Cuticles

What Is a Nail Corrector?

Shelling out a couple of hour’s worth of wages for a professional manicure and pedicure every few weeks may start to drain your bank account and seem like an unnecessary expense for something you could do yourself. Polishing your fingernails...

How to Draw Butterflies on Nails

Fluttering butterflies, flitting here and there over your fingertips, can be a whimsical way to decorate your nails. It doesn’t take extensive talent or time to draw butterflies on nails, though you may need to enlist a friend if you want to...

How to Draw Little Paws on Nails

Nail art can be fancy or whimsical, depending on the design. When you’re going for a fun and casual feel with your fingernails, try cute little paw prints running up and down your fingernails. It doesn’t take a lot of talent to draw...

How to Have Beautiful Hands & Nails

If dry skin, chipped polish and unsightly cuticles have become commonplace, then you may be guilty of neglecting your poor paws. There’s no use taking all of that time and effort over your hair and makeup if your hands are attracting...

What Kind of Cuticle Oil to Use With Gel Nails?

Gel nails go on over your natural nail beds, giving you the length you crave and even strengthening your natural nails. While gel treatment benefits your nail, it's up to you to maintain your cuticle health. Use a high-quality cuticle oil on a...

Tools for Removing Nail Polish from the Cuticles

Mistakes happen. Even a diva with a steady hand can get nail polish on her cuticles. All it takes is a little nudge or unexpected startle, and before you know it, your cuticle is wearing more polish than the nail. Having a tool on hand to fix this...

What Can I Use to Soften Skin Around Cuticles?

If you’re having problems growing or maintaining your nails, overgrowth of cuticles over the nail bed could be part of the problem. Your cuticles grow regularly around the base of your nails and protect your nails from infections. However,...

How to Avoid Cracked Finger Cuticles

While we all know the importance of an effective daily skin care regimen, it’s easy for cuticle care to fall off our beauty radar. But like the rest of your skin, translucent cuticle skin needs regular pampering to look its best and function...

How to Use Metal Cuticle Pushers

As any true diva knows, a booty-kicking set of nails doesn't just happen -- it takes work. And one of the often-overlooked-but-essential tools used to achieve perfectly manicured fingertips is a metal cuticle pusher, which serves to keep nasty...

How do I Use Cuticle Nippers?

Whether you're giving yourself a home manicure or just fixing a snag, a cuticle nipper is an important tool. Save yourself the pain of a snagged cuticle by keeping your cuticles shaped neatly. Although cuticle nippers come in a variety of sizes,...