MAN-icure
Your hands are used every day and dry and cracked skin can quickly develop. A manicure at home helps to prevent and avoid unpleasant dryness and cracked cuticles. Here we show you how to easily create a manicure for men at home and which bestselling products will help you. So you can enjoy well-groomed hands.
Well-groomed hands
In addition to taking regular care of your hands, you can also prevent dry and cracked cuticles by protecting your hands. Find out here step-by-step which products you can use to care for your hands and nails at home.
Step 1: Hand cream
As a base, you should regularly moisturise your hands. This will prevent them from drying out in the first place. Your cuticles will also look well-groomed if you regularly moisturise your hands. Keep a hand cream handy everywhere, e.g. in your bag, on the coffee table or next to your bed. This way, you will always be reminded to moisturise your hands from time to time.
PerfectHair.ch tip: Jack Black - Intense Therapy Hand Cream is the perfect hand cream to not only moisturise your hands every day, but also to protect them from cold. Apply a hazelnut-sized amount of cream to the back of one hand and then rub the backs of both hands together to distribute the cream evenly. Then work the cream into the fingers, spaces between the fingers and the nail area.
Step 2: Filing
To keep your hands looking neat, you should shorten and shape your nails. If your nails are rather long, the easiest way to shorten them is with nail scissors or nail clippers. If your nails are already short, a nail file will suffice. You can use this to file your nails evenly into shape.
PerfectHair.ch tip: Always file your nails in the same direction. This keeps the nail edges smooth and prevents the nail from tearing at a later stage.
Step 3: Remove cuticles
Dry and torn cuticles not only look unaesthetic, they can also tear. To prevent this and make your hands look even more groomed, you can remove your cuticles. Soak your hands in warm water for a few minutes or remove the cuticles directly after showering. Use a hoof stick to carefully push back the cuticles so that they no longer cover your nail bed. If you still have excess cuticles, you can carefully remove them with cuticle scissors. But be very careful not to injure yourself. This is not only painful at the moment, but can also become infected later on.
PerfectHair.ch tip: You can use OPI Pro Spa Nail & Cuticle Oil to soften your cuticles before removing them. Apply the oil to your cuticles, massage it in and wait 1-2 minutes. You can then push back and remove the skin around your nails more easily and comfortably.
Step 4: Nail hardener
Are your nails brittle and tear easily? A nail hardener can help here. These polishes and serums are transparent and barely visible on the nail. Thanks to valuable ingredients, your nails are protected from splitting and tearing.
Step 5: Care at the end
Finish off your hands and nails with an extra portion of care. The Pro Spa - Intensive Callus Smoothing Balm from OPI is an intensive treatment for very dry and calloused skin. A plus point with this cream? You can also use it on your feet.
To moisturise your cuticles and prevent them from cracking in the future, you can use the Nail Oil from Idun Minerals. Simply apply the oil around your cuticles, massage it in and your hands will look wonderfully nourished.
PerfectHair.ch tip: Apply the balm and nail oil directly before going to bed. This allows the care to work in peace and quiet overnight without having to remove it the next time you wash your hands.