Annutri co-founder and award-winning businesswoman Anita Donoghue on the power of a positive mindset
Annutri co-founder and award-winning businesswoman Anita Donoghue on the power of a positive mindset

IMAGE

This Clontarf home was reconfigured to streamline the layout and maximise its views
This Clontarf home was reconfigured to streamline the layout and maximise its views

Megan Burns

6 classic movies worth watching over Easter
6 classic movies worth watching over Easter

Jennifer McShane

The friend zone: How to navigate finding friends as an adult
The friend zone: How to navigate finding friends as an adult

Sarah Gill

Supper Club: Fearne Cotton’s haddock burrito, punchy salsa and homemade guacamole
Supper Club: Fearne Cotton’s haddock burrito, punchy salsa and homemade guacamole

Meg Walker

New life has been breathed into this Victorian Portobello home thanks to a revamp that’s full of personality
New life has been breathed into this Victorian Portobello home thanks to a revamp that’s...

Megan Burns

This rustic four-bedroom home in Westport is on the market for €449,000
This rustic four-bedroom home in Westport is on the market for €449,000

Sarah Finnan

My Career: Archivist at Guinness Eibhlin Colgan
My Career: Archivist at Guinness Eibhlin Colgan

Sarah Finnan

Irish visual artist Ciara O’Connor on using embroidery to explore women’s lives
Irish visual artist Ciara O’Connor on using embroidery to explore women’s lives

Nathalie Marquez Courtney

How an interior stylist turned this period Cork apartment into a quietly luxurious home
How an interior stylist turned this period Cork apartment into a quietly luxurious home

IMAGE Interiors & Living

Image / Beauty

Blowing on your freshly applied nail polish is useless. Here’s why.


By Aisling Keenan
28th Oct 2020
Blowing on your freshly applied nail polish is useless. Here’s why.

Blowing on your nails is the natural inclination when your polish is still wet, right? I did it recently in front of Ireland’s top nail expert and she told me exactly why it’s a pointless exercise…


It’s literally the first thing I do after I paint my nails. Surely blowing air in the direction of the wet polish will help things speed up, in the absence of cuticle oil or a quick drying spray?

Alas, no. Pamela Laird (beauty entrepreneur, nail tech to the stars and soon-to-be UK Apprentice candidate) says that, technically, nail polish doesn’t dry, it cures.

Blowing is useless

“Blowing on them does nothing to speed up the process. The only thing that’ll speed it up is a cuticle oil or a drying spray. These contain volatile silicones that will speed up drying, the oil traps oxygen in at the nail to make it dry faster.”

Also, Pamela says, cuticle oil helps keep the nail polish from smudging.

Here are three quick dry products worth having to hand (excuse the pun) next time you get a manicure.

No blow, no problem

 

 

View this post on Instagram

 

A post shared by ElegantTouchOfficial (@eleganttouchofficial) on

Elegant Touch Rapid Dry Nail Spray

€4.29 from boots.ie

 

 

View this post on Instagram

 

A post shared by Seche Nails (@sechenails) on

Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

€12.99 from boots.ie

 

 

View this post on Instagram

 

A post shared by loveCND (@lovecnd) on

CND Solar Oil Care Pen

€14.95 from millies.ie


Read more: Nails constantly breaking? Ireland’s top manicurist has the solution

Read more: This is why you should never peel off your gel nails

Read more: Unfollow all your other nail inspiration Instagram accounts and follow ASAP Rocky

Photo from Unsplash