How to shape the nails at home?

Before you give your nails anyform, you should remember what are the forms of nails. For example, the main forms for nails are the square, oval, round and stilettos, as well as combined forms: square-oval, almond-shaped, sharp.

The choice of the shape of the nails depends largely on the size of the fingers. So, girls with fingers are thin and long it is better to choose a short oval or square nail. Nails of the form "stylet" in this case will not work, because they will make your fingers visually even thinner and longer - the hand will not look elegant, but rather haggard.

If the fingers are short and slightly plump, then optimal fit oval shape of nails, the length of the nails should be selected average. The square shape of the nails or the sharp form will visually make the fingers thicker, so it is desirable to refuse such forms.

When the desired shape of the nails is selected, there remainslearn how to shape your nails at home. It will take for this procedure a quality inventory: nail files of different abrasiveness, cutters, scissors.

With the help of nippers and scissors, all nails need to give the same length. Then you can proceed directly togiving nails the desired shape. Nail files should be shaped using a glass or porcelain nail file - metal will not work, as it can injure nail plates.

In the process of shaping the nails The nail file should be kept tilted, it should be operated carefully, without strong pressure. Filigree nails should always be in one direction, otherwise it is possible to exfoliate the nail plate. For each form of nails has its own features of the nail file.

So, before shaping, each nail needsmentally divided in half along the vertical, having traced an imaginary axis along the nail plate. This imaginary axis is called line 1. Perpendicular to line 1, again, mentally draw line 2 - it determines the free edge of the nail. The lines along the sides of each nail are lines 3 and 4.

To nail, you need to "back off" from lines 3 and 4 by about 1mm towards the center of the nail plate. Line 2 in the direction of the corners of the nail should be "lowered" by 1 mm. The severity of the corners is removed with a neat little nail file from the inside of the nail.

For giving the nails an oval shape from the middle of line 2 a smooth rounding is performedto the middle of the lines 3 and 4. From the square and oval shape of the nails, it is possible to obtain combined shapes with different degrees of "roundness". If, when creating the oval shape of the nails, the rounding is done not to the middle of the lines 3 and 4, but before the intersection of these lines with the finger pad, you will get a round shape of the nails.

To get the shape of nails "stylet", should be mentally placed on the nail platepoints: point 2 along the center of line 2, points 3 and 4 at the intersection of lines 3 and 4, respectively, with the pads of fingers. Mentally you need to connect points 3 and 2, and also 4 and 2 straight lines - along them and you should file a nail. The triangular (sharp) shape of the nails is obtained if points 3 and 4 are shifted to the middle of lines 3 and 4.

After giving the nails a shape, as a rule, proceed to further processing: removing the cuticle, applying a decorative coating. If the shape of the nails is matched correctly, the finished manicure will become a true decoration of the fingers and for a long time will please its owner.