If you are gifted with beautiful nails and natural nails, you really have to take care of them by proper manicuring. Before learning how to keep nails beautiful, you must know that nails, in aiding beauty and glamour to your style, are just non-ignorable body part.
As with other women accessories, nails too have undergone many changes due to fashion trends. Nowadays, a short nail, which is straight across the top and having rounded edge is happening.
Whatever the shape and size you grow, you have to take care of your beautiful nails. Let us look at some nail care tips for polishing your nails so they will look beautiful and stay looking fresh longer.
Filing Nails:
While you file your nails, remember that you only do when the white portion of the nail tip has grown approximately 1/4th inch from the pinkish part. Importantly, filing nails when it is less than 1/4th inch long may weaken it. In addition, allowing the nail growing to a length that is longer than its pinkish nail portion would make it sure to break easily. Also, filing the nails from side to side also weakens them. While filing, one should go from the corner to the center preferably without changing the direction. You must also follow the grooves on the side of the nails.
Buffing Nails:
Buffing nails is done to get nails a shinier finish. You can start it at the cuticles and get way down to the nail-tip. Be sure to apply medium pressure and do not use a back and forth movements as heat may build up, which is certainly damaging the nails. You can continue gently until all ridges on the surface of the nail have gone.
Cleaning Nails:
Before you apply any polish, you should be very sure that the nails are cleaned and dried, free from any oil or lotion. Also, remove old polish from nails, if any.
Base Coat:
Using a base Coat is good for to beautify nails. Apply it and let it dry for at least one minute. The Base Coat will help keeping the nail polish from chipping and will make polish last longer.
Applying Polish:
Always go for applying two coats of polish. Also, you must be able to cover the nails in three stokes –one on each side, one being in the middle.
Drying Nails:
This is most important. You should always allow the polish to dry thoroughly by keeping them in open air for several minutes. Once done, you can apply another coat. This would avoid the new coat from being dragged on the surface of the previous coating and would allow new coat to adhere better. For your knowledge, darker shades may take longer to get dried. In any case, avoid fast drying polish as this doesn’t last as long.
Top Coat:
Once the nail polish dry, applying a clear top coat for sealing it is preferred. You can continue applying the top coat daily to keep your nails looking attractive and sexier.