How to Trim Your Finger Nails

Having nice looking hands doesn’t mean you have to spend money on a manicure. Just keeping your finger nails trimmed makes your hands look cared for and it’s easy to do.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Nail clipper

1. Wash your hands well with hot soapy water and dry them off with a towel.
2. Get your nail clipper and start at your pinky finger.
3. Trim your nails straight across by squeezing the exposed nail tip between the nail clipper's sharp edges.
4. Don’t clip into your skin or round off the edges (this can cause ingrown nails).
5. Trim each of the nails to approximately the same length.
6. Wash your hands again with hot soapy water.
   

Tips & Warnings

• Trim your nails regularly to avoid sharp edges and breakage.
• You shouldn’t round the edges of your nails off or clip inward toward your skin. This can cause the nail to grow in.