Manicure at home for beginners - step by step instruction

Girls like to surprise and change, so every season there are new products in the world of fashion and beauty. Manicure is the niche that is paid special attention, because now there are a lot of options for its execution for every taste. If there is no possibility to go to the master of the nail service, you can make a simple manicure at home for beginners.

It is worth noting that now in the fashion of medium to short length nails, it's easier to take care of them and use different design options, so even those who have never faced the need to do this and especially did not grow long claws, it will be interesting to spend time this way.

Getting Started with the Preparation

Before doing a manicure, you need to carefully prepare the nail plate and cuticle. And training, and manicure do not require additional costs and make them very simple, you just need to "fill" the hand a little. To perform the procedure, you need these tools:

• Trimmer or tweezers;
• Nail file;
• scissors;
• Cream, oil with vitamins, hand scrub;
• Degreaser, if it is not in the home set, then you can use alcohol.

There are several types of manicure :

• Edging (wet);
• Hardware;
• Unedged (European);
• SPA-manicure.

The most common is the usual edging manicure, which is carried out with scissors or tweezers. It is used both in beauty salons and at home. For classy nail care, as in Europe, you need to take time to prepare before coating.

Step-by-step manicure lessons for beginners

So, after you have collected all the tools, you can start working. We prepare the nails step by step:

• The beginning of the manicure is that the old varnish is removed, after that the fingertips are soaked in a bath with warm water. Add to the water mashed soap, also sea salt and iodine to strengthen the nail plate, if desired. In the salons there is a special tool for quickly softening and removing the cuticle, but it is not necessary to use it.
• After 5 minutes, you can check whether the overgrown skin is sufficiently deformed. Each finger is removed from the bathtub separately. To do this, use a pusher. Its side, which has the shape of a scapula, is carefully scraped and taken away the skin in the area of the socket.
• Next, cut the cuticle. In edging manicure , either manicure scissors or tweezers are used. Those who have sufficient experience can apply a trimmer.
• Keep the tweezers or scissors at an angle of 45 degrees, cut the cuticle with one line, without interrupting it. Also, do not forget about the side rollers, which quickly coarsens the skin.
• After trimming, it is necessary to lubricate this place with oil in order to avoid exhalation and dryness.
• After this, the nail plate needs to be cut a little with a buff. Thus, all the unevenness is removed, and the adhesion to the varnish will be many times better. The nail cuts the nail to the desired length, it can be given a variety of shapes.
• After removing the remaining oil, and degreasing the nail plate.

This is how simple manicure is done at home for beginners. The speed can be worked only with time, so the first manicure will take a long time to work.

We use conventional varnishes

Those who like to look at their well-groomed fingers realized that it is not necessary to go to the master to apply gel-lacquer, because all these varnishes and drying lamps are sold in specialized stores, and you can choose inexpensive options. But those who decided to bring their nails in order for the first time, you can use the usual varnish. For a start, it's better to make short nails, which are easier to care for.

Before you make a short manicure, you need to cover your nails with a colorless base lacquer, you can use coatings that give the nails strength and hardness for this purpose. The usual varnish can not just cover the nails in one color, but also make a gradient, water manicure and use a different design.

For those who want a simple option, you just have to paint your nails in one tone. In this case, the colorless varnish is applied in color. Liquid and faded varnishes can be applied in two layers and wait until dry. After that, the top layer of a colorless coating is applied to fix the result and give the nails the necessary shine. With the help of such simple tips, manicure lessons for beginners become trivial.

Also remember that the varnish must be applied correctly. It should be used a small amount. The brush is placed approximately in the center of the nail plate, a couple of strokes are made in the middle part of the nail, then one at the sides and a few more around the nail to smooth out the unevenness of the color.

The most simple designs

Even the simplest manicure can be varied without applying special efforts. Without making any drawings, they achieve the effect of summer mood, if you paint nails in different colors with similar shades. Manicure at home for beginners also make with the help of points or lines on the nails. Points are put by a normal needle, lines - with a brush, also on sale there are special ribbons that are glued to the nail plate.

Craftsmen use scotch to paint their fingers in different colors. On scotch the necessary form is cut out, the nail is painted in one tone, then stick the scotch in the desired position and paint the second layer.

French manicure

French is widely popular around the world, while making it simple enough. The French manicure in stages for beginners should be done like this:

• For the background, you can use soft pastel colors: pink, coffee, beige. The nail is completely covered with a background color, then wait for it to dry.
• For the first time, you can buy special stencils, but then you better buy a white lacquer with a thin brush and learn how to draw a "smile" yourself, as all the masters do.
• After the background and smile dry, you need to apply a top coat of clear varnish.

And to top it off

Doing manicures at home for beginners is not at all difficult, you need to practice a little to work quickly and not be afraid to try something new to create unique designs. Many famous masters did not study anywhere, they themselves learned the art of nail care and giving them beauty.