Apply Nail Polish Perfectly

Make Up Tips

oi-Sruthi Appu

By Sruthi Appu

Monday, August 30, 2010, 12:31

Women and beauty goes hand in hand. They consider their beauty as their identity, so they spend immensely on beautifying themselves. One of the main attractions of a girl is beautifying her nails with those lovely and bright nail polishes. She matches her dress with the nail polish she paints.

Here are some tips on, how to apply nail polish perfect and beautiful.

1. First and foremost thing, girls have to do before applying nail polish is to wash their hands and nails in lukewarm water. Use nail brush to clean the dirt in your nails.
2. As you are done with cleaning now remove the nail polish that is already on your nails. You can use either acetone based nail polish removers or non - acetone based ones. The difference between these two removers is that acetone based removers will take off the nail polish very quickly but it will leave your cuticles dry. So when you use this, make sure that it has aloe-Vera in it. Though the non-acetone based removers take long time to remove the nail polish, they don"t dehydrate your cuticles.
3. Before applying nail polish, make sure that you apply a base coat, as this not only gives you a smooth surface, also healthy nails. So shake well and apply it on your nails. First apply it on either sides of your nails and then on the middle part. Wait for it to dry.
4. Pick your favourite nail polish colour and apply it the way you applied base coat. If you want a thick and dark shade apply two or three more coats as per your wish but after every coat wait for it to dry. Then only go for the rest coats, or else the nail polish will smudge.
5. As you apply you may tend to have bit of polish around your fingers or on hands. In order to remove this, dip Q-Tip in your remover and slowly rub it on those bits
6. If you have made any mistakes while wiping off the bit of nail polish, you can cover those mistakes by applying a final coat of nail polish.
7. To have a longer stay of your nail polish you can apply a layer of top coat.
8. Now your nails look really beautiful. Don"t forget to massage your hands and fingers with a mild moisturizer.