After Care
NAIL MAINTENANCE for Acrylic Nails and Natural Nails
PINK & WHITE ACRYLIC NAILS on HANDS or FEET To eliminate fill-lines, you need to buff your nails with oil in between fills. This
eliminates the white "peelys" or lifting around the edge and also stops you from picking at your nails. Products Needed: 2oz. Acetone Polish
Remover, Dip-Off Jar/Little Soakers, Conditioning Cuticle Oil, Zebra File (180 grit), Finish Buffer (File or Block), Top coat.
1. Remove polish with Acetone Polish Remover.
2. File cuticle area smooth with Zebra File, then smooth out the top surface of the nail.
3. Apply Conditioning Cuticle Oil to cuticle areas.
4. Buff cuticle area and top of nail smooth with the Finish Buffer.
5. Clean off excess oil with a towel.
6. Polish with Top Coat. (Follow with UV Top Coat if you are going to be in the sun.
KEEPING NAILS HEALTHY while WEARING ACRYLIC NAILS Your natural nail under the acrylic can stay healthy by keeping your nails clean.
1. Scrub your nails daily with a plastic Manicure Brush or Tooth Brush.
NATURAL NAILS Coming in for manicures every 1-2 weeks is a necessity with natural nails or they look shabby. To keep your
nails looking good between manicures, you will need to file your rough edges; keep your cuticles nourished and apply clear polish,
or just shine the natural nails with the Shiner Block if you don’t wear polish. Products Needed: File or Black Beauty Nail File, Nail Nourishment, Top Coat, Nail Hardener or Shiner Block, Moisture Lotion.
1. Smooth rough edges with File when needed.
2. Apply Nail Nourishment daily to keep nails healthy and strong; it also keeps hangnails away.
3. Apply Nail Hardener or Top Coat every 2-3 days to keep polish from chipping or just use grey side of Shiner Block every 5 days to
keep the natural nails shiny.
4. Apply Moisture Lotion daily to keep hands soft.
COLOR POLISH When you wear color polish on acrylics or natural nails, don’t change your polish more than once a week.
Products Needed: Acetone Polish Remover, Conditioning Cuticle Oil, Finish Buffer (File
or Block), Ridgefiller, color polish, and Top Coat.
1. Remove polish with Acetone Polish Remover.
2. Apply Conditioning Cuticle Oil to nail and cuticle.
3. Buff with Clean Finish Buffer.
4. Apply Ridgefiller first, then 2 coats of color polish.
5. Finish your nails with a coat of Top Coat.
Apply Top Coat every 4-5 days. This will make your polish look new. Use your Conditioning Cuticle Oil daily.
EXCESSIVE CUTICLE SKIN If you have excessive cuticle skin use Cuticle Remover and Buffer once a week.
Products Needed: Cuticle Remover, Buffer and Conditioning Cuticle Oil.
1. Use Cuticle Remover on each cuticle and rub it in.
2. Let it soak in for 1-2 minutes.
3. Push back cuticle and smooth out rough spots.
4. Wash your hands and nails thoroughly. Then dry off with a towel and push back cuticles at the same time.
5. Massage in Conditioning Cuticle Oil. Note: Use oil daily.
DRY ROUGH SKIN Products Needed: Exfoliating Scrub and Moisture Lotion (optional: Foot File).
1. Apply Exfoliating Scrub to palm of hand and rub into all rough areas (knees, elbows, hands and feet) until smooth.
Note: Any extremely rough areas, you can apply Exfoliating Scrub to Foot File and scrub mildly.
2. Wash off Exfoliating Scrub thoroughly.
3. Apply Moisture Lotion to all areas you scrubbed.
4. You can do this every week or more often if needed.