An original manicure on well-groomed nails is not only fashionable, but beautiful and sophisticated. However, there are reasons why the nail plates become thinner, brittle and dull.
Decorative varnish masks visible problems for a short period of time, while further aggravating them.
There are many effective ways to strengthen nails : from beauty salon procedures to folk recipes and methods.
Having learned the most popular recipes, it becomes clear how to strengthen your nails. It turns out that this is not difficult to do at home.
Strengthening nail polish
Many cosmetic companies that produce products for decorative manicure also develop a line of care products that are aimed at strengthening the nail plate. Such medicinal products are presented in the form of colorless varnish.
You can also strengthen your nails at home with varnishes containing additives such as minerals, vitamins, and proteins.
This liquid can be applied as a stand-alone product when nails need a break from constant manicure or as a base for decorative varnish.
Cosmetologists recommend paying attention to the following well-proven strengthening varnishes:
- "Calcium Shield" from ORLY;
- "Bend Don't Break" by Jessica;
- "Diamond Strength" by Sally Hansen;
- "Nail Envy" by OPI.
They contain plasticizers that create a protective layer on the nail plate, providing external strengthening.
Vitamin complexes, calcium, wheat proteins are intended to treat the nail from the inside. These substances penetrate into the deep layers of the plate and improve its structure. The procedure using a strengthening agent is simple:
- hands must be washed thoroughly;
- treat the nails with a degreasing liquid (nail polish remover is suitable, but in no case contains acetone);
- then medicinal varnish is applied to the nail plates.
It is enough to make 1 layer. There is no need to use the product every day; use it 2-3 times a week.
How to strengthen nails and speed up their growth: salon procedures
Beauty salons offer several effective professional care options aimed at strengthening your nails in a week. Each of this list can choose something different, we recommend using:
- wax and paraffin applications;
- aromatherapy;
- manual hand massage;
- water massage;
- diathermy;
- ultraphoresis.
All these procedures are aimed at improving blood circulation and metabolism in epithelial tissues, which will contribute to the complete renewal of your nail.
Simple recipes with vitamins
Nail plates react acutely to the lack of vitamins in the body, this is manifested by their delamination. Therefore, before strengthening your nails at home using external means, you need to take a course of vitamins, for example, Complivit.
Vitamin preparations can also be used as an external remedy. To do this, the contents of a capsule of the vitamin complex “Aevit” (or mix liquid from capsules of vitamins “E” and “A”) are rubbed into the nail plates. This can be done with a cotton pad, cotton swab or fingers.
Such procedures are carried out every day, preferably in the evenings. The product is removed from the nails and should be left overnight.
Pharmacy vitamin products can be successfully replaced with natural products rich in vitamins “A” and “E”. Freshly squeezed juice of berries and vegetables is suitable for this. For example, a large amount of vitamin A is found in carrots and viburnum, and vitamin E is found in sea buckthorn, rose hips, and spinach.
In this case, the vitamin product will have to be washed off after 15-20 minutes, since these products leave marks on the skin.
Massage with vitamins “A” and “E”
It is better to combine applying liquid vitamins to your nails with a massage.
Moisten the fingertips of one hand in the vitamin composition and treat the nails on the other hand with gentle circular movements and soft pats. In this case, you should act not only on the plate, but also on the skin around it.
During the massage, blood circulation in the treated area accelerates, and the delivery of oxygen and nutrients to the plate, which are necessary for healthy nails, increases.
Rubbing also increases the temperature of the problem area of the body and warms up the applied product, and this ensures rapid penetration of the active ingredients under the skin and into the cuticles.
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Recipes for strengthening nails at home
Baths
Homemade nail baths are a complete cosmetic procedure that is easy and inexpensive.
However, it is important to take into account some nuances and follow the correct procedure. Before immersing your fingertips in the bath, you need to clean the nail plate of any type of coating. For the bath itself, you can use any wide and shallow bowl into which you can pour a sufficient amount of liquid, and then freely immerse your hands without spilling anything. Place a towel under the bowl, which will prevent the bath from sliding on the surface, and you can also use it to blot your hands at the end of the procedure.
Keep your fingertips in the bath for the prescribed time, then remove your hands, rinse with running water if necessary, and blot your hands with a soft, absorbent cloth. Apply moisturizing cream or nourishing vegetable oil (olive, grape seed, jojoba oil, etc.) using massage movements.
Homemade nail baths are done at least once or twice a week. If the nails are seriously damaged, the procedures are carried out in courses - every other day for 15-20 days, alternating them with oil masks.
Before growing, nails must be strengthened and treated with additional vitamins and minerals.
There are several basic principles for this:
- Try to eat right, do not overuse fatty, spicy, fast food foods. Instead of a burger, buy a kilogram of apples - it will strengthen your nails and increase their tone.
- Buy vitamins that will support the body during the onset of spring vitamin deficiency.
- When treating with masks, oils, baths and other means (which will be described below), pay attention not only to the nail plate itself, but also to the cuticle and the area of skin around the nail.
- Removing excess cuticle is an important point. By removing dead cells, we give the nail more oxygen, it “breathes.”
- Pay attention to creams that contain proteins, amino acids, keratin, vitamin C. These substances act as a shield from external influences.
- To prevent your cells from getting used to one or another composition of the mask, you can alternate procedures.
Now let’s turn to reliable recipes that help strengthen nails.
Nail baths create a SPA effect. Don't neglect them. You can immerse only your fingertips in the composition, or you can immerse your entire palm. Then there will be a beneficial effect on the skin of your hands.
Recipe 1: “sea”.
Sea salt is a unique natural material with a high regenerating and healing effect. If a vacation by the sea is not possible, create the sea at least for your nails.
Proportions: 1 glass of water, a couple of tablespoons of sea salt (unflavored).
Dissolve salt in warm water, dip your fingers into the bath and wait about 25 minutes.
Dry your hands with a towel and lubricate them with cream, while doing a massage.
This bath can be done daily for a week and a half, followed by a break of 20-30 days.
Recipe 2: olive oil honey egg.
Proportions: 3 tbsp. olive oil and honey, 1 raw beaten egg.
Mix the butter and honey and heat until the mass melts a little and is more pliable.
There is no need to heat it too much so as not to lose the beneficial properties of the ingredients.
Next, mix the egg into the mixture and bring the mixture until smooth. Place your hands in the bath for 15 minutes, then wash off.
Recipe 3: vegetable cosmetic oil lemon juice iodine vitamin A.
This recipe is for brittle, peeling and brittle nails.
Proportions: 2 tbsp. vegetable oil, lemon juice and vitamin “A” (similar to clear vegetable oil), 4 drops of iodine.
Mix the products, heat them slightly and dip your fingers into the mixture for 15 minutes. Then wash off with soapy water.
Recipe 4: gelatin bath.
Gelatin wonderfully strengthens and restores nails.
Proportions: 1 incomplete teaspoon of granulated gelatin, 250 ml of very hot (not boiling) water.
Dissolve the gelatin in water (while stirring, the mixture will cool) and lower your hands into the bath. Leave for about 15 minutes and remove. This technique can be repeated twice a week.
Healthy long (within reasonable limits) nails are a sign of well-groomed, neat and healthy women. This attribute never goes out of fashion trends and attracts attention.
The now fashionable natural style awakens the desire of girls to grow their nails, and not turn to the help of salons and artificial materials.
Growing nails is a painstaking task that does not tolerate laziness, but it can be done.
It is associated with proper care and the use of both general strengthening agents (see recipes above) and activating growth.
Recipe 1: oil baths with iodine.
Proportions: 1 tbsp. glycerin, 4 tbsp. cosmetic oil, 4 drops of iodine.
We take any cosmetic oil (castor, peach, olive, almond) as a basis, heat it slightly and mix iodine and glycerin into the mixture. Keep your nails in the bath for 5-7 minutes.
The mixture can be washed off completely or left partially on your hands until completely absorbed.
Recipe 2: Soda bath.
Proportions: 1 – 1.5 tbsp. soda per 250 ml of water (warm).
Mix the ingredients and “bathe” your fingers for about 15 minutes. Then you can massage your hands with oils or cream. Taking such a bath a couple of times a week will be enough.
Recipe 3: herbal.
Healing herbs sold in pharmacies are excellent nail growth stimulants. Be sure to stock up on chamomile, St. John's wort, and burdock root - these herbs are the most effective. Mix them and prepare healing decoctions.
Proportions: 2 tbsp. herbal mixture, a glass of hot water, 5 tbsp. white wine (optional).
Infuse the herbs for 30 minutes. Heat the herbal infusion, add wine and hold your hands in the mixture for about half an hour. Carry out a session for 10 days, daily.
Gel polishes for nail growth.
Gels provide professional care. They contain the most effective substances for growth. Apply them as a standalone coating, or as a base and fixer for decorative varnish.
Paraffin therapy.
Paraffin therapy brings positive and quick results.
This is a popular way to stimulate nail growth, which can be done at home: you need to warm up beeswax (cosmetic paraffin is also suitable) and apply it in a warm melted form with massage movements on your fingertips.
It turns out to be a kind of paraffin massage.
Hand-made cream.
You can do a daily evening massage with homemade hand-made cream.
Proportions: ½ tsp. ground red pepper, 1.5 tsp. baby cream, 20-30 drops of warm water.
Mix the ingredients and warm a little. Apply to nails in the same way as regular cream.
In addition to narrowly targeted methods, you can actively use complex methods that are easy to make and use even for the busiest beauty.
Method 1: miracle - olive oil.
It is not necessary to make a mixture of ingredients. Olive oil alone will be quite sufficient in the fight against splitting of the nail.
You just need to warm it up slightly, and then - as convenient - either a 10-minute mask or a bath.
After 4 - 5 days of daily use, you will notice clear improvements in the surface of the nails, which, by the way, will accelerate growth.
The skin of your fingers will be softer, more tender, without burrs.
Method 2: "green".
This is a truly folk way of keeping nails healthy.
You will need several bunches of fresh herbs: dill, tarragon, parsley, celery and any edible greens in general.
Grind the herbs and “season” with a couple of tablespoons of olive/linseed/sesame oil. Transfer the “green mush” into a jar and leave in the refrigerator for 48 hours.
In the morning on an empty stomach, swallow a spoonful of the mixture, and in the evening massage your fingers with oil from the jar.
Method 3: “grandmother’s strengthening ointment.”
Previously, only rich beauties who had the means to travel to the kingdom of nascent cosmetics - France, applied cream to their hands.
Russian girls maintained beauty with their own, no less effective, means.
For example, they used homemade ointment to massage their fingers and nails before going to bed.
The ointment recipe is simple: 5 g. wax (natural, bees), boiled yolk, 50 gr. calendula oils.
Grind, knead the yolk and mix in the butter. This mixture needs to be heated (2-3 minutes) and wax added to it.
Stir until the last component melts and dissolves. The gruel will resemble sour cream consistency; we transfer it to a convenient container. “Granny’s ointment” is ready!
Method 4: folk.
This is another popular recipe for express nail and skin care. It contains the strongest natural healing and restorative substances.
Proportions: sea buckthorn, calendula and burdock oils - 50 drops of each, homemade (fat) cream - 2-3 tablespoons, aloe juice (can be a pharmaceutical solution or freshly squeezed) - 30 g.
Beat the ingredients until you get a cream. Rub your hands in the morning and evening hours.
Method 5: lemon.
You don’t have to go through the hassle of squeezing the juice out of the ubiquitous lemon. There is also an emergency method - dip your fingertips (only them!) into freshly cut lemon pulp.
Lemon juice has a beneficial effect on both the structure and color of nails - the tips whiten and do not turn yellow (which is important for smokers).
- Prepare a mask from olive oil and lemon juice. Bring a small amount of olive oil to a warm state using a water bath. Add a little lemon juice and apply the resulting mixture to your nails. Put on cotton gloves and walk like this for a while. You can leave it overnight. It is also effective to use any oil for eyelash growth. A good effect will be achieved by simply rubbing the nail plates with cut lemon; this will make the nails smooth, strong and will not flake. Perform the procedure no more than 1 – 2 times a week. It is also good to rub your nails with lemon juice and salt.
- Sea salt bath. A good remedy for strengthening flaking nails and their growth is a self-prepared strengthening bath of sea salt. It is necessary to dissolve sea salt in water and soak your hands in it for 30 minutes. After the procedure, be sure to lubricate your hands with moisturizer. The procedure can be performed every day for 10 days. Then the nails need a break in treatment, after which you can continue again. A good effect will be if you add a few more drops of iodine to salt water so that the water turns a little brown. Iodine works very well on split nails. You can even simply smear your nail plates with iodine once a week, the result will be wonderful.
- Nail mask using red pepper. Mix half a teaspoon of ground red pepper with a small amount of water and stir into the rich cream. Apply the resulting mixture to your nails and leave for 15-20 minutes, then rinse thoroughly with water. Use this recipe no more than once a month.
- Ointment with beeswax against peeling and to give strength to nails. Melt a small amount of beeswax in a water bath, mix it with the yolk of a hard-boiled egg, adding peach oil. The mask is absolutely harmless and can be used every day. This is good if you often do manicures and pedicures at home.
- Strengthening with sour berry juice. This method saturates weakened nails well with essential vitamins, which gradually leads to an improvement in their condition. It is necessary to rub each nail with the juice of any sour berries, for example, lingonberries, cranberries, currants, etc.
- A decoction of medicinal herbs. To obtain a strengthening decoction for nails you will need: chamomile, burdock root, St. John's wort. Pour boiling water over the ingredients, cool and let it brew, then put your hands in it for 30 minutes. A decoction of such healing ingredients is used not only for nails, but also to strengthen hair. Can be used 1 - 2 times a week.
- Nourishing and strengthening bath for nails. An excellent way to strengthen flaking nails is to use a bath with olive oil, honey and egg. Mix the listed ingredients, heat a little, and dip your fingertips in them for 20 - 30 minutes. Rinse off with warm water. Within just two days of use, your nails will become smoother and shinier.
Baths for strengthening
When asked how to effectively strengthen nails at home, experts answer: “One of the best remedies is nourishing baths.”
They are made from water or other liquids with the addition of useful components. The best time for the procedure is evening. The bath will take about half an hour until the liquid cools down. But initially it should be comfortably warm, not hot.
At the end, you need to rinse your hands with clean water and lubricate them with nourishing cream. Cosmetologists advise putting thin cotton gloves on your hands after a bath at night.
This method of healing, regardless of the composition of the bath, is carried out in a course of 20 days, then you need to take a break of the same length and, if necessary, repeat the course.
Salt baths
For such baths, sea salt is used. This product is rich in minerals necessary for nails. But salt should be taken natural, without dyes and flavors.
For a salt bath you will need:
- Sea salt – 4 tbsp;
- Warm water – 2 glasses.
Salt does not have to be completely dissolved in water. You can rub small crystals with your hands while taking a bath, this will have an additional scrubbing effect. The procedure time is 15 minutes.
Strengthening salt and iodine bath
It is no coincidence that many people note the fact that after a vacation at sea, the condition of their nails improves significantly. They do not delaminate, grow faster, and become strong. So they are positively influenced by 2 main marine components - iodine and salt.
You can organize a kind of “vacation” for your nails at home. To do this, take a bath with iodine and salt for 15 minutes.
For it you need to take 2 glasses of warm water, 2 tbsp. sea salt and 5 drops of iodine. Iodine should not be added in large quantities; the solution should be only slightly colored. Otherwise, there is a risk of getting a cuticle burn.
Bath with iodine and orange juice
There is another type of iodine bath, when this drug is mixed with orange juice.
Lack of iodine in the human body negatively affects the condition of hair and nails. Therefore, if the level of this chemical element in the blood is low, it is necessary to include foods rich in iodine in the diet.
Orange juice has a unique composition, which includes vitamins “A”, “B”, “K”, “E”, “C”, as well as amino acids and minerals, among which calcium, zinc, and phosphorus are especially relevant for nails.
Baths with an alcohol solution of iodine, enriched with freshly squeezed orange juice, will be useful for strengthening the nail plates.
To prepare a remedy, you need to mix 5-7 drops of iodine with 1 glass of juice, pre-heated slightly in a water bath.
Use a mixture of orange juice and iodine as an ointment for nails. To do this, both ingredients are combined in equal proportions (10 drops each) and carefully applied with a cotton swab to the nail plates. You can't touch the cuticles.
Such
sessions are held once a week , before bedtime. There is no need to rinse off the solution; it will be absorbed overnight and by morning your nails will have a natural color.
Strengthening nails with wine
There is such an exotic way to strengthen nails at home, like wine baths.
For these purposes, natural wines, white or red, are used, and there is no need to skimp on the quality of the alcoholic product.
The drinks contain:
- Polyphenols;
- Tannins;
- Pectins;
- Flavonoids;
- Phenols;
- Tannins;
- Proteins;
- Fats;
- Fructose;
- Alcohol.
Wines used as baths have a good warming property; they nourish, moisturize the nail plate, and activate recovery processes. 200 g of the drink should be heated to 36-38 degrees and keep your fingers in the liquid for 25-30 minutes.
You can also mix wines with other healthy ingredients: add 1 tbsp to red. sea salt, white - 1 tbsp. butter or honey.
1 session will not bring a visible improvement in the condition of the nails; baths with wine should be done regularly for 10-15 days.
Green tea baths
Since ancient times, green tea has been used in Eastern medicine not only as a tonic drink, but also as an external remedy.
The presence of a large amount of tannin, essential oils, minerals, and amino acids in the product gives it nourishing, rejuvenating and disinfecting properties.
To prepare the bath, you need 2 tbsp. Add dried green tea leaves to 0.5 liters of hot water and let steep. When the brew has cooled to the required comfortable temperature, it should be strained and used as intended until the liquid cools completely.
To enhance the therapeutic effect, it is permissible to add honey, lemon juice, olive oil, and liquid vitamins to the brew.
Herbal bath to strengthen and nourish nails
Infusions and decoctions of herbs are an excellent remedy for healing nails. Herbal baths not only moisturize and nourish the nail plates, but also strengthen them and eliminate splitting and brittleness.
To prepare the infusion, a medicinal mixture of any herbs is used: St. John's wort, plantain, calendula, nettle. But the most relevant for solving these problems are burdock root and chamomile.
The herb is brewed both dried and fresh. 3-4 tbsp. crushed raw materials, pour 300 ml of boiling water, close the lid and leave for 1 hour. Strain before the procedure.
You can prepare an infusion for several procedures by increasing the amount of ingredients. In this case, the liquid should be warmed before use.
The decoction is prepared according to the same recipe, only the grass is immersed in boiling water and cooked for 4-5 minutes, after which it cools.
Gelatin bath for weakened nails
Gelatin is widely used in independent cosmetic procedures; it is included in skin masks and gelatin lamination of hair and eyelashes. At home, you can use this product to strengthen your nails, using it as a bath.
Recipe:
- Hot water (not boiling water!) – 1 tbsp.;
- Colorless food gelatin – 1 tsp.
Gently dilute the gelatin in the liquid and leave the mixture to cool, stirring it occasionally. If desired, you can add a few drops of liquid vitamin “E” or “A” to the solution. Procedure time 20-30 minutes. Finally, rinse your hands with warm water without using soap.
Such sessions are organized every other day for a month. Gelatin forms a thin but quite durable film on the surface of the nail plates.
Thus, the nails, being in a protective “case,” are not only protected from the harmful effects of external factors, but they are strengthened and become denser and more elastic, and their shine returns. Therefore, such baths are especially recommended for weakened nails.
Bath with olive oil, honey and egg
For dry and brittle nails, baths with vegetable oils are useful. Prolonged exposure to varnishes and the use of liquids with acetone dries out the nail plate.
Olive oil, rich in minerals and fatty acids, provides and retains essential hydration to your nails.
Honey and eggs are the most popular products in folk recipes for cosmetic procedures. Since these natural products have a unique chemical composition that gives the human body the necessary nutrition and healing.
Protein, polyunsaturated acids, vitamins, minerals, which are the basis of eggs and honey, are also beneficial for nails.
A bath of these components is taken 3 times a week for 30 minutes. Course – 15-20 days.
How to prepare the product? Lightly beat the egg and combine with 1 tbsp. liquid honey and 2 tbsp. olive oil, mix thoroughly.
You can add a few drops of essential oils of jojoba, avocado, and grape seeds to the bath.
Salt baths
Nail plates are strengthened by baths with table or sea salt:
- Dissolve 2 tbsp. sea salt in a glass of warm water.
Soak your fingertips for 15-20 minutes. Dry with a towel and apply nourishing cream.
Instead of water, use natural wine:
- Dissolve table salt in warm red wine at the rate of 1 tbsp. for a glass of wine.
Place your fingertips in the bath for 15 minutes. Blot with a napkin and apply cream.
Take salt baths to strengthen nails for preventive purposes once a week. In case of delamination, thinning - 10 days in a row, repeat the course in a month.
Masks for strengthening nails
To increase the effect of treating weakened nails, baths can be alternated with masks made from natural products.
It is also advisable to carry out such procedures in the evenings, since some masks can be left on the nails until the morning.
Lemon mask
This mask does not require any preliminary preparation. You only need 1 lemon, which needs to be cut in half. And then dip your nails into each half and hold for 10 minutes.
After the allotted time, your hands should be rinsed with water and applied with a rich cream or lubricated with oil, for example, peach or almond.
This “mask” moisturizes and whitens the nail plates and slows down the growth of the cuticle.
But if there are hangnails or cracks on your fingers, lemon remedy cannot be used, it will cause pain.
Olive oil and lemon juice mask
The next recipe is similar to the previous one, as you will need lemon and butter to prepare it. But the effect of such a mask is less aggressive, because lemon juice will be applied to the nails, diluted in equal proportions with heated olive oily liquid.
And even the presence of wounds on the skin will not be an obstacle to the use of the composition; in this case, it can be carefully applied to the nail plates.
If desired, the mask can be removed after 20 minutes . But it is better to leave the product overnight, while wearing cotton gloves on your hands.
The effect will be noticeable after just a few procedures: the nails will stop peeling, they will become smoother, pinker and shiny.
Therapeutic mask made of natural wax
Cosmetologists advise using Japanese medicinal manicure to strengthen nails.
It can be easily done at home, and it is nothing more than applying wax to the nail plates.
This technique is sometimes called wax sealing. To carry out the procedure, you need to buy beeswax or cosmetic paraffin.
For one session you will need a small amount of wax (1 tsp); it should be melted in a water bath. When the product becomes soft and pliable, it must be rubbed in, polishing each nail.
You can also add 2-3 drops of vegetable oil and ½ tsp into the liquid wax mass. honey, mix thoroughly and until the mask begins to harden, it is applied to the nail plates.
Ideally, the wax is left on all night, but if this option seems inconvenient, it can be removed after 2-3 hours.
Essential oil mask
To restore nails after constant extensions and manicures, they are treated with a mixture of essential oils.
The remedy is prepared according to the following scheme: to 2 tbsp. base oils (it can be olive, linseed, apricot, sea buckthorn oil) add 1-2 drops of oil esters.
To strengthen the nail plates, it is best to use oils:
- Bergamot;
- Rosemary;
- Tea tree;
- Sandalwood;
- Ylang-ylang.
Bergamot whitens nails, and the oily liquid of tea tree has antifungal properties.
If there are white dots and spots on the nails, it is recommended to add 1-2 drops of liquid vitamin “E” and “A” to the mask.
The mixture prepared according to this recipe is enough for the entire course. Before use, the product must be warmed up, applied every day and not rinsed off.
Mask with oils and honey
You can add honey, liquid or melted in a water bath, to the warm oil mixture. This mass is more viscous and sticky than in the previous recipe. Therefore, it is not left on the nails for a long time.
The main rule here is that the mixture is not washed off, but removed with light touches of paper napkins.
With red pepper and cream
Another option for a mask to strengthen nails is a mixture of nourishing cream and ground red pepper. Prepare the “burning drug” in this way: ½ tsp. pepper is combined with a small amount of water to form a paste-like mass and then mixed with rich cream.
It is not recommended to use this mask often; 1-2 times a month is enough.
What is its effect? In this case, the spice serves as an irritant, causing increased blood supply, and this ensures rapid absorption of the beneficial components of the cream into the layers of the nail and epidermis.
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How to strengthen your nails after gel polish
For lovers of gel polishes and shellacs, we will give the following tips and recommendations.
In general, after gel polish, nails do not need strengthening, because a good and high-quality gel polish performs this function. But there are situations when the manicure was not done well or the products were applied to the nails incorrectly. After this, the nails may peel, the skin around the nail may turn red and even itch.
First, read the rules for removing gel polish from nails. When done correctly, your nails will shine with health.
Salon procedures:
- Sealing. A honey-wax film is applied to the handles and thus protects them from damage.
- Paraffin baths. The principle is the same + protection against aging and against small cracks on the nail plate.
- Strengthening nails with acrylic powder. An excellent tool, if you purchase everything you need, you can easily do it at home. The powder is suitable for application even on brittle and peeling nails. It is distinguished by its unique chemical composition, which does not contain harmful impurities in the form of formaldehyde, toluene, dibutyl phthalate.
Home treatments:
Of course, if you purchase everything you need, then the above procedures can be carried out at home. But if you don't want to spend so much, try this:
- Biogel. It seals and smoothes the nail plate. But to use it you need a drying lamp.
- Cuticle oil. Softens the skin and helps to quickly cope with annoying growths on the nails.
- Weekly nail baths. We talked about them above.
What products to buy to strengthen nails:
- CND, Keratin for strengthening nails Rescue RXx, 15 ml - Keratin mask for strengthening nails. Also recommended for moisturizing and conditioning dry nails and eliminating white spots. The main active component of Rescue RXx is natural keratin, a strong building protein that, interacting with the natural keratin of nails, makes them strong and strong. And the jojoba oil included in the composition provides deep nutrition and hydration of the nail plate.
- ruNail, acrylic powder (camouflage pink), 28 g - recommended for hiding defects in natural nails.
- Strengthening coating for dry and brittle nails NAIL CURE NAIL AMPOULE 14 ml.
- Rubber base for gel polish, 15 ml, self-levels on the nail, suitable for fragile, thin, brittle and even moving nails.
Hand skin care:
- Avocado oil, 50 ml - One hundred percent natural cosmetic oil.
- ARAVIA Professional, Cream Paraffin “Creamy Chocolate”, 270 ml - Cream paraffin with cocoa butter and vitamin F for the “cold” paraffin therapy procedure.
- Depilflax, cosmetic paraffin 500 g, orange and peach - for dry and chapped skin of hands and feet. Deeply nourishes the skin.
Products for manicure baths:
- CND, Almond Milk Bath, 236 ml - Almond milk for maceration.
Recipes for homemade medicinal ointments
Cosmetologists recommend changing your care product every 3-4 months, explaining that the cells of the nails and skin adapt to the action of the same products and stop reacting to them.
High-quality professional creams are not cheap, but you can make a useful medicinal composition yourself at home.
Ointment with calendula oil, yolk and beeswax
The advantage of homemade ointments is that they contain only natural products, without preservatives or chemical flavors. For this recipe you will need:
- Beeswax – 1 tbsp.
- Yolk of 1 egg
- Calendula oil – ½ tsp.
Hard boil the egg, remove the yolk and grind it thoroughly. Add the yolk mass and butter to the melted wax, mix until smooth.
Even the frozen composition will have a pleasant plastic texture that is easy to apply.
Rub the ointment in circular massage movements, treating the surface of the nail and cuticle. The product nourishes and protects the nail plate.
Aloe juice cream
To make homemade cream, products with a dense consistency are taken as a basis - wax, lard, melted butter. Other useful components are added to the main ingredient.
The indisputable advantage of a home remedy is that additives can be included in the recipe according to individual preferences and capabilities, this could be honey, essential oil, liquid vitamins.
Recipe for cream with aloe juice
For course use, just mix 1 tbsp. melted wax, 0.5 tbsp. lanolin and 0.5 tbsp. freshly squeezed aloe juice. All products are thoroughly mixed.
This hand and nail cream is used daily.
The product should be stored in the refrigerator, but no more than 10-12 days.
The composition perfectly moisturizes the nail plates and activates their growth.
Strengthening nails with onion peels
Onion peel is an ancient remedy used to heal skin and hair. Will it be good for your nails? It turns out yes. The raw materials include:
- Phytoncides;
- Carotene;
- Quercetin;
- Mineral salts;
- Vitamins “E”, “C”, “PP”, group B.
All elements are necessary for the body; vitamins and carotene are especially important for nail plates - a natural protein - the “builder” of hair, eyelashes, and nails.
Onion peel products can be prepared in 2 ways:
- In the form of decoctions and tinctures for nourishing baths
(A pinch of husk is poured with hot water and infused for 1 hour);
- As an oil
(Pour onion peels with vegetable oil and place in a cool, dark place for 10 days).
Onion baths are used 2-3 times a week for 1 month, and weakened nails and cuticles are lubricated with oil once a week until recovery.
From the list of caring and health products, for the convenience of their use, it is recommended to create an individual program on how to strengthen nails at home, which indicates on which days baths are taken and on which masks are taken.