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MANICURIST TRACYLEEMANICURIST TRACYLEE
Deborah Lippmann Cuticle
Remover, $20, deborahlippman.com;
OPI ProSpa Nail & Cuticle Oil,
$10, opi.comSTEP 4 PREP YOUR PUPPIES
Touch base! This foundation coat sits
directly on the nail, so it’s important
to choose one that contains
strengthening and antistaining
ingredients like horsetail
leaf extract and vitamin E.
Tenoverten’s contains
both — plus, it doubles as
a ridge filler, laying the
groundwork for
perfect polish.STEP 3 SHOW YOUR
CUTICLES SOME LOVE
Don’t underestimate the power of
grooming: The condition of your cuticles
makes a huge difference in the health
and look of your nails. Since clipping can
damage the matrix (the area where the
nail forms), a good fix is to use a cuticle
remover to gently “soften and break
down the dead skin so it’s easier to push
back,” recommends Tracylee. Once the
cleanup is complete, a drop of a cuticle
oil applied daily to each nail will
encourage lasting strength and
resilience.STEP 6 SEAL
THE DEAL
SPF protects our skin
and hair from the sun’s and hair from the sun’s
damaging rays, and damaging rays, and
the same holds true the same holds true
for nails. “After a week for nails. “After a week
in the sun or a day at in the sun or a day at
the beach, nail polish the beach, nail polish
can oxidize and can oxidize and
change color,” warns change color,” warns
Tracylee. The Tracylee. The
solution? Rely on a UV solution? Rely on a UV
topcoat. It will help topcoat. It will help
polish stay vibrant polish stay vibrant
while prolonging while prolonging
the life of your the life of your
pedicure.pedicure.Tenoverten The Foundation,
$18, target.comChanel Le Vernis Longwear Nail Colour in Radiant Arancio,
$28, chanel.com; $28, chanel.com; NCLA NCLA Nail Lacquer in Tennis Anyone?, $16, Nail Lacquer in Tennis Anyone?, $16,
nclabeauty.com; nclabeauty.com; Essie Essie in Strike a Rose, $9, essie.comin Strike a Rose, $9, essie.comSTEP 5 CHOOSE A TRENDING COLOR
With so many bold, fun shades to pick from this
season, you’ll want to change your polish every season, you’ll want to change your polish every
week! The hottest hues right now include pastel week! The hottest hues right now include pastel
yellow, neon pink and a metallic coral (the 2019 yellow, neon pink and a metallic coral (the 2019
Pantone Color of the Year).Pantone Color of the Year).FreemanFreeman Bare Foot Nourishing Foot Butter Bare Foot Nourishing Foot Butter
in Lime & Coconut, $3, walmart.comin Lime & Coconut, $3, walmart.comSTEP 7 KEEP
TOOTSIES SMOOTH
AND SEXY
When wearing flip-flops and
sandals, the skin is exposed sandals, the skin is exposed
to the elements and tends to to the elements and tends to
get dry and cracked fast. get dry and cracked fast.
Thankfully, there’s a simple Thankfully, there’s a simple
fix: “Massage feet with a fix: “Massage feet with a
moisturizing cream after moisturizing cream after
each shower,” offers each shower,” offers
Tracylee. “That’s when the Tracylee. “That’s when the
pores are open and all those pores are open and all those
good ingredients can good ingredients can
penetrate deep into the skin, penetrate deep into the skin,
so feet stay soft and pretty.” so feet stay soft and pretty.”
Dermelect Dermelect Expedite Expedite
Protect & Prolong Top Protect & Prolong Top
Coat, $16, ulta.comCoat, $16, ulta.com