Giving myself a manicure?

what tools/products do i need and could someone give a step by step guide to how to do one i would be ever so grateful.Giving myself a manicure?
This is a fun, easy, and safe way to achieve polished fingernails without paying the higher beauty store prices when going through these ten steps. This is for adults only, or to do with adult supervision for younger girls, always keeping safety in mind, and always putting the products up safely after use. Before beginning, wash your nails thoroughly, even with the polish on your fingernails. Try mostly to get your nails clean underneath your nail cartilage where it is not attached to the skin before beginning. If you notice growths, tiny knobs under there, or any redness or dirt substance that does not come out from under your fingernail bed, stop this process, and go to see a medical doctor.





You will need:





1 pack of cotton balls


1 fingernail polish remover


1 emery board


1 nail trimmer


1 cuticle remover


1 bottle of fingernail polish


A couple of paper towels


Nail polish removing.





Firstly, take out as many cotton balls as needed one at a time, and safely douse each fingernail with nail polish remover, until your whole fingernail is your natural true color. It is available now at the stores in bottle or sponge form in a bottle. For the sponge type, you have to dip your finger into the container, usually a plastic one, and swish your finger around frequently checking it to make sure your fingernail polish is coming off. For the fingernail polish in the bottle without a sponge embedded in it, you have to carefully tip it about a fourth of the way over using the cotton ball at the top to stop up the top from spilling out all over, and If you need to, you can have some paper towel handy to wipe off any excess fingernail polish remover that spills over as a result. Whichever fingernail polish remover you choose, swab your fingernails one by one until they are your natural color.





If you frequently use fingernail polish, your natural nail can become tinted a little of a yellowing color, not to be confused with bold yellow, and not red or green, or swollen. If your fingernails or fingers start to become red, green, or swollen, seek medical attention immediately. If you are doing ok, and your nails are now their natural color, go to step 2.





Filing your nails with an emery board.





Next, you should have what is called an emery board. An emery board is usually a very inexpensive fingernail board used for filing down rough nail surfaces that is rough on the surface at least on one side. An emery board should not be used to scrape your natural nail surface at all. It will make your smooth fingernails rough.





You can use the emery board quite effectively on the end of your nail, in order to give it a consistent shape and make the tip of your nail smooth, not rough. Emery board comes in all shapes and sizes, and you can even look for one to fit your personality or wardrobe color-wise. As soon as you are done smoothing the tips of your nails in a uniform manner, proceed to the next step 3.





Trimming your fingernails.





A fingernail trimmer is used in your home nail process when you want to reshape or shorten your nails more efficiently than with an emery board. You can make your fingernails shorter using fingernail clippers, which are clippers that are small in size designed to fit your nail shape and be able to cut your fingernail tip surface, without having enough force in them to really do massive cutting damage, but still use safety.





You should trim your nails at least once a month if they are healthy. Never trim unhealthy, discolored or brittle fingernails. Never trim your nails to the quick, which is the place where your fingernail cartilage meets your skin.





Be mindful of safety, even at this stage of the process. If you have hypoglycemia, or any other disease such as Parkinson鈥檚 or nerves, do not clip your own fingernails if you might have an issue of safety. Some fingernails are hard, and take some sharper fingernail cutters to cut through them. If this is the case with yours, you may want to consider going to a salon or a simple medical visit and have a professional trim them. However, if not, trim away. This is mostly a basic and fun procedure for most people. Then start with step #4.





Cuticle removing.





Next, you need to use your cuticle remover to remove your cuticle, or actually push it down. Your cuticle is that soft skin that forms at the bottom of your fingernail at the place where your fingernail cartilage and your skin meet. It is just like a foreskin. Its job is to cover the place where your nail cartilage meets your skin, and make a smooth transition for that to happen. As your fingernails grow, your cuticle skin stretches, and this process of removing your cuticle pushes back that excess to promote your nail growth and health.





Again, you would want to check your cuticle area for rashes, redness, swelling, discoloration of any kind, and if any of those issues are present in your cuticle, seek the advice of a medical professional before pushing it back.





If you find that it looks pretty much like your fingernail and finger color, but with a different smoother and softer texture, go ahead and push the cuticle back with the cuticle remover, which is a little stick like device with a softer but firm tip made especially for the cuticle. It is not a cutting type tool. It looks a little shorter than a chopstick, but has a necessary soft tipped end to make sure that your cuticle does not get damaged.





Push back your cuticles one at a time using the cuticle removing tool. These are available from nearly any beauty supply store, or store that carries fingernail accessories of any kind. These are also relatively inexpensive.





It is important to note that if at any time in your process for any reason, if your nails start to bleed mildly or a lot, stop this procedure at once. This is not likely to happen in a normal fingernail manicure, but it may be a nice way of warning you of a problem with your own nails that you may need to get medical attention for.





Pick a color.





Now you are ready to pick out a nail polish color from your own home nail polish collection. Pick out a color that matches your skin coloring, outfit styles that you wear, or shade of lipstick. If you polish your nails frequently, make sure that you give them one or two days to air out and breathe naturally to promote healthy nails in between polishes.





Application of finger nail polish color.





Each bottle of nail polish comes with it's own applicator inside the bottle, attached to the handle of the fingernail polish bottle. Just unscrew the fingernail polish bottle, and scrape off the excess fingernail polish on the fingernail polish brush applicator on the side of the bottle itself. You can use a paper towel for this process, but you may end up with paper towel residue mixed into your color, so I would not recommend it. Also, you need to make sure that you have a steady hand for this in order to get your finger nail polish on your fingernail area only, not on your skin. Skin always needs to breathe, and cannot with polish on it.





When you are ready, take the applicator holding non-dripping color to your nails, brushing from the base of your fingernails upward towards the top tip of your nail. Make sure you coat your whole nail evenly. Starting at the base of the nail and applying polish in an upward motion helps you evenly coat your nail.





Correcting polish mistakes.





If you make a mistake, take a paper towel and douse it with nail polish remover as you did with the cotton ball in step one, and try to get the excess polish off your skin using the flat edge of the paper towel. Then, if you need to re-coat that fingernail, go ahead. If not, great. Just move on to the next fingernail until you are done.





Second coats of nail polish.





Wait at least ten minutes before applying a second coat. You should not paint over your nails another time unless your nail polish is dry the first time. Without air, or low to medium speed fans blowing on them, it will take about five minutes for your fingernails to dry. Using high-speed fans near your wet nail polish can move your fingernail polish around your fingernail and mess its even coat up.





Quick drying nails.





You can buy the quick drying kind of nail polish at the stores, or a quick drying sealer that is clear over the color of your nail polish to quicken drying if you are in a hurry. As a reminder, do not attempt to polish your fingernails in an area that does not have proper ventilation. And do not polish your nails around the face of infants.Giving myself a manicure?
First, soak in a bowl with manicure soak (you can find it at Sally's or a drugstore). Next, remove polish gently. Follow with another soak. Use an orange wood stick (found at the same places mentioned above) to GENTLY push back your cuticles. Next, shape with a medium to fine grain file. Follow with a little massage with lotion, if you want, but it'll feel great. If you decide to use lotion, go over nails with a Qtip dipped in polish remover to remove residue on the nail. Then paint nails with a base coat (very important), followed by two coats (allowing to dry or almost dry in between) of color and finish with a top coat (or two) to prevent chipping... Enjoy!
You will need cuticle cream, a mini bowl, wooden nail file, and hand cream will give you a basic manicure. But you will be able to pay around 拢15 for a manicure every 4-6 weeks, you are probably better off opting for this method rather than doing one at home.
Like a french manicure? I did one of those a few days ago. It's pretty simple doing your own, if you aren't too overly picky. First, I paint my nails light pink, then I tape off how much of the white tip I want. After I tape it, I paint the tips white and am left with a nice straight edge. Then I let that dry and use a clear overcoat, just to keep it shiny and nice.
Hello,


First the tools youll need:-





Nail file (emery board)


Nail varnish remover,


Cuticle nippers,


Orange stick,


Nail clippers,


Nail bath,


Buffer,


Cuticle remover,


Hand cream,





Step by step guide:-





first youll want to remove any old nail varnish that is left on your nail plate this will aslo remove any oil or grease thats there,





then you should apply some cuticle cream to your cuticles and bath them in some luke warm water for about 5 mins, take them out and pat dry push the cuticles back with your orange stick you will notice that the cuticles gateher, then with the cuticle nippers cut them off being very careful,





do the same for the other hand,





file your nails to the desired way/shape/lengh, if there to long just cut them down with you nail clippers, rub in some hand cream, we normally give a arm and hand massage at this point but thats simply for comfort.
buy a 3 in one nail buffer thingy (boots, superdrugs, claires) they have na emery board for shaping! and buffer for smoothing and a werid smooth thing for shining! that alone will make ur nails fab! if you wanted colour but something like mabeline or Chanel (chanels lovely) and paint them! dont forgeta top coat and let each layer dry thoroughly
3 in one nail buffer thing


French Manicure- white and a skin tone- Chanel is a great nail polish, so is MAC.


Step 3- follow Val's advice!


Good luck hun, xx!