How to Have a Lasting Manicure for Healthy Nails

How to Have a Lasting Manicure for Healthy Nails

A chipped nail polish is the despair of girls. Of course there are manicures that are guaranteed to have long-lasting results, regrettably they can be terribly expensive. For girls like you who do their own nails, the big challenge is how to make a manicure last and keep nails looking beautiful for a longer period of time. For you, here are some tips on how to have a lasting manicure:
• Prep the plane of the nails by swiping it clean with a cotton ball saturated with nail polish remover. Pure acetone gets rid of the most residues, but if it dries the nails too much, then check-out a non-acetone remover like lanolin, that does not contain hydrators. A good prep is necessary since greasiness on nails prevents nail polish from holding fast on the nails.
• Choose the right kind of nail polish. Steer clear of fast drying nail polishes-they usually peel off quickly, and “old” nail polishes- they tend to be chunky and are difficult to apply. Opt for shiny polishes since they tend to have a longer staying power. . Pearly polishes contain fine mica particles, and are likely to stay longer than matte polishes. For a long-lasting, even color, apply two thin layers of polish. One heavy coat prevents a polish solvent from dissolving, causing dings and chips.
• Choose also the right base coat and top coat. A base coat is smooth and gluey so that it can swell and shrink with the nails, thus absorbing color. On the other hand, a top coat is meant to be shiny and hard. If you apply a top coat as an under coat then you are sabotaging your manicure.
• Rub a few drops of oil onto the nails before going to bed. A dry nail and toughened polish crack and break easily. Oil helps maintain polish from peeling and nails from breaking.