Steps To a Great Home Manicure

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How To Do A Manicure

Learn how easy it is to do your own manicure at home. The following pointers will give you professional results and allow you save the $30 or more that you'd be charged at the salon for a professional manicure. You can use this money to purchase manicure products that will allow you to save hundreds of dollars that you'd spend at the salon. Also, if your like me and hate waiting for your nail polish to dry, the following tips will help speed up the process and have your nails dry in no time at all! Read on and follow these simple steps to a great manicure right from the comfort of your own home, easily and affordably.



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Home Manicure Guide 

8 Steps to Beautiful Nails!

    1. Wash your hands with soap and water. Wipe off any old polish with a cotton pad soaked in an acetone polish remover.

    2. Use a fine-grade emery board to gently shape nails. Keep the file on the white part of your nail. Fild from each side toward the center, but moving the emery board in one direction only. (Note: If you want to shorten long nails ASAP, use a clipper. Be sure to file any sharp edges.)

    3. Smooth the edges of your nails and the surface ridges with a round buffing disc. Don't overdo the buffing, remember that buffing removes layers of the nail.

    4. Massage a conditioning cuticle oil all around the edges of your nails, paying special attention to hangnails. Then soak hands in warm, soapy water. Towel dry.

    5. Apply cuticle remover lotion to the sides and base of nails. Cover the top of an orangewood stick with cotton. Use the stick or a damp washcloth and gently pursh back cuticles. Then remove excess lotion from your nails with a cotton pad soaked in polish remover.

    6. Brush on a clear base coat. Allow to dry for one minute.

    7. Apply two coats of nail polish. Clean up outside-the-lines polish with a cotton swab dipped in remover.

    8. To give your handiwork staying power, apply a clear top coat. Some top coats are quick-drying. If yours isn't, seal your shade with a speed-drying spray.

How to Do a Manicure 

How To Basic Manicure

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One Minute Manicure 

One Minute Manicure - Classic Mint 368g/13oz

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One Minute Manicure Hand, Foot and Body Scrubs gently exfoliate, recondition and nourish your skin in one easy step. It is this perfect balance of Dead Sea Salts and the finest essential and carrier oils that products immediate and undeniable results - smooth, luxurious, unbelievably soft skin. Available in six unique fragrances.

Manicure Products 

Nail polishes, top coats, base coats, nail polish remover, thinners, correctors, nail files, cuticle and nail treatments, manicure and pedicure supplies, nail art and jewelry, artificial nails, and more:


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Manicure Kit 

For Men and Women

Platinum Nails Salon Manicure Kit by Igia

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Platinum Nails Salon Manicure Kit by Igia, Model AT6630. This is a high performance, quality professional nail tool set. Beautiful Nails...Quickly, Inexpensively, Automatically. Try IGIA PLATINUM NAILS, the advanced nail salon kit developed in Europe. It offers you a complete set of high performance instruments for a professional, quality manicure and pedicure with the ease of automation. It works so fast, it's a must whenever you're short on time. For use by men and women for professional looking nails.

Manicure Sets 

Carry-On Manicure Gift Set

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Black Leather "Croco" Manicure Set

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Royce Leather Women's Manicure Kit (Red)

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Dovo Manicure Set 12 Pieces Nippers Hard Case

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Royce Leather Mini-Manicure Set (Black)

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Complete Guide to Nail Art 

Nail Art How-to Guide

This is an English translation of a bestselling Russian nail art how-to guide. With over 30,000 copies sold since 2006, A Complete Guide To Nail Art is dedicated to the techniques of decorative manicure. You're about to learn about the nail art's latest trends and the materials used in it, such as various types of polish, rhinestones, glitter, foil, jewelry and nail tattoos. You'll learn how to use nail art tools: needles and toothpicks, brushes, files, nippers; you'll try your hand at nail piercing, too. The book's training section will enable you to create your own designs and to apply the principles of arrangement and composition in your work. It'll teach you how to prepare a nail, how to choose the right tools, how to create the necessary background for your design. The book will explain the principles of creating classic and French manicure and of working with water-soluble paints.

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Nail Art Books 

Milady's Tech Nails: Extensions, Wraps and Nail Art

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A Complete Guide To Nail Art And Decorative Manicure

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Hot Tips: Step-by-Step Nail Art You Can Create at Home

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Nail Art

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Nail Art 

1200 Flower & Heart Nail Art Rhinestone Decorations

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Art Club Nail Art Primaries

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DivaBasics SmartStart Nail Art Design System Kit

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3D Nail Art Decals - 10 Pack

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Nail Polish Bargains 

Blacklight X-Press Nail Polish (6 Color Pack)

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12pc Sally Hansen Diamond Nail Polish Set

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Set of Salon quality nail polish in assorted colors

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Home Manicure 

French Manicure Set 

ORLY THE ORIGINAL French manicure Set. #654006

Amazon Price: $9.99 (as of 01/01/2010)Buy Now

One French Manicure kit. Each french manicure kit contains four 0.25 fl oz bottles, one each of selected shade, plus Bonder Basecoat, White Tips and In A Snap topcoat. Half-moon and Chevron White Tip Guides are also included. Sheer white tips, color with clean white tips can be worn any outfit. Get everything you need for a perfect French Manicure. Kits are available in choice of pink nude, white tip, bonder,in a snap. Product Description Inspired by the runways of Paris, French Manicure was created by Orly to meet the need for a natural looking nail style. Classic, sheer color with clean white tips can be worn any outfit. The French Manicure Kit contains everything needed to create perfect French Manicures.

Base Coat Nail Polish 

OPI Natural Nail Base Coat .50 oz.

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OPI Natural Nail Base Coat in .50 oz. size. It keeps nail polish on nails and keeps a manicure for a longer time.

Topcoat Nail Polish 

OPI Top Coat .50 oz.

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OPI Top Coat in .50 oz. size. It seals nail polish in, makes color stay on nails longer. It gives nails a glossy finish.

Cuticle Cream 

Thymes Cuticle Cream, Essentials, .35-Ounce Jar

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Carmichael's Cuticle Cream

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Great Nail Files 

Sephora Brand Glass Nail Files Purple

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Tweezerman His Pocket Ceramic Nail File/ Cleaner

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Revlon Ceramic Stone Nail File (Pack of 6)

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Premium emery boards - Gray/White (100) (50 per pack)

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Diamond Dust Nail File

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Advanced Manicure Techniques 

Manicure, Pedicure and Advanced Nail Techniques

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The knowledge and ability to provide basic manicure and pedicure treatments are no longer sufficient to enable to manicurist to fulfill all the needs of her clients with regard to nail care. Today's demand is for the exacting skills and knowledge of a nail technician. Manicure, Pedicure and advanced nail techniques provides all the information a manicurist/nail technician should ever need in her career, taking her from the basic information and techniques involved in manicuring, pedicuring and nail art through to advanced nail extention work of every variety.

How To Make Your Nails Dry Faster 

Hate to sit and wait for your nails to dry? Speed up the process by applying your polish in two very thin coats instead of one thick, gloppy one. To ensure that you get a thin application of nail polish, turn the bottle upside down and roll it gently between your palms before opening it. After dipping the brush in the polish, wipe the excess lacquer on the rim of the bottle before stroking it on your nail. When you're finished, try a speed-drying top coat. Another option: Check out one of the new fast-drying nail sprays or UV lights as featured below.

Quick Dry Spray for Nails 

OPI Rapid Dry Spray 4oz

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Avon NAIL EXPERTS Liquid Freeze Quick Dry Spray

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Let's Go Quick Dry Spray 4 oz.

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Creative Nail Solar Speed Spray

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Opi Rapid Dry Spray & Rapid Dry Top Coat Set

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Nail Dryer 

Automatic Gel Uv Light Nail Dryer Par416 V2 / Double Size

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Use this UV light appliance to reduce nail curing time for professional U/V top coat and gel applications.

Nail Polish Remover 

Nail Polish Remover - 4 fl oz - Liquid

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La Femme Nail Polish Remover Assorted Color

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Trind Nail Polish Remover

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OPI Acetone-Free Polish Remover, 16 oz

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Zeva Orange Blossom Nail Polish Remover Pads

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Nail Buffer 

Revlon Speed Buff (Pack of 4)

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Instantly smoothes & buffs for a long-lasting glossy shine. Purple side evens out nail surface, blue side buffs to an amazing shine. Patented sand mist grains remove stains and ridges. Perfect for all nail types. Precision crafted, fully inspected. Revlon Beauty Tools meet exacting design and quality specifications to assure exceptional performance.

Pedicure Foot File 

Ped Egg Pedicure Foot File ( Colors May vary )

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The Deluxe PedEgg is the revolutionary foot file that you've seen nationally advertised on TV. It's the newest and fastest way to make your feet feel smooth and healthy with NO MESS! The secret is PedEgg's precision micro-files that gently remove calluses and dead skin to give your feet the incredible baby soft look and feel that everybody loves. Two high quality emery buffing pads are included for the ultimate finishing touch. The unique egg shape of the PedEgg not only looks great, but is ergonomically designed to fit perfectly into the palm of your hand for easy and convenient use. Best of all, PedEgg has been designed to collect all the skin shavings in a convenient storage compartment allowing you to use it anywhere with no mess. You and your feet will love the new PedEgg! Includes 2 emery finishing pads.

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