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You may want to keep your nails even length and find the shape best
for your hands. Some fingers look good with square nails and others with oval tips.
4-Soak your nails for a few minutes in warm water, there are a few recipes to create a treat for your nails, so
you can look into that. If your nails are stained well thats different. Here is a real easy recipe to whiten your

your nails.
Use this twice a week till stain is gone:
1 tablespoon hydrogen peroxide
1 cup warm water
Soak for 15 minutes twice a week. Pat dry
5- Now you need to push back your cuticles but never cut them or push them back hard. They are what protects the
root of the nail. Good idea is not to use a cuticle remover they are known to contain alkali and that is one of the
harshest products out today in cosmetics. To gently push back the cuticle, by using a soft moist towel or orange
stick. The dead skin you can trim off but leave living skin alone, just not a good idea to do.
6- Clean under your nails but be careful if you are too vigorous you may create a space under your nails for fungi
or bacteria to grow, yuch so be careful.
7- Now its time to paint your nails. Its best to have a base coat for that will fill in any ridges your nails may have
and make your polish look better.
First step: paint on a clean base coat. Its best to wait about 3 minutes between putting on the polish so that layer
has a better change of being dry. It also helps to keep your nails from staining or getting yellow.
Second step: The best way to apply polish is to start at up the center, then up both sides from the base to the tip.
You really only need to use three strokes.
Real good idea is to avoid quick-dry polishes for they mostly contain acetone which is not good for the health of your
nails, try a thicker, slower drying polish it will hold moisture plus give your nails more flexibility.
Go over your nails with two coats of polish letting each coat dry about 3 minutes
Third step: Brush on your top coat cause it will seal the polish and help protect it from chipping.
And there you go, you just gave yourself you very own home manicure saving yourself money. I do hope this was good enough for you to be able to do a home manicure and don't forget to invite your friends over and have a manicure party!

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