Thursday's Blog

June 27, 2013

Thursday's Blog

HI everyone and welcome to Thursday’s blog, I hope everyone is having a great day so far. For today’s blog I’m going to be talking about Nails, I’ll be sharing with you all my version of ‘DIY French Manicure’ and ‘My Top 5 Nail Polish Shades for Summer’.

I hope you all enjoy today’s blog

Stay Stylish and Fabulous x

DIY French Manicure!

I’ve decided to share my version of 'DIY French Manicure', as I’m not a nail technician nor I have I ever studied Beauty Therapy. I feel that each and every one of us can learn to do this if we have steady hand. So here I’m going to give a step by step tutorial on doing a French Manicure and I’ll also be outlining what you will need to have them perfect French Manicured Nails.

What you will NEED!

As I have a set by No7 Ultimate Nails

The colours I will be using here our Nougat which is a light shade of pink, White tip and clear nail polish, I’ll also be using No7 Younger Longer Hand cream, No7 Nourishing Nail & Cuticle Care, Nail Brush and Nail File.

(Any brand of nail polish, hand cream and Nail & Cuticle Cream can be used as long as the nail polish shades our similar to the above shades in which I mentioned. Oh and do use a good Nail File)

So Let’s Begin....

STEP 1 First I like to wash my hands in warm water or leave them to soak for a few seconds, I then take my nail brush and scrub it along the underneath of my finger tips to get rid of any dirt that’s under my nails.

STEP 2 Next I use some nail remover on a makeup pad to take off any nail varnish I may have already on my nails. If you don’t have any nail remover handy take a clear base coat nail polish and apply over the nails.

STEP 3 Now take some hand cream and massage into the palm of your hands. Then use some Nail and Cuticle cream, apply to the cuticles of each nail and massage.

STEP 4 Now use your nail file to shape your nails.

STEP 5 Apply the light shade of pink in my case it’s the Nougat Shade, if you feel that you may need another coat apply a second. Then leave to dry.

STEP 6 Apply the White tip, using a steady hand try to paint around the tip of your nail also make sure to have an ear bud handy as these can be used if you make a mistake. If you don’t have a steady hand, you can purchase White Strips which our sticky pieces of paper that go across the top of your nails leaving the tips exposed so you can apply the white polish, this will then give your nails straight tips. Then leave to dry.