Sunday, November 9, 2014

Treat your nails at a sweet price

I tend to do my manicure/pedicure mostly at home, and I've been trying a LOT of "care" nail polishes like base coats, top coats, cuticle oils in many brands.
High end nail polish brands tend to sell these products at a high price, but I think I finally found my perfect routine, only with products from Catrice and Essence (drugstore brands).

1/ Base coat: Essence studio nails pro white hardener

This base it awesome! You need a tiny bit to do both hands, and it prevents your nails from getting yellow (if like me you wear nail polish all the time... it is a life saver!)


2/ Top coats: Catrice Quick Dry & High Shine, and Essence Gel-look Top coat

For top coats, I tend to use a basic shiny coat for my hands (Catrice), but when I want a gel effect, I use the Essence gel look top coat. This product is the best gel coat I ever tried (although it is quite thick), and I love to use it on my feet. The gel effect stays so long, and looks like to get out from the salon.



3/ Oil drops: Essence nail art Express dry drops

I apply these oil drops on my nails after my manicure, to prevent any damage after I complete it, and it it not completely dry.
I am not sure it really helps the nails to dry faster, but it works perfectly to protect the manicure.
...and he drop pump makes the application super convenient.



Manicure tip

Finally, I share with you a little tip to make your manicure dry faster... I put my nails 30 seconds to 1 minute in cold water (in Thailand, I need to put ice cubes in a bowl, but you can use cold tap water directly). It makes my nails dry super fast compared to any other technique I used before (fan, hair dryer, high speed dry nail polishes, sprays...)


I hope all these little tips help!


Have a nice week