trimmed. The main disadvantage of this type of cuticle treatment is the possibility of damaging the delicate skin around the nail. There is also a small chance of infection. However, experienced craftsmen masterfully master this technique, and it does not cause any complaints from clients. In addition, as mentioned above, the European technique is not suitable for all girls due to the cuticle being too rough. Masters recommend starting with a classic manicure, and then gradually moving on to a European unedged manicure when the cuticle becomes softer.
Also a distinctive feature of classic manicure is the use of water. Before starting to manipulate the client’s hands, the master prepares a hand bath to soften the cuticle.
The main advantages of classical technology :
- Available for home use;
- Suitable for working with rough cuticles;
- Does not require large expenses;
Disadvantages of trimming technique :
- If you handle the tool carelessly, injury to the cuticle or nail plate may occur;
- After the procedure, hangnails often form.
In general, the technique is simple to perform manicure at home and quite popular.
List of necessary tools for manicure
For a classic manicure you will need the following set of tools and cosmetics:
- Nippers, scissors, spatulas, pusher;
- Liquid for hand disinfection;
- Disinfector for tools;
- Disposable nail files and nail buffer;
- Dust removal brush;
- Hand bath and salt solutions to strengthen nails;
- Remover for too rough cuticles, oil for nail and cuticle care.
Classic manicure technology: step-by-step lesson with photos
The easiest way to demonstrate the technology for performing a classic edged manicure is with a step-by-step photo tutorial. Each master in the process of work can carry out some additional manipulations, use a variety of tools and cosmetics. Nowadays you don’t often see classical technology in its pure form; everyone brings some of their own tricks to it during the learning process. Beginners, having gained experience, combine techniques and select the optimal manicure process for themselves. Classical technology consists of 5 main stages. Let's see how to properly do a classic manicure for beginners.
STAGE 1 OF ANY MANICURE – ANTISEPTIC TREATMENT
Preparing the client's hands using a skin antiseptic. The master works in disposable gloves.
STAGE 2 OF THE CLASSIC MANICURE – NAIL BATH
The first step is to soften the rough skin around the nails and this can be done with a bath of warm water. The time is calculated individually, approximately the process takes from 5 to 15 minutes. Additionally, you can use sea salt to strengthen nails, aromatic oils and special cosmetic care additives. If the cuticle is very dense, then you can additionally use a remover (apply it before the bath).
STAGE 3: REMOVAL OF CUTICLE AND PTERIGIA
Using a pusher, you need to carefully clean the softened pterygium from the side ridges and under the cuticle. Movements should be from bottom to top. Next, you need to remove the cuticle using forceps, you need to start from the free edge and try to cut the cuticle in the form of one strip (this eliminates the possibility of further formation of hangnails). Nippers in relation to the nail plate (when cutting the cuticle) should be at an angle of 90 degrees to avoid cuts. If necessary, you need to use a pusher in the area under the cuticle. Remaining skin and dust can be removed with a soft brush.
Pay attention to how to hold the forceps correctly and their position in your hands.
STAGE 5: CARE
If applying gel polish is not required, then you can treat the cuticle and nails with a special oil enriched with vitamins and minerals.
Classic manicure with gel polish
If after a classic manicure the application of gel polish is required, then it is necessary to perform a number of additional manipulations with the nails in order to prepare them for the application of gel polish.
STAGE 6: ROUGHENING
In order to improve the quality of adhesion of the base coat to the nail plate, it is necessary to set a slight roughness, namely, walk over the entire surface of the nail with a buffer, lightly pressing it. Also, after the procedure, it is necessary to remove all dust with a brush.
STAGE 7: LOW FAT
Using lint-free manicure wipes soaked in natural nail degreasing liquid, we remove dust, moisture and cosmetic residues from nails.
STEP 8: DEHYDRATOR AND PRIMER
Many manufacturers recommend using a dehydrator and primer as additional means for preparing the nail plate. They are applied before the base (first dehydrator then primer). The dehydrator removes excess moisture from the nail, and the primer creates a sticky layer on the surface for better adhesion of the coating to the nail. Many masters manage without them. Depends on what brand of gel polish you use (usually the manufacturer indicates all the necessary steps for performing a manicure).
The dehydrator dries quickly enough in the air; there is no need to put it in a lamp.
The primer has a liquid consistency and is applied in a thin layer. The coating dries in air. Drying time 30 seconds.
STAGE 9: BASE COAT
Manufacturers of UV coatings for nails produce single-phase and three-phase gel polishes. Single-phase ones do not require applying a base and finishing layer (these are 3 in 1 coatings). But when using three-phase gel polishes, it is necessary to apply a base coat followed by polymerization in a lamp. The standard drying time for gel coatings in an LED lamp is 30 seconds, in a UV lamp 2-3 minutes, unless otherwise provided by the manufacturer.
The base is applied in a thin layer. To further strengthen the client’s nails, it is better to use rubber coatings; they have a thicker consistency and smooth the surface well. We also remember sealing the end.
STAGE 10: APPLICATION OF GEL POLISH (SHELLAC)
2 layers of colored gel polish are applied to the base with drying between layers.
The main drop should be placed in the center, and then carefully stretched with a brush.
To do a manicure under the cuticle, while applying the second layer of gel polish, you need to take a thin brush, push the cuticle as far as possible and carefully walk the brush along the entire edge of the nail.
STAGE 11: FINAL COATING
The final stage consists of applying the finishing coat (top) in one or, if necessary, two layers. After polymerization, you need to remove the sticky layer with a cloth soaked in nail degreasing agent.
STAGE 12: CARE
After completing a classic manicure with gel polish, the cuticle area is covered with a special care oil.
Video tutorial on how to properly apply gel polish in a classic manicure
French manicure classic
A classic French manicure (French) is performed using different technologies: the smile line is drawn freehand with a brush, special stencils are used, the tip of the nail is dipped in acrylic powder or glitter, and a special brush is used for a French manicure. Whatever method you choose, the technique for preparing the nail plate will be approximately the same. The exception is the stage of creating a base: you can use a base and then apply a light gel polish, or you can use special colored translucent bases for a jacket. To draw a smile line, different materials can also be used: thick gel polish or thicker gel paint.
Step-by-step instructions for making a classic French jacket
Photos with simple nail design options
At the end of this review, we posted a selection of photos of a classic manicure with gel polish for long and short nails of different shapes. Perhaps by looking at these photos of beautiful nails, you will get fresh ideas for your work. Beginners tend to use classic manicure colors: red, pink, beige, blue, gray, white and black.
To ensure that your hands, especially your nails, always look well-groomed, you need to know how to do a manicure correctly. This procedure should be performed once every seven days. You can do everything you need carefully and quickly in a beauty salon. If you don’t have the desire or opportunity to visit it, then you can do a manicure yourself at home and it’s no worse than the one that’s offered to you for money.
When answering the question of how to properly do a manicure, it should be noted that there are a huge number of them. However, most often a woman is suited to cut, uncut or classic. The main thing is to choose and decide.
Classic manicure
The classic manicure procedure involves removing the cuticle using small metal tweezers or sharp nail scissors.
Trim manicure
Preferred for those with thick and rough cuticles. Quite traumatic. If you are careless or inexperienced, you can injure yourself by cutting off too much skin. As a result, this injury can provoke inflammation, due to which the cuticle becomes even coarser and begins to grow more intensively.
Unedged manicure or European
This type of manicure also involves removing the cuticle, but using a special product developed on the basis of soft acids, namely fruit and lactic acids. Unedged or European manicure is preferable to women with delicate and thin skin on their hands. The process of removing cuticles boils down to painless and delicate dissolution.
The procedure for a European manicure takes much less time than a classic one.
However, this method of cuticle removal is contraindicated for women with sensitive skin, since the components of the product can provoke an allergic reaction.
Twelve manicure tools
The manicure is created using twelve necessary tools. Therefore, if you are really interested in the right manicure, they should always be in your feminine arsenal. In particular, we are talking about:
- sharp nail scissors;
- nail file;
- metal tweezers;
- a metal spatula or orange wood stick to push back the cuticle;
- bath products: sea salt, olive and essential oils;
- nail polish remover;
- cotton pads or balls;
- cuticle softening oil;
- cuticle remover;
- hand cream;
- base coat and fixer;
- nail polish.
Four stages of manicure
Only if you follow all the steps during a manicure will your nails be able to always look healthy and beautiful, and you will receive an answer to the question of how to do a manicure correctly.
Stage one “Bath”
Having decided on a home manicure, you need to give your nails a bath in order to soften the cuticle and remove it further without any injury.
So, you need to pour hot water into the bowl to such a level that all the fingers of both hands can be completely immersed in it. You must also first add two or three tablespoons of olive oil, two tablespoons of colorless sea salt and a few drops of essential oil (for example, lemon) to the liquid.
The oil will not only soften your skin, but will also nourish your nails with valuable vitamins, and colorless sea salt will make them strong.
The fingers are immersed in this solution for about ten minutes. As soon as you notice that the cuticle has become soft, feel free to begin removing it.
Stage two “Cuticle removal”
Taking your fingers out of the bath one at a time, use a stick or spatula to push the cuticle to the base of the nail. You must act carefully, but with sufficient force. You must always be careful not to overdo it. After all, there is a risk of damage to the base of the nail.
Using the sharp side of a stick or spatula, remove any remaining skin from under the cuticle. Remove the remaining nicks using tweezers. The skin should not be torn off, but bitten off to avoid cuts. When using an unedged manicure, the cuticle is removed by using a special product from the “cuticle remover” series.
In this case, the gel is applied around the nail, not forgetting the area under the nail. As a result, carefully, using a stick or spatula, the product is removed along with the dissolved cuticle.
It is better not to apply this product to all fingers at the same time, since the remover dries out quite quickly. Professionals recommend treating two nails at a time.
Many manicurists recommend applying cuticle remover to those nails that are still covered with old varnish. Since the product used has a fairly aggressive composition that destroys the nail plate.
Stage three “Nail shape correction”
To do a manicure correctly, you must remember that if you want to shorten your nails as much as possible, you must use nail scissors, and all movements must be single and confident. If the nails are filed, then it is necessary to direct the file only in one direction so that the nails do not begin to peel. You also need to make sure that all nails are the same length.
Stage four “Applying varnish and care”
In order to lay the polish evenly on the nail plate, you must ensure that it does not extend beyond the boundaries of the nail, as shown in these instructions. Pay attention to the photo.
Now let’s try to apply the varnish correctly ourselves:
- Degrease the nail plates with nail polish remover.
- Apply a base coat to protect your nails from the harmful effects of nail polish and further yellowing. The base also levels the surface of the nail plate.
- Use a brush with polish from the base of the nail to its edge.
- The second and third strokes should also come from the base of the nail, drawing a kind of arc with the brush, following to the edges.
- The final step will be to use a fixing coating, which will give your manicure not only shine, but will also extend its life.
Now you know how to properly do a manicure in the comfort of your own home without the participation of an expensive beauty salon in this process. The main thing is to understand that every woman by nature is an innate skilled in all matters of beauty.
Almost every girl has used manicure services in salons at least once in her life, but not everyone has the opportunity to do this regularly and on an ongoing basis, or to purchase expensive equipment for home. What to do in such a situation? There is a great solution - edged manicure. The procedure is quite simple, so almost anyone can do it. Let's take a closer look at the features, advantages and disadvantages of this type of procedure, and also get acquainted with the detailed technique for doing it yourself.
Peculiarities
Nowadays, everyone knows what a classic trimmed manicure means - this is a procedure for treating nails and cuticles using special scissors and tweezers. It is also called “wet” because before cutting the cuticle you often need to resort to steaming the rough skin in water. The peculiarity of this procedure is that if you handle the tools correctly and follow all the rules, it can rightfully be called the safest, simplest and most popular type of manicure.
Advantages and disadvantages
Like any other procedure, trimmed manicure has certain advantages and some disadvantages. For example, among the advantages we can note the simplicity of execution, because this option does not require any special effort, everything is quite simple. In addition, edged manicure is suitable even for those who have not taken care of the beauty of their hands and fingers for a long time.
The procedure does not require a large amount of equipment and funds, a minimal set is enough, and you can do it even at home. Trim manicure is a financially accessible procedure, the cost of which is suitable for almost any girl.
The disadvantages include the fact that although the technique is quite simple, you still need to have some skills, even the most minimal ones.
The downside is that the risk of minor injuries and cuts is quite high., especially if the girl has sensitive fingers and delicate cuticles. Surprisingly, among the disadvantages there are also some health restrictions - trimmed manicure is contraindicated for people suffering from diabetes, since even the slightest damage to the skin can lead to the development of purulent processes and a very long recovery and healing process.
The circumcision procedure is considered quite dangerous, since the risk of infection is greater.
In addition, it is believed that after a trimmed manicure, hangnails appear much more often than with hardware nail treatment. It is worth noting that burrs can also appear during a manicure if low-quality tools with dull cutting surfaces are used.
Required tools and materials
As previously stated, this type of manicure does not require any special means or tools; a minimal set will be enough. Let's take a closer look at what tools you may need and their purpose.
- Scissors or nail clippers are used to easily trim the excess length of the free edge of the nail plate. Some people use these items to remove cuticles, but this should not be done, as you can easily get injured.
- File for processing the free edge of the nail.
- It is necessary to have special scissors for removing cuticles, as with them the procedure will be safer and painless.
- In some cases, you may need so-called cutters - pliers designed to remove the skin of the nails.
- A container for water in which you can make a bath for your nails and soften the cuticles.
- You will need a couple of dry, clean towels or thick paper napkins.
- To prepare a bath, you need to acquire special salts and oils, or you can use ordinary hand soap.
- Some people use orange sticks or a special spatula. Typically, such tools are double-sided - on one end there is a pusher for pushing back the cuticle, on the other there is a sharp scraper used to remove it.
- If you wish, you can use a cuticle remover, but if you have the other listed tools, this is not at all necessary.
- To treat the surface of the nail, you will need a soft file - a buff, which will help smooth out all the roughness and give the nail plate a glossy shine.
- For decoration, you need to get nail polish, and for a more durable coating, it is better to use shellac.
- At the end of the procedure, you must use cuticle oil or hand cream containing beneficial substances and vitamins.
Security measures
It is very important when performing this procedure follow some safety rules.
- First of all, you should make sure that the tools are sterile, even if we are talking about your personal manicure devices.
- Care should be taken to ensure that the cutting surfaces are sharp and that the tools themselves are in good working order, as there is a risk of damage to the cuticle and skin in the nail area, which can lead to very disastrous consequences.
- You should handle scissors and other sharp and cutting manicure devices carefully. If handled carelessly, you can easily get cut or pricked.
- Still, it will be better if each family member has his own manicure set for purely individual use. This is not only hygienic, but also one of the possible ways to protect your own health.
- During the procedure, you need to have hydrogen peroxide and a cotton pad with you so that in case of cuts you can immediately treat the wounds.
Preparation for the process
To perform a hygienic trimmed manicure at home according to all the rules and without harm to the health and beauty of your nails, you need to carefully prepare. The first step is to equip a comfortable workplace. You should not carry out the procedure in a dark corner of the room, sitting on the sofa; it is better to do it at a table in good lighting. Then you need to prepare your hands and tools for work, having previously disinfected everything.
If the tools are personal and no one else has used them, you can get by with special gels and liquids.
You need to lay a towel or napkin on the table surface and lay out the prepared tools. It is best if they are folded neatly in a row on the edge of the covered surface. This arrangement of tools will help you maintain order and easily find the necessary item. When preparing for a manicure, it is also better to decide in advance on the colors and decorative design of your nails and choose products for subsequent care.
Step-by-step instructions
Once everything is ready to go, you can begin the procedure itself. Let's take a step-by-step look at how to properly do a trim manicure at home.
First of all, it is important to know that working with the free edge of the nail plate should be done on dry hands before you dip your fingers into the bath.
Under no circumstances should you file wet nails, as this can lead to brittleness and splitting.
In addition, chaotic movement of the nail file can also lead to splitting of the nails, so when trimming the edge of the nail, you should only move in one direction. The first step is to treat the nail plate. If necessary, you can trim off the excess length with scissors, then use a file to shape it into the desired shape, smooth out any irregularities with a soft buff, and polish the surface.
At the next stage, the skin around the nail plates is treated. To make it easier to remove overgrown skin and its rough areas, you need to first moisten your fingers. A bath with nourishing oils and special cosmetic salt is perfect for this. You need to pour warm water at a comfortable temperature into a special container and add other ingredients as desired. Before putting your hands in the bath, you need to move the skin around the nail with a special spatula, so the effect of the procedure will be more obvious, which will greatly simplify further work.
It is necessary to lower your hands into the bath and treat the skin one by one. It is also worth noting that there is no point in keeping your hands in the water for a long time; ten minutes will be enough.
After the specified time has expired, you can begin treating your fingers by removing them from the water one by one and drying them with a napkin or towel. Using a spatula, you need to once again carefully move the skin around the nail and slightly lift it. It is strictly forbidden to press on the nail plate at its base, since this part is the most delicate and sensitive, and rough handling can lead to unevenness on the surface.
Subsequent work consists of treating the cuticle - the part of the skin covering the base of the nail, which becomes rough over time, and the side ridges - the parts adjacent to the nail plate on the sides. To process the cuticle, special manicure scissors with long curved ends are used, allowing you to quickly and evenly cut off the excess.
The sharp blades of the tool prevent the appearance of burrs and allow you to make your fingers more accurate.
The side rollers also need to be processed with a special tool - cutter tweezers. They allow you to cut off excess layers of keratinized skin without affecting the soft skin or damaging it. Thus, each finger is processed in turn, and then the second hand. If while working with the fingers on the first hand the water in the bath cools down, you need to change it, adding all the same ingredients.
The technology of the procedure is quite simple, the main thing is to follow the sequence of actions and accuracy when performing them. After finishing the treatment of your fingers, you need to move on to care. This step is mandatory, because in order for the cuticle to grow less and the skin of the hands to always be soft and tender, it must be properly nourished.
It is best to use different oils for cuticles. For example, an ideal option would be a product that contains vitamin oil complexes, as well as avocado, almond and jojoba oils. Tea tree oil is also suitable, as well as some pharmaceutical preparations, which contain vitamins A and E. The oil should be applied to the cuticle area, rubbing a little along the fingers.
It is important to consider that care products are applied strictly after all procedures, including decorative nail design.
For decoration, you can use either regular varnish or thicker gel coatings, depending on your preferences.
When treating nails with a trim manicure, there are no restrictions on the subsequent design; you can paint your nails in the same way as with any other type of procedure.
You just need to choose a decor that matches the shape and length of the nail plate.
For example, this season French manicure is very popular for long nails of different shapes. On short square nails, various designs and stickers look beautiful, and for small round nails, a strip or any other decor that visually increases the size of the nail is perfect. The final step after decorating and treating the cuticle area with oils will be to apply a nourishing cream to your hands. It is best if it is a natural product with a composition rich in vitamin complexes and healthy oils.
Secrets of the masters
To easily carry out this procedure at home, you need to familiarize yourself with some tips from experienced craftsmen. For example, most of them advise choosing ceramic, glass or soft files. With their help, the free edge of the nail is processed more gently, which reduces the risk of cracks and delaminations, which cannot be said about working with a metal file.
To make a perfect trimmed manicure, you don’t have to spend a lot of time on it, the main thing is to follow just one rule - you need to trim the cuticle on each finger continuously and at one time, from edge to edge. Thus, the chance of burrs appearing is reduced to a minimum.
To prevent the cuticle from growing longer, and to keep your nails beautiful and neat for a longer time, you need to push back the edge of the cuticle a couple of times a week with a special pusher or an orange stick.
Additionally, you can use hand scrubs and oils.
The beauty of hands and fingers is important for both men and women. Attending a manicure is an important stage in self-care, since it is the hands that most often reveal how attentive and careful a person treats himself. At the same time, even the most polished look can be completely ruined by unkempt fingers and nails. Manicure techniques are varied; there are both more modern and time-tested techniques. The classic method of nail care includes trimmed manicure, the features of which will be discussed in this article.
What is a trim manicure and what does it include?
The name of the procedure largely speaks for itself. So, in the process of implementing this, rough skin and cuticle are removed mechanically using sharp tweezers. The event involves a number of stages, including correction of the shape of the nail plate, a bath, removal of all excess skin growths, nutrition of the nail with useful compounds and coating with clear varnish or colored enamel at the client’s request.
This type of manicure has both its positive and negative sides. The advantages include:
- ease of implementation. The master is required to have a minimum set of standard tools and experience, but once you get the hang of it, you can carry out the procedure yourself;
- fast and obvious results. Today, only this method can tidy up neglected hands in one session, removing all rough areas and overgrown cuticles;
- availability. Unlike other methods, this is implemented in every salon at an affordable cost.
As for the significant disadvantages, here we need to highlight: the need for careful care of the reusable instrument for the safety of the procedure, the risk of damaging tissue, creating the preconditions for the active formation of hangnails, or deforming the nail bed with too much pressure.
What you need for the procedure at home
To implement the procedure for putting your nails and fingers in order, you will need very few tools that can be easily purchased and stored at home for self-care. So the list looks like this:
- manicure scissors. There are several possible variations here. The first type is standard scissors with fairly wide working surfaces for cutting the free edge of the nail. The second type is cuticle scissors; they are narrower and smaller, which allows for delicate manipulations. And finally, the last option is a universal one, of average thickness and length, which is suitable for any of the tasks listed above;
- pieces. Knipsers (nippers in their common sense) are visually similar to wide tweezers with a sharp edge, and are most likely to be found in any home. They can either remove the length of the free edge or carefully nibble off excess skin on the side ridges and cuticles. But for convenience, it is better to purchase professional nippers - they are very sharp and you will need to get used to them, but as soon as you gain experience, the process of manicure or pedicure will go much faster and better;
- pusher - a spatula that allows you to push back the cuticle and remove from the surface of the nail that thin layer of skin that grows on it;
- a nail file (needed to give a beautiful shape to the free edge) and buffs for grinding and polishing the surface of the nail.
Classic technology involves a preliminary nail bath. It can be done either simply in warm water or with the addition of liquid soap or oils.
How to do a manicure correctly: technology
The technology for carrying out the procedure is the same, but in the professional sphere there is one important stage that is excluded when doing a manicure yourself - sterilization of instruments. To avoid infection when working with common trimming tools, they must be treated with a special compound and placed in a sterilizer before each subsequent client. It is better to have individual files for each of the regular visitors, or treat them with a disinfectant composition.
So, the algorithm for performing a trim manicure is as follows:
- the old coating is removed from the nails;
- the free edge of the nail is adjusted to the desired length and shape;
- hands are placed in a bath at a temperature of about 40 degrees for 10 minutes to soften the skin;
- Using a pusher, the softened cuticle is pushed back and carefully trimmed with nippers;
- also, if necessary, excess skin on the side bolsters is removed, and hangnails are carefully cut off;
- then the surface of the nail plate is treated with nutritional compounds, sanded and polished;
- If desired, a coating is applied to the nails, and at the very end, a special oil is applied to the cuticle area, rubbing it in a little with your fingers.
Step-by-step video tutorial for beginners
In the process of implementing a trim manicure, details and care are important, since the slightest mistake or too sudden movement can lead to injury and the resulting potential dangers. To learn all the nuances, we recommend watching this video material. Step-by-step master classes with detailed explanations will be an excellent theoretical basis for implementing high-quality manicure.
How often to do
The frequency of trimming manicures is fully determined by the degree of neglect of the hands. So, in order to bring everything into perfect condition, you will need several weekly events. Trimming a manicure takes a lot of time, and there is simply no need to do it often if the nails are in normal condition. Thus, many act according to the following scheme: once a month they attend a comprehensive trimming procedure, and the rest of the time, if the need arises, they carry out supporting measures using simpler techniques, either independently, or also by visiting a beauty salon. This allows you to keep your hands in perfect condition and save your time.
Possible consequences after trimming manicure
The most common complaint about the procedure is that burrs appear after a trimmed manicure. This can happen due to the slightest violation in the process of its implementation. For example, during processing of the side rollers or cuticles, living skin was touched, or the tissues were not softened enough for comfortable trimming. Also, the chance of getting hangnails increases if cutting the cuticle is carried out not in one smooth movement, but in several jerky ones.
During the trimming procedure, there is a high risk of injury as the tools used are very sharp. But the most dangerous consequence should be considered infection when the skin is injured, which becomes the result of improper or absent disinfection after other clients. This can result in severe inflammation, suppuration, and more serious complications.
Hardware or edged manicure - which is better?
Hardware manicure is carried out using a special device that drives cutter attachments. With their help, you can perform any manipulations with your nails to bring them into decent shape. It is worth noting that both the hardware and trimming methods have both pros and cons, so it is impossible to clearly say which one is better. The client himself chooses what is more comfortable for him.
