Nails can be a girls best friend and also their worst enemy. They are a relaitvely easy thing to make attractive, but they need constant work on account of the fact they just keep on growing. For those of us who can’t afford to splash out on a pedicurist or manicurist every time we need a tart up, we need to do them at home sometimes. Below are three pieces of priceless nail-care advise, so listen up.

Lots of Light. When doing any sort of hand care or foot care work, make sure you are working in good light. If you can’t see what your doing then its very difficult to do your nails right, especially the more intricate parts. The best thing to do is buy a decent lamp that you can angle just how you want it and bring it closer if you need to inspect something in greater detail.

Plan Ahead. One of the biggest mistakes people make when giving themselves manicures and pedicures is not planning exactly what they need and factoring in mistakes. The easiest thing in the world to do when painting nails is to slip and end up painting the chair you’re sitting on or your toes themselves, only to find that you have left the polish remove downstairs.It is not easy hobbling down the stairs trying not to let your toes touch or brush up against anything believe me. Get everything sorted before you start and have some nail polish remover and pads close to hand at all times.

Use Quality Tools. If you try and save a bit of money and buy cheap tools to use when doing your nails, the task will be made 10 times harder.This is a fact that most people have had to learn the hard way, after spending hours trying to correct the damage done by poor quality nail clippers. And dont even try using a cheap cuticle knife. A good idea is visit your local health spa and see which products and tools they use, as they usually know which ones are the best.