10 Tips You Must Know While Painting Your Nails!!

10 Tips You Must Know While Painting Your Nails!!

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By kashish on 11 Dec 2018
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Kashish hold's a Bachelor's Degree in Mass Communication & Journalism. She has been working with the company since it's inception. Kashish writes lifestyle articles but is more inclined towards writing about makeup & all things fashion. When she is not busy in work, Kashish likes to read books or watch movies.

Nail polish is one of the best beauty product that doubles as an accessory and can be worn anytime. It describes a lot about lady's personality and mood. Glittery, fairy reds, naughty nudes; all; these shades are fun to play with. Fortunately enough, there are unlimited nail paints available in the market and all the ladies are spoilt for choices. There are also different types of nail paints that one can use, from matts to glittery to gel, etc. 

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Applying nail paint is not as difficult as climbing Mt Everest but it is also not an easy task. It requires lots of precision, steady hands and few tricks. There are various factors to keep in mind while applying nail paint so as to make the task easy and results worthy. Take a look.

Cold water

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As soon as you are done applying nail pain, soak your hands in cold water. It helps in setting nail paint quickly.

Thinner

If your nail paint becomes thick and gloopy and hard to use then pour some nail paint thinner in your nail polish and shake the bottle properly. Your nail paint will be perfect to use once again. If the nail paint still remains gloopy then you need to throw it!

Base Coat

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It is extremely important to apply a base coat on nails before apply nail paint and if you do not do that then you must start now. It helps nail pain to last longer and prevents them from staining the nails.

3 Stroke rule

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3 strokes should be more than enough to coat entire nail with nail paint. First stroke will apply in most of the nail and second and third coats are to cover the corners. Nail polish looks more refined with minimum number coats.

Cool, dark and dry

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Always make sure to store all your nails paints in cool, dark and dry place to avoid the pigments from breaking down under uv rays. the best place to store all the nails paints is inside your refrigerator.

Thin coats

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It is suggested to apply thin coats of nail paint. Thin coats dry easily and in comparison to thick and gloopy coats.

Glitter

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If you are looking for something long lasting then the best option is to apply glitter nail paints. They tend to last for longer period of time.

No to acetone

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Opt for acetone free nail paint removers always. Acetone tends to dry nails and cuticles causing them to chip and peel respectively. Acetone free nail paint removers also prevent nails from turning yellow.

Top coat

Always apply a transparent top coat after applying nail paint. It helps the manicure to last longer and prevents the nails from chipping while working.

No to hot water

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Hot water is the biggest enemy of your manicure. It causes the nails to expand that causes cracks in the nail paint.

 

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