When you need to do manicure or pedicure at home, it is very important to have knowledge of it in general, and the requirements in particular. If you feel the need of a system of manicure / pedicure and wandering, then the following mentioned system

Now you definitely would be interested to know, how the abovementioned items will help you in doing manicure / pedicure.

Nail polish removing:

Take cotton balls as many as you need them, soak each finger well with nail polish remover, so that your fingernails true color start appearing. Use a very less quantity of nail polish remover to remove the nail polish. Since nail polish is extremely drying, never soak the nail in it, especially the cuticle. Keep the good contacts of your nails with the nail polish.

Soaking and removing cuticles:

Your cuticle is like a fore skin. It is found at the bottom of your nail, where finger nail cartilage and skin meets. To remove cuticle, soak your nail in warm water for 3 minutes or less. Now use cartilage remover to push the cuticle down.

Trimming your fingernails:

To trim out toenails, use nail clippers. To reshape or shorten nails, simply use nail clippers. If your nails are hard, soak them in water before trimming. If you have soft nails, do not trim after bathing or washing, because in doing so you may cause damage, which sometime may lead to infection. Do not cut too short toenails, because doing so increase the chances of developing ingrown toenails.

Filling Nails:

Use emery board to make your fingernails smooth and good looking. You can use emery board to smoothen the ends of your fingernails. Do not use emery board to scrap your natural nail surface at all. This will make the nails surface rough.

Exfoliating & Moisturizing Hands and Feet:

Now use sugar wash to massage your feet, legs, arms and feet. Rinse your hands first and then use pumice stone to rub away callus and other rough surfaces on the bottom of your feet. Now, rinse the scrub of your feet and legs. Now, use moisturizer or some other soothing cream for your hands and feet that may heal a cracked and roughdry skin.

Polishing Nails:

Remove excess moisturizer using polish remover. Polish your nails and dry them between coats, preferably minimum of four coats. If you have weak or brittle nails, place one or two coats of ridge filling nail polish on the nail as base coat to shore up the nail. Two coats of a colored nail polish are next, followed by a topcoat to add luster. Use foam toe separators to fingers, while polishing. Allow drying the polish.

Ingrown toenails are actually an infection and they are medically referred to as onychocryptosis. This condition usually affects the nail on the big toe. In this kind of an infection, the toe nail bends downwards and it starts growing into the skin.

There are some more causes for ingrown toenails like if you wear extremely tight shoes and socks, the nails may be forced to grow inwards. A foot injury, especially on the toe, could also divert the growth of the toe nail.

Some of the symptoms of the condition are the toe is swollen and red in color. It also hurts quite a bit like when you are trying to wear shoes or socks. Depending on the severity of the infection, you can treat such a type of infection at home also.

You can soak the affected foot in vinegar and water in a ratio of 1:4. You can also mix some Epsom salt in the solution. Dip your toe nail in a mixture of Clorox and water to cure the redness and the fingernail. When you soak for a while the skin on the toe becomes soft and then you can turn the nail to the right direction. It will not hurt you much when you do this after the skin has become soft and pliable. You can also soak a little bit of cotton in hydrogen peroxide to clean the infected part of the foot.

Another home remedy to treat ingrown toenails is to soak the foot in warm water and salt for around 30 minutes. This procedure should be followed for about 15 days. Each time after soaking your foot, gently remove the overgrown skin from the nail with the help of tweezers. Then, make a small ball of cotton and insert it between the skin and nail to facilitate normal nail growth. The cotton should be changed everyday without fail.