How to Get the Perfect Manicure at Home

Since nail salons are currently closed, your fingertips could probably use some work. Set an evening aside for pampering yourself with an at-home manicure. Go the whole nine yards with buffering, cuticle care, exfoliating and moisturizing your hands and so on. Glamour walks you through each step in the article How to Get the Perfect Manicure at Home.

Whether you're trying to save money or going to the salon is simply not an option, there's never a bad time to master doing your own manicure at home. Not only is there a real satisfaction to painting your own nails, it can also have therapeutic benefits. But even if you're devoted to DIY nails, it can be hard to get the same results at home that you're used to at the salon. Between chipping, warping, and smudging, a lot can go wrong. That isn't to say it's impossible to get an Insta-worthy mani by yourself; it just takes a little practice and a good method. That's where we come in. We had celebrity manicurists spill their secrets on how to do a manicure like a pro, and turns out, it's easier than we thought. All it takes is 10 simple steps. Follow along for a mani so good you'll have people asking for your salon's address.

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