If you wish to get a healthy manicure, there are many ways to do so. Here are few essential tips for healthy manicure:

• Purchase your own manicure kit and always take it with you when you visit your manicurist. Ensure that after every use, you disinfect and clean your manicure kit, even if you are the only one using the kit.
• If you are not using your own manicure kit, check whether the salon looks clean and hygienic. Never go for cheap manicure treatment. Make sure whether all the instruments are clean and disinfected. Check whether the manicurist is using fresh and clean instruments on each client. Ensure that all buffers, files and anything else that touches you is freshly clean before you allow the manicurist to begin. Also, make sure that the manicurist is clean. Nowadays, many salons utilize ionization for sterilizing the instruments. If your salon has the facility, rest assure that it is good.
• Always use a towel that is fresh and clean. Instead of cuticle scissors, use cuticle softener so as to reduce the risk of broken skin.
• In the days following a manicure, always ensure that you wash your hands frequently with warm water and a mild soap. And then nourish your hand with a good moisturizer, especially before going to bed.
• Do not bite your nails ‐ Avoid biting nails as biting nails not only makes them look ugly but also spreads germs.
• Do not go for manicure if you have torn or broken cuticles. Give them time to heal as the chemicals used during manicure can sting and irritate the skin even more.
• Make sure that you ask the manicurist to wear gloves while doing your nails. There may be common cold running around and throughout the day many people may have come with that common cold.

If you ensure all these above mentioned tips, then you are on your way to healthy manicure done for yourself.