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The number of manicurists is growing every day. The cost of services of a professional nail wizard is quite high. But you can always create a stylish and original nail design yourself. This will require a basic set of tools, which we describe in our detailed review.
What you need for a manicure gel varnish
Home manicure turns out no worse than the salon, provided that you know the rules for its implementation. For home care, you can not do without professional tools, because they provide the optimal result of your work.
Not everyone is familiar with the full list of necessary tools. Most girls are limited to nail files, scissors and gel polishes. But for complex care you will need a few more important details that will help make your manicure perfect.
Going to a manicure store for shopping, you should decide in advance what kind of manicure you want to see on your nails. It may be:
- classic cut manicure with cuticle removal
- European manicure - dry or uncut, which is performed without soaking
- hardware manicure
The selection of the type of manicure depends on the set of necessary items for work.
What you need for a manicure at home: a complete list of tools
Scissors or tweezers
Even when performing unedged manicure, these tools are indispensable. They will help to adjust the length of the nails and remove burrs, cut the skin at the base of the nail.
In the manicure set, you can add a special tool designed to remove excess from the nails - this is a knipper. Its main advantage is safety, which is achieved by the blades, which are slightly bent inward.
Cuticle correction tools
It is about orange sticks and metal pusher. Both tools are used, as a rule, after softening the cuticle and applying a remover gel.
It is believed that the use of orange sticks significantly reduces the risk of injury to the nail, which is preferable at home.
Additionally, you can purchase a scraper. This is a cuticle manicure knife. The scraper blades are very sharp, so it is most often used by professional craftsmen with experience.
Soaking bath
This is a separate container or just a deep enough bowl. It is filled with water with soapy water or another liquid to soften the cuticle.
Nail files
Nail files can not do both in the salon, and in the home manicure. But which nail files are needed? It is better to have several nail files with different abrasiveness - the rigidity of the working surface.
Manicure buff
Another type of nail file, only very soft. It is used for polishing nails, giving them shine and smoothness.
Gel polish remover
This is a tool that removes any coating from the nails: normal or resistant gel polish. Choose products without acetone, they do not harm the skin of the hands. Professional tools typically include caring ingredients, such as avocado extract, as in Gentel Ramover liquid from Maybelline.
Nail polish remover is sold in different formats: in a classic bottle or in a jar with a special sponge soaked in a liquid. The choice depends only on your preferences.
Foil for stripping
Foil will help get rid of a very resistant coating on the nails. Fingers are wrapped in pieces of foil with cotton pads attached to them with gel polish remover.
Degreasing coating
The degreaser is used in the last stage of preparing the nails for applying gel polish. It helps gel varnish better "mated" with the surface of the nail. With a degreasing coating, the manicure will last longer.
Base gel polish or base
The base coat also increases the manicure resistance, protects the nail plate from the penetration of coloring pigments into the nail structure. In addition, professional tools align the nail plate, fill small cracks in the nail, prevent chipping.
Gel polishes for manicure
Lucky does not happen much. In addition, the insignificant price of coverage allows you to constantly replenish your manicure set with multi-colored jars. In the salon, craftsmen usually use professional gel polishes, which allow you to create stunning designs without flowing and translucent places. At home, it is also worth using gel polishes from trusted companies. We offer 5 of the best professional gel polishes that will never let you down in creating a design:
- gel varnish Shellac CND
- Beautix UV Gel
- Akzentz Luxio
- F.O.X. Professional Gel Polish
- Bohemia apex gel
Professional gel polishes must meet several criteria:
- the duration of the preservation of the coating on the nails, without chipping, cracking, erasing, without loss of gloss
- the correct consistency of gel polish - the coating should be applied easily and without spreading
- convenient brush for applying
- simple removal of gel polish without damaging the nail plate
- harmless composition
Top coating for nails
Covering nails with top varnish is the final stage of creating a manicure. The top provides the nails with a beautiful glossy finish, giving the design a special gloss.
Gel polish drying lamp
To create a gel polish manicure you will need a special lamp, otherwise the coating simply will not dry. Lamps come in 3 types:
- ultraviolet (UV) lamp
Of the benefits:
- low cost lamp
- different sizes, for example, two hands can be dried at once in a large lamp
- dries absolutely all types of gel polish
The disadvantages include the duration of drying gel polish. So a 36 watt lamp to dry the gel polish for at least 2 minutes. Using lamps with low power, you have the risk not to dry the bottom layer.
- LED "LED" lamp - provides fast drying gel polish, up to 30 seconds, does not harm the skin. May not be used for all gel polishes.
- Combined (CCFL + LED) lamp - the best option to date. Quickly dries all types of gel polish.
Cuticle oil
The oil is used to lubricate the skin around the nails. Being absorbed into the skin, it nourishes it with useful caring substances, visually makes the manicure more accurate.
This is the basic list of tools that you will need for a home manicure. Undoubtedly, as you become familiar with various types of nail designs, this set will gradually expand. Remember that the beauty of the manicure does not depend on the decor, but on the well-groomed and neat appearance of the nail plates and hands.
