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Doing your nails at home is empowering! It can be stressful balancing work, school, time with family, and, well, going to the salon for your manicure. How do you balance your nails with all of the other priorities you have? Enter the 2018 trend of domestic nail art. There is a blank canvas outside of your kitchen, living room, office, even bathroom, and with new tools and techniques, you can achieve gorgeous, nail art at home that you just can’t do at the salon. Here are our top 10 tips for doing your nails at home.

Find your right nail art

First of all, find a nail art molder — other than a concrete mold, there are commercial nail art molds, and some briteo nail art is also great. That way, you can get a basic polish, color, or object you know looks good on your hand. And another fun tip: take out the nail art tool or pencil you use for your hands and use it on your nails! You can use it to trace an object that goes underneath your fingers and help to contour the shape and length of the nail.

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Bring craft supplies and nails in a basket

Even if you can’t craft nail art using craft supplies, by bringing nail art supplies and nails in a basket (or box or book bag), you’ll have more elbow grease for the nail art.

Apply nail polish in bursts

You may know that you should use smaller amounts of nail polish remover than you do polish polish. That’s because it is easier to clean off any excess oil in two places: at the tip of your nail and in the base of your ring finger. When applying your acrylic manicure, always use less remover than usual in the areas you most want to keep clean and fresh.

Use nail oils for clean nails

When applying nail varnish, apply oil first on your nails, with your nails flat to the floor to remove excess nail polish oil residue. Any more oils will water your nail polish, causing it to ooze onto your polish, and ruin your polish. Also, if you are painting your nails, use a little nail oil right before applying polish. This will stop the bottom coat of polish from drying, and you’ll be able to paint in water and have the exact level of polish you like.

Mix nail polishes

Make your own nail polishes! You can find paint that allows you to mix together different shades of brown. For example, you can mix hard brown with a cream colored nail polish for a dramatic look. It takes just a minute in a paint blender, and it will take anywhere from a few coats to several hours depending on the size of your polish bottle.

Making nail polish in small amounts, then colorless

Polish is formulated and marketed in small quantities and ingredients that will not disrupt the health of your hands, fingers, or nails. It can affect your nail and nail bed (when they are mixed together) in a number of ways. You don’t want to be exposed to any of these harmful chemicals. So go ahead and add some essential oils to your polish to protect yourself. Use rose water, lavender, orange, rosemary, or cucumber essential oils to add healthy notes to your polish.

Start small

Try out the techniques and tools you’ve seen from the professionals first. Learn how to wash and oil your nails. And don’t forget to treat your hands like they’re your own, so be super mindful and careful with the polish on your fingers.

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