- Wash hands and prep nails to be filed.
- Use medium grit to remove the length of your nail. If your nails are long and you want to shorten them considerably, use a nail clipper first, working outside-in. File any remaining length.
- Use fine grit to smooth and shape the nail edge into your desired nail shape.
- Always file from the edge to the centre of the nail, using long smooth strokes in one direction only.
- Clean beneath the nail edge with the point end of the cuticle stick.
- Wash hands and clean away any filing. Use the cuticle sticks round end to push back cuticles in preparation for nipping.