If you can dream it up, you can have it on
your nails this summer! What an explosion of artistry there has been at the
tips of our fingers. Geometric, tie dye, rainbows, fruit, negative space –
these are all manicures that you can have to add a blast of colour and a lot of
fun to your life this summer. So, get seriously creative and let your fingers
do the talking!
Prepare
your canvas
But, first things first, you need to take
care of your hands! Make sure they are smooth, moisturised and that the nails
don’t have ragged edges or uneven cuticles. The canvas for the art must be
prepared! I absolutely love my Neal’s Yard Remedies Beautiful Hands Organic
Collection. It contains three different hand creams, a Wild Rose, a Geranium
& Orange and a Garden Mint and Bergamot hand cream. I keep one of these
fragrant creams in my handbag, one in my office drawer and one at home in the
kitchen, so I am never without a softening treat for my hands.
Harden
up!
And if your nails are not quite in tip-top
shape yet, do not despair, start giving them a hardening and strengthening
treatment now and in a week or two you will be ready for a masterpiece. OPI is
a favourite nail brand, and their “Nail Envy” strengthener contains a powerful
boost of protein and calcium to your nails, making them harder, able to grow
longer and stronger and resist cracking and peeling – it’s a winner, try it
out!
Get
your color on!
Oh for the colour – well, if it’s a bright summer
pastel – bring it over here! This summer the colours are candy, with a depth
and array that boggles the mind and excites the eyes! One of the best nail art
trends is the “ice cream” manicure – where you get to paint your nails to the
point that you might want to eat them! It can take some time, but it’s worth
the wait when you emerge with hands that you cannot tear your eyes away from!
Nobody’s
got time for that!
Oh, and one last thing. I hate waiting,
impatience is my middle name and I cannot begin to tell you how many times I
have destroyed a carefully created manicure or paint by dashing off to do something
with my hands too early, before it is properly dry! So, the perfect discovery
for me was OPI Drip Dry nail lacquer. This is sheer magic – you just apply 1 or
2 drops to each nail and voila – dry in 1 minute! Even I can wait just one
minute. At the same time the formula soothes the cuticles with jojoba and
vitamin E.
So go wild girls, let nothing hold you back
except your imagination and let your summer nails express the person you want
the world to see!
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