Rescue Your Nails

Skip the spa and give yourself an at home manicureand here's the perfect author to show how. Ji Baek, the high-energy owner of New York's hottest nail salons, the Rescue Beauty Loungewritten about fromVogueto InStyle,LuckytoHarper's Bazaar, used by designers and stylists, patronized by actors, fashionistas, professionals, and morepresents the definitive guide to beautiful hands and feet. Emphasizing natural beauty, cleanliness, and simplicity, it covers the science of the nail, and why it's important to take vitamins, file regularly, and moisturize constantly; the care of the nail, with step-by-step illustrated directions to achieving professional-quality home manicures and pedicures, including tools, techniques, lotions, polishes; the dressing of the nailshapes, colors, and styles; the health of the nail and the surrounding skinhow to heal split nails, brittle nails, and ingrown nails, and take care of common problems like calluses and sunspots.