Manicure kit at home can vary greatly depending on the way the nails are treated. Each professional has a special case in which he selects tools that are convenient for himself and his clients. Accordingly, at home, sets may vary. What tools are needed for manicure in various cases, see below.
European manicure
Unedged manicure, which is quite enough on well-groomed hands with fair skin and thin cuticles. In this case, the cuticle grows slowly and looks neat even without circumcision. Moreover, circumcision may even be contraindicated in these cases, since cutting the skin close to the capillaries forces the epithelium to launch protective reserves and, therefore, grow faster. So, what do you need for a European manicure:
- Orange sticks, pusher or ceramic hoof. These two tools are interchangeable, but many pros have both in their arsenal. It is convenient to clean pterygium on neglected nails with a pusher, a ceramic "hoof" is a tool moredelicate. For very thin sensitive nails, it is better to take orange sticks.
- Cuticle remover. Professionals call them keratolytics. The tool can be of different strengths, at home you can take, for example, a remover from Sally Hansen (according to reviews, it is one of the most effective). A thin and fairly well-groomed cuticle can be softened with an ordinary emollient cream (apply the cream liberally, hold for one to two minutes). For more intense softening, use the remover at the same time as the bath (apply a remover on the nails, dip in warm water).
- Tub, water. Many people prefer to do without pre-soaking the cuticles. This is justified, because not every nails favorably perceive water. There is a type of nail plate that begins to exfoliate under the influence of water.
- File, scissors. Professionals almost never use scissors for trimming nails, just use files with a high degree of abrasiveness if they need to cut the length. However, it is perfectly acceptable to remove the length with scissors. Then you can shape it with a file. The main rule: only dry nails are cut, only softened ones are cut (immediately after the bath, for example).
- Buff - a tool for grinding. If the nails are thick enough and their surface is uneven, then you can buff and polish. By the way, if you take only polishing, then it is very useful: the risk of microcracks is reduced, which in the end can lead to breaks, cracks, peeling of nails.
- Brush - to remove dust particles and skin residues.
- Oil forcuticles. They complete the nail treatment procedure. The most advanced "gourmet addicts" also use a specially selected moisturizer. It is applied to the cuticle several times during the day - this allows you to keep it in a moisturized, elastic state, slows down its growth and leads to the fact that the cuticle will not require serious processing for the next manicure.
Edged Manicure
What do you need for this type of manicure? The set is almost the same, you will need everything the same as in the list above, only additionally:
- Scissors or tweezers. Both tools require a certain amount of dexterity. Professionals are trained in special hand positioning and the correct position of the instrument in the hand.
Hardware manicure
It is not necessary to follow the list above and select, according to it, everything you need for a manicure. Tools can be replaced with one device. For hardware manicure at home you will need:
- Apparatus for processing nails. At home, this device is rarely seen, but there are affordable devices that are easy to use.
- Antiseptic. The treatment of nails and cuticles with the device is carried out only on dry skin, therefore, for preliminary preparation of nails, it is better to use a quick-evaporating alcohol-based product.
For the home, they choose a device with a speed of up to 15 thousand per second, light, compact and affordable. Nozzles can thenpurchase separately. The following models will fit: Vital System by Zepter, SPA VT-2209 by Vitek, MP-7010 F0 by Rowenta, cars by Victory, Strong.
Coating with regular varnish
Cuticle finished, nails ready for application of decorative coating. In order for the usual varnish to hold well and the manicure does not take too much time, you should approach the issue competently. You will need:
- Base.
- Decorative varnish.
- Top drying.
What you need for gel polish manicure - read below.
The sequence of performing a manicure with ordinary varnish
Manicure with ordinary varnish is performed as follows:
- Cuticle preparation, softening. A remover is applied to the cuticle or hands are put into the bath, or both at the same time - from 10 to 20 minutes. If the manicure is hardware, this step is not needed!
- The cuticle is pushed back (either cut or processed) with a round cutter.
- Remove pterygium - those particles of skin and dirt that accumulate right under the cuticle. If there are a lot of them and the hands are not well-groomed, then the cuticle can be, as it were, “grown” to the nail plate. With good softening, it is easy to remove. If it is very rough, "keratinized", it is better to use only the device.
- During the treatment, the nail plate dries up, you can apply the base. Make sure your nails are completely dry! If they are even slightly damp, the varnish can “bubble” and stay like that for a long time.there will be no manicure.
- Wait for the base to dry and apply one or two coats of decorative polish as needed.
- Apply top drying.
Gel polish manicure
What do you need for gel polish manicure? List below:
- Cover set (more on it below).
- UV lamp 36W (4 bulbs 8W each).
- Files or buffs.
- Liquid for removing the sticky layer (cleanser).
- Napkins without lint.
- Gel Polish Remover.
- Foil.
To process the cuticle, you can use any of the tools listed above, that is, the list is formed individually.
Gel polish manicure set
Gel polish manicure set
- Teacher
- Bond.
- Base.
- Gel polish.
- Top.
This is perhaps the most important thing you need for a gel polish manicure at home, besides a lamp. You should be especially careful when choosing such a varnish (everything else is chosen from products of the same brand in order to avoid a conflict of funds).
Gel Polish Overview
Professional varnishes are expensive (the price of a 15 ml bottle is from 700 to 1500 rubles), it will be expensive to assemble an impressive palette at home, but it should be borne in mind that the difference between gel polishes of different price categories can be huge. This will be noticeable in durability, obedience, nail safety, even brightness andcolor saturation.
Shellace from CND is considered by many masters to be the best, although there are also negative reviews: the varnish does not hold very well and flies ugly. However, in most cases it is praised: thick, rich color, smooth, thin, but dense application, resistance to chips and scratches, durability on nails. A bottle of 7, 3 ml is enough for 15-20 manicures.
In’Garden So naturally is an ambiguous option. The gel polish of this brand has excellent bright colors, durability, caring properties, but it is not easy to remove it - a mechanical option is preferable, but not every hand can remove the gel polish so as not to damage the nail plate. In addition, there are reviews of yellowing of the nails after this remedy.
Colour Couture is an interesting, though not too common, gel polish. Pros: very good consistency, a huge palette (140 shades), durability (three weeks of a flawless look), a well-designed brush and a convenient bottle. This varnish allows you to make a quality manicure very quickly.
Sherilyn - rare and mostly among professionals, there are few reviews from ordinary customers about him, but this brand with true German quality is worthy of attention. Plastic and durable, it is perfectly fixed on the nail plate and retains a fresh and neat look throughout the entire wearing process.
Ways to save money
It is not necessary to buy everything you need for gel polish manicure in professional stores. There are opportunities to replace these materials and therefore save money:
- You can meet the recommendationuse exclusively lint-free napkins, supposedly this excludes small debris from getting on the nails, but you can just as well use ordinary paper napkins, anyway, when wetting with a liquid, any lint is crushed. Ordinary cotton handkerchiefs can be used.
- Foil is suitable for ordinary food, the roll is inexpensive, but it will last for a long time.
- If the gel polish is single-phase, the base and top are not needed.
- Also, you don't always need a teacher. It is designed to degrease the nail plate and is a fairly strong tool.
- Instead of a special remover, you can use regular nail polish remover.
- Stick remover can be replaced with alcohol.
How gel polish manicure is done
We figured out what you need for gel polish manicure, and how to use all these tools?
- Cuticle treatment using one of the methods above.
- Grinding the surface of the plate. So better adhesion of the coating to the nail is achieved. Do this with very light strokes, the plate should only become rough, not thinner.
- Applied prep with light, very fast movements. One brush is enough to treat all nails.
- A bond-hitch is a kind of glue that will allow the coating to better adhere to the nail. Usually it is applied to the tips. But you can also treat the area near the cuticle, if the varnishes on your nails generally do not hold well.
- Base application - lamp dry 2 minutes.
- First layer of gel polish - drying 2 minutes. Number of layersdepends solely on the varnish itself, in some cases one will be enough. Gel polish is slightly different in consistency from regular polish, so if there is not enough experience, it is better to apply thin layers. A thick layer can easily creep ugly.
- Apply the following layers, drying each one.
- Apply top - dry 2 minutes.
- Removing the sticky layer.
It is better to process hands one by one: while one hand is in the lamp, varnish is applied to the other. But even if you have everything you need for a manicure at home, step-by-step processing is rarely possible, so be prepared for the fact that an independent manicure with gel polish will take longer than in the salon.
