How to Buff Your Nails

A simple and inexpensive way to look "put-together"

Purchase a nail buffer at your local store. This will look either like an emery board with a few different colored panels, or it will be a foam block with different textures on the sides.

File your nails as you normally would, rounded square or oval look best.

Starting with the roughest grit side of the buffer, begin to buff your nails with a gentle, side-to-side motion. At first, just aim to smooth out major ridges.

Move to the next roughest setting, and repeat with gentle side to side motion, again working to smooth out the nail.

Repeat with the third side of the buffer .

With the last (smoothest) part of the buffer, this is where you really get to work, polishing your nails till they look like you just put on clear nail polish. Voila!

Warnings

• Don't work too hard with the rougher grit, it is simply to smooth out major lines and bumps on the nail.
• The side with the roughest grit may be a file for the edges. If so, never use on the actual face of the nail.

Things You'll Need

• 1 nail buffer from local supermarket, drug store, health dept. of large store
• 1 regular emery board