Thought they might seem to be the least important, your finger nails attract a lot of attention to oneself. Nails need to be polished well and it is better for you to know what shade you need to apply. Here are a few looks you could use.
Natural Stylish Daytime Look
Day colors have to be easy to wear such as soft red and pink, gentle beige and darkish blue. File nails into short and square style to create a practical sporty effect. Apply a base layer, allow them to dry and then apply two layers of colored polish. Finish off with a top layer.
The Final Look A practical, natural style based on short square nails and a soft, easy to have polish.
Evening Party Look
It is a good chance to try out the shades that you didn't dare to wear during the day. First of all apply a base layer, then two layers of vibrant, fluorescent polish. Add extra shine by using a sparkling silver polish on top of the main colour when it is dry. Finish of with the top layer.
The Final Look Fluorescent colours are great for party as they look so vibrant a layer of sparkling silver polish adds the finishing touch.
Sophisticated Glossy and Glamorous Look
For a grown-up and glossy effect, choose deep dark colors that strike a dramatic note, such as this vampish red. File nails into a long oval shape and apply a base layer. Give nails at least 2 layers of main polish and let them dry thoroughly in between. Finish with a top layer.
The Final Look A dark, dramatic polish gives long nails a touch of glamorous finesse.
French Manicure for the Perfect Cared Looking
This is the best idea for special event when you want your nails to look perfect but not over colored. Apply a base layer and after dry, cover the tips of the nails with white polish. Let them dry and apply a very pale pink or peach polish over the whole nail. When dry apply a top layer.
The Final Look A clean and fresh effect that make the natural shine and color of the nails better.
Nail care Tips
A healthy nail is smooth in texture and has well formed cuticles.
Nails grow faster on a dominant hand of a person. They also grow very quickly when a woman is pregnant and in the summer. The fastest nail's growth is in the middle finger, with the growth rate progressively decreasing on the fourth, second, and fifth fingers and finally the thumb. Besides, fingernails grow faster than toenails.
A little advice: If you want your nails to be longer and stronger put garlic on them.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Nails and Nail Polish.
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Well-groomed nails with nail polish are very beautiful to look at. Most of the women go to beauty salons, get pedicure and manicured, and ornament their nails with nail polish. But the colors usually fade or peel off after a few days.
Some women do their own nail care at home so that save money. Because you can buy all the necessary tools and stuffs to do your own pedicure and manicure sessions at your house. But your frustration anyway is that most of the time, the nail polish collection that you have would not stay fresh for a long time. It dries up very fast. When this happens, it can be considered as a loss of investment because you couldn't use it anymore.
Though, there are ways to keep your nail polish fresh for a long time. One way is to keep it in dark place and do not let it get exposed to direct sunlight. The sun and a bright place will damage the nail polish's color. When this happens, the color and the texture will not be pleasant anymore.
Another way to make it stay fresh is to keep the neck of the bottle always clean. Wipe away the neck of the bottle from the inside to the outside. That way, you will remove the excess amount of polish that may have built up while you are using it. If the polish thickens, you couldn't close the bottle properly and air will get inside. When this happens, the nail polish will become hard and you will be left with no choice but to throw it away. For sure, you wouldn’t want this thing to happen to any of your stuffs.
Well-groomed nails with nail polish are very beautiful to look at. Most of the women go to beauty salons, get pedicure and manicured, and ornament their nails with nail polish. But the colors usually fade or peel off after a few days.
Some women do their own nail care at home so that save money. Because you can buy all the necessary tools and stuffs to do your own pedicure and manicure sessions at your house. But your frustration anyway is that most of the time, the nail polish collection that you have would not stay fresh for a long time. It dries up very fast. When this happens, it can be considered as a loss of investment because you couldn't use it anymore.
Though, there are ways to keep your nail polish fresh for a long time. One way is to keep it in dark place and do not let it get exposed to direct sunlight. The sun and a bright place will damage the nail polish's color. When this happens, the color and the texture will not be pleasant anymore.
Another way to make it stay fresh is to keep the neck of the bottle always clean. Wipe away the neck of the bottle from the inside to the outside. That way, you will remove the excess amount of polish that may have built up while you are using it. If the polish thickens, you couldn't close the bottle properly and air will get inside. When this happens, the nail polish will become hard and you will be left with no choice but to throw it away. For sure, you wouldn’t want this thing to happen to any of your stuffs.
Friday, February 06, 2009
5 Easy Ways To Strengthen Your Nails
There are 5 easy ways to make your nails strong and healthy.
1. Strengthening emulsion made from olive oil and fresh lemon juice. 1 table spoon of olive oil mix with a coulpe of drops of lemon juice. Rub the emulsion into your nails then put on cotton gloves and leave it all for the knight. Do it twice a week.
2. Strengthening bath from sea salt. You need to take half a litre of warm water and add 1 table spoon of sea salt (it is desirable to use sea salt without aromatic additive). Put your fingers into the bath and keep them there for 20 minutes. Then dry your hands and smear them with a cream. Do it evey day for 10 days. Then repeat it in 1 month.
3. Mask with red pepper for strengthening and acceleration of growth. Mix half a tea-spoon of cayenne, 10 drops of water and 1 tea-spoon of cream for hands. Smear it on your nails and keep it for 15-20 minutes. Do it not more often than once a month.
4. Grease made of beewax for strengthening nails. Melt 4 grams of beewax, then boil an agg and mash the egg yolk with a fork. Blend the beewax and the egg yolk. Add a little peachy oil. Use it every evening.
5. Lemon juice and salt for strengthening nails. One table spoon of lemon juice mix up with several pinch of salt. Smear nails with it using a brush. Keep it for 15-20 minutes then wash your hands.
1. Strengthening emulsion made from olive oil and fresh lemon juice. 1 table spoon of olive oil mix with a coulpe of drops of lemon juice. Rub the emulsion into your nails then put on cotton gloves and leave it all for the knight. Do it twice a week.
2. Strengthening bath from sea salt. You need to take half a litre of warm water and add 1 table spoon of sea salt (it is desirable to use sea salt without aromatic additive). Put your fingers into the bath and keep them there for 20 minutes. Then dry your hands and smear them with a cream. Do it evey day for 10 days. Then repeat it in 1 month.
3. Mask with red pepper for strengthening and acceleration of growth. Mix half a tea-spoon of cayenne, 10 drops of water and 1 tea-spoon of cream for hands. Smear it on your nails and keep it for 15-20 minutes. Do it not more often than once a month.
4. Grease made of beewax for strengthening nails. Melt 4 grams of beewax, then boil an agg and mash the egg yolk with a fork. Blend the beewax and the egg yolk. Add a little peachy oil. Use it every evening.
5. Lemon juice and salt for strengthening nails. One table spoon of lemon juice mix up with several pinch of salt. Smear nails with it using a brush. Keep it for 15-20 minutes then wash your hands.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Gel Nails. How To Make Your Nails Great-Looking.
Gel nails are a hot topic today — especially in European countries. As a matter of fact, most salons in Europe now offer to their clients gel nails enhancement.
Gel nails have big advantages over acrylic nails. Gel nails are lightweight, odorless, flexible, clear, and more natural looking. So, if you want an immediate solution to nice nails, gel nails is definitely it!
A gel nails kit typically consists of the basic manicure set, such as buffers, files, tips, and so on, UV light, gel brushes, gels, gel cleansers, and gel wipes. Gel nails is not easy to make, but it is a technique that can be easily learned.
Gel nails can be used in full nail or tip overlays. They can also be shaped to form nail extensions. Likewise, gel nails can be used to protect the damaged edges of the nails as they grow out.
First, prep your nails, and apply tips if you so desire. Then, apply a thin coat of gel over the nails, and cure. Apply another coat of gel, but this time, add the arches as well; cure once more. Apply a third coat of gel, adding more arches, then cure. Now, clean your nails, shape them according to your preferences, and buff them till they are smooth. Polish your nails, or apply a gloss coat over them.
Achieving a perfect set of nails can be difficult to achieve and maintain, but with gel nails you can have beautiful, natural-looking nails in an instant.
Gel nails have big advantages over acrylic nails. Gel nails are lightweight, odorless, flexible, clear, and more natural looking. So, if you want an immediate solution to nice nails, gel nails is definitely it!
A gel nails kit typically consists of the basic manicure set, such as buffers, files, tips, and so on, UV light, gel brushes, gels, gel cleansers, and gel wipes. Gel nails is not easy to make, but it is a technique that can be easily learned.
Gel nails can be used in full nail or tip overlays. They can also be shaped to form nail extensions. Likewise, gel nails can be used to protect the damaged edges of the nails as they grow out.
First, prep your nails, and apply tips if you so desire. Then, apply a thin coat of gel over the nails, and cure. Apply another coat of gel, but this time, add the arches as well; cure once more. Apply a third coat of gel, adding more arches, then cure. Now, clean your nails, shape them according to your preferences, and buff them till they are smooth. Polish your nails, or apply a gloss coat over them.
Achieving a perfect set of nails can be difficult to achieve and maintain, but with gel nails you can have beautiful, natural-looking nails in an instant.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
LEMON AND CARING OF NAILS AND HANDS
Pure lemon juice will protect hands from becoming coarse if you regularly work in a garden or a kitchen garden. It is recommended to rub hands with a lemon juice or a squeezed lemon. Even after massaging your hands with squeezed lemon pulp will make your skin soft and will "erases" potato, vegetables and fruit stains out of your fingers.
Lemon can remove nicotine stains from fingers. You should wipe fingers with a pumice to moisten with lemon juice three times a day for some days. A lemon helps to get rid of humidity and disposition to sweating. One has to carefully wash and wipe hands with a mix of 5 parts of alcohol and 1 part of a lemon juice not less than three times every day.
If your nails are fragile it means lack of vitamin C and calcium in organism. To have strong nails it is recommended to use more milk products, carrots, tomato juice and to wipe nails with lemon juice. Your nails will become stronger and shining. However, do not overuse lemon juice. It can provoke chinks on your nails.
Lemon can remove nicotine stains from fingers. You should wipe fingers with a pumice to moisten with lemon juice three times a day for some days. A lemon helps to get rid of humidity and disposition to sweating. One has to carefully wash and wipe hands with a mix of 5 parts of alcohol and 1 part of a lemon juice not less than three times every day.
If your nails are fragile it means lack of vitamin C and calcium in organism. To have strong nails it is recommended to use more milk products, carrots, tomato juice and to wipe nails with lemon juice. Your nails will become stronger and shining. However, do not overuse lemon juice. It can provoke chinks on your nails.
Monday, October 06, 2008
Nail Fungus. How to Get Rid of It Fast.
Fungus can appear on nails. If you have fake nails over your real nails, you risk to have fungi. So, if your solution to prevent nail fungi from developing is to wear fake nails, it will not work at all. Acrylic nails will only hide the fungus, but it cannot stop it from developing.
If fungi are growing in your nails, you will be glad to know that nail fungi are treatable, and there are several methods by which you can get rid of them. One of the best ways to effectively treat nail fungus, if you are having acrylic nails on top of your real nails, is to remove your acrylic nails first. Remember that you can not treat the fungus with an ointment or cream if it is hidden behind your artificial nails. Once you have done so, you will need to cut your real nails as short as possible so that you can apply an antifungal agent on the affected nails.
You can also take doctor-prescribed medications or go for alternative medicines. Reportedly, there are quite a lot of plants that have powerful antifungal properties. If you’d rather go for this option, then you should start looking for plants with tea-tree oil because tea-tree oil not only has excellent antifungal properties, but it also works well as an antibacterial or antiviral. Alternative meds for nail fungus are natural, and they often come in topical preparations.
Before beginning any treatment, however, be sure that what you are suffering from is really nail fungus and not something else. There are some other disorders of the nails that may exhibit similar characteristics as nail fungi, so, it is always advisable to consult a dermatologist to be sure that you are applying the right treatment.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
WHAT ARE SOLAR NAILS & ARE SOLAR NAILS BETTER THAN OTHER ONES?
Solar Nails are the next best thing to your own innate nails.Solar nails are alike acrylic but solar nails are made with a slightly different material. They are not extensions like other acrylic nails because they are applied directly to your own innate nail.
The 1st thing your nail technician will do to apply solar nails is to brush on the “white part” of the French nail. Then the next application is the “pink part”, which goes over the “white”. The acrylic is the “pink”.
Solar nails are just like a French manicure with all the pampering but without the hassle. They are applied in a 2 step application. After your nails have been prepared for the application by cleaning and buffing your nails and preparing the nail plate then your solar nail application can begin.
Solar nails are long lasting, don't chip, and also help to strengthen your nails all in a French manicure style. Your nail technician will buff your new solar nails and they'll be shiny and ready for anything.
Solar nails are the no hassle fake nails. They don't need to have nail polish so after the pink part is added you are on your way.
Solar nails only need refilled approx. every three weeks. So, they are more economical and convenient than most fake nails.
If you like to tan, solar nails are wonderful as they do not turn yellow as some artificial nails do when you visit your favorite tanning salon.
When you step out with your solar nails you wont need to worry about them lifting off, turning yellow or chipping. Just care about your nails and hands like you always do and you will never have a problem. You will be able to do anything that you normally do without carrying about being easy on your fake nails.
More models and TV stars are using solar nails today. These nails are really for ladies on the go. They can be applied in less time and last so much longer. The ease of caring for these nails is amazing. It will be like your own natural nails.
Your nail technician can explain the great advantages to using solar nails instead of other acrylic nails. You will be so pleased with your new solar nails that you will not want to ever use any other fake nail.
The 1st thing your nail technician will do to apply solar nails is to brush on the “white part” of the French nail. Then the next application is the “pink part”, which goes over the “white”. The acrylic is the “pink”.
Solar nails are just like a French manicure with all the pampering but without the hassle. They are applied in a 2 step application. After your nails have been prepared for the application by cleaning and buffing your nails and preparing the nail plate then your solar nail application can begin.
Solar nails are long lasting, don't chip, and also help to strengthen your nails all in a French manicure style. Your nail technician will buff your new solar nails and they'll be shiny and ready for anything.
Solar nails are the no hassle fake nails. They don't need to have nail polish so after the pink part is added you are on your way.
Solar nails only need refilled approx. every three weeks. So, they are more economical and convenient than most fake nails.
If you like to tan, solar nails are wonderful as they do not turn yellow as some artificial nails do when you visit your favorite tanning salon.
When you step out with your solar nails you wont need to worry about them lifting off, turning yellow or chipping. Just care about your nails and hands like you always do and you will never have a problem. You will be able to do anything that you normally do without carrying about being easy on your fake nails.
More models and TV stars are using solar nails today. These nails are really for ladies on the go. They can be applied in less time and last so much longer. The ease of caring for these nails is amazing. It will be like your own natural nails.
Your nail technician can explain the great advantages to using solar nails instead of other acrylic nails. You will be so pleased with your new solar nails that you will not want to ever use any other fake nail.
Monday, August 18, 2008
How to Remove Acrylic Nails. Some Usefull Advices.
Removing acrylic nails is really simple. All you have to do is soak your hands in warm water for around fifteen minutes. Take them out, put some more hot water in a big bowl. Take a small bowl and put nail polish remover in it. You would soon see that the nails turn into a gluey sticky substance. After doing all this just put some cuticle oil and hand cream.
TRY ADDING BABY OIL TO ACETONE TO SOAK
You can took your Acrylic nails off by using the soaking in Acetone method. Maybe you dread doing this because it dries your skin out so badly and sometimes burns. BUT you can add baby oil to the acetone and it is a lot less harsh on your skin. It worked normal and you will not get burnt.
Try to use solar oil because your natural nail is drying out underneath and that is why the nail lifts like it does. If that doesn't work obviously the nail tech let the gel run over the cuticle area and that is also why it lifted. You find a new nail tech.
But the best advice is not to try and pry them off yourself. Better aply to specialists and get them professionally removed. Save yourself the trouble and the intense pain if
