8 life hacks that will simplify your home pedicure and make it as good as a salon pedicure

But there’s a catch: It’s not that easy to achieve salon results at home. Here’s what to do, according to experts, to keep your skin soft and delicate, and keep your nail polish perfectly smooth and shiny for a long time.

According to pedicurist and teacher Rita Remarque, this is the best time: feet will be clean and cuticles will be soft enough to push them back. Immediately after showering, Rita advises applying foot cream and cuticle oil, because only hydration will make the skin look healthy and glowing.

For those with thick, cracked skin on the heels, Remarque advises a two-step exfoliation: before showering, treat dry feet with a grater, paying particular attention to the rougher areas, then repeat this procedure in the bathroom when the skin becomes soft.

You cannot paint a nail that has not yet dried – when the moisture molecules evaporate, the plate will shrink slightly, and the varnish will not be able to repeat this trick and therefore will flake off and peel off. Nail salon founder Rachel Apfel Glass advises waiting at least 30 minutes before buffing and coating.

Wipe the plate, removing all traces of cosmetics – for this you can use nail polish remover or rubbing alcohol. Well, the best option is a nail primer, which not only removes all traces of oil, but also creates the right pH balance for optimal polish adhesion.

According to Glass, several thin coats of varnish are always better than one thick – this way you will definitely avoid the formation of bumps.

It’s important to dry all the layers, but you can’t overdry them either. How to avoid it? Glass advises to “do it one foot at a time,” which means applying base, color polish and finish in turn to five toes of one foot, then moving on to the second.

The game “the floor is lava” is fun only in childhood – you don’t want to spend time after a pedicure in tension, afraid to hurt something with a freshly polished nail. Drying can save you from this, which will not only help quickly set the varnish, but also make it shiny.

Glass advises getting a pedicure in the early evening, when you probably won’t be leaving the house or doing chores: sit with a cool polish in front of the TV for several hours before bed.

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