The Best Way TO Create Perfectly Painted Nails

Posted by basshopper on April 28th, 2019

Using good nail polish is important if you want beautiful nails. But the steps you take before and after painting are just as important. This is how you do it like a pro!

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You use your hands all day. Logical that your nail polish will wear and damage much faster on your fingers than on your toes. However, the paint on your fingers will stay longer if you build the paint in layers and take good care of your nails. You do that in some steps.

1. Take care of cuticles

If you've just been in the shower and your hands are nice and soft, removing loose sheets is very easy. Apply a bit of the cuticle remover to a cotton pad. Pat this on and around your cuticles.

Apply a drop of Only You Cuticle Oil on each cuticle. Spread this out with a cotton ball and let it withdraw.

2. Filing nails

Make sure your hands are dry and not just rubbed. Use the Glass Nail File, which means you can only file one way. That is the best for your nails. A glass file lasts endlessly and you can simply rinse it under the tap, very hygienic.

File loose from the outside to the middle. Do not put pressure on your file and alternate right and left every few passes. This way you prevent that you suddenly have taken away too much.

Place the file at a 45-degree angle. By working diagonally from below you file the nail edge tightly.

3. First a base coat

Although no paint is now on your nails, do not go here with Cotton pad with Only You Nail Polish Remover out of your nails it. This way you remove any greasiness and the paint can stay in place.

The Make Up Nail is a basecoat that you use to make your nails strong. The base coat also prevents yellow discolouration of your nail.

4. Choose your color!

You choose the most beautiful colors if you take into account the undertones of your skin color. You can see the undertone on the inside of your wrist in daylight. If your skin is slightly pink, bluish or red, then your skin is cool. Colors in which you can find blue and gray are nice.

5. To paint your nails

Now that your nails are perfectly prepared, you can start painting. Allow the excess paint to run on your brush on the inside of the bottle by stroking it. A few thin layers are stronger and more beautiful than one thick layer.

Place the first stroke in the middle of your nail and then work alternately on the outsides. Always make your ironing movements in one go from the beginning to the end of your nail.

6. Top off with a top coat

To keep the shine as long as possible and to prevent peeling off, put on your top coat. You do this when your color varnish is practically dry. Such a topcoat makes your nail stronger and extra smooth.

Place the brush against your cuticle and iron all the way to the end of your nail. On the other hand, be careful at the end of your nail, as the paint will come off the quickest.