So where does contact with your own marigolds begin? Of course, with home care. After all, no one will better track you and take care of correcting manicure and pedicure, strengthening your nails, choosing suitable care products for them and changing the habitual nuance of varnish to a more interesting and fashionable ...
Thin moments
Did you know that nails are part of the skin? Or rather, they are its rigid embodiment, consisting of a solid form of keratin. Nature took special care of protecting our fingers, armed them with small "shields." Yes, nails are indeed similar in shape to knight shields! And what for the shields is the main thing? Of course, protective properties. Healthy nails have natural hardness, smoothness, shine and transparent pink color. And the fashion for them will never pass, because this is their natural state. In addition, to grow beautiful marigolds is a whole art, since in adults the nails on the hands grow on average by 3-4 mm per month, but the toenails of the toes grow about twice as slow, besides they are twice as thick as their tame counterparts . By the way, the growth rate of nails depends on the season: in summer they grow faster than in winter.
If you carefully observe, you can see that the nail on the middle finger grows faster than the rest, and on the large - the "lazy" in terms of growth. In addition, nail growth directly depends on the state of health, but malnutrition, improper diet, alcohol abuse, anemia, hormonal disorders and damage to the nail matrix can slow down this process.
So it turns out that the nails are also a mirror of our health.
The Case of Technology
No matter how healthy our nails are, they need a consistent daily care. And without special tools in this case can not do. Just do not rush to immediately resort to the services of a manicure set: knowing some procedural subtleties, you can rid yourself of unnecessary work.
For example, regular massage of nails with a soft brush will make unnecessary the use of special tools for cleaning nails. By the way, try to use less often sharp tools like metal nail files and scissors, because they destroy the inner part of the nails. Not only that the nails become brittle because of this treatment, so dirt penetrates through the hardened edge, which is difficult to remove afterwards.
If you regularly do a manicure (once a week or ten days) and a pedicure (about once every two to three weeks), then you can do without scissors. They are useful only if the nails are too long, damaged or, for example, broken. Take care of a suitable nail file for your nails. With hard nails well managed sand or sapphire. For the fragile, a nail file with fine grinding grains is suitable. A glass or ceramic nail file is suitable for all nails.
By the way, so that the nails do not separate after the sawing, in no case should they be steamed or wetted before this procedure. If you want to polish your nails with a special nail file, the movements should be directed from the tip to the base.
There are special nail files for polishing . This procedure is even considered useful, because this is a kind of massage of the nail root, stimulating its growth. But more often than once a half a year, do not polish, otherwise the normal growth of nails is disrupted.
But the cuticle at the base of the nails can easily be pushed aside with a special spatula. To avoid any damage to the skin, experts advise you to use a warm spatula made of horny material or wood.
And remember that the skin around the nail bed is a natural barrier for infections, so it is not worth cutting it off. But if you can not do without it, try not to hurt your skin.
It is best to first lubricate with a special cream, oil or liquid to soften the cuticle where the nail begins to grow, and then carefully remove the skin. And do not forget that the toenails on the toes need to be cut and filed straight, and not rounded - otherwise they will quickly grow into the skin and cause pain.
Gentle Helpers
Thanks to modern means, cosmetic nail care turns into a pleasant and easy, but ... multi-stage exercise. Moisturizing creams and nourishing oils, scrubs for the skin of hands and feet, milk, lotions, nail enhancement products, liquids for fixing and removing varnish, special gels and pencils for caring for the cuticle ... The list, of course, can be continued, but each of us knows which means from this arsenal are needed and for what they are intended.
In addition, it is easy to resort to proven home remedies.
Before removing the burrs.
Keep your fingers in warm water with the addition of a teaspoon of glycerin. At the same time, the skin softens, and you can safely remove the burrs with special trihedral tweezers. Just do not forget to disinfect beforehand the hands and the tool.
After polishing. It is best to apply a caring gel or oil - the processed surface of the nails at this moment is better able to assimilate them.
Lacquer molds
No matter how popular the overhead and advanced fingernails, allowing hands to look almost perfect, the time comes when we again return to the natural manicure and pedicure and remember some half-forgotten rules.
For example, when choosing a liquid to remove varnish, pay attention to the fact that it included medical substances that protect the surface of the nails from irritation. And in any case do not use acetone - the nails from this become rough and brittle.
If you brought your nails in order and want to apply a varnish, do not use cream before applying. They will have to be washed, thoroughly soaked and only then apply a varnish.
To avoid the so-called lacquer pigmentation of nails, when the nails after a long use of bright varnishes acquire a yellowish tint, apply first a layer of clear lacquer, and then cover the nails with colored. This method protects the nails from pigmentation. Now the focus of the nails is a small length and a "soft square" shape. And if we talk about the color range of varnishes, then in the fashion shades of ivory and metal, shiny wine, matte shades of black, the color of bitter chocolate, as well as nails, framed with rhinestones of sapphire and amethyst shades or lacquered in the tone put on the fingers of jewelry (Gothick style). Still the style of the 40s is actual - juicy and radiant shades of scarlet and coral varnishes are not out of fashion.