If you have been keeping track of the latest fashion trends, then you will surely know about the craze over acrylic nails. If you have not yet tried getting yourself acrylic nails then it is high time you went for them. You can put your thoughts to rest in case you are wondering how to do acrylic nails all by yourself. In fact getting acrylic nails done is not as tough as you may be thinking it to be especially if you have expert opinion on it. So you can safely bid goodbye to all those expensive salons that charge you sky high because they know how to do acrylic nails.
To start off with, clean the surface of the nail so that there is no trace of moisture on it. Most people use soaps for the purpose. But it is best that you use acetone for the sanitization. However, while using the acetone make sure that you apply petroleum jelly on the region around the nails. This would make sure that your skin doesn’t lose moisture along with the nail surfaces, a very frequent problem that people face while doing acrylic nails at home is that the mixture of acrylic liquid and powder dries up while you are still applying it. This makes the nails look very clumsy. (more…)