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Nails
are the mirrors of our personality:
 Looking
into which the expert reader can unnoticeably observe
all characteristics of a person through one's nails.
In this article, a systematic method has been projected
to peep through the nails of a person and read about
him with veracity. Tips to Keep Your Nails Strong
and Sexy
When you write down your shopping list, as you punch
a phone number into your cell, while you wash dishes,
do the ironing, clean the windows, or do one hundred
other things that women do on any given day – do you
take notice of the condition of your nails?
Our hands are such an integral part of our daily lives,
and constantly, we risk their health and strength, often
without even noticing, because of the hustle and bustle
of our day-to-day activities. Take a few moments each
day, or at least a few times a week, to monitor the
condition of your nails – the color, the texture, the
appearance of ridges or white marks.
Make a greater effort to take good care of your nails,
and you will be thrilled with the way they complement
your wardrobe and your own personal style. Consider
the following tips as a way to enhance the health and
quality of your nails.
Tips for Great, Healthy Nails:
- Apply speed-dry nail polish when time is of the
essence.
- Drink lots of water. Keep your body hydrated everyday
to maintain healthy nails.
- Fortify your diet with FDA approved vitamins or
supplements. Your fingernails count on you to be responsible
with your health and your diet. Unless instructed
otherwise by your physician, increase your daily doses
of Vitamin A, Vitamin C, calcium, folic acid, protein,
Vitamin B12, and zinc.
- Touch up your manicure on a daily basis to prevent
chips and cracks.
- Your nails depend on you to maintain a healthy diet.
Take in lots.
Nail Polish Tips:
- Finish with a clear topcoat to add gloss and sheen.
- Start with a base coat to strengthen and protect
the nails.
- Store nail polish in the refrigerator to maintain
a smooth consistency.
- Try not to store nail polish in a room that becomes
cold. The nail polish bottles may break without warning,
leaving you with a big mess.
To avoid breaking nails or brittle nails:
Avoid using your nails as tools. This means no picking,
scratching, digging, pinching, etc. You know who you
are! Increase the amount of calcium in your diet.
Use products containing alcohol, especially perfumed
lotions, sparingly. These items can make nails prone
to breaking.
Wear rubber gloves when you do chores that involve
continual submersion in water or contact with harsh
detergents or chemicals.
Do It Yourself Manicure:
Want
professional looking nails without spending your day’s
pay in the salon? With some practice and a little patience,
you can enjoy fancy nails anytime you want for only
the cost of your nail polish!
Their pale pink base and bright white tips characterize
the ever-popular French manicures, which are a common
request at nail salons everywhere. Professional nail
stylists may paint your nails alone or they may apply
fake tips if you desire. Based on your personal preferences,
a nail designer will give your nails a strengthening
and conditioning workout prior to painting them. If
you get your nails done with fake tips, you may have
to make a trip back to the salon to get your French
tips “refilled” when your nails have grown noticeably.
Keeping longer, healthy nails will be most conducive
to sporting a French manicure. To complete your own
French manicure, begin with the following steps to prepare
your nails for the procedure.
- Using a cotton ball soaked in nail polish remover,
wipe off any old nail polish prior to painting nails.
Wash hands and soak in warm water for a few moments.
- With an orangewood stick, gently push back the cuticles
so they are all even with each other once the water
has softened your skin.
- With nail clippers, beauty scissors or a nail file,
shape your nails evenly.
- With a steady hand, carefully paint only the tip
of each nail with a white hue. A second coat may be
desirable, depending on the thickness and opaqueness
of the polish. Allow polish to dry between coats.
- Using a slightly transparent pink or nude color,
paint the entire nail once the tips have dried. A
second coat may be necessary. Allow nails to dry thoroughly.
- Once all the coats have dried, apply a clear topcoat
to protect your new French manicure. To lengthen the
manicure’s lifespan, make an effort to paint a clear
coat on each night. Be sure it has ample time to dry
completely.
- If you are feeling especially creative and ambitious,
kick off your shoes and match your tootsies to your
fingertips!
 This
procedure is best performed on a lazy morning or evening
when no other pressing errands or tasks will get in
the way. After painting your nails, avoid doing things
with your hands while they dry.
For an easier painting technique, check the beauty section
of a drug store or superstore for a French manicure
kit. The set should contain, at the very least, nail
polish in white and pink or beige and a clear topcoat.
Some manicure sets - like COVERGIRL’s French Manicure
Kit – will contain tiny, sticky nail guides. These make
the manicure process 100 times easier by allowing you
to place the guides on each nail individually, leaving
a small margin where the polish can spill outside the
tip without tainting the rest of the nail.
As the holidays approach, let your crazy side out by
concocting a wildly modified French manicure - green
and white for St. Patrick’s Day, pastel shades for Easter,
black and orange for Halloween and red and green for
Christmas. Have fun and remember, even if you find the
do-it-yourself French manicure difficult at first, practice
will provide you with the skills you need to create
beautiful and perfect manicures all year long!
Stylish Nails: Quick and Easy Designs for
Stylish Nails
Whether you have a hot date or a job interview, a wedding
or a casual night out at the bar, get creative and try
some new styles for your nail painting needs. Follow
the following quick and easy tips to achieve a glamorous
look in only minutes!
Basic Hues:
Perhaps the simplest style of them all is the basic
solid color manicure. For open-toed shoes, be sure to
apply a coat of the same color to your tootsies to accent
your outfit and make you feel even more stylish and
sexy. Basic styles in neutral and mild tones work very
well for first impressions.  Save
the black and silver for future engagements.
Choose a color that complements the clothing you intend
to wear. If the outfit is patterned, pick a shade that
appears within the design a bit less than the other
colors and use that same shade of nail polish to emphasize
that hue.
For an even more fashionable look, do your nails in
the solid color and allow them to dry completely. When
they are finished drying, use a thin brush or a toothpick
with a different color and trace a diagonal line going
the same way on each nail. Try to make them as uniform
as possible, and as you become more and more adept at
painting extra designs, create your own styles for fun.
School Spirited:
If you are still in school or attending college, an
exclamation of school pride would wear well on your
nails by painting them in your school colors. You can
do this in one of many ways:
- Alternate the colors by painting each nail entirely
with one color and doing the next nail in the next
school color. For example, if your school colors are
blue and white, start with blue on your thumbnail,
white on your index finger, blue on your middle finger,
and so forth.
- Paint the nails all the same solid color, and once
completely dry, paint the tips the other school color.
- Paint all nails one color, and using a toothpick
or very thin brush, sketch a phrase or “GO (mascot
or school name)!” on your fingernails if it fits.
- Get creative and make up your own… draw swirls,
try to paint your school mascot, etc.
A Girl’s Night Out Styles:
Attract some attention with a wild and crazy style –
be it zebra stripes, metallic glints or otherwise. Perfect
for a night to the clubs or a date out on the town.
Do a quick version of a French manicure by painting
the base coat of your nails in a neutral tone, such
as a salmon color. With a white hue, once dry, paint
the tips of your nails carefully and as uniformly as
possible. This works best if you are able to grow your
nails out a bit so you can use your natural nails’ anatomy
as a guide.
Glitter and glamour – Choose a base color to use on
all of your nails to complement your outfit. Allow that
coat to dry – paint another coat if necessary. Once
the nails are smudge-proof, take a glass coat of clear
gloss or a sparkle coat that matches the chosen color
and add your own special touches. Dark blue and black
look very nice with silver glitter, red with gold glitter,
though the combination possibilities are endless. These
glittery styles may complement wedding apparel, semi-formalwear
and even casual attire.
To save even more time, apply a clear coat to your
nails each day to protect the polish from chipping.
Experiment with decals and nail transfers if you are
not up for designing your own artistic themes. Be creative,
do not get discouraged and remember, the more practice
you get, the easier it will become each time you try
a new style!
What you eat will reflect on the health of
your nails, too:
- Lack of vitamin A and calcium causes dryness and
brittleness.
- Lack of protein, folic acid and vitamin C causes
hang nails.
- White bands across the nails are caused by protein
deficiency.
- A lack of sufficient hydrochloric acid can cause
splitting nails.
- Insufficient intake or vitamin B12 can lead to excessive
dryness, very rounded and curved ends and darkening
of nails.
- Insufficient zinc can cause development of white
spots on the nails.
- Cuts and cracks in the nails may indicate a need
for more liquids.
- Red skin around your cuticles can be caused by poor
metabolism of essential fatty acids.
Here are the guidelines to follow for improving
the health of your nails:
Eat a diet composed of 50% fruit and raw vegetables
in order to supply necessary vitamins, minerals and
enzymes. Eat foods rich in sulfur and silicon, such
as broccoli, fish and onions. Include foods rich in
biotin such as soy, brewer’s yeast and whole grains.
- Drink plenty of water and other liquids.
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You may supplement your diet
with royal jelly, spirulina or kelp, which are rich
in silica, zinc and B vitamins and help to strengthen
your nails.
- Drink fresh carrot juice daily, this is high in
calcium and phosphorus and is excellent for strengthening
nails.
- Eat well and your whole body will be better, healthier,
more beautiful!
- A hand massage will boost your circulation and encourage
nail growth and is the perfect way to pamper yourself.
Beautiful Nails Made Easy:
Everyone wants nails to be proud of so if yours are less
than perfect here are a few quick tips to get them in
great condition in no time.
- Apply nail varnish remover before doing your nails
even if don’t need to remove any old polish, it prepares
the nails by removing any grease so that your polish
will last longer
- If you’re having trouble achieving the perfect French
Manicure try using a white nail pencil underneath
the nail tip instead of white polish you’ll find it’s
much easier.
- Give your nail varnish plenty of time for each layer
to dry to ensure a lasting finish. If you’re likely
to get impatient waiting around opt for a quick drying
formula like Lancome Vernis Instant Magnetic or L’Oreal
Jet Set
- Always wipe the top of the nail varnish bottle with
a cotton bud to get rid of any excess polish, this
will prevent the bottle from becoming glued shut.
- Lots of beauty companies have nail polishes available
with matching lip colour for whose seeking a totally
co-ordinate look, ask at your local beauty counter.
- Remember it’s much better to apply lots of thin
coats of colour rather that one thick one, it will
dry quicker and last longer.
- Try not to remove and reapply polish more than once
or twice a week, as it will dry out your nails. Choosing
a remover with built in moisturisers will help limit
the damage.
Correlation of Health and
Nail
Indian palmists and chiromancers, after through study
of nails have described that by studying through the
nails of a person, a lot much could be predicted about
one's health, nature and character and about the coming
events in the person's life.
It is mentioned in Garun Puran that a person whose nails
are like frost, is a born impotent. Person with zig-zag
nails is a pauper.
Garbh Samhita reveals that a newly born child if without
nails for a year, or shell shaped, small, worn out nails
are indicative of extreme poverty. On the contrary,
subjects with clear, smooth, pinkish nails are fortunate.
Many such descriptions are found in Shastras. The nails
in the hand of a person reflect his fate or in other
words, the nails are the windows to peep into a person's
life and through these windows is perceived about the
culture, thoughts and work style of the subject.
The types of nails described above have the
following effect:
Short Nail:The subjects with short
nails whether square or small lack patience. They are
exciting, obstinate and narrow minded. They are weak
structured, having mean characteristics, etc.Such subjects
suffer largely from nerve diseases and heart disorders.
Extremely Short Nails: This type of
nail is short both in length and width. Such nails often
are visible with knotty fingers and look like a dot
at fingers end. Such subjects are mostly stupid and
easily excited, but if this type of nail appear in female's
hand, she would be a disciplined, strict and with masculine
characteristics and likes to rule over her spouse.
Large Nail:These nails are equal in
length and width. Subjects having such nails are serious
by nature and perfectly plan their work and thus achieve
success in any field.
Short and Flat Nail:Persons having
such nails are scary by nature. Usually they suffer
from heart ailments and usually their death are also
caused by heart ailments.
Short and Heavy Nail: These subjects
always hide their mistakes and throw blames on others.
They are critic by nature.
Broad and Square Nail:Subjects with
this type having pink colour and round shape at the
side are pure hearted and guileless. They speak what
they have in heart. If They miss pinkish colour of the
nails, they are not completely guileless.
More in Width and Short in Length Nail:These
are analytical persons. They are highly successful in
literature, music and lectures. They enjoy arguing with
others. These subjects with less length and more wide
nails thin skin, though maintain good health, are under
excessive mental tension due to their habit of arguing
with others.
Long and Thin Nail: Such subjects are
of insatiable mind and weak in physical strength. They
even doubt upon themselves.
Long and Slightly Bent Nail: The married
life of such persons is not happy and smooth. They are
Extremely concupiscent and unstable in their thinking.
They are excessively interested in opposite sex.
Narrow Nail: They are weak and suffer
from poor digestive system. If this type have brittle
nails, they suffer from nervous and liver disorders.
Narrow nail's subjects are parasitical by nature.
Swollen and Projected Nail:
The fingers covered under this type become thick and
hard under the nails and can turn easily. They are drug
addicts and have suicidal tendency. They mostly suffer
from tuberculosis or other lungs related diseases.
Round Nail:This is a good type. These
subjects are kind, frank, well mannered, diligent and
prudent people with enough self-reliance
Nails reflect all about you.
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