Beautiful nails are a desired enhancement to feminine beauty, but many ladies may have trouble attaining them. If nature did not bless you with wonderfully strong, healthy nails, you can still enjoy the glamorous look that long and painted nails can give you. All you have to do is apply strong and durable acrylic nails over your own nails.
You can find a service for acrylic nail application at nail salons. It is an expensive option. It is not as expensive for you to apply the acrylic nails yourself. By following instructions and with practice, you can apply your acrylic nails with the same care and great results that you can get from a nail professional.
As for supplies, you will need non-acetone nail polish remover, artificial nail tips, liquid acrylic, powdered acrylic and nail oil. Your equipment needs to include a nail brush, nail files, nail filing block, acrylic nipper, small acrylic brush and a working dish for the acrylic liquid. Choose acrylic nail tips that are the same size as your own nails or you will have to file the nails down.
Give your nails a manicure. Smooth rough edges and remove dead skin. Use a non-acetone nail polish remover to remove nail polish and acrylic. Use the filing block to roughen your nail surfaces. Cut the nails to the skin portion. Do not injure yourself. You want to prevent your nail from being broken if the acrylic nail tip is broken.
Line up your acrylic nail tips so that you can reach them easily when you are ready to put a drop of glue on the tip. The glue drop should reach from the bottom of the nail to the indentation where your nail's edge will fit in. You can remove a crooked acrylic nail by immediately soaking it in water.
Use the acrylic nippers or a large nail clipper to trim the tips to your desired length. Use the nail file to remove any rough edges and to even out the lengths of your nail tips. Use the liquid acrylic in a well-ventilated area. You will paint the liquid acrylic on to your nails so that the beds will be smooth without any bumps where the edge of the acrylic nail tips rests on your nail.
You will be dipping the acrylic brush into the liquid acrylic and then into the acrylic powder that will create a ball of thickened acrylic on your brush. Paint the acrylic onto your nail so that you can create a smooth finish for your acrylic nail tips.
Have the acrylic powder container open. Prepare the acrylic brush by dipping the brush into the liquid acrylic and then wiping it on a paper towel to remove excess liquid. Then lightly dip half of the brush into the liquid acrylic and then remove the excess by wiping against the inside of the liquid acrylic bottle.
You are ready to dip the brush tip into the acrylic powder. When you do, you will create a ball of thickened acrylic. It should be damp instead of wet. Paint this thickened acrylic where the acrylic nail tip is on your nail. Work quickly to spread the acrylic onto your nail surface without flattening the acrylic. Wipe the brush on the paper towel to remove any excess acrylic.
Continue working until you have built up the surface to resemble the curve of your own nail bed. Apply a bit at the tip of the nail to create a natural look as necessary. Avoid getting acrylic on your cuticles because mould or fungus could grow under the nail at that spot.
It will take about ten minutes for your nails to dry and set. You can safely use a grit nail file on the sides of the dried and set nails and close to the cuticle bed to shape your nails. Use the filing block to smooth your nails. Remove any acrylic filings and dust by washing with soapy water and using a brush. The exposure to the harsh chemicals requires that you moisturise your nails with nail oil. As your nails grow out, you will need to paint more acrylic on to your nails every two weeks.

When you polish nail polish, you should also pay attention to the following points:When you apply nail polish, you usually use a brush in the middle of the nail root, then paint each other along the sides of your nails. That is to say, the brush is in the center, followed by neat and orderly brush on the sides three times, so as to prevent nail polish from falling off quickly.In order to increase the nail polish durability, you can brush a layer on the front of the nail, then rub the oil on the nail. Or wipe the oil in two batches: brush less oil in the first batch to make the oil easy to dry. The second batch of nail polish should be more. After wiping the oil, wipe the oil stains on the skin and meat with a cotton swab.


No matter what nail polish, as long as it has been coated for a long time, fingernails will not breathe and can be very yellow. So before you apply nail polish and remove nail polish, it is advisable to have a layer of maintenance oil in advance. Like this, the coating method, like transparent nail polish, has the function of preventing pigment deposition.The principle of nail polish and maintenance oil is "in the middle and the left or right". Note that there is a gap in the white part of the lower half of the nail to allow fingernails to breathe. You can also apply it first, and then wipe off the lower edge with remover. The skilled operator can directly leave a gap and then apply it to the nail.Finally, stick the cloth bar on the tip of the stick, dip the nail polish remover, and carefully wipe the outer skin and nail edges to remove the excess nail polish. Finally, use the brightening agent to nail the nail polish and increase the brightness to show the luster and charm of jade fingers.
Common problems with nail polish:What if nail polish is dry?After the nail polish is dried, it can be diluted with perfume and alcohol, so that it can be restored to its original state or transparent nail polish. When you save nail polish, you should pay attention to avoid light and seal it, so as to prevent it from drying.
How do you wash nail polish on clothes?Nail polish can first wet the cotton pad with water and wipe the dirty position repeatedly until it can not see the color, then rinse it with conventional method. In addition, you can pour high concentration alcohol into the dirty position, scrub it repeatedly, and finally rinse it with soapy water. Or pour some balm in the oil stain, wipe it repeatedly, and finally rinse it with clean water.Can nail polish be brought onto the plane?
Nail polish can not be carried on board because it is a flammable and explosive material. And not all airlines are able to check the nail polish, so if you need to bring nail polish on the plane, you'd better call the airline customer service telephone consultation first.Can nail polish take the subway?The subway can carry nail polish, but it can only bring a single bottle of nail polish that does not exceed 20ml.