Showing posts with label Mani-Pedi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mani-Pedi. Show all posts
14 December, 2009
05 October, 2009
#1 Why don`t you ?
Why don't you... invest in a little Chanel and take the time to paint your nails?
05 September, 2009
Nail Pedicure Tips: Step By Step
Instructions to give yourself a pedicure
So often we neglect our 10 little toes during the cold months. Who says you only need a pedicure during sandal weather?
While going to a professional to have a pedicure during the warmer months is a must have staple in every woman's beauty diet, opt during the cooler months to do your own pedicure.
Not only is a do it yourself pedicure cheap, it's easy and feels great too! So stop neglecting those 10 little piggies and pedicure those feet with these simple instructions!
So often we neglect our 10 little toes during the cold months. Who says you only need a pedicure during sandal weather?While going to a professional to have a pedicure during the warmer months is a must have staple in every woman's beauty diet, opt during the cooler months to do your own pedicure.
Not only is a do it yourself pedicure cheap, it's easy and feels great too! So stop neglecting those 10 little piggies and pedicure those feet with these simple instructions!
Tools you'll need to give yourself a pedicure:
1 Orange stick
2 Moisturizer Cream
3 Warm soapy water
4 Towel
5 Nail scissors
6 Emery board
7 Pumice stone
1.) Exfoliate wet feet. You can choose to soak feet if you have time. This step will make exfoliating easier. Use a body or foot scrub. Scrub each foot for at least 5 minutes in a circular motion. Rinse well. Pat dry.
2.) Apply moisturizer. This is a great time to give your feet a quick massage.
3.) Apply a cuticle remover cream. Then push back cuticles gently with cuticle stick. Never cut your cuticles.
4.) File toenails into square-oval shape. You may choose to do this step before you soak and scrub.
5.) Buff toenails with white buffer.
6.) Shine toenails with 3-way buffer. Black, white, gray is the order!
7.) Wash toenails with soap and water to remove oil.
8.) Dehydrate nail surface with primer. You can use rubbing alcohol or nail polish remover to do this. Just apply to cotton ball then swipe over nails and allow to dry. This will remove all oils and access moisturizer.
9.) Apply a thin coat of clear base coat. Let dry.
10.) Apply 1st coat of colored nail polish. Let dry a minute or 2. Then apply 2nd coat of nail polish, if needed, and let dry a minute or 2 again for best results.
12.) Finish with a topcoat polish. Sit still and let your toenails dry! Nails will take a minimum of an hour to dry before shoes can be worn.
Cuticle Softener
Ingredients:
1 tsp. olive oil
1 tsp. vitamin E oil
Directions:
Combine and massage into nails and cuticles.
Cuticle Cream
Ingredients:
1 Tsp. natural clay
1 tsp. olive oil
3 drops lavender essential oil
Directions:
Mix into a paste and put into a sterile ointment jar or small pot. Wash and clean old make up jars, they make great storage containers! Massage into nails and cuticles.
Sweet Milk Foot Soak
Ingredients:
1/2 cup sugar
2 tbsp. moisturizing lotion
2 cups milk
7 cups water
Directions:
In a large saucepan, heat the milk and water. When steaming, add sugar and lotion and mix to a slightly soupy consistency. Allow to cool, till the mixture is cool enough for you to place feet in. Pour into a bowl large enough to fit both feet. Soak for 10 minutes. You can either rinse now, or use some extra sugar to scrub your feet. Rinse well then apply moisturizer.
Peppermint Massage Oil
Ingredients:
10 tsp. grapeseed oil
3 drops eucalyptus oil
4 drops rosemary oil
2 drops peppermint oil
these oils can be bought at any natural store or even some craft stores.
Directions:
Combine oils. Store in a small jar.
Warm up oil before doing any massage. Your toes will love the minty, refreshing feeling!
Hand & Foot Exfoliator
Ingredients:
2 Tlbsp of fine sea salt
2 heaped tsp fine oatmeal (same kind as in your cupboard)
1 tsp. baking soda
Directions:
Combine ingredients, and add enough water to make a paste. Apply to skin and rub gently. Rinse and gently pat dry.
Minty fresh nail Whitener
Ingredients:
2 tsp.whitening tooth paste
1 tsp.lemon juice
Directions:
Mix ingredients to form a paste. Apply to nails and leave on for 5 minutes. Rinse well. The lemon removes stains and the tooth paste will whiten and buff nail beds.
Tips for storage:
Since these are all natural recipes, we do not add any preservatives. Store in refrigerator for as long as you would normally keep fruit. Maximum 2 weeks, sealed.
Ideas for storage:
1 baby food jars
2 make up jars such as the ones that eye shadows come in or foundation jars
3 skin care jars, glass
1 Orange stick
2 Moisturizer Cream
3 Warm soapy water
4 Towel
5 Nail scissors
6 Emery board
7 Pumice stone
1.) Exfoliate wet feet. You can choose to soak feet if you have time. This step will make exfoliating easier. Use a body or foot scrub. Scrub each foot for at least 5 minutes in a circular motion. Rinse well. Pat dry.
2.) Apply moisturizer. This is a great time to give your feet a quick massage.
3.) Apply a cuticle remover cream. Then push back cuticles gently with cuticle stick. Never cut your cuticles.
4.) File toenails into square-oval shape. You may choose to do this step before you soak and scrub.
5.) Buff toenails with white buffer.
6.) Shine toenails with 3-way buffer. Black, white, gray is the order!
7.) Wash toenails with soap and water to remove oil.
8.) Dehydrate nail surface with primer. You can use rubbing alcohol or nail polish remover to do this. Just apply to cotton ball then swipe over nails and allow to dry. This will remove all oils and access moisturizer.
9.) Apply a thin coat of clear base coat. Let dry.
10.) Apply 1st coat of colored nail polish. Let dry a minute or 2. Then apply 2nd coat of nail polish, if needed, and let dry a minute or 2 again for best results.
12.) Finish with a topcoat polish. Sit still and let your toenails dry! Nails will take a minimum of an hour to dry before shoes can be worn.
Cuticle SoftenerIngredients:
1 tsp. olive oil
1 tsp. vitamin E oil
Directions:
Combine and massage into nails and cuticles.
Cuticle Cream
Ingredients:
1 Tsp. natural clay
1 tsp. olive oil
3 drops lavender essential oil
Directions:
Mix into a paste and put into a sterile ointment jar or small pot. Wash and clean old make up jars, they make great storage containers! Massage into nails and cuticles.
Sweet Milk Foot Soak
Ingredients:
1/2 cup sugar
2 tbsp. moisturizing lotion
2 cups milk
7 cups water
Directions:
In a large saucepan, heat the milk and water. When steaming, add sugar and lotion and mix to a slightly soupy consistency. Allow to cool, till the mixture is cool enough for you to place feet in. Pour into a bowl large enough to fit both feet. Soak for 10 minutes. You can either rinse now, or use some extra sugar to scrub your feet. Rinse well then apply moisturizer.
Peppermint Massage Oil
Ingredients:
10 tsp. grapeseed oil
3 drops eucalyptus oil
4 drops rosemary oil
2 drops peppermint oil
these oils can be bought at any natural store or even some craft stores.
Directions:
Combine oils. Store in a small jar.
Warm up oil before doing any massage. Your toes will love the minty, refreshing feeling!
Hand & Foot Exfoliator
Ingredients:
2 Tlbsp of fine sea salt
2 heaped tsp fine oatmeal (same kind as in your cupboard)
1 tsp. baking soda
Directions:
Combine ingredients, and add enough water to make a paste. Apply to skin and rub gently. Rinse and gently pat dry.
Minty fresh nail Whitener
Ingredients:
2 tsp.whitening tooth paste
1 tsp.lemon juice
Directions:
Mix ingredients to form a paste. Apply to nails and leave on for 5 minutes. Rinse well. The lemon removes stains and the tooth paste will whiten and buff nail beds.
Tips for storage:
Since these are all natural recipes, we do not add any preservatives. Store in refrigerator for as long as you would normally keep fruit. Maximum 2 weeks, sealed.
Ideas for storage:
1 baby food jars
2 make up jars such as the ones that eye shadows come in or foundation jars
3 skin care jars, glass
Nail Manicure Tips: Step By Step
Nail Manicure Tips
A weekly manicure can do wonders for your nails and cuticles. Not only will a weekly manicure promote faster nail growth, your nails will also become stronger with each manicure. Treat yourself and have a manicure professional done. The usual cost ranges from $10 upwards to $20, plus the manicurists' tip and the appointment lasts about 30-45 minutes with drying time. If going to the nail salon is not an option, opt to give yourself a manicure at home. Do it yourself Manicures, not only make your hands look great, they're easy to do!
Do it yourself manicure .......
1. Remove any old nail polish.
2. Shape the nail, using a file or emery board. File each nail tip from corner to center; do not file in a see-saw motion with the emery board because doing so can cause ridges in the nail and nail splitting. By filing nails to a point...this will make nails weak. A rounded or square form is the strongest.
3. Soak the hands in warm, soapy water for a few minutes to remove dirt. This will also soften cuticles and make it easier to push cuticles back. Clean under free edge of nail with orangewood stick.
4. The cuticle is the skin that grows from the finger onto the base of the nail (nail root). Push the cuticle gently back. Leaving the cuticle intact helps to prevent infection of the nail growing tissue. NEVER cut cuticles! This can cause the nail to die if done improperly!
5. Apply a base coat. We highly recommend calcium gel. This works wonders to help nails grow faster and hardens as well. Allow to dry for a minute or two. Next apply 2 coats of favorite polish. Then finish with a shine sealer. Allow nails to fully dry for at least an hour.
6. Finally, apply a moisturizing cream or lotion to the hands and cuticles. This will help prevent splitting of the nails.
Natural recipes for nail care .......
Hand & Foot Exfoliator
Ingredients:
2 Tlbsp of fine sea salt
2 heaped tsp fine oatmeal (same kind as in your cupboard)
1 tsp. baking soda
Directions:
Combine ingredients, and add enough water to make a paste. Apply to skin and rub gently. Rinse and gently pat dry.
Cuticle Cream
Ingredients:
1 Tsp. natural clay
1 tsp. olive oil
3 drops lavender essential oil
Directions:
Mix into a paste and put into a sterile ointment jar or small pot. Wash and clean old make up jars, they make great storage containers! Massage into nails and cuticles.
Lemon & Honey Cuticle Soak
Ingredients:
2 tsp.lemon juice
1 tsp.honey
1/2 cup very warm water
Directions:
Mix honey and lemon juice to combine well in a bowl big enough to fit both tips of hands in. Add water and mix. Next, soak finger nails in the mixture for 5 minutes. Blot dry then gently push cuticles back using a orangewood cuticle stick. Finish with your favorite lotion.
Honey Hand Exfoliator
Ingredients:
1 tbsp honey
1 tablespoon cornmeal or finely grated oatmeal
2 tbsp. of whipping cream
2 drops lemon essential oil or an acidtic oil
Directions:
Combine ingredients in a small jar. Apply to hands or feet and rub gently. For added softness, leave on for 5-10 minutes. Rinse and gently pat dry. May be stored for 2 weeks in refrigerator.
Cuticle Softener
Ingredients:
1 tsp. olive oil
1 tsp. vitamin E oil
Directions:
Combine and massage into nails and cuticles.
Minty fresh nail Whitener
Ingredients:
2 tsp.whitening tooth paste
1 tsp.lemon juice
Directions:
Mix ingredients to form a paste. Apply to nails and leave on for 5 minutes. Rinse well. The lemon removes stains and the tooth paste will whiten and buff nail beds.
Tips for storage:
Since these are all natural recipes, we do not add any preservatives. Store in refrigerator for as long as you would normally keep fruit. Maximum 2 weeks, sealed.
Ideas for storage:
1 baby food jars
2 make up jars such as the ones that eye shadows come in or foundation jars
3 skin care jars, glass
A weekly manicure can do wonders for your nails and cuticles. Not only will a weekly manicure promote faster nail growth, your nails will also become stronger with each manicure. Treat yourself and have a manicure professional done. The usual cost ranges from $10 upwards to $20, plus the manicurists' tip and the appointment lasts about 30-45 minutes with drying time. If going to the nail salon is not an option, opt to give yourself a manicure at home. Do it yourself Manicures, not only make your hands look great, they're easy to do!
Do it yourself manicure .......
1. Remove any old nail polish.2. Shape the nail, using a file or emery board. File each nail tip from corner to center; do not file in a see-saw motion with the emery board because doing so can cause ridges in the nail and nail splitting. By filing nails to a point...this will make nails weak. A rounded or square form is the strongest.
3. Soak the hands in warm, soapy water for a few minutes to remove dirt. This will also soften cuticles and make it easier to push cuticles back. Clean under free edge of nail with orangewood stick.
4. The cuticle is the skin that grows from the finger onto the base of the nail (nail root). Push the cuticle gently back. Leaving the cuticle intact helps to prevent infection of the nail growing tissue. NEVER cut cuticles! This can cause the nail to die if done improperly!
5. Apply a base coat. We highly recommend calcium gel. This works wonders to help nails grow faster and hardens as well. Allow to dry for a minute or two. Next apply 2 coats of favorite polish. Then finish with a shine sealer. Allow nails to fully dry for at least an hour.
6. Finally, apply a moisturizing cream or lotion to the hands and cuticles. This will help prevent splitting of the nails.
Natural recipes for nail care .......
Hand & Foot ExfoliatorIngredients:
2 Tlbsp of fine sea salt
2 heaped tsp fine oatmeal (same kind as in your cupboard)
1 tsp. baking soda
Directions:
Combine ingredients, and add enough water to make a paste. Apply to skin and rub gently. Rinse and gently pat dry.
Cuticle Cream
Ingredients:
1 Tsp. natural clay
1 tsp. olive oil
3 drops lavender essential oil
Directions:
Mix into a paste and put into a sterile ointment jar or small pot. Wash and clean old make up jars, they make great storage containers! Massage into nails and cuticles.
Lemon & Honey Cuticle SoakIngredients:
2 tsp.lemon juice
1 tsp.honey
1/2 cup very warm water
Directions:
Mix honey and lemon juice to combine well in a bowl big enough to fit both tips of hands in. Add water and mix. Next, soak finger nails in the mixture for 5 minutes. Blot dry then gently push cuticles back using a orangewood cuticle stick. Finish with your favorite lotion.
Honey Hand Exfoliator
Ingredients:
1 tbsp honey
1 tablespoon cornmeal or finely grated oatmeal
2 tbsp. of whipping cream
2 drops lemon essential oil or an acidtic oil
Directions:
Combine ingredients in a small jar. Apply to hands or feet and rub gently. For added softness, leave on for 5-10 minutes. Rinse and gently pat dry. May be stored for 2 weeks in refrigerator.
Cuticle SoftenerIngredients:
1 tsp. olive oil
1 tsp. vitamin E oil
Directions:
Combine and massage into nails and cuticles.
Minty fresh nail Whitener
Ingredients:
2 tsp.whitening tooth paste
1 tsp.lemon juice
Directions:
Mix ingredients to form a paste. Apply to nails and leave on for 5 minutes. Rinse well. The lemon removes stains and the tooth paste will whiten and buff nail beds.
Tips for storage:
Since these are all natural recipes, we do not add any preservatives. Store in refrigerator for as long as you would normally keep fruit. Maximum 2 weeks, sealed.
Ideas for storage:
1 baby food jars
2 make up jars such as the ones that eye shadows come in or foundation jars
3 skin care jars, glass
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