Fingernails. How to nail and polish the nail plate.

An integral part of any image of a girl is her fingernails. How to properly nail the nail plate and do a classic manicure, every second woman knows. But there are a number of common mistakes allowed in the home manicure, which subsequently adversely affect the healthy appearance of the nails. In order to avoid this, you need to know some tricks and peculiarities of nail filings.

Council for the selection of nail files

Great value in the care of nails is played properly picked up file.

It is preferable to buy ceramic or glass nail files. They do not exfoliate the nail plate when filing. Particularly carefully to the selection of saws you need to treat those who have thin nails. How to nail this type of nail is not known to everyone.

Only a fine-grained file is needed to saw a free edge, moving in one direction. Very harmful for nails are considered metal files. In the process of filing, they form a grooved nail on the cut, which subsequently contribute to delamination.

Types of nail files

A filet with a paper base. They are usually disposable. Are made on the basis of a paper and from above are covered with graphite.
Films on a metal base. This type is used only for hard and healthy nails, in other cases, stratification is possible.
A nail file based on plastic. Excellent for natural nails, does not hurt when filing. Also, these nail files do not require special care, they should be rinsed with warm water or a disinfectant.
Glass nail files. Excellent for damaged and weak nails. Their only drawback is that they are not too strong.
Films based on ceramics . They are used for sealing a free edge.

Tips for processing the free edge and improving the appearance of nails

In order for natural nails to look healthy and well-groomed, there are certain recommendations on how to improve their nails.
How to nag a free edge:

• Keep the nail file correctly: four fingers from below, large from above;
• Observe the direction of movement, namely from the tip of the nail to the hole;
• Only move in one direction.

In order to make the nails look more effective, you need:

• Length and shape of the nails chosen based on the shape of the fingers and the condition of the nails;
• Remember that narrow and long nails visually reduce puffy fingers;
• For long and narrow fingers choose an oval shape of the nails;
• Give the nails the same length and shape.

In order to make the nails look beautiful, you need to remember how to properly shape them and how to saw. Square nails are sawed from the sides, only after this move to the butt. In order to shape the oval, you need to narrow the sides proportionately, and then sharpen the tip.

What should not be allowed when grinding nails

There are some mistakes that girls allow, grinding their nails.
How to nag a free edge without damaging the nail plate, and also what can not be done while filing the nail:

1. Use nail files of poor quality, especially with diamond spraying.
2. Repeat sawing movements more than 10 times on one side.
3. Produce cutting movements from one side to the other.
4. Fing nails too often.
5. Saw nails, covered with varnish.
6. Saw nails after soaking your fingers in water. Many girls, doing a manicure of nails at home, quite often admit this mistake. It must be remembered that the nail is grind solely before immersion in water, otherwise there is a risk of stratification.

How to properly nail

For beginning masters of manicure, these tips will come in handy.

1. Need to cut the nails, starting from the edges and gradually coming to the center.
2. Movement of the file should be directed along the nail, and not across, otherwise it can provoke fragility and detachment.
3. When filing, monitor the length of the nails. Do not allow the situation that one nail was longer than the other.
4. When sawing, slightly round the nails at the edges so that they do not break off.
5. Move smoothly, without pressure. The saw is positioned so that the outer side of the nail is mainly processed.

Polishing of the nail plate

Not many women know how to properly polish their nails.
Before you start polishing, you need to cut the nails to the required length, remove the old varnish (if any). Make a tray for nails, while in the water you can add either lemon juice or salt. These components will help to significantly strengthen the nail plate. Hold hands in the bath for about 10 minutes. After the skin has evaporated, wipe your hands and apply a nourishing cream. After this, you can proceed to the most polished nails.
In order to polish natural nails, you do not need a nail file, but a grinder. For the first stage of polishing you will need a coarse grinder. With it, you need to remove the dead scales, then take medium-grained and continue the treatment. Finish the polishing with the softest side of the grinder, in order to give the nails a well-groomed appearance and shine. It must be remembered that it is not recommended to polish too soft nails. If the nails are strong, this procedure can be carried out not more than once a month.
Thanks to such simple recommendations, you can not only improve the appearance and condition of natural nails, but also contribute to their healthy growth.