How to Care for Your Fingernails
The easiest route to healthy nails is through a well-planned regimen of diet and grooming. Eat the correct foods and protect your hands from environmental stress for strong nails.
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Instructions
Things You'll Need
- Washcloths
- Cuticle Creams
- Manicure Kits
- Manicure Scissors
- Multivitamins
- Nail Brushes
- Nail Buffers
- Nail Cleaners
- Nail Clippers
- Nail Files
- Nail Polish Remover
- Nail Polishes
- Rubber Gloves
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Incorporate the recommended daily allowance of vitamin B, calcium and protein into your diet.
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Take a daily multivitamin to ensure that you are getting the proper amounts of other vitamins.
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Wear rubber gloves whenever you use cleaning products, wash dishes or work in your garden to protect your nails from chemicals and dirt.
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Moisturize nail beds regularly with a nondrying nail lotion. Rub the lotion over the entire nail bed at least once a day.
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Trim cuticles once each week. Soften cuticles with a specialized cuticle cream, then trim carefully with a cuticle clipper.
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Clip your nails regularly in a rounded or squared shape. The pointier the tip of your fingernail, the more likely it is to break off.
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Give your nails a break from polish as often as possible. The more time your nails spend in the nude, the less they will dry and chip.
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Tips & Warnings
Avoid biting your nails. Biting is a surefire way to create unhealthy and unsightly nails.
If you develop ridges along the base of your nail bed, increase your intake of vitamin B.
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Comments
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what kind of food could be taken to strength my nails...
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Aug 25, 2006
If the area above your cuticles is torn, bleeding, or just damaged and flaking, try applying a layer of Neosporin onto it. Wait for it to completely dry then take some Medicated ChapStick® (the light blue skinned one) and apply a thick layer as well. Wait for that to dry if you have a serious problem. If not, then just leave it on for 5-8 minutes. This is the cheaper method to healing if you can't purchase the $8 balms they have for sale since most households contain Neosporin and Medicated ChapStick® is only 74 cents.
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Aug 08, 2006
A nice manicure kit would help to stop biting your nails. I bit mine till I was 24, and playing around with them will help you to stop the biting. Now I have nails that family and strangers admire, and I love the attention. There are 2 products that helped me out a lot, and I still use them when I have a broken nail. #1 is Loreal "Nail Nutritionist Plus" Growth enhancing serum (works great). #2 is "Jessica" life jacket. They both work, and I've tried a lot of products over the years, but these are 2 of the best if you want long, healthy nails.
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Aug 08, 2006
Take 1 multivitamin every day and try to keep your nails warm, clean them continuously by tool, use a special kind of soup which cleans the skin from the black heads.
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Aug 08, 2006
Take 1 multivitamin every day and try to keep your nails warm, clean them continuously by tool, use a special kind of soup which cleans the skin from the black heads.
