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Summary: Learn cuticle maintenance when doing your own home pedicures with these nail care tips, using beauty spa pedicure methods and techniques in this free diy video.
Lillian Garcia is the owner of Salon de Scottsdale in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She has been a hair artist and beauty consultant since 1974.read more
"Next I will demonstrate how to push back the cuticles, get rid of the dry skin, and trim off the excess cuticle. I have chosen the medal cuticle pusher there is also a orange stick which also has a edge in which you could push the cuticles back and also there is a plastic one. I just prefer the metal one. With the metal one though you have to be a little bit more careful to not scrap the nail the actually nail stay at the corners. And push back the excess dead skin the reason it is so easy to get rid of this excess skin now is because we have soaked for 15 minutes. Then we turn this around to the pointed edge and you could clean under the free edge which is under the top of the nail and then we would continue on once we are done with this one and do the same to all of the other nails. When the other nails are completely done this is when we pick up our cuticle nipper and this a sharp edge a very pointy tip and we just get rid of the excess cuticle that we have loosen when we have push them back with the cuticle. With a cuticle pusher then we would just continue on and do the same thing with the rest of the toenails and continue on with the left foot. "
eHow Article: Cuticle Maintenance: Beauty Spa Pedicure Methods & Nail Care Tips