Well-groomed nails are not a luxury today, but a duty, and we, women, know this very well. But we know how hard it is to take care of them: sometimes you need to spend a lot of time to create the perfect shape, and if the nails are natural, then together we try to do a gentle manicure so as not to injure the nail plate unnecessarily. Fortunately, today for this there are several adaptations (basic for manicure) that facilitate this procedure.
We choose nippers
Different nail clippers can perform two functions: replace scissors and remove burrs. They are convenient in that they allow you to make precise movements.
So, the first type of wire cutter is the most common - they work on the principle of scissors, but they have a short working zone, tapering to the end. They remove the hangnails and work in the corners of the nails, if they begin to grow.
The second kind of cutter works on the principle of a stapler, it has a wide working zone in the form of a semicircle, due to which the greater part of the nail plate is taken off and the nail is trimmed more evenly.
The body of tweezers can be made of different materials: plastic, metal, with rubberized coating and without it.
Of course, better those tweezers that are made of stainless steel: they are slower to blunt and are strong enough.
Greater comfort is created with a rubberized anti-slip coating: manicure procedures are rarely accompanied by cream or oil, because of which the fingers can slide.
Choose the nail file for the perfect manicure
Of course, to achieve an ideal line with tweezers is not always possible, so you need to resort to a nail file for grinding. Today, companies produce nail files from different materials, and naturally, they have their pluses and minuses.
A glass nail file is a gentle option for fragile nail plates. It contributes to a lesser heating of the nail during friction, and is therefore considered more useful than the metallic version. Such a nail file for polishing nails is represented by Bogemia and Zinger.
The crystal nail file made by Bohema makes it possible to avoid the appearance of the remains of a spent nail and further lamination of the plate. Its plus, like the glass nail file, is that you can do sterilization: it's convenient for those who do manicure not only to themselves, but to other women.
Ceramic nail file helps to make the edge of the nail more even: when it is led in one direction, it cuts off the roughness, and when the other - polishes. Another feature of its structure, which helps to fix the effect of polishing - the separation of microcrystals, which are fixed in the nail and strengthen it. Ceramic nail file is suitable only for natural nails. The most common ceramic file is represented by QVS.
The above nail files refer to professional manicure accessories, and there is in the case of any manicure master who cares about his customers. Therefore, if you do not want to do yourself a manicure, then find out before using the salon what tools the master uses:
How to use the nail file?
- Purity. Before using the nail file, you need to make sure that it is clean.
- Do not crush! The next important rule is not to press strongly on the nail plate, because it becomes so fragile.
- We follow the corner. First, the nail file needs to be kept slightly tilted upwards, grinding the bottom part of the nail, then proceed to the upper processing at an incline, and at the last the cutting is done at a right angle perpendicular to the nail.
- After the manicure, add the nail file to the case for manicure accessories so that it does not get dirty.