Don’t you hate it when you go to apply a coat of nail polish, and the polish has gotten so thick and sticky that it can’t be applied without looking like it was done by a first grader? This usually occurs as your nail polish gets older. Have no fear! There is a cure.

Things You’ll Need:

* Nail Polish
* Acetone nail polish remover
* Eye Dropper or equivalent

Having good-looking nails is great because every time you stretch a hand, people notice your manicure (or the lack of it) and this creates a positive or a negative impression about you but there is more to nails than pure vanity.

Nails are not only for decoration. Rather, they have another very important role – they serve as a health indicator. Many diseases and conditions manifest themselves on the nails and if you know how to read these signs, you could be warned in advance about an internal disease you were unaware of.

If you want beautiful, long and well-shaped nails you should consider getting artificial nails. There are different types of fake nails that suit every taste and that offer variety of colors, shapes and “styles”. Artificial nails not only give you a well-groomed manicure every day, but they are also ideal solution for those women who tend to bite their nails.

Advantages of artificial nails:

• offer variety of colors
• customized to suit the taste of every woman
• cover up short, brittle nails
• don’t break or cur easily
• prevent nail biting
• long lasting and durable

The speed of nail growth increases if you enjoy a healthy diet. This is not a joke but a proven fact. Illness however, can slow it down.

Enhancing Nail Growth

Rub the fingernails of one hand across the nails of the other hand for about 5 minutes each day. This will increase nail growth.

Strong cleaning products and the sun can break your nails. Use a sun block cream while going out into the sun. While doing household chores use a pair of gloves. Use a good moisturizer on your hands each night before going to bed.
Corners of your nail should not be filed. Filing them will weaken the nail and they will break easily.

Pamper your hands and feet with these simple beauty aids.

The face may be the window to our soul and thus, deserving of all the special care that we lavish on it but our hands do a lot for us and those around us and our feet do the important task of carrying our weight to all places imaginable and sometimes, unimaginable. Considering that, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that we don’t always give them the kind of care and attention that they deserve. Anyway, it’s still not too late to make amends. There are loads of things that you can do to pamper your hands and feet without going to a salon.

Just paint the town in the color you want to, go ahead and have a blast.

Nails with a difference

Get your creative juices flowing and fuel that spirit of adventure. Don’t hold back, go crazy! Here’s how you can get an astounding array of custom designed talons.

Nail art

First apply a Crystal Clear, (Wear Extraordinaire) shade or Top Coat, this prevents staining the nails.

• Deeply Red, was used as a base coat for nails on both hands.

Remove all traces of nail polish with a cotton wool pad soaked in remover. Pay special attention to the corners, where streaks of nail color may remain.

Soak hands in a bowl of warm, soapy water with a pinch of salt.

Massage cream into the cuticle, all around the nail and down to the first joint of the finger. Push back the cuticle with a cuticle stick.

Clean your nails with a soft brush.

Give your hands a light scrubbing with a pumice stone, to gently cleanse the skin.

Cut your nails to the desired length.

Nails as any man will tell you, are the focal point of much eroticism. Check out Uma Thurman in ‘Pulp Fiction’ with her red, red talons. Or Jessica Rabbit, the ultimate sexual Venus trap, in ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’. The shape, the length, the color of the nails is all clues to the persona of the wearer. Sweet preppy college girls might have unvarnished oval nails, while club-goers might slather on black or Chanel Vamp into lone talons. Gently elongated fire engine red ovals might look ever so tempting for a seductress.

For many people especially housewives and manual workers, the hands are the most overworked and ill-used part of the body. They are exposed to all kinds of wear and tear: to the effects of temperature and climate: to frequent wetting: to the onslaughts of harsh chemicals: and to the risk of minor injury and subsequent infection. Yet the care of the hands is often completely overlooked until, say, the skin becomes rough and cracked or a nail is broken.