French Manicure - Steps To Follow

Manicure is a word derived from Latin manus meaning (hand) and cure (care). It is a cosmetic beauty treatment for fingernails and hands. It originated in 19th century becoming popular in 1920s and 30s. Its style is simple and gives nails a natural and clean look. The French manicure is more often expensive than other types. French manicure involves painting nails with white paint on the tips and coating the rest of the nail with pink coat or sheer polish that is colored pale. It’s suitable for short nails and those with moderate length.

1. Get rid of any old nail varnish by using the nail varnish remover on a cotton pad.
    
2. Use some oil for massage on cuticle of nails in order to soften your nails.
   
   
3. You can then file your nails using emery board, by running it along it along the nail tip in one direction for your desired shape.
    
4. Soften your cuticles by soaking your hands in warm water for 15 minutes. You can also apply cuticle remover to your nails.
    
5. Put some cream on your hands and nails to pamper and make them supple. Wipe off the excess cream.
    
6. You can also remove the dead cuticles by using a cuticle stick to rub around them in small circus and push the remaining cuticle back.
    
7. Wash your hands to clean away nail dust and grime, so that you don’t seal it in.
    
8. You can remove any oil residue using nail varnish, since the oil can cause the varnish to flake off. After all this, you can strokes. This protects your nails from being stained by pigments in the colored varnish.
   
   
9. Aapply a coat of translucent pink polish over your entire nail; this will seal the tip that you just polished white and will finish the look. Let dry.
    
10. Apply it by drawing a thin line of varnish across the natural white tip of the nail.
     
11. If the line is uneven, leave it to dry then make another line over it, when you put on the next layer of varnish, you should leave the previous one to dry completely to make the tip application easier, cut a small piece of cardboard in to a diamond shape then put your nail in it and brush along the white tip.
     
12. This stops the varnish from going on the skin you can then apply on the color, you can put on more layers to deepen the color as per your desire.
     
13. The preferred color to use is transparent pink or beige.
     
14. After the color application, apply a top coat which is a hard clear layer. It seals the color and protects the nail. Leave it to dry for at least 5 minutes.
    
    
15. Tidy up your nails using a cuticle stick with a little cotton wool and the nail varnish remover to remove the little varnish around your nail skin.
     
16. If you smudge the top coat or tip, you can remove all the nail varnish on the nail and start again after the process is over, you can now put the varnish away and use a nail varnish remover away and use a nail varnish remover on a paper tissue to wipe around the bottle.
     
17. This prevents it from becoming sealed, shut by the end of this process your fingernails will be bearing a perfect beautiful French manicure if you follow the procedure very carefully.