I hope I'm not alone when I say that I am rubbish at applying nail varnish! I have the shakiest hands known to man and the nail paints gets everywhere (literally, once I found it on my elbow... don't even ask, I have no idea), so there's no surprise that my nails don't have a professional look when I'm finished. What I am good at however is cleaning them up, and I have found a brilliant way to clean up the edges of your nails. Hint: nail vanish remover pads are your best friend!
There may not seem a massive difference between the two above pictures, but look closely around the edges of my nails and you will realise that a lot of the paint that was originally on my skin has been removed, making them look a lot neater. As I work in a pub where there is a lot of exchanging on money and drinks, my nails are on show a lot so I can't afford to have messy nails.
HOW TO DO IT
Take a nail varnish remover pad and fold it into a quarter. Using the edges and point of the pad, move it around the edges of your nails (be careful not to take any paint off of your actual nail) and remove all of the excess polish from your skin - do this for every nail on both hands and you should be golden!
Let me know if you do try this and tell me whether it worked! Also let me know if you have another way of getting rid of messy nails!
Im also a messy nail painter, I always use a cotton bud dipped in nail varnish remover.
ReplyDeleteBeth x
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