How to Harden Your Finger Nails

Soft finger nails are fragile and can easily break. If your nails constantly break it'll be hard for them to grow. This article will teach you a method you can use to harden your nails.

Things You'll Need

• Minced Garlic
• Disposable Gloves
• Finger Nail Polish Remover (if applicable)
• Soap and Water

Instructions

1. Remove your finger nail polish if you are wearing any. Your finger nails need to be unpolished in order for this method to be effective. If you need to remove your nail polish you can use any brand of nail polish remover.

2. Take some minced garlic and spread all over each nail. If you do not have any minced garlic you can crush some cloves of garlic. Just peel the shell off of the garlic clove and crush.

3. Take a pair of your disposable gloves and place one glove on each hand. Leave the gloves on your hands for 30 minutes.

4. Remove the gloves from your hands and thoroughly wash your hands with soap and water. Throw away the used gloves. If you choose to, you can polish your nails immediately after you wash and dry your hands. Repeat these steps 3 times a week.

Tips & Warnings

• Purchase the largest sized disposable gloves you can find, to prevent the garlic from being rubbed off of your nails as you put your hands in the gloves.

• You can re-use the gloves it you want. Turn the gloves inside out and thoroughly wash with soap and water. Let the gloves air dry.

• Do not do this if you either cut or pushed your cuticles back within the past 5 days, as this could cause some irritation.