Patrice Delaroche

Although primers are quite commonly used worldwide, most people don’t know how to pick the correct product and which one will work best on their skin. The market is filled with different primer options for blurring, hydrating, luminizing, and Mattifying.

Out of confusion, people often choose a primer that doesn’t create an ideal canvas for makeup. In this article, we will share how to choose primers based on your skin type.

What Is a Primer and What Does It Do?

As the name suggests, primer is a product applied after cleaning the face to create a perfect canvas for doing makeup. Every other product, including foundation and moisturizer, is applied after using primer.

There are different types of primer available to choose from. You can buy a primer in the form of a sunscreen that softens appearance spots while protecting the skin from UV rays. A primer that comes in the form of a facial serum is extremely good because it boosts hydration. If your skin has lots of blemishes, then choose a traditional silicone-based primer that can blur them.

Benefits of Using Primers

It is worth mentioning that the latest primers are extremely beneficial. These products can blur pores in a way that they are almost invisible. You must apply primers to get smoother skin and keep the makeup in point. Primers for mature skin can work like magic in hiding fine lines and wrinkles. Some primers can even brighten and moisturize your skin.

Even people, who use primers for the first time, notice the difference and can’t stop admiring the benefits of applying the product. Those who don’t primer feel that something is missing, not getting the desired glow after makeup. (more…)

If you visit a nail salon for the first time, you can encounter questions like, “What polish would you like for your nails, gel polish or nail polish?” You could find it intriguing because you feel that nail polish and gel polish are the same. However, they are not. Though you apply gel polish and nail polish to your nails, they have subtle differences. Let us look at these distinctions and examine the pros and cons of both these manicures. At the same time, let us understand how to get the best gel polish manicure on your nails.

The Traditional Nail Polish

Traditional nail polish owes its origins to more than 3000 years back into the pre-Christ era, where you had the Chinese using natural products like vegetable dyes and beeswax to produce homemade nail polish. Though technology has improved and you have chemical products today, the traditional nail polish method has its charm. Here are some pluses and minuses of traditional nail polish manicures.

The benefits

Traditional nail polish is healthy because it does not contain any inorganic chemicals that could harm your nails and skin.

Vegetable colors are easy to apply and remove. Just as you had nail polish in those days, there were natural nail polish removers available, as well.

The natural ingredients were available in plenty. (more…)

Despite the services of Dip powder nails being introduced somewhere around the 1990s, some other options stole their limelight. But now OPI dip nails are back in the game. Not to mention that the wide variety of the OPI dipping powder color comes with an improved formula to work wonders for manicures.

Before proceeding to the question about how to apply OPI dip powder on nails, let us examine the benefits. If you have been turning to acrylic nail paints for some time now, those services must have left you with brittle and fragile nails. You may also be eager to find out the answer to the basic riddle – are the OPI dip powder nails safe for my nails.

The simple and short answer to the question is the OPI dipping powder color might not be as organic and natural as it is usually represented. However, it carries fewer risks compared with acrylic and gel nail polishes. Suppose this is your first time getting OPI dip powder nails. In that case, the following practical advice and tips will help you with pre-application safety practices and the pest OPI dip powder nails experience in general.

Sanitize & Wipe Your Nails before Applying the Dip

The OPI dipping powder color doesn’t interact well with wet nails. Therefore, make sure that your nails and hands are sanitized and wiped clean with a lint-free cloth. We recommend avoiding water altogether during the sanitizing session. (more…)

Young girls need to take care of their nail manicures the most. It is partly because they need these embellishments to impress their boyfriends. Another reason is that these girls are active, whereby the chances of damaging the nail polish are higher than what women regularly experience. Therefore, an OPI gel polish kit should be an indispensable accessory in every young girls’ makeup plans.

An OPI gel lacquer could be an ideal Christmas or birthday gift for these girls as they need it the most. Let us see how to choose your OPI gel and learn how to use the OPI gel polish kit at home.

The ideal nail care kit

While shopping for your nail care kit, you should ensure that it has the following components.

LED or UV Lamp – Curing your gel nails is a critical part of your gel manicure. You need an LED/UV lamp to accomplish this purpose.

Nail prepping ingredients and Wipe solution – Preparing the nails for the manicure is vital. Your kit OPI gel should contain the necessary components like nail clippers, nail files, nail wipes, alcohol solution, nail sanitizers, lint-free cloth, etc. (more…)

Many of the girls regret cutting their hairs short and want them back real quick. Yet, healthy and long hairs are always a need for every girl, so here are some tips which will help you to avoid some common mistakes. There are many ways of hair growth, and you know them as well so, here you will get some essential tips which will help you. Follow those tips and avoid some common mistakes which you do and see the results.

Hair Growth Vitamins

There are many specific vitamins like biotin, folic acid, vitamin A, C, E, and D, which are very important for your healthy hair growth. There are many hair growth pills available in the market which promote your hair growth and give you the desired results but always prefer them after consulting a doctor. Your body takes those vitamins which are needed, and it gets rid of those who are not required, according to some experts.

You can add some fruits or food in your daily diet, which will promote hair growth and help to prevent hair loss and other damage or take the pills after consulting the doctor. 

Trim Your Hairs

In the process of growing your hairs, you may also get split ends, which will cause breakage so, frequent trims are necessary for your hairs. Trimming your hair will help to grow your hair faster. Keeping your hairs untrimmed will make them thinner, and hence, they will look shorter even they are uncut. For proper and fast growth, trim your hairs an inch off after every 10 – 12 weeks.

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Many people think that black nails is only for winter season but when it comes to fashion, there is no really right or wrong season to wear a color especially if that is your favorite one. Black and gold nails is a unique way to decorate your nails.  The luxurious and rich combination of black and gold is so hard to resist that you would want to wear it before or past winter.  For this reason, we have collected all the best black and gold nails that you will surely love. Black and gold complement each other beautifully and create glamorous nails. If you are thinking where to get the best black and gold polish, there are plenty of professional nail supplies out there!

1. Simple Black and Gold Nails

For starter, let us go for the simple black manicure with two accent gold nails. This is very easy to recreate and can look good on any length of nails. There are also plenty of ways to do it, you can go for the matte finish or you can choose gold glitter accent, the choice is yours but we assure that this is going to be a big hit.