Well-groomed hands and neat nails characterizetheir owner as a real lady. Particularly impressive is the French manicure, because at all times in fashion was natural. And if you do not have enough time to go to the salon, do not worry. Make a French manicure at home is not so difficult. A little patience, skill and experience. By the way, if you can not grow long nails, do not rush to run on the build-up. After all, your nails are much better than a thick layer of gel and acrylic. Moreover, now fashion is democratic: both long and short marigolds will look modern. 
Classification of manicure
Before learning how to make a home coat, you needto understand the classification of manicure. You're not going to paint your nails, not treating them at the same time? So, modern manicure can be divided into classic (edging) and European (unedged). European manicure differs more sparing effect; however, an ideal result can be achieved only after 6-7 sessions. In order to learn how to do a non-edged manicure at home, we advise you to do it a couple of times in the salon. In doing so, carefully follow the sequence of the master's actions, find out how to take care of your nails. Buy the necessary tools for manicure:
- files of various granularity,
- a dull metal spatula,
- an orange stick to remove the cuticle,
- sharp manicure scissors,
- cuticle oil,
- cream for removing cuticles (for classical manicure),
- varnish white (to draw a jacket),
- Lacquer, imitating the natural color of the nail plate (to make the jacket as natural as possible),
- coating.
Do not flinch and jump lightlyto reading another paragraph. All of the above tools will need you and to do a French manicure at home. Therefore - march to the store! 
French manicure at home
Now, when the main type of manicure is chosen, you canproceed to the procedure itself. First, remove the old varnish. Next nail file give the nails the necessary shape, moving from the edge of the nail to the middle. To make the jacket look better, choose an oval shape of the nail. Just do not overdo it. Sometimes careless (and unskilful) handling of the file leads to irreversible consequences. If you cut your nails to the ground, you can not get any french jackets. But let's hope that the operation with the file will not cause you problems. After giving the desired shape, hold your hands for 15-20 minutes in warm salt water. With the help of an orange stick or spatula, carefully move the cuticle and remove it with scissors, then treat it with oil. At the classical manicure before a saline bath it is necessary to put a cream for removal of a cuticle for 3-4 minutes then to dry hands a napkin and again to put or render a cream. Has the cream absorbed? Great. Then do the manicure on. After 3 minutes after the remnants of the cream have completely disappeared from the skin, gently remove the cuticle with an orange stick. Those pieces of cuticle, which can not be removed, can be carefully cut with scissors. If you are not sure that you can cut the peel yourself, leave it as it is. Believe me, no jacket will not look on injured hands. After washing your fingers with water, oil them with oil. Do not rush to apply the lacquer. He just will not lie on oil nails. Therefore, before making a jacket, degrease the nails with a nail polish remover without acetone. Next, apply the base coat (or medicinal) in one layer. No, no, put the lacquer aside. It is too early. Proceed to the next stage. To do this, apply oil to the hard skin of the side pads, and then rub it with a fine-grained nail file. And now you can apply the lacquer. By the way, the jacket is not only natural, but also colored. Therefore, if you like red shades, you can safely use them. On short nails, it looks perfect red and dark, on long nails - any shade. French (French manicure) is perfect for any length. By the way, choose a varnish, the color of which is in harmony with your skin color. It is very fashionable, when the shade is chosen for the color of clothes, but because of impracticality it is better to choose a neutral classics. However, the color jacket should be protected. If you carefully take care of the coating, it will last up to ten days. For this, the nails should be coated with a coating of 3 in 1 a day (drying, protection and shine). Although, if you learn to do a French manicure at home, such precautions are unlikely to be necessary. Most likely, you will recolour your nails every day, creating a fresh jacket for a particular dress.
French manicure on accrued nails
If you build up your nails, then make a jacket at homeyou will be much easier. The fact that the gel or acrylic coating lacquer lays faultlessly. Yes, and keeps the jacket on accrued nails three times longer than on natural ones. If the white tip of the jacket is worn out a bit (which is unacceptable), put a new layer of varnish on the damaged area and then cover it. If there is no time for alteration or correction of the jacket, just cover the nails with a pearl lacquer that will hide flaws. In addition, in your arsenal should be a special glue, with which you can repair the broken nail, not cutting it. In order for the accreted nails to look natural, give up a long length. Especially since the jacket looks on short nails no worse than on extremely long ones. 
Afterword
No matter what your nails are: increased or natural. And what kind of jacket you choose for yourself - natural or colored. In any case, take for the rule that you need to take care of your hands every day. Before homework, always wear gloves. Buy nutritional and moisturizing cream suitable for your skin type. Before buying, carefully read their composition and purpose. Apply the cream several times a day, carefully rubbing into the fingertips, gradually moving to the wrists. For bleaching and strengthening rub nails with a slice of lemon (this applies only to natural nails). Once a week at night apply masks, for example, from olive oil, before treating the skin with a scrub. To fix the effect, wear cotton gloves. Following these tips, you quickly master the art of an ideal manicure and the task of "beautiful hands at minimum cost" will be successfully achieved. We advise you to read:
