How to Get Shiny Salon-style Nails at Home Without Chemicals

Perfect looking fingernails

Want shiny, white-tipped nails, without spending a fortune at the salon, and without chemicals? Follow these steps to learn how!

Difficulty:

Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• lemon juice
• olive oil
• cotton swabs
• brown paper bag
• rubber hose

1. Clip and shape your nails to the length you desire. File the edges gently to smooth.

2. Use cotton swabs to rub lemon juice under your nails. This will whiten the tips for a more dramatic, yet healthy look.

3. Rub olive oil over the surface of the nails and cuticles. Rub it in well and allow to stay on for at least 15 minutes.
   Wash hands with gentle soap, pat dry.

4. Tear off a piece of the paper bag and rub the surface and edges of your nails. This will remove rough bits, smooth grooves and remove sharpness from the nail edges.

5. Cut a section out of a rubber hose. If you have a flat piece of thin rubber, you can use that. Rub your nails with the rubber in a back-and-forth motion, starting at the top of the nail, moving toward the end. A shine will start to build. Continue with each nail until they all have a glossy shine.

Tips & Warnings

• The rubber-buffed shine will last all day, and can be renewed by simply buffing a bit more.

• If you can find them, some stores carry nail buffers with a rubber-like surface.