What Is Considered a Basic Manicure?
A basic manicure is a comprehensive nail care experience, including trimming, shaping, filing and buffing your nails as well as cuticle care. Most basic manicures conclude with hand massage; purchasing nail polish at the end is optional.
Vinylux manicures go beyond traditional nail polish by also employing gel color that quickly cures under special lights, offering an excellent alternative for those seeking manicures that won’t chip easily.
Basic Manicure
As soon as you step into a salon, one of the first questions asked of you is which kind of manicure service you would like. Long gone are the days of subpar manicures featuring quick-chipping polish. Today’s nail world boasts many types of services to provide different looks and durability options.
Basic manicures offer the most fundamental experience. Your nails are trimmed, shaped, and buffed before receiving standard polish application – often complete with relaxing hand massage!
Gel manicures are similar to basic manis, except they use CND Shellac or gel-like nail color instead of traditional polish and quickly cure under a special light for maximum longevity and reduced chipping risk. Nail art services such as adding decorations such as pearls, hearts or Santa hats to nails is another popular manicure service; although more costly it’s an exciting way to express yourself!
French Manicure
French manicures have long been an elegant beauty trend that remains fashionable. Their classic sophistication adds an air of class and elegance, and look great both on short and long nails.
An effective French manicure begins with a thorough preparation process that includes trimming, filing and buffing nails as well as cuticle care products and tools such as cuticle pushers or orangewood sticks to address cuticles before finishing up with hand massage and finishing touches like nail art or jewelry designs.
Polishing requires a steady hand and precise technique for creating clean lines with white nail tips. A thin brush may assist newcomers when starting out; then apply several coats of nail polish, giving each application time to dry fully before adding another one. Once complete, top coat should be added as protection from chipping nails; additionally a cotton swab dipped in nail polish remover may be used to tidy up any errors along the edges of nails for an updated look.
American Manicure
The American manicure is a subtle alternative to its French counterpart, featuring off-white tips and natural base colors that flatter different skin tones. This look provides more subdued elegance as well as individualism that many women find attractive.
A manicure consists of applying a clear base coat, then painting your nails in an opaque pink or nude hue that matches their natural hue. Finally, your nail technician paints darker-hued tips onto each fingernail.
Bachik suggests opting for more natural-looking tips with rounded, V-shaped, or angled tips as they “are in line with current trends“.
Personalize this manicure further with colored tip polish, according to Bachik. “People are becoming increasingly adventurous with different hues, making this an increasingly popular trend,” she notes.
Vinylux Manicure
When visiting the nail salon for the first time, girls can often be overwhelmed by all the options on offer. She may not understand the differences between a gel manicure, dip manicure and shellac manicure and simply accepts whatever solution first presented to her.
Basic manicures are among the least costly options on our menu, typically consisting of nail trimming, shaping and filing; buffing; cuticle care and hand massage – taking 30 to 60 minutes on average to complete and can take longer if the client requests their polish be removed at the end.
Vinylux from the makers of Shellac provides week-long wear, an easily adhered color coat and top coat without needing to be cured under UV lamps. It dries in eight and a half minutes and the top coat becomes stronger over time when exposed to natural light – it’s also easy to remove, so clients can change up their nail color whenever desired!