A qualitative, professionally executed manicure assumes accurate circumcision of the growing skin near the base of the nail. Therefore, the nail file for removing the cuticle is an indispensable tool, both in the salon and the beautician of any woman.
Correct cuticle removal
To smoothly separate the peel, you must first soften it. To do this, use various baths, saline solutions or a special oil with a content of fruit acids.
After softening, a device or a cuticle remover is used, for example, an orange wooden stick, which is first carefully peeled off the skin, and then cut with a manicure scissors or a blade near the base.
As a rule, the cuticle can not be completely removed at once, in any case, small untreated areas remain, especially on the sides of the nail roller. A nail file or pumice stone is used to remove them. It allows you to gently and painlessly level the surface of the skin, remove the keratinized layer and cuticle residues due to gradual abrasion.
With a properly performed procedure, no damage, wounds or cuts occur around the nail.
Cuticle removal at home
If you have a special tool for softening or dissolving the skin, you can use it. In another case, it is recommended to just hold your fingers in warm water with sea salt , then push the steamed cuticle off the edge of the nail. Further all is simple - to cut a cuticle with a sharp edge of manicure scissors and to finish procedure by means of a file.
The first time, perhaps, will turn out badly, but with experience you will gain and proper skill, and doing a manicure will take less time.
How to choose a file for removing the cuticle?
The acquisition of the instrument under consideration is a difficult task, considering the variety of options in today's market of cosmetology.
Preference should be given to the nail files either from natural pumice or with laser coating. As practice shows, these varieties most effectively and painlessly cope with the task.
Popular names:
- Zinger (diamond);
- Mertz (laser);
- Messer Nagel (laser);
- Solingen (spraying of natural pumice stone);
- Shere & Nagel (diamond);
- Lady Victory (artificial pumice);
- Sally Hansen (laser);
- Milen Classic (diamond);
- INM (diamond).