Our nails, like our skin and hair, suffer from poor and unbalanced nutrition, anxiety and stress. Fortunately, to cure them it will be enough to follow some small tricks. In this way, showing off manicured hands and perfect nails will not be that complex.
Here are the 7 little secrets, for healthy and strong nails, always beautiful.
1- Pay attention to hydration
It may seem obvious, but also to have healthy and strong nails, you must drink a lot of water and keep the body well hydrated. In fact, our nails are made of keratin and water, when the water supply is not sufficient, then our nails flake and break, becoming thin and brittle. Drinking plenty of water and sugar-free herbal teas helps us strengthen them.
2- Protect hands and nails
Our nails can get sick with fungi and fungal diseases, which penetrate the tissues just where a small crack or break has been created. Our hands come into contact with many germs and possible aggressive agents every day. How to fix it? Better to prevent and protect by applying a good amount of moisturizer every day to create a protective barrier for hands and nails.
3- Against small breakages
It is important to use a disposable cardboard file, which is more hygienic but also much less aggressive on the nails than iron files. If you notice nails that break entirely, starting from the attachment of the cuticle, then you must strengthen them with olive oil or sweet almond oil packs. Prepare the pack every evening and massage it into your nails, also adding it to your usual hand cream.
4- Films and cuticles
The cuticles, as well as excess cuticles, must instead be removed delicately, with small scissors, or rearranged with the nail beauty supply. Dedicate yourself to a manicure once a week, to remedy the appearance of these small imperfections.
5- No to wire cutters
Prefer the manicure scissors to the clippers: they are more precise and help us to prevent small injuries and wounds, which instead are very often caused by the clippers. Dedicate some time and attention to cutting your nails: cut with decision, dividing the part to be removed into many small segments. Prefer the nippers only for the toenails, if you do not have suitable scissors.
6- Gloves for household cleaning
It is important, when you dedicate yourself to house cleaning, that your hands and nails are protected with latex gloves. In fact, it is good that the skin and nail fabrics do not come into contact with cleaning agents, which could attack and damage them. Prefer the use of gloves not only when using water and detergents, but also when dusting: use cotton gloves instead of latex, to let the skin breathe.
7- Yes to enamel
The thin layer given by the enamel film protects the nails from external agents and bad weather, and strengthens them. There are also many types of hardening and reinforcing enamels on the market, in neutral or slightly colored colors. Green light to the imagination then!
Hoping to have been helpful, I hug you and look forward to seeing in the next article!
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