Pedicure at home
Painting toenails: These are the most important steps – before and after
At first glance, open shoes reveal who cares for his feet – and who doesn’t. In addition to a regular pedicure, lacquered toenails are a must for many people.
The professional nail studio is often preferred to the home bathroom. It is not that difficult to paint your toenails. Everything you need for a nice and clean result is the right preparation – and the right accessories. In the following we explain step by step how you can quickly and skillfully stage your toenails without an annoying overlook.
DIY pedicure: How to prepare your toenails
Wash your feet
Before you paint your toenails, you should wash your feet to free them from possible remnants of dirt. An extensive one is even better through which the cuticle becomes nice and more soft and is therefore easier to remove.
Important: Do not (yet) cream your feet after washing, because the fat of the nail polish on your toes sticks to bad adherence.
Remove the cuticle
For a clean result, it is recommended to remove excess cuticles before painting – or you push them back with the appropriate accessories (more on this in the next section).
Cut toenails
Depending on how long your toenails are (and what length you prefer), these should be shortened before painting. With a file you then ensure that your toenails have beautiful and even edges.
Clean toenails
If there is still old nail polish on the toes, this must be solved. With a distant removal works best – it can also be used to free unpainted toenails from fat.
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Painting toenails: These gadgets are helpful
In addition to the nail polish of your choice, there are a variety of aids that should make it easier for you to paint the toenails, such as:
- Toe spacers: As the name suggests, this gadget helps that your toes – thanks to the safety distance – do not accidentally touch when painting and thereby smear the color. There are models made of foam or .
- Nail skin remover: Before painting is recommended (as described above), the excess . How to get a straight line. Alternatively, you can also have one insert.
- Correction pen: With And a cotton pad is difficult to remove over painted edges. A handy is much easier to use and remove the color .
- Lower varnish: The so -called is applied before the actually (colored) nail polish and is intended to ensure that your toenails do not discolour. In addition, the lower varnish ensures an even surface.
- Cover: Finally, the colored (and dried) nail polish with a sealed. The transparent top coat not only ensures a nice shine, but a long -lasting result. Incidentally, the top coat with the base coat is also available as .
This is how the nail polish dries faster
As soon as the most important steps-from the pedicure to the (over) painting of the toenails-are already the next challenge is waiting: the critical time in which the color must dry. Because there is nothing more annoying than ruining the clean result through an inattentive moment. To speed up the process, you can use different tricks and aids: either you briefly dive your toenails in cold water, which means that the color should harden faster. Or you use a so -called which is sprayed on the toenails after painting. If you use gel or and acrylic nail polish, you can also use that should significantly shorten the drying time.
How to avoid painting
Everyone knows this: at a very short time, not paying attention, the brush set too lively – and the fresh nail polish runs over the edges of the toenail. The question arises how an annoying overlap can be avoided? There are the same here several tricks that you can use when painting:
On the one hand, you should always shake the color well before applying so that the paint has a nice and even consistency. On the other hand, it is helpful if you first paint the middle – always from the nail bed away to the edge – of the toenail and only then pull a line (right and left). Also make sure to leave a narrow, unpainted edge on the sides, so reduce the risk of overhanging. Another tip is to smear the edges around the toenail with Vaseline: This does not prevent painting, but it is easier to remove the color. Alternatively, use one to clean the edges.
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Source: Stern
I am an author and journalist who has worked in the entertainment industry for over a decade. I currently work as a news editor at a major news website, and my focus is on covering the latest trends in entertainment. I also write occasional pieces for other outlets, and have authored two books about the entertainment industry.
