How to make a beautiful manicure at home

The pens of every self-respecting woman should always be well-groomed, and manicure plays an important role in care. How many different types of designer nail art and simple manicure there are is no longer easy to count, but there is nothing difficult to do it yourself, at home. How to make your nails unique - read our article.

How to do hardware manicure at home

Apparatus for manicure

The name speaks for itself. For this type of manicure, you will have to buy a special apparatus, in the set of which there are various kinds of attachments for their purpose. This is very convenient, since caring for the nails will not take a lot of time, which is already barely enough. The cost of a manicure set is quite affordable, depending on the number of nozzles and its power, you will have to pay from 1,000 to 5,000 rubles for the device. If you want to ultimately get the perfect result - give preference to the device with the highest speed.

To begin with, the skin of the hands is treated with an antiseptic, if necessary, you can use a degreaser. Then everything is point by point.

1. Give the nails the desired shape. To do this, you can use a familiar nail file, or you can use a special attachment in the set.
2. Coarse cuticles and rollers on the sides of the nails should be tidied up using the cone-shaped attachment from the kit. Don't press hard on your nails and skin, just slide it gently back and forth. Otherwise, you will harm everything you touch. When doing a manicure, move from left to right, lifting the skin at the base of the nail and pushing it back.
   

   Hardware manicure at home

   Observe the angle at which you hold the nozzle - it should be exactly 45 °. Do not stay in one place for a long time. The turnover of the apparatus should not exceed 5,000.

3. Then, when the cuticle is lifted, it must be removed by swiping the device in the opposite direction - from right to left. At this point, the attachment is almost completely adhered to the skin. The working hand must be fixed in one position, otherwise there is a risk of getting many scratches on the delicate skin, which will make the manicure sloppy.
4. The roughened fate on the rollers of the nail and its sinuses lend itself well to the spherical attachment of the device. Drive it along problem areas and they will all be smoothed out.
   

   Hardware manicure at home

5. Using an egg-shaped nozzle, clean up the remnants of the epithelium on the side ridges.
   

   Hardware manicure at home

6. Use the drum attachment on particularly rough areas, especially if there are mazols on your hands. The rotation speed should not exceed 2,000 revolutions. More turnover with this attachment can harm delicate skin. Do not press, do everything calmly - then with the help of the drum you will get a beautiful treated area around the nail.
   

   Hardware manicure at home

7. Finally, use a felt cutter on the surface of the nail. With it, you can smooth the surface of the nail and remove yellowness, which seriously spoils the aesthetic component.
   

   Hardware manicure at home

This completes the hardware manicure procedure at home. To consolidate the material read, we recommend watching the video, where everything is clearly and clearly shown.

How to make a gel manicure

Manicure with gel polish

Gel manicure is a guarantee of a long-lasting effect of well-groomed nails, which will last up to three weeks. But in order for this to really be so, you need to correctly do the manicure itself, strictly observing the entire sequence of actions.

1. Shape your nails as desired. Clean the surface of the nail from dust and dirt.
2. Remove the cuticle.
3. Remove the topmost layer of the nail with a coarse abrasive buff. You only need to remove the top, glossy layer. The surface of the nail should be matte. However, you should not be zealous so as not to damage the nail itself and not leave scratches on it.
4. Dry and degrease the surface of the nail using a special tool or nail polish remover.
5. For better adhesion and protection, apply a primer (base coat) to the nail. This should be done in two thin layers, each of which is dried under a UV lamp. Apply the base with a rubbing motion: from the end to the cuticle, without touching the last and side rollers.
6. After that, colored gel polish is applied. This can be done in one layer, to obtain a translucent tone, or in 2-3, for a more intense effect. Apply very thin layers to avoid bubbling during drying.
7. Once all the layers are applied and dried, move on to topcoating. It will provide a glossy shine to the nail. Cover everything and dry under a lamp.
8. Finally, remove the sticky layer from the nail using a special compound and a lint-free napkin.

That's all, enjoy the neat and beautiful nails!

How to make a shellac manicure at home

A little earlier we have already touched on the topic how to create a manicure with shellac within the house. There is no particular difference in the procedure for applying gel polish and shellac. The whole sequence of actions and application rules are absolutely identical, with the exception of one "but". When preparing nails for shellac, the surface of the nail plate is only slightly filed, and not grinded. In this, shellac, of course, wins. Even with regular procedures, the nail does not thin as much as with gel polish.

How to do a French manicure

French manicure is not a killing classic, which probably will never lose its relevance. It is with a jacket that the nails look very neat, well-groomed and are suitable for everyday wear with any outfit. At the same time, making a French manicure is very simple - you just need to buy a few necessary elements, or a special set, the cost of which is cheap.

For convenience, it is advisable to purchase special stencils that will create a clear smile line on the nails. They are very cheap, but the result will be excellent. Moreover, the shape of the stencils can be completely different, starting with the classic (smile) and V-shaped, ending with a zag-zag one. The final choice is only yours.

French stencils

You will also need base varnish (transparent pink or beige shades), white varnish and colorless.

1. First of all, the nails need to be brought into a human form: remove the cuticle, polish, remove all burrs and shape.
2. Then, on the prepared nails, apply a base: varnish, the color of which you selected yourself. Let it dry.
3. Stick the stencil along the smile line, or so, if the shape is different, so that the part of the nail extending beyond the area of ​​the pads is subsequently covered with white varnish. Glue the stencil carefully so that when applying the white varnish, the latter does not flow where it does not need to flow.
4. Then, gently apply white varnish to the top of the nail and let it dry. Apply 2 coats if necessary.
5. Once the white layer is dry, carefully remove the stencil.
6. Apply a top coat of white polish to give your nails a glossy shine.

That's all.

French manicure at home

If you have everything at hand except stencils, it doesn't matter. As the latter, you can use ordinary tape, which must be cut out in the shape of the nail. Yes, it's a little dreary, but if you really want to, then this is a real way out.

You can also try French manicure without tape or stencils by painting over the white part of the nail with your own nail polish. Many, by the way, do this all the time and do it on purpose, so as not to spend money on such a trifle.

How to do a mirror manicure at home

Mirror manicure

An unusual, but very beautiful version of manicure, which sparkles especially incredibly under the rays of the sun. It is not easy to do, but the result is worth it. To create a "Hollywood" manicure you will need:

• basic coverage;
• special glue for nails, which is sold in a tube like regular varnish;
• foil for nail design;
• orange stick;
• nail file;
• colorless varnish.

1. First of all, prepare your nails: file and degrease.
2. Then apply the base coat, in a thin layer, and let it dry.
3. Spread the glue over the nail in a very thin layer and let it dry slightly to make it sticky.
4. Gently, put the foil on top of the nail and with light movements begin to press it against the surface of the nail plate. Be very careful not to form bubbles or bumps. However, if this still happens, direct the hot air of the hairdryer to the nails and, already under its influence, straighten all the irregularities.
5. As soon as everything is smoothed - with a sharp movement, holding on to the free end, tear off the foil on the sides. If necessary, file off excess foil at the very end.
6. At the very end, apply a thin layer of colorless varnish to your nails. As soon as the latter is dry, the mirror manicure is ready.

How to make a moon manicure at home

DIY lunar manicure

1. Fix a stencil on the nail that clearly separates the hole.
2. Apply varnish of the chosen color to the surface of the nail from above.
3. As soon as the layer dries, you can remove the stencil and start drawing the hole. To do this, paint over the free area of ​​the nail with a varnish of a different color with a thin brush.
4. Apply a top coat in the form of a colorless varnish.

There is another technique with which you can perform a similar manicure yourself. She is clearly shown in this video.

How to do a water manicure at home

Water manicure at home

1. Pour water into a small glass.
2. In the very center of the glass, start dripping one by one with varnishes of different colors that you like. Multi-colored circles will form on the water. Drip until the circles stop flowing.
3. With a stick (you can take an ordinary toothpick), start driving along the water surface, giving an arbitrary pattern.
4. Once everything is ready, slowly lower several fingers at once so that the varnish settles on the nail.
5. Take your fingers out of the water.
6. Remove excess varnish that will be on the skin and correct the imperfections with a cotton swab, having previously dipped it in nail polish remover.
7. Repeat for all nails.

How to make an ombre manicure at home

Ombre manicure at home

1. Apply the base color first and wait until it dries completely.
2. Take a small piece of a regular sponge (it is better to take a cosmetic sponge, it is not so porous). Apply varnish of different colors to the sponge in small strips, which will blend into each other.
3. In order not to stain your fingers too much, first lubricate the skin around the nail with a mask-film for the face, which is then perfectly removed along with excess varnish.
4. Using light pressure movements, start touching the sponge to your nails until the desired effect is achieved.
5. Remove excess varnish with a cotton swab, or peel off the film if you worked with it.