Nail Polish Colors

Is this your first time getting nail polish? You're probably not sure which color looks best on you. There are so many colors to choose from, but not all of them will look great on you. What looks great on one person might not look great on others. Here are some very good advice to follow when selecting nail polish colors for you:

Your skin tone matters to make the nails stand out. Light and medium colors look great on light skin, while darker colors look better on dark skin tone. For example, if you want to wear pink, then wear a lighter shade of pink for light skin tone, and darker shade of pink for dark skin tone.

Nail stores will offer samples for people to try out the colors. What you can do is bring a small piece of napkin, or any type of paper will do, and use it to put nail polish samples on it. You can put your finger next to the color side by side to see if it looks great on you.

There are many types of polish to choose from. Matte and glitter are the most common types that people buy. If you this is your first time buying, then stick to these two basics for now. If you are going to a girls' night out event at a club, you can go crazy with glitter and wacky patterns.

Use common sense because if you are going for an interview or business meeting, you might want to just stick to plain colors. Unusual colors and patterns can bring too much attention to your hands. Assuming your business meeting or interview has nothing to do with hand modeling, you don't want crazy colors.

Many people will choose to match the nail colors with the clothes that they wear. They will also match colors with the seasons, for example, during Spring, a person might wear baby blue or light green color nail polish.

If you are going to spend money on this, you might as well go for much more expensive brands. The expensive ones tend to be organic which are not harmful to your nails. The cheap kinds use harmful chemicals which are bad for the environment and your nails.

You can always ask an experienced employee at a nail salon for colors that they think would be best on you. It never hurts to experiment to try new things!

Nail Polish

A lot of women - and a few men as well - apply nail polish on their fingers and toes as a matter of habit. They believe that painting their nails is part of good grooming. And for some, applying nail varnish is the basis of nail art, and many people see nail art as a way of expressing themselves.

If many women consider painting their finger- and toenails as a matter of hygiene, just as many women don't paint their nails. It's either they think applying polish is a waste of time or they simply don't know how to do it. If you belong to the latter category and want to learn how to apply nail lacquer, then here is a short and easy guide you can turn to on how to apply nail polish.

Before you do anything to your finger- or toenails, prepare your work area. Have your polish and manicure tools ready on your work table. Also, to minimize the mess and to prevent the polish from staining your work space, you should spread an old towel over its surface.

Remove old nail varnish off your finger- and toenails, if you have them, with a non-acetone nail polish remover. This will ensure that your new polish will spread evenly over your nail for a smooth and flawless appearance.

Wash your hands thoroughly so no dirt or debris gets onto your nails or into your nail polish while you're giving yourself a manicure.

Rub the bottle of the colorless base coat polish between your hands for around 20 or 30 seconds. Doing so will warm up the polish and get rid of the bubbles that may have formed inside the bottle.

Apply the base coat on your nails. Start from the middle of the nail bed and then work your way to the sides. Don't worry about staining your skin with the base coat. It's colorless, so no one will notice. Let it dry completely before you resume your work.

Rub the bottle of your colored polish between your hands, just like what you did in step four.

Apply the color coat on your nails, once again starting from the middle of the nail and working your way to the sides. Allow your coat to dry completely before you do anything else.

Apply the color coat for a second time if you want to have a deeper shade of nail polish. You can skip this part if you're satisfied with the shade of your previous color coat. Once again, let your nail varnish dry completely before you do anything.

Get a bottle of colorless polish and rub it between your hands, just like in step four.

Apply colorless polish as top coat on your nails. This will protect your finger- and toenails from chipping, as well as make your polish last at least a week longer. Allow this top coat to dry thoroughly.

After your top coat has completely dried, get a piece of cotton wad and wrap it tightly around the end of an orangewood stick. Dip the cotton end of this stick in your nail polish remover. And then, using the stick, remove the excess nail polish on the skin around your nails. This will give your manicure a sophisticated look.

If you want to, you can put stickers and glitter on your nails. Experiment with nail art to your heart's content.