Do you want to create the perfect brow or get your feet looking their finest ? Shikra Beauty will be your guide with step-by-step, easy to follow techniques used by today's leading make-up and make-over specialists. You'll get some useful grooming tips too!

Basic Care For All General Instruments
Handle gently and avoid dropping.
Clean thoroughly and promptly after every use.
Use great care not to damage its sensitive edged instruments.
To maintain a smooth function like nippers and other such products, always use a drop of oil in its joint area after cleaning.
Never use any instruments for a purpose other than the one for which it is specifically designed and produced.

Tweezers, Care Tips On Tweezers
* Clean Tweezers after each use.
* Disinfect tips of tweezers in alcohol.
* Protect the tips of tweezers with cap and keep in storage box or tube.
* Spring tension can be increased by gently pulling the two halves of the tweezers.
* Once you have increased the spring, you cannot decrease it.
* Never drop tweezers. Dropping will dull the tip and throw your tweezers out of alignment.
* Always protect the tips of tweezers with cap and keep in tweezers box or leather case.

Eye Brows, Five Easy Steps To Accurate Tweezing
* Brush hair in the direction of hair growth.
* Isolate the hair you are about to tweeze.
* Tweeze in the direction of hair growth.
* Pull one hair at a time.
* Pull gently and smoothly, making sure not to grapple.
* Tweezing always in good light.

Shaping Your Brows
The shape of your brow should follow the natural line of your brow bone. The arch should be highest at the outer corner of the pupil. To determine where the brow should begin, place a pencil straight up from the side of the nostril. To determine where it should end, hold the pencil diagonally against the outer corner of the eye pointing up to the brow bone. Brow should extend slightly beyond the eye at which point it should taper slightly down.


Not Sure How Much To Tweeze
Be sure to step back from your mirror and check your brows periodically. Tweeze a few hairs from one brow and then the other so they remain symmetrical. Remember that it's better to tweeze too little than too much.

Do’s and Don’ts
Do tweeze in the direction of hair growth.
Do open your pores with a hot washcloth to make tweezing easier.
Do use a make-up concealer to draw your desired brow shape, then tweeze the hairs that fall below the line.
Don't use creams or moisturizers that can cause the tweezers to slip.
Don't tweeze nose hairs or hairs growing out of moles.

How To Keep Your Brows Looking Great Every Day
Try what make-up artists and beauty professionals use and recommend. Brow mousse will keep groomed brows in place with the flick of the wand. The clear, non-sticky gel styles and conditions brows beautifully. Hypo- allergenic and fragrance-free.


Pedicure, Steps For Perfect Pedicure
Wash your feet in warm soapy water to soften skin and cuticles.
Smooth skin by using Shikra Beauty Callus Rasp to whisk away dead skin; then moisturize.
Push back cuticles with our patented Pushy, Cuticle Pusher which not scratch nail surface.
Use Pusher to also clean under nails.
Trim nails using our Toenail Nipper or Power Toenail Clipper.
Before applying polish, use Toe Separators to prevent smudges.
Leave in place until polish dries.


Relieve Painful Ingrown Toenails
To help eliminate the painful irritation of ingrown toenails follow these steps:
File top of nail with a Sapphire Nail File to reduce thickness of nail before bathing.
After bathing and while nails are soft, use a Toenail Nipper to cut nail. Cut in a number of small cuts rather than a large single cut.
Gently slide our Ingrown Toenail File under nail. File works in reverse and will shave under nail as you pull out and up. If infection or swelling is present, see a podiatrist.


Love Getting Pedicure At Salons, But Concerned About Hygiene
Shikra Beauty Pedicure Kit is the answer. Own your own professional quality pedicure tools that you can take to the salon for a safe, hygienic pedicure every time. Tools stay organized and protected in their own sturdy see-thru storage case.


Manicure, Steps For Manicure At Home
File nails to shape and buff away any imperfection. Moisturize nails, cuticles and surrounding area. Soaking hands in warm water or applying a warm cloth helps to lock in moisture. Gently push back the cuticle with our patented Pushy, Cuticle Pusher and trim hangnails using our Stainless Cuticle Nipper. Do not cut live skin. Blend polish by rolling the bottle between your palms. Shaking causes air bubbles. Start with base coat. Let it dry for three minutes. Apply two coats of color. Work from base of nail to top. Add a top coat to lock in color.


Working With Artificial Nails
When working with artificial nails, you need a specially designed Acrylic Nail Nipper. This Nipper is extra durable and is guaranteed not to break when cutting acrylics.


Should I Cut My Cuticles ?
We do not recommend cutting live, healthy cuticle tissue. Instead, ease back cuticles with our patented Pushy, Cuticle Pusher that will not scratch the nail. If cuticles are rough and visibly in need of removal, use one of our precision Nippers or Cuticle Scissors to trim the dead cuticle tissue.


Facial, Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Blackheads
A blackhead is a plug of your skin’s natural lubricant (sebum) that is dehydrated and stuck in your pores. It can result from several causes including such things as:
Lack of water in your system.
The production of excess oil.
Excess dead skin cells blocking the opening of the pore.
An improper cleansing routine that results in oil not being removed.
The type of make-up you are using.
Do not squeeze out blackheads with your fingers. This can lead to infection and possible scarring. Shikra Beauty stainless steel skin care tools have been specially designed for blackhead removal.


How To Get Rid of A Pimple ?
If you have a pimple, resist the temptation to pop it with your in fingers. This is a dangerous idea that can lead to further inflammation or even a scar. Instead, visit your dermatologist or skin care professional, or follow these steps at home.
Remove all makeup with a gentle cleaner.
Hold a warm washcloth over the area to open pores around the blemish.
Wash away surface oil by cleansing the effected area with a cotton swab soaked in an alcohol based astringent.
Wash hands with soap and water.
Disinfect ends of a professional skin care tool such as Shikra Beauty skin care tool and No-Slip Skin Care Tool and place the tool over the blemish.
Gently press and roll the tool over the blemish and the material will be released from the pore. Be sure to cleanse your skin before and after using the extractor to avoid infection.


Removing Nose And Ear Hair Safely
Nose and ear hairs are unsightly and removing them requires the use of special Facial Scissors designed with safety in mind. When cutting nose and ear hairs always look into a mirror and only cut visible hairs. Do not place the scissors into the nostril or ear canal. Shikra Beauty professional quality Facial Scissors cut right to their safety tip and feature precision blades that curve away from the skin.


Scissors, Tips For Handling
The first thing to remember is treat them gently - unlike to popular belief, the most valuable scissors are the most delicate and need extra attention because they have the finest edges. When scissors are new / freshly serviced, don’t go chomping away at heavy sections, give them two weeks of light work to run the edges in. Scissors with a fresh edge are easier to damage than run in scissors, don’t pressure the scissors - it could catch or even break an edge. When your scissors are new or freshly serviced, take things a little slower and watch what you are doing - most hairdressers will cut themselves with new scissors because they are not used to them.


Cleaning and Oiling...
Scissors are not meant to be used dry. Oil them everyday or after 2 days with a good quality scissor oil . This will make them cut better, stop them corroding and they will last longer. Your scissors must be cleaned through the end of its edge and left cleaned and oiled overnight. , hair or moisture is expelled by oil. Now accurately spread the oil on the inside of the scissor blades with your finger. If you haven’t done this before, ask your local Scissor Pear list to show you how.

Smooth Cutting!
Shikra Beauty Research Division