How to Do Your Own Manicure?

Learn How to Do Your Own Manicure at Home

First step: First, cut the nails according to the length you require and file/shape your nails in either U-shape or rectangular shape, as you wish. Most people do it in the rectangular shape as they feel it looks more professional, however, if you are below 20 years of age and would like a more friendly look to your image you can go for the round shape. Clean away the nail dirt with clean water. Take the edge of the filer and use it to remove excess dirt off the nails. Take a plastic or a steel bowl and fill it up with hot water. Dissolve some liquid soap in the water and place your hands in the bowl for two minutes. Next, start the manicure process by slowly taking a scrub and gently scrubbing the edges of the fingers where normally dead skin is formed. Let the hands soak in the water for two minutes after this process so that the next step can be done with ease.

Second step: Now take the manicure fork which is in V-shape and has a long plastic handle. Carefully, without causing bleeding, turn the fork on your fingers where the skin starts on your nails in U-shape and let the fork scrape away the dead skin as there is a lot of dead skin in this area. Since you already soaked your hands in the first step, it will now be easy for you to do this.

Third step: Now take any petroleum jelly and hold a cotton wool swab with Vaseline on one side and hold it with a forceps and carefully swipe the cotton wool on the U-share area where there is whiteish dead skin. Here you can scrub it too with the cotton using your fingers. Carefully remove all the white dead skin off the fingers.

Fourth step: Now take the fork or a thin scissors and chop away or peel off the additional dead skin that is around the nails on the fingers.

Fifth step: Clean the hands thoroughly with soap and mild hot water and wipe with a clean cloth. Apply moisturizer and massage gently into the fingers for some time, this offers a lot of relaxation to the fingers and hands. You can massage till your elbows, not just the fingers. Apply nail polish of your favorite color and wait for the compliments you receive the next day at work or from your bf/spouse!!