Every woman wants to always look irresistible and delightful. Sports, proper nutrition, good cosmetics and stylish clothes will always help with this. But don't forget to take care of your hands. After all, hands have always been the calling card of a woman. When meeting men, they always pay attention to women's hands. They must be neat and well-groomed. And this, of course, will help manicure. Nowadays, in order to put your hands in order, there are many options. One of them is a wet manicure. We will now consider its pros and cons, technique and design.
What is a wet manicure?
This is one of the varieties of traditional manicure, at the initial stage of which a bath of warm water is made for the hands in order to soften and saturate the tissues with liquid. It is also called "maceration". Hand baths are usually made in a glass or ceramic container to keep warm longer. In waterdisinfectants must be added. You can also add aromatic s alt, lemon for a whitening effect, or substances that moisturize and nourish the skin. This is the most common type of nail and cuticle treatment. Thanks to its simple technique, such a manicure can be easily done at home.
Pros and cons
To decide whether to do a wet manicure or not, first you need to know all its positive and negative sides. Pros:
- It is a low-cost procedure, because it requires water, a container and a few essential tools, such as tweezers, nail scissors, cuticle sticks, nippers and nail files.
- This type of manicure will take a little time even if you do it yourself.
- If you haven't had a manicure for a long time or your cuticles are growing strongly, then only a wet manicure can help you.
- This procedure is suitable for everyone, without exception.
What are the disadvantages of maceration then?
- if you are not very good at manicure tools, then there is a possibility of injury;
- Instruments not sanitized can cause infection;
- Poorly sharpened tools cause burrs;
- fast cuticle regrowth.
Maceration technique
So how do you get a wet manicure? The scheme for performing the nail treatment procedure is quite simple. For her youIt will take a minimum of time, money and physical effort. Judge for yourself, everything is simple:
- Wash your hands with soap and water first.
- Prepare the necessary tools and a hand bath, the water for which needs to be heated to 38-40 degrees. You can add soda, s alt or soap to the water.
- Steam the handles to soften the skin and make it easier to remove the cuticle.
- After that, gently push back the cuticle with an orange stick or spatula.
- Tweezers or nail scissors cut off excess dead skin around the nail.
- After removing the cuticle, cut your nails to the length you need with scissors, and file them into shape.
- Apply nail polish if needed.
- At the end of the process, apply cuticle oil and nourishing cream on your hands.
You can see the wet manicure in progress in the next photo. Let's move on to the next step.
Wet Manicure Design
So, your hygienic manicure is ready, hands and nails are in order, they are fresh, delicate and neat. Now it's worth returning to the seventh point and taking care of the design. If you do not like varnishes, you like naturalness, then you can simply cover with a transparent varnish and that's it. But if you have some kind of event or date, then you want to complete the look and add color to your nails. Here you can choose what shade your varnish should be. And now there are just too many of them. But besides this, there are various top coatings that perform important functions increating a manicure.
- Protect the coating from external influences.
- Keep the aesthetic appearance of manicure for several days.
- Tops have some effects that make the same polish look different.
- An important feature of some fixatives is the drying effect, which significantly speeds up the drying process of the coating.
Now let's look at what types of tops have that you can complement and complete your manicure.
- A colorless top with a glossy sheen and protective function.
- Dry effect top.
- A very popular matte finish among many, which evens out the nail and makes any glossy varnish matte. But the downside of this top is that it breaks off quickly.
- Wet nails effect. This coating dries longer than others.
- To add shine to your nails, you can use a top with multi-colored glitter.
- For an iridescent effect, apply the holographic option.
- Sugar effect top will give your manicure texture.
As you can see, just a few tools will help to decorate an ordinary manicure and make it beautiful. Experiment and make your pens even more attractive.