Archive for October 17th, 2007
Manicure
- Put some nail polish remover on cotton pad, wipe nails clean.
- Msg nails with olive/veg oil while filing to soften nails.
- Shape nail tips in one direction only.
- Soften cuticles that overlaps onto nail by dipping nails with oil in warm h20. Rub cuticle stick around nail in very small circles till dead cuticle is rubbed off. Then push cuticles back.
- Wash hands well, wipe down oil residue with nail polish remover again or polish wont stick.
- Wipe off extra base coat on side of bottle, brush on in 2-3swift strokes. Base coat prevents staining nail.
- Brush on nail polish & put on more layers to deepen color drying in betn.
- Apply top coat that seals in color & protects nail as harder than others. Let dry 5mts as takes long to dry.
- Then put some oil to nails to prevent lint from clothes sticking.
- If in rush to dry, dip in iced h20.
- Cotton buds dipped in nail polish remover helps to clean polish on skin around nail.
- Wipe around bottle with tissue dipped in polish remover to prevent it from becoming sealed shut.
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Facial massage
- Head tapping: Sit comfortably, take few deep breaths & start tapping head with finger tips for 1min.
- Forward swipes: Then with both palms flat & facing forehead, keep turning head from left to right swiping forehead 10times. Hands shdn’t move.
- Circle eyes: Make loose fists, place thumbs on cheekbones, firmly draw knuckles in an arc across eyebrows & down the outside of the eye. Next do beneath eyes on crest of cheekbones. Repeat 10times.
- Palming cheeks: Open hands, place palms over cheekbones so wrists face down & draw palms down towards mouth, continue along bottom edge of jawbone. Follow the line of the jaw upwards, to just in front of the ears, then in along the cheekbones completing a cycle. Repeat this cycle 10 times.
- Mouth swipes: same way as forehead swipes.
- Throat pull: With light pressure, pull throat skin forward with 1hand & as it slides off, other hand shd rise. Repeat 10times.
- Ear massage: Ear shd be betn 4fingers, 2back & 2front. Now msg up & down 10times. Now starting at top of ear, rub firmly betn thumb & 1st 2fingers, continue down to the lobe covering entire ear. To finish, give earlobe a firm tug, then middle ear, then top, repeat 3times.
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