Should I Moisturize Nails Before Polishing?

after manicure — Manicure with clear smash polish.

A manicure was one of the hardest things to learn at beauty school.

Information technology wasn't so much about it beingness actually that hard to learn, it was merely difficult to fathom that a manicure is really that elementary and easy. Like – tin can nosotros actually charge for that?

Okay, now that I actually recollect of it -it just felt and so piece of cake after all the other harder things we learned and studied. Nonetheless, information technology's pretty simple, so I'm going to teach yous to do information technology yourself!

How to do a professional manicure at home – Pace by step

Launder your easily and use a disinfectant. Just to start things off fresh and clean.
Remove the old smash polish, if there is any.

Give your nails and hands a warm bathroom. I usually use a moisturizing shower gel, foam or a shower oil for the bath. Bathe for nigh five-ten minutes. This helps to soften your cuticles and nails and it likewise feels nice and relaxing.
+ If you're feeling extra, you lot can also exfoliate your easily. A body exfoliator will work only fine. Exfoliating gets rid of expressionless peel cells and makes your cream blot improve.
Push your cuticles using a cuticle pusher tool. Be gentle – this shouldn't injure. (If you absolutely need to, hither is where you would cutting your cuticles. But do it only if they're really grown out or sticking out.)
Shape your nails with a nail file. I strongly recommend getting a glass file, because information technology'south more gentle to your nails. With a drinking glass file you can file back and forth without breaking the layers on your nails.

Clean your nails with a nail polish remover. This is to remove whatever dirt and oils from the surface so that the nail polish lasts longer.
Apply your nail polish. I recommend doing it in iii phases: a base coat, two layers of color shine and a top coat. Let the nail polish dry in-between layers. A base coat is super important, because it protects your nails. There are different types of base coats – hardening, ridge-filling, moisturizing etc. Pick a base coat suitable for your needs. You can also use a 2-in-1 articulate polish that can exist used equally a peak coat as well. There are dissimilar types of top coats as well: quick drying or hardening.
Add a hand foam to your hands and cuticles. A cuticle treatment is recommended besides. I like using only coconut oil. Your nail polish should be dry before adding the oil. If you're worried nigh messing up the nail polish, let it dry before adding a mitt cream.

And that's information technology! A skillful old manicure. The order of these steps may vary just this is the very basic routine.

What you need for a abode manicure:

*Professional Nail Spa Basin Manicure
*Cuticle pusher & cutter, metallic
Base glaze, color nail shine & top coat (Cheque out some brand recommendations from below)
Hand or trunk balm

My favorite nail polishes for a home manicure

I like Essie's nail polishes. I especially like their *all in one base glaze + height glaze + strengthener

For color polish, I similar Isadora and *Mavala. We actually used Mavala at schoolhouse too. I beloved their small sizes, because they don't dry out out and I get to use all the product. Isadora's nail polishes I've used for several years and sometimes I even skip top glaze with them, because they dry out so speedily and have a good polish.

My absolute favorite pinnacle coat is *Seche Vite Fast Dry Tiptop Coat. That has actually changed the whole game for me. Cheque out my full review and demo on it here.