Ten Tips for Perfectly Polished Nails

Manicures are nice, and for a nice treat for yourself once in a while, they can be fun and pampering, but they are expensive, especially if you're going to get one every week. However, you don't have to spend a fortune to have beautiful nails!

The following are some tips to help you achieve perfectly polished nails, do it yourself, inexpensively and easily.

Perfectly Polished Nails Tip #1

The most important thing you can do to have healthy, perfectly polished nails is to eat well, drink plenty of water, and take vitamins to supplement your nutrition. Nail health and growth is directly related to nutrition and overall health. Changes in diet and poor nutrition can lead to brittle, dry, cracked nails, or nails with dents or lines in them.

Perfectly Polished Nails Tip #2

Before polishing nails, it's important to clip, file, and shape the nail, and then when finished, remove all nail dust from the nail. Rinse hands with mild soap and warm water and then dry thoroughly before polishing.

Perfectly Polished Nails Tip #3

Removing excess cuticle matter around the nail and near the nail bed will allow the polish to apply smoothly without worrying about getting polish on hangnail matter on the sides of the nail. Using a set of nail clippers or a small pair of scissors, you can clip the cuticles back as close to the finger as possible. DO NOT pull the hangnail cuticle loose though, as this can result in bleeding and possible infection.

Perfectly Polished Nails Tip #4

Pushing back the cuticles at the nail bed, where the nail meets the fingers, will help with the shape and look of the polished nail and it will also help your polish last longer. As nails start to grow out, there will be a line between the polish and the cuticle. If you gentle push the cuticle back before polishing, this line will take longer to appear and allow your polish to last longer before reapplying.

Perfectly Polished Nails Tip #5