orange stick

orange stick

n.
A usually wooden stick with tapered ends, used in manicuring and pedicuring and formerly made of wood from orange trees.
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orange stick

n
(Clothing & Fashion) a small stick used to clean the fingernails and cuticles, having one pointed and one rounded end
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or′ange stick`


n.
a slender, rounded stick, orig. of orangewood, having tapered ends and used in manicuring.
[1910–15, Amer.]
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Translations

orange stick

n → bastoncino d'arancio (per manicure)
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Soak your hands in warm water for a couple of minutes to soften your cuticles (add a denture cleaning tablet if you need to remove staining!) and gently push back your cuticles with an orange stick.
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3 Don't have your cuticles removed during manicures; instead, soak your fingernails in warm water, then push the cuticles back gently with an orange stick.
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Then push them back with an orange stick. Moisturize post sanitizer This is a step most of you would not think to do, but it is very important as high amounts of alcohol can dehydrate nails and skin, making faster polish chip.
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Push cuticles back gently, using a rubber hooded stick or orange stick wrapped in cotton wool.
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Savannah, meanwhile, drew what she called a "vacation," which was an orange stick figure under a yellow sun.
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Christie said that she used "an orange stick, possibly a very fine knitting needle C* and a jar of cosmetic face cream C* for gently coaxing the dirt out of the crevices without harming the friable ivory."
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Soothe and soften cuticles with an orange stick and a dollop of Nail & Cuticle Therapy, pounds 6.95.
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