Beautiful nails- half the battle. Every woman knows this. After all, it is on the hands that the gaze of acquaintances and strangers rushes during a conversation with you. A person, albeit unconsciously, will definitely note in his mind whether your hands are well-groomed. Many are interested in such a procedure as unedged manicure. It is suitable for all women, but is especially good for those who have naturally thin skin and delicate children's fingers.

Video presentation of "unedged" technology

Advantages and disadvantages of preparative manicure

Unedged (drug) manicure is very popular among both women and men. After all, it significantly reduces the risk of infection. Appeared special means for manicure, which negate the need for preliminary soaking of hands and cutting off keratinized skin.

The goal of any manicure, including unedged, is to give hands, in particular nails, a well-groomed, impeccable look. Unedged manicure can be carried out different ways. This is a "dry", "wet" and "hot" manicure. The latter is a type of unedged wet manicure and is especially well suited for children's or teenage nails.

How are nails treated?

The composition of preparations for treating the skin around the nails (cuticles) with unedged manicure includes various acids - fruit, alkaline and others. In addition, these products contain oils. All this causes layer-by-layer softening and dissolution of dead skin. For the professional trimmed manicure It is customary to use the following:

• Gel and cuticle oil
• Cuticle softener
• Vitaminized nail cream
• Hand and nail cream antibacterial

The advantages of an unedged manicure are that the likelihood of skin injury and infection is minimal. But these are not all the benefits.

Why is an unedged manicure better than a traditional one?

• The time interval between manicure procedures is significantly increased compared to traditional trimmed manicure.
• The growth of the nail root is not inhibited because the cuticle is not damaged. With a trimmed manicure (if the cutting of the cuticle is done inaccurately), the growth zone of the nails suffers.
• Since the skin is not injured, there is no discomfort either during or after the procedure.

Unedged manicure technique

• Step one: Apply cuticle remover

A special solution is applied to the rough skin around the nail. The cuticle remover solution helps to dissolve the cuticle and slow down its growth. This is due to keratolics (substances that dissolve keratinized surfaces), which are part of cuticle removers. The drug causes a rather sharp alkaline reaction, but it is completely safe for nails.

• Stage two: removal of the cuticle

The soft part of the cuticle comes off by itself, it is customary to remove the hard part with a wooden stick or a special pumice stone. The best stick for unedged manicure is an orange tree stick. Firstly, it is soft, and secondly, it has disinfectant properties. But you can also use special plastic sticks. If the skin around the nail is too rough, it can be removed with scissors.

• Stage three: oil treatment

At the end of the manicure, the skin around the nail should be lubricated with special oil. It softens the skin, makes it elastic, not prone to hangnails. Many medicinal products serve simultaneously as a base for varnish. But remember that oils or creams are best applied at night. If you are going to paint your nails immediately after a manicure, you need to wash off the remaining oil. Otherwise, a greasy film will remain on the nail, and it does not allow the varnish to last for a long time.

Disadvantages of unedged manicure

• This type of manicure is not suitable for nails that are too neglected, near which there is an overgrown and coarsened cuticle. You will have to resort to a traditional edged manicure or mixed media.
• Many people may experience an allergic reaction to unedged manicure products. In this case, it is preferable to do a manicure with a pumice stone.

Instructions for home manicurists

To carry out this procedure yourself at home, you will need:

• thin wooden or plastic stick
• cotton swabs
• cotton buds
• nail file
• bath with warm water with soap or shower gel and the addition of some oil
• cuticle cream or lotion
• moisturizer or special nail cream
• hand cream
• soft towel

Like any other type of manicure, unedged manicure requires good lighting. Before you start treating your nails, do not forget to remove the remnants of varnish from them.

First, shape your nails with a nail file. The oval shape looks very nice. File your nails in one direction only. It is best to file your nails, moving towards the center from the edge. If you drive the file in both directions, the edge of the nail will be rough. Do not file the sides of the nail too much, as this can lead to ingrown nails and burrs. After that, a special nail cream or a regular moisturizer is rubbed into the nail plate and the skin around the nail. Do it thumb moving around in a circle. After that, hold your fingers in soapy water for about 3 more minutes. The skin will soften. After that, dry your hand with a towel and proceed to the treatment of nails.

Do not treat both hands, the skin should be constantly softened. Apply a cream that is designed to remove the nail skin, rub it with your thumb. The lotion can be applied with a pipette.

Q-tip gently scrape off the skin around the entire circumference of the nail, remove the remnants with light movements around the nail. Be careful not to move the wand too sharply. After all, you can injure the nail and the plate. After completion, you can process the second hand.

Do you want your nails to have a healthy shine? Polish the surface from tip to base. This way you can not only polish the nail, but also cause a rush of blood to it, which is an excellent strengthening procedure that promotes nail growth and their healthy appearance.

Rub a small amount of cream into your hands. Massage your fingers thoroughly. Rub the cream as if you are trying to remove the rings that are tightly sitting on your finger.

Manicure is ready. It remains only to paint the nails.

Nail file for correction of nails

Special cuticle remover

orange sticks

Cuticle oil (but in the absence of a nourishing cream can be replaced)

First, remove the varnish coating, if any. We shape the nails with a nail file. It is important to do this first, before applying the product, so that the nails remain dry and not damaged during filing. If the periungual ridges are very dry and overgrown (this happens at the beginning of the transition to a European manicure), then you can lightly walk on them with a nail file. If not, then go straight to the second stage. Apply a cuticle remover to the skin around the nail and wait from 30 seconds. up to several minutes, depending on the recommendation indicated on the remover. Then we move the skin aside and remove the exfoliated particles with an orange stick. We wash our hands and, if desired, apply nail polish, and then cuticle oil or cream. All! Manicure is ready!

Also, before applying the cuticle remover, you can make a warm bath with salt for your hands, you can not do it, it all depends on the time you have for a manicure. Lacquer coating I do gel polishes: Bluesky or Jess Nail. I remove gel polish by Severina, a very good tool.

But, going back, I want to write a little about why I refused the classic manicure! The fact is that for many years I did only trimmed manicure at home and sometimes in the salon EVERY week! The cuticle grew at an incredible rate and burrs often appeared. In addition, several times in the salon my skin was injured to the point of blood, soreness around the nail and the fear of contracting something worse than a fungus made me refuse to visit the salon altogether. At home, a manicure took me at least an hour of time, and the quality right hand“limping”, well, I don’t know how to hold scissors with my left hand.

After reading the information about the European manicure, I decided to switch to it! It was not very easy for me, the first 2-3 weeks my hands looked neglected, or it just seemed so to me, after all, there is such a thing - a habit. But I did not regret it at all and now I recommend this type of nail care to my girlfriends. If you decide to switch to such a manicure, then the most important thing is consistency, for the first 3 weeks to do a manicure twice a week, then one will be enough and under no circumstances CUT off the overgrown skin, well, or in extreme cases (burrs, etc.) .P.) ! Moisturize cuticles. That's all! In less than a month, you will always enjoy well-groomed hands!

Now it takes me about 15 minutes for a manicure without a coating, the skin is always thin and does not grow, but I completely forgot about the burrs!

Many girls are very fond of cutting the cuticle almost “to the meat”, but, alas, such a manicure looks good only for a couple of days, and then you have to repeat the procedure again. Of course, this is beneficial for salons - the more often you come, the more they will earn. In addition, the nail plate deforms and deteriorates when you get rid of the cuticle over and over again, which, by the way, has a protective function: it is she who protects the newly growing nail from external influences.

But think, do you really need it? Switching to an unedged manicure is quite simple, besides, it is both a savings and a benefit for your hands. We will tell you what most manicure masters are silent about - how to stop cutting your cuticles and at the same time keep your fingers in perfect well-groomed condition. Read and learn how to do unedged manicure step by step!

1. Get a regular manicure

To begin with, you will have to do as usual - it is advisable to go to a trusted master (believe me, soon you will not see each other often) and do a trimmed manicure. And then it all depends on you.

2. Push back cuticles after a shower

The very next day after you have done a trimmed manicure (the last one!), Start caring for your nails. When your hands are steamed, gently push back the cuticles with a wooden stick. This must be done even if it is still completely invisible - in this way you prevent the cuticle from growing. But when it does appear (alas, but it will happen), do not remove it with tweezers (by no means!), But with “cleaning” movements - do the same on the sides of the nail plate. It is enough to carry out the procedure once a day.

3. Use oil

yours best friend in the near future, cuticle oil should become - several times a day, lubricate your fingers with massaging movements. This will not only soften even the most dense cuticle, but also improve blood flow: the nails will grow faster.

4. Buy a hard nail file

You will need a hard file for the side “rollers” so that burrs and rough skin do not form. Use it when your hands are dry, treat each finger, trying not to hurt the nail itself. You will see, soon the excess skin will not have to be cut at all - you will remove everything with a file even before it grows. In addition, this simple method helps to avoid burrs.

5. Do a combined manicure

Within one to two weeks, you regularly repeat every 4 steps from our instructions for home unedged manicure. Of course, the cuticle will be noticeably thinner and softer, but it will not stop growing at all until it stops. Go to the salon for a combined manicure - that is, the master should not cut off the entire cuticle, but only small particles, which are still branches after careful care.

A non-edged manicure at home protects the cuticle that does not need intensive processing and allows you to significantly save the budget, it is not at all superfluous to have such a skill. Let's get started without further ado!

Features of non-edged manicure

Nail painting is not a manicure. A real, correct manicure includes several stages: removal of the cuticle, formation of the nail plate.

But not a trimmed or European manicure is the most gentle procedure, in no way inferior to classical way. Perfect for home use. Uncut manicure is performed without cutting the cuticle. For removal, not tools are used, but special tools. In this case, the risk of infection through micro.

This procedure is suitable for owners. After a European manicure, the growing cuticle has a rather aesthetic appearance. However, there is a small drawback here: you can’t put in order badly neglected nails, you will need at least a hardware manicure.

Trim manicure technique

In order to perform a non-edged manicure on your own at home, you must:

• A bowl for holding a hand bath;
• Cotton pads;
• Softening hand cream;
• clean towel;
• Cuticle remover;
• Polishing nail file;
• Means that slows down the growth of the cuticle;
• Cuticle pusher.

To choose the right tools for the procedure, study the advice of experts:

• . Opt for ceramic, glass, or mineral-coated paper tools.
• Add to hand bath nutrients such as essential oils.
• Choose a plastic or silicone stick. You can process such a tool before each procedure so as not to introduce infections.

European (unedged) manicure- hygienic treatment of nail plates and periungual skin without the use of cutting instruments when removing keratinized cuticle skin. This procedure is easy to perform at home and literally in half an hour your fingers will have a well-groomed appearance. But how can you do a manicure without cutting off the overgrown cuticle with scissors or nippers? To do without these traumatic tools, special cuticle files or a liquid with active ingredients that corrode the keratinized skin on the nails (remuver) will help us.

So, during the performance of a European manicure, the overgrown cuticle, together with a thin film of pterygium, is moved to the nail roller with a pusher spatula. Then the keratinized skin is treated with a remover (in the form of a gel or liquid) and after a few minutes the remnants of rough skin are removed with the tip of an orange stick. Instead of a liquid remover, you can use a laser nail file or a ceramic bar to remove the cuticle.

Who is best suited for unedged manicure? If small blood capillaries come too close to the surface of the nail folds, then living tissue can be easily injured using tools for a classic trimmed manicure. No less traumatic for the very delicate and thin skin of the fingers are tools with cutting edges. In addition, according to the reviews of some women on the forum, regular cutting of the cuticle at home accelerates the growth of the keratinized layers and the skin around the nails itself becomes rougher. The technology for performing European manicure is as safe as possible for the delicate skin around the nails and the matrix will be reliably protected from infection. And you can master the technology of performing unedged manicure using step by step instructions with photo and video tutorials for beginners.

♦ VARIETIES OF EUROPEAN MANICURE

▪ Dry.
Before performing a dry unedged manicure, it is not required to soften the cuticle and make a bath with warm water. But if the skin on the fingers is very delicate or the nail plates are brittle and thin, then it is best to give preference to a wet manicure. For quick and safe dry cuticle removal, you can use a laser-cut nail file or a special ceramic bar;

▪ Wet.
The technology for performing a wet unedged manicure involves softening the keratinized periungual skin in a bath with the addition of essential and vegetable oils, salt, iodine, and lotions. This method of European manicure has no contraindications. After the procedure, the overgrown cuticle can be easily removed with a remover.

♦ HOW TO DO A EUROPEAN MANICURE AT HOME

Tools and materials:

· Manicure files for polishing (glass or ceramic);

Cuticle file (optional when using a remover);

· Polishing buff;

· Orange sticks;

Bath (warm water with nail strengthening products);

Cotton pads or lint-free wipes;

Pusher with a rounded spatula;

· Antiseptic;

· Olive oil.

· Cuticle oil.

Technology for performing European manicure at home:

Before you start doing a hygienic manicure, wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water, dry them with a soft towel and treat your fingers with a disinfectant. Be sure to remove the remnants of the old coating with a special nail polish remover.

❶ We give the shape to the free edge on dry nails. To do this, take a glass (or ceramic) nail file of medium abrasive, trim nail plates, and then with a fine file, give the nails the desired shape. File your nails from the side rollers to the center of the nail, moving the file in one direction so that the plates do not delaminate;


❷ Now you can make a bath with warm water by adding all the necessary ingredients to it. Softened keratinized skin is removed safer and faster. If you use dry manicure technology, then the skin on the fingers should not be steamed. If you want to use a nail file to remove dead skin on your nails, then this procedure will require a special cuticle file;


❸ Take an orange stick and gently push the pterygium film and keratinized cuticle to the base of the nail with a rounded end. Then apply a remover on the keratinized skin and after 3-5 minutes (according to the instructions) remove the excess remover from the nails with a cotton pad;


❹ Now we remove the remnants of layers of keratinized skin with an orange stick and wipe the nails with a napkin. Side rollers can be treated with a cuticle file to get rid of rough skin around the nails;


❺ If straight stripes, wavy grooves or other irregularities appear on the nails, then sand the surface of the plates with a glass file. After grinding