With the below steps you can have beautiful hands and nails in the comfort of your own home without visiting a nail spa or salon. Step one to having beautiful nails is to eat better. It might be the hardest thing to do, but it will by far be the most helpful. Taking a multivitamin will also help grow stronger, longer, healthier nails.
Have the proper tools ready: salt or sugar scrub, an orange wood stick to push cuticles or specialty cuticle pusher, a sharp nail cutter(optional: as needed), cuticle remover cream(optional), cuticle oil or balm.
- Before starting: are your nails even? Do they need to be cut? Do this first unless your nails are extremely hard. If nails are hard do it after the next step.
- If you use a cuticle remover, apply that then soak hands in warm water for several minutes. Use a sugar or salt scrub during this process but scrub to lightly exfoliate hands.
- After several minutes dry your hands. Push back the cuticles lightly. Do not apply to much forceful pressure at this point as you can damage this delicate area.If you have and are experienced with a cuticle cutter now is the time to use it. I do not recommend using one on anything except obvious white dead pieces of the cuticle.
- The next step is to apply a cuticle oil or balm, finish with hand lotion.
- Once lotions have soaked in you can use a bit of isopropyl alcohol on cotton to remove excess oil from the nail, be sure to avoid the cuticle. You can now apply nail hardeners or nail polish to complete the look.
If you complete the above steps once a week you will begin to have smoother prettier nails and hands within a few weeks. Remember there is no magic bullet for nail growth, it takes time.
Lauren Eggers
