PAMPER your nails this Sunday. Plan a manicure and pedicure in the comfort of your own house. Collect your tools and create your own personal nail spa!

Here's what you need to begin...

Beauty pouch essentials

Fill your beauty pouch with these manicure-pedicure tools.

• Nail file to shape nails.
• Buffer to make nails smooth.
• Mini manicure brush. You can replace this with your old toothbrush to clean better.
• Cuticle nipper or pusher.
• Nail-polish remover.
• Clear coat, which protects nails, while making them shine.

You can go for a ready-to-use manicure kit, which consists of a filer, cuticle pusher, buffer, nailbrush, trimmer, plucker and tweezers. Cheap manicure kits from china are also available, which are priced at Rs. 85.

Let your hands do the talking. Get that perfect manicure. Here's how.

Nail artist Ragini Bajaj of Nail Bar, Mumbai, gives us the steps to perfectly manicured hands and pedicured feet.

Step 1

Get rid of any coat of paint on your nails. Remove nail polish with nail paint remover and cotton ball.

Step 2

Cut your nails to maintain desired length and file them. If you don't want to cut them, directly file to give fresh edges, followed by buffing. Buffing helps to eliminate scratches. Filing totally depends on the shape you want. Always file by going back and forth and make sure to keep the edges smooth.

Step 3

Carefully push back your cuticles with a cuticle pusher, or just nip them with a cuticle nipper.