My Jamicure

Hey Guys, Tonight's Make-Up Monday I have decided to show you step by step how to give your self an awesome Jamicure. Yes I said Jamicure. It's like a manicure but with Jamberry nail wraps instead of nail polish.

Few things you will need:

• Nail File
• Jamberry Heater Or Blow Dryer
• manicure scissors
• Orange wood stick
• Cuticle Nail pusher with rubber head (can be found at sally's)
• nail glue
• Jamberry Nail Wrap

Now, with further a due let's make it do what it do. 

Third times a charm... I have had to rewrite this part like 4 times already. I hate trying to get photo's from my phone on to blogger. It never saves my stuff that I have written. Anyways, thats neither here nor there. Not the point we are talking about tonight. 

First you want to pick the nail wrap that you choose to use. I have decided to use Orchid Tip from Jamberry's Collection. If you are interested in purchasing this wrap for your personal collection you can find this wrap on my Jamberry website on the shop section of the blog. 

The first thing I always suggest is that you clip your nails to your desired liking and file those bad boys so that they look the way you wish. I have pretty short nails so my nails didn't really need any clipping this time but I did file them to clean them up a bit. 

After cutting your nails and filing them you want to buff your nails with a buffer to get all those pesky ridges and oils on your nail bed off. 

• Once you have finished cutting,filing, and buffing you want to take an alcohol swab and wipe your fingers of the nail particles and oils left over. They have to be dust and oil free to obtain the best and long lasting stick of these wraps. 
• Once you have your nail wrap picked out either you will have a solid decorated wrap or you will have a tip. Which is what I am using in my photo's. Which will essentially give you the french manicure look. You will notice if you are using the tips that they are two sided. You only have to use one side on one of your nails. Unless you have one or more nails that are the same size. Which is fine. My ring finger and my pointer finger are the same size. (won't be a problem) You will want to cut the nail wrap the length of the desired nail. 
• This is when your orange wood stick and your manicure scissors will come in handy. You will use your manicure scissors to cut your wrap to desired length and then you will place the very tip of it on the orange wood stick and stick it directly in front of your heater or your blow dryer. Just like the picture below. You will want to hold it there just until the nail wrap starts to curl. That means the wrap is hot enough to place on your finger nail.

Here comes the tedious part. Now you want to place the nail wrap on your finger and use your rubber cuticle pusher and push it all around your finger nail until the wrap is even and bubble free. Essentially, you want to push it from top to bottom of your nail bed so that all the air bubbles leave out the bottom.

• You will want to put your finger back in front of the heater and continue to smooth your nail out. And... continue so forth and so on with all your other fingers. 
• then once you think that your nail is smoothed over the entire nail bed and you probably will have some excess nail wrap and you will be thinking what the hell am I supposed to do now. Grab your nail file and in an up and down motion on the tip of your nail, use the file to clear your nail of the excess nail wrap. 

Then, you want to take a small short break for a Milano Peppermint Cookie because HELLO... they are all things wonderful and Christmas at this time of the year. Gotta love those things! YUMMY! PS I may or may not have had at least 4 or 5 of these cookies since doing my nails. SHHHHH! 

Once you have completed your Jamicure, they should look something like that. Your first Jamicure might be a little time consuming but once you get the hang of doing them the easier it will get. I honestly do my Jamicures faster then I do a regular manicure now. 

The last and final step to me is essential. Not everyone does this but I find this helps a  whole lot with lifting on the tips of the nails. I will use a little bit of nail glue and just brush the tiniest bit on the tip of my nail only. This will ensure that the tips won't lift. I don't usually have a problem with them lifting but I do wash a lot of dishes and am constantly cleaning and typing. So I am a bit harder on my nails then the average person. So I find that the nail glue helps with keeping them intact longer. 

I posted this picture because I thought you guys might be interested in what the Jamberry heater looks like. It's small and compact but essentially works just like a blow dryer but about 1,000 times quieter. Gets pretty darn hot as well. These are also on my Jamberry Website in the shop on the blog if you are interested in purchasing one for your self. 

Well hope that you all enjoyed this tutorial. Enjoy your Jamicure!