Once a week we should treat our nails thoroughly. We file them (do not cut!) into pleasant oval shape, which ends with the fingertip. Pointed claws are unattractive. Laterally file not too far down, there the nail is supported.
File nails
Manicure is the cosmetic care and treatment of the hands (hand care). But nail care is also part of its treatment spectrum.
The file must be made of good, flexible steel. Small unevenness after filing is rubbed off with a sand plate. Then we bathe the fingertips in warm soap solution for a few minutes to easily push back the cuticles.
The white “half moon” should be clearly visible. Cutting the cuticle is not recommended, otherwise it will grow back stronger and harder, and besides, in the process possible small injuries can easily lead to infections. After washing your hands, use the towel to push back the cuticles well each time. We also rub plenty of fat cream into the cuticles to keep them soft and supple, they protect the nail root.
Nail care and nail cleaning
To clean fingernails do not use instruments made of metal. They hurt the horny substance and make the edge of the nail darker. Instruments made of wood or horn are recommended (ivory would also be good, but for the sake of the animals we refrain from using them).
It is advisable to carry a small toilet bag with the most important instruments in the handbag, in order to be able to remedy defects or soiling of the nails immediately (but please secretly). Also a white nail pencil, with which one drives along under the damp nail edge, helps to maintained appearance, if the nail edge should be no longer completely impeccable.
Paint nails with nail polish
Whether we paint our nails or not depends on how old (or young) we are, where we work and what we have in mind. To the great dress belong painted fingernails. But the color of the varnish must exactly match the rest of the make-up and clothes. Pink lacquer does not go well with a dark red mouth. With some skill, however, you can mix yourself many desired shades from two bottles of varnish from the same manufacturer. Colorless lacquered or polished nails are always right, if the shape is good.
With colored varnish, however, you can improve wide nail shapes by leaving a strip unvarnished at the edges, which stretches. In addition, the nail can then also breathe better than the fully painted. Cream varnish can hide nail damage, but you should see the doctor if there are noticeable nail changes, because they occur in certain pathological processes.
Nail damage care
Frenchman Georges Muchery built half a science on the study of nails. From the white spots or, for example, the temporarily stagnant growth in the case of illness, which then appears in slight grooves on the nail, he wants to be able to read the mental and physical state of the observed nail owners. He also interprets the shape of the nails differently. For the layman, however, we can at best say that brittle nails indicate a lack of minerals, such as iron and calcium, as well as horn substance, and this can be remedied.
If our varnish on the nail is brittle and damaged, we remove it with a commercial nail polish remover. Pure acetone (although cheaper) dries out the nail too much. Artificial nails made of Plexiglas or plastic, which are glued on with an added adhesive, are also modern, if, for example, an artist’s nail should break off inconveniently from the carefully guarded splendor.
But whether painted fingernails or unpainted, whether pointed or round shape – for the good looks of the woman are necessary in any case well-groomed nails.
