27 Nail
Hacks You should not miss for a Perfect DIY Manicure. . .
1. Use ice water to dry your
nails in three minutes.
Let them air dry for a couple minutes then dunk
away.
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2. Fix a broken nail using a
teabag and nail glue.
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3. Take off your nail polish in
less than 5 minutes using only 1 cotton ball.
Get the whole technique here.
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4. Give yourself a gel manicure.
Get the directions and supplies here.
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5. Take apart a loofah and use
the netting to get a fishnet manicure look.
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6. Make a dotter for your nails.
Just stick a pin into a pencil eraser.
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7. Spray nails with oil spray to
set your manicure and prevent smudges.
8. When applying a top coat, run the brush along the top edge (non-cuticle side) of the nail.
This will seal in the raw edge of the polish to
prevent chipping.
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9. Whiten your nails after
removing a dark polish.
Soak your nails in a solution of hot water, hydrogen peroxide, and baking soda for about a
minute. Or you could also put some whitening toothpaste on a toothbrush and
scrub the stains off your nail.
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10. Erase mistakes by dipping a
tiny brush into nail polish remover.
Use an old paintbrush or an eyeliner brush (perhaps
the felt tip of an old liquid liner that dried up?) that you don't care for
anymore.
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11. Follow this diagram to imitate
how professional manicurists apply nail polish.
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2. The first coat of chunky glitter polishes should be dabbed, not brushed on.1
This will help to distribute the glitter evenly and
get the big chunks where you want them. If all else fails, use a toothpick to
move the chunks of glitter around.
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Watch this video for a demonstration.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2_uNNVx4x6g
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13. Apply multiple thin coats
instead of one thick coat.
A thick coat of nail polish will only dry at the
top layer, leaving your manicure vulnerable to smudges.
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14. Apply Aquaphor or Vaseline to
cuticles to protect your skin from errant nail polish strokes.
But be VERY careful! Any ointment that gets on the
nail will prevent the polish from sticking. Visit Mad Town Macs for more DIY tips.
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15. Here's how you remove a gel
manicure at home:
Get the full directions here. This is also a
quick way to remove glitter nail polish.
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16. Easily paint a heart with a
toothpick.
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17. Use Band-Aids (the sheer kind)
to get perfect French tips.
Peel off towards the cuticle, not towards the nail.
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18. Use nail polish thinner (NOT
nail polish remover!) to revive thick, goopy bottles of nail polish.
You may have read that acetone does the trick, but
despite working in the short run, it will ruin the polish eventually. This nail
polish thinner is $5 from Amazon.
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19. The smart way to store your
nail polish:
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20. Fix a smudge by licking it.
If you accidentally smudge a nail while it's still
wet, you can easily fix it by licking your finger and gently smoothing the
smudge out (you can even use your tongue to smoothe). The saliva reacts with
the nail polish to soften and blend the surface. (Remember: LICK don't EAT.)
A product called smudge repair works similarly.
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21. Soak nails in a solution of
water and white vinegar before applying nail polish.
You could also just wipe your nails using a paper
towel dampened with vinegar. Vinegar will strip the nails of any oils or
moisturizers left over from polish remover in order to prevent bubbles. It
helps the polish adhere better, therefore prolonging your manicure.
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22. Use VapoRub for nail
infections.
The ingredient thymol works on bacterial and yeast
infections of the nail plate.
23. Apply thick hand cream before
removing polish if you have pale skin.
If you have pale skin, taking off dark nail polish
can stain your hands and make you look like you just killed someone. Apply a
thick hand cream before removing the nail polish. Soak a cotton pad in remover
and place on each nail for ten seconds, one by one. Apply pressure and slide
the pad off each nail. Go back and clean up with a new cotton pad soaked in
remover to get anything you might have missed.
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24. Try a rubberized base coat to
make your polish last longer.
Professional manicurists swear by this stuff. At
$7.99, Orly Bonder is a little pricey, but once you try it, you won't go back.
The rubberized effect helps to adhere polish.
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25. If your nail polish is B3F,
make sure your base coat and top coat are, too.
B3F stands for "Free from Formaldehyde, DBP
& Toluene," a standard which many new nail polishes have adopted. If
you've ever woken up the morning after a manicure with smudges and dents on
your nails, this could be the culprit. If the top coat isnt B3F, it will dry
much faster than the polish underneath.
26. If the air is humid, wait
extra long for your nails to dry.
Humidity can do all sorts of nasty things to a
manicure, including the dreaded "bubbling" issue. If it's extra humid
outside, make sure you wait twice as long before doing anything that might put
dents in your nails.
27. Don't sit near a fan.
You might think it'll help the nail polish dry
faster, but the drafty air will just make bubbles and ruin your polish.
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