Pedicure: So you make your feet beautiful!
Pedicure? Manicure: the absolute Beautykür
Again and again on Mondays? The private Mani-Pedi hour is firmly booked in many. A weekly beauty ritual that is not just a duty, but definitely a pleasure. But just the pedicure is often neglected in the sandal free months something. If you want to make your feet presentable, you can perfectly peddle your own home with our tips.
Beauty Program: Foot Care
Fortunately, only a small care program is needed to make our feet look good everywhere. And best of all, once you have completed the basic program, you only need to devote some time to your feet before going out in peep toes, flip flops, or sandals. Our 5-point plan for pretty feet:
Pedicure Step 1: Soak feet
Before starting the pedicure, it takes a bit of preparation: a foot bath with appropriate additives can loosen the cornea and prepares for the pedicure. Gentle feet are exfoliated. Optimal for relaxation is 37 degrees warm water. Then dry your feet carefully, especially between your toes. Persistent keratinized spots can be rubbed away after the bath with a pumice stone, a cornea file or a cornea remover. Here's what you need to know if you want to remove the cornea.
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Fish pedicure? it may be nibbled!
By the way, the method of the fish pedicure is exciting. It is now offered in numerous beauty salons. Here, small fish, such as "Garra" are used, which simply nibble the cornea in large pools of water. All you have to do is keep your feet in these pelvis. Comparable is the later effect with a gentle exfoliation.
Pedicure Step 2: Push cuticle back
After a bath you can gently push the cuticles back with a special stick. Please never work with a pair of scissors: The skin is very sensitive here and can inflame with the smallest injuries. Special cuticle removers should be used at most from time to time, and only if they are really stubbornly "stuck" to the nail. Because basically, the delicate skin provides protection against invading bacteria and should therefore not be completely removed.
Pedicure Step 3: Shape toe nails
After a foot bath the toenails are easy to cut and do not splinter. The best way to cut them with a nail clipper. The nail should end with the end of the toe. Anyone who cuts away too much risks the corners growing into the skin. Any edges can then be removed with a file. But beware: Make tenails straight and not round. This also promotes ingrown nails.
Pedicure Step 4: Paint toenails
Before painting, apply a base coat, which protects the nails against discoloration. Unevenness in the nail is masked with a groove filler - this allows the color coat to distribute better later. So nothing blurs, you can clamp a toe spreader between your toes. Then it can be varnished, always from the nail tip to the tip. Never apply the brush directly to the cuticle. The first brushstroke should run vertically over the center of the nail. Then paint right and left next to it.
If you leave a little space on the sides, the toenail looks visually a little narrower - practical for women with a "big uncle". If you want the nail polish not only for a few days, but holds for up to four weeks, the best to use a shellac paint. It dries in no time at all and is not easily attacked. By the way: Shellac paints can be used for both pedicure and manicure. Here we inform you about the advantages and disadvantages of Shellack.
Pedicure Step 5: Creaming
It is best to use a special foot cream with urea content that prevents corneal formation. Some foot care products also prevent stronger sweating and deodorize. Foot masks and foot creams work especially well if you massage them in and (possibly even with fine cotton socks) leave them to work overnight. Also foot butter is beneficial for dry feet!
Polish nail surface
Who does not want to paint, can also polish the nail surface. Special polishing files or polishing pads smooth the nail surface with microfine abrasive particles and bring a soft mother-of-pearl shimmer. However, you should only do this once a week because the polishing works like peeling.Then apply nail oil, which not only brings more shine, but also cares for the nail.
Cornea? this helps!
Granted, the cornea is annoying. Nevertheless, we must not forget that it fulfills important functions. It protects deeper lying tissue from external influences. Anyone who still detects an increased corneal development to calluses on his feet, can remove corneas with simple means. We'll tell you the best tricks to remove calluses.
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Very important for a successful pedicure at home is a good pedicure set. It really is worth investing a bit more to get a good pair of scissors, a high quality nail clippers and a nail file. When it comes to nail files, everyone has to decide for themselves which variant they like the most.
Which nail file should it be?
The absolute classic is one metal file with a metal file and a plastic handle. They have two sides with different grain sizes: a rough one for cutting the nails and a fine side for molding.
The Glass nail file is extremely gentle on the fingernail, as it can not split the nail. The fine abrasive grains are incorporated directly into the glass of the file during production, and they are extremely durable.
The ceramic Nail file is also gentle to the nail and especially suitable for filing also painted fingernails in shape.
Professional equipment: Sapphire disc for hand and foot care devices
Those who like to work with high-end equipment and want to buy an electric manicure and pedicure set will shape the nails with one sapphire disk, which is especially suitable for thick nails. The sapphire disc is to file and shorten nails on hands and feet in order to be able to smooth out the nail edge with the felt cone. The professional device but also includes a sapphire conewhich can remove calluses and annoying and dry calluses on hands as well as feet. On the other hand, a sapphire cone is a tried and tested means of properly sanding woody toenails.
Nail care? so the fingernails and toenails are perfectly maintained
Oils or serums? In the meantime, there are various nail care products that care for the nail surface. Nail care sticks not only care for the nail in its structure, but also supply the cuticles. Nourishing lacquers provide with keratin for a nail strengthening and serums provide nail and cuticle with moisture.
Nail modeling? also for toenails?
Anyone who has a broken nail or is dissatisfied with the shape of the nail, can artificially extend a nail with a Nagelmodellage. This makes the professional so that your own nail and the nail tip is coated with modeling plastic. This works the same way with fingernails as with fingernails.
Pretty nail polish for the feet - the trends
We took a look around and tracked down the latest pedicure trends for 2017.
Trend 1: Black is beautiful
View this post on InstagramIt looks better in #BlackOnyx #InfiniteShine? #ISHINEPyperAmerica
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Trend 2: Nail art does not stop at feet
View this post on Instagram#nails #toenails #nailart
