To do manicure or pedicure at home you have to prepare the followings:
- 1 cuticle remover
- 1 bottle fingernail polish
- 2 toe separators
- A couple of paper towels
- 1 pack of cotton balls
- 1 emery board
- 1 nail trimmer
- 1 polish remover
Manicure / Pedicure steps
Take cotton balls as many as you need them, soak each finger well with nail polish remover, so that your fingernails true color start appearing. Use a very less quantity of nail polish remover to remove the nail polish. Since nail polish is extremely drying, never soak the nail in it, especially the cuticle. � Keep the good contacts of your nails with the nail polish.
Your cuticle is like a fore skin. It is found at the bottom of your nail, where finger nail cartilage and skin meets. To remove cuticle, soak your nail in warm water for 3 minutes or less. Now use cartilage remover to push the cuticle down.
To trim out toenails, use nail clippers. To reshape or shorten nails, simply use nail clippers. � If your nails are hard, soak them in water before trimming. If you have soft nails, do not trim after bathing or washing, because in doing so you may cause damage, which sometime may lead to infection. Do not cut too short toenails, because doing so increase the chances of developing ingrown toenails.�
Use emery board to make your fingernails smooth and good looking. You can use emery board to smoothen the ends of your fingernails. Do not use emery board to scrap your natural nail surface at all. This will make the nails surface rough.�
Now use sugar wash to massage your feet, legs, arms and feet. � Rinse your hands first and then use pumice stone to rub away callus and other rough surfaces on the bottom of your feet. Now, rinse the scrub of your feet and legs. � Now, use moisturizer or some other soothing cream for your hands and feet that may heal a cracked and roughdry skin.
Remove excess moisturizer using polish remover. Polish your nails and dry them between coats, preferably minimum of four coats. If you have weak or brittle nails, place one or two coats of ridge filling nail polish on the nail as base coat to shore up the nail. Two coats of a colored nail polish are next, followed by a topcoat to add luster. Use foam toe separators to fingers, while polishing. Allow drying the polish.
To do hand spa at home you have to prepare the followings:
- Bowl or dishpan to soak hands
- Cuticle oil
- Cuticle remover
- Exfoliating scrub
- Soak or bath beads
- Lotion
- Moisturizing gloves
- Towels
Hand Spa steps
1. Fill bowl with� warm water and hand soak, bubble bath, etc.
2. Apply cuticle oil to cuticles and soak in bowl for 5 min.
3. Use exfoliating scrub to get rid of dead skin
4. Rinse hands in tub, dry and apply lotion