Black nail polish never seems to go away—in the style world *or *on your fingers after you try to take it off. The stuff (seen here on Kate Beckinsale last night at a dinner for the Victoria Beckham Collection) is stubborn and it gets into the creases of your skin like no one's business. But Naomi Gonzalez-Longstaff, Essie educator and resident manicurist at Serge Normant at John Frieda Salon, recently gave us a trick to finally defeating the dark lord of nail colors when it's time to hit the remover.
To keep the color from bleeding onto your skin and staining everything while you take it off, she rubs cuticle oil up to the knuckle of each finger, which creates a barrier and keeps hands clean. Oh, and it moisturizes your hands too, so that's a nice little bonus. A simple move but one that can really cut down on the headache factor.
Two to try: Essie Apricot Cuticle Oil and Sally Hansen Vitamin E Nail and Cuticle Oil.
