manicures

Salon hand treatments

Manicures are cosmetic treatments for the fingernails and hands—trimming, shaping, buffing, and often polishing the nails, along with softening the cuticles and skin.

As a verb, to manicure is to perform such grooming: She manicures her nails every Sunday.

The term extends to any careful tending: a manicured lawn, manicured hedges.

polish

lacquer

Glossy protective coating

  • gelWobbly semi-solid substance
  • shellacResinous wood coating
  • acrylicsSynthetic quick-dry paints

varnish · enamel · gloss · matte · glitter · metallic · shimmer · pearlescent · ombre · stamping

nailcare

cuticles

Skin at nail base

nailbed · nippers · hangnail · nailbrush · trimming · shaping · filing · buffing · soaking · basecoat

pampering

selfcare

Tending to personal wellbeing

rejuvenation · luxury · treatment · grooming · aromatherapy

salon

spa

Therapeutic wellness facility

sanitation · licensing · cosmetology · esthetician

styles

classic

Of lasting excellence

Categories
Opposites
body part treated

manicurespedicures

Cosmetic foot and nail treatment

pedicure

grooming state

manicuresneglect

Failure to provide care

grooming vs. neglect

manicureschipped nails

Damaged fingertip coating

nail biting

Phrases
Family

manicure, manicured, manicurist, manicuring, manicurists, unmanicured, manicurer

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G