7 popular ways to get the perfect manicure at home

Modern women, when choosing one or another service for caring for themselves and their bodies, first of all pay attention to those that take the least amount of time. Its constant absence is literally the scourge of the 21st century. In this article, you will learn how to get your hands in perfect order in just 15-20 minutes, without the help of specialists and avoiding going to the salons.

Light and graceful manicure in 15 minutes

Surely it's not a secret for anyone that before applying absolutely any coating to the nail plate, hands must be prepared.

1. Give your nails the same correct shape with a plastic file.
2. Polish the nail plate with a special buff so that the future coating is easy as smooth as possible.
3. Treat the cuticles and skin around the nails. For this stage, everyone chooses the type of manicure that is closest to him: classic edged or European, - using a special apparatus or liquid to dissolve the cuticle.
4. Cover your nails with clear polish or any other nail base.

We talked in more detail about all these stages and the choice of nail care products. here.

The simplest and one of the classic types of manicure is an ordinary monochromatic coating in any color. But sometimes you really want variety and, given that time is often too short, a variety of stickers for nails come to the rescue.

Using them is very simple, you only need water and tweezers:

1. immerse the sticker in water for a few seconds;
2. separate the protective layer with tweezers;
3. press firmly against the nail;
4. cover with colorless varnish.

In just a few minutes, your hands will look interesting and well-groomed!

But what if there have never been such stickers at home, there is neither time nor desire to look for them in the shops, but you really want to do something unusual on your nails? Of course, we can advise you to paint patterns on your nails with nail polishes and a thin brush, but this will not take 15 minutes.

1. Cut the newspaper into 10 small pieces to fit your nails.
2. Pour some alcohol or vodka into a small cup.
3. Using tweezers, dip a piece of newspaper into a cup of alcohol, hold it until the newspaper is completely saturated with alcohol and tightly, press it evenly against your nail for 15-20 seconds.
4. Carefully peel off a piece of newspaper and cover the nail with clear polish.

Such a manicure looks good both on colorless nails and on nails painted in any color.

French manicure at home

French manicure has long become a classic, it is done both in salons and at home, and is often used as a design for long-term coverage, because he practically does not get bored and suits any image, any clothes.

You can hardly find at least one girl who has never tried to make a jacket for herself at home.

In specialized shops for nail design, whole sets for creating a French manicure are sold, which already include a basic base of a natural shade, varnish for dyeing the tips in white and special stencils with which the stripes will be equally even on each finger.

Gel manicure at home

Initially, long-term gel polish coating was considered a salon procedure, but more and more often women purchase sets for such a manicure for home use, saving not only their time, but also money, because it is much more profitable to spend money once and calmly carry out the service on their own.

To learn how to make gel polish yourself at home, a minimum starter kit will be enough.

• primer (literally translated as "primer") for nail preparation;
• base base - for applying the bottom layer;
• top coating - serves as the last layer;
• tools for nail preparation (orange stick, cleanser for removing the sticky layer and degreasing, etc.)
• UV lamp for drying each layer;
• gel polish removers;
• the gel polish itself is at least one color.

Homemade shellac

Shellac (Shellac) is the name of one of the gel polishes produced by the American company CND, which was one of the first to come up with the idea of ​​combining the properties of a thickening gel and nail polish with colored pigments. Later, when competing firms began to release their similar gel polishes, there was confusion, but shellac is still one of the highest quality long-lasting nail coatings.

As a rule, professionals recommend purchasing such sets for nail design of the same line, because each tool and tool complements each other. Only in this case your shellac will be perfectly bright and even, and will last you more than one week.

Hardware manicure

Hardware manicure refers to the European, non-edged type of manicure. Such care for the nails and the skin around them is provided with the help of a special machine - an apparatus that in most cases is suitable for both manicure and pedicure: it all depends on the number and types of attachments - cutters.

Such devices are now sold even in the smallest stores with household appliances, online catalogs with cosmetics and, of course, in professional stores for nail artisans. For home use, especially at first, the most ordinary device with 5-6 attachments will be quite enough for you. The price of such a machine, by the way, largely depends on what these cutters are made of.

The most expensive devices are equipped with dark gray nozzles with diamond chips, they are suitable for the most delicate fingers and thin, fragile nails. In salons, and for home, ceramic nozzles of different hardness are most in demand, you can easily recognize them: they are usually produced in pale pink, blue and white colors.

Mirror manicure

Mirror or metallic manicure has been very popular for several seasons. Many girls believe that it is very difficult to make it and do not even allow the thought of making it to themselves.

There are 3 ways to get a metallic sheen on your nails:

1. mirror nail polish;
2. foil for design;
3. stickers with a metallic effect.

At home, the easiest way is to use a mirror (not metal! - this is a varnish with absolutely another effect) nail polish. The most fashionable and versatile shades for such a manicure are gold and silver. When buying such a varnish, pay attention to the bubble: it must be marked "MIRROR".

By the way, this varnish thickens very quickly and cannot be diluted - it will immediately lose all its mirror shine and become just "metallic". Therefore, do not save it, especially since it should be applied evenly with a wide brush at once over the entire width of the nail in order to avoid stripes and irregularities.

Moon manicure

Moon manicure- this is one of those fashion trends that have returned to us from the last century. No wonder they say that fashion returns every 30-40 years. In order not to be known as dissolute girls, women of fashion of that time came up with the idea of ​​painting only the tips of the nails in bright red, which seemed mind-blowing, colors. It was a rather cunning knight's move: with such a manicure, the girl immediately became the most fashionable among her peers, and when the older generation appeared, she could easily hide the tips of her nails by holding her fist.

Now this retro manicure is back in trend and you don't even have to write to the salon to the master to repeat it: draw a lunula - a smile line with a bend up or down, use a thin brush or convenient paper stencils. Take for this a bright red varnish or any other, combining the most daring shades.