Cuticle care

For a beautiful manicure, it is not enough to simply maintain the shape of the nails and cover them with varnish. It is necessary to take care of a thin strip of skin around the nail - the cuticle. And although it is removed during a manicure, it performs an important function - it protects against penetration fungus and dirt.

How to care for your cuticles

For high-quality cuticle care, it is important to choose a good product. The modern beauty industry produces a huge variety of products for manicure and in particular for the cuticle. On the shelves of cosmetic stores you can find preparations for softening cuticles, oils, creams, elixirs and many other useful products. All of them are designed for self-neat manicure.

In addition to high-quality cuticle products, you need to adhere to some important rules for caring for this part of the nail:

• Refuse to do the trimmed version of the manicure yourself. This requires a professional approach so as not to damage the skin around the nail.
• If you have any burrs, do not rip or bite them off - inflammation can begin. Better to trim the skin gently with nail scissors.
• Use only high quality cosmetics and varnishes.
• When doing housework, wear gloves to protect your hands from the harmful effects of household chemicals.
• Lubricating your hands with cream, massage the area near the base of the nail for a few minutes.
• Exfoliate your hands occasionally.

How to soften cuticles

In any type of manicure, be it classic edged or European, you need to soften the cuticle. For this purpose, various special means are used. If you do not have a professional cuticle softener at hand, then the usual will come to the rescue. Castor oil... By the way, it is it that is included in almost all softeners.

Castor oil perfectly softens dry skin around the nail plate and is perfectly absorbed without leaving a greasy residue. Castor oil should be applied drop by drop to each nail and rubbed into the base of the nail for several minutes, massaging movements.

In addition to castor oil, baths can be used to soften the cuticle. For example, a bath with sea salt added to it and aromatic oils will quickly soften the cuticle and have a healing effect on nails and skin.

How to remove cuticles

After softening the cuticle, it must be removed. When performing a classic manicure, the cuticle is cut with a special tool. These can be nail scissors, tweezers, or a fork.

The softened cuticle must be pushed back to the base of the nail. This is done with a special stick that does not damage the nail. Do not use metal plates to move the cuticle - they damage the nail, making it brittle.

Now cut off the cuticle with scissors or tweezers. First, cut off the dead skin from the sides of the nail, and then along the bottom in an arc. Be careful not to cut your skin. After finishing cutting the cuticle, apply a special cream on it and massage.

In European manicure, the cuticle is not cut, but removed using a special tool. It is applied to the cuticle area for a few minutes, and then the softened cuticle is removed with an orange stick. At the end, a special cream is applied to the nails and a light massage is done.