Repair Your Nails In Between Salon Visits
Your nails may have some underlying issues underneath your gel and acrylic manicures. Here’s how to cure them.
It goes without saying that these days we are swarmed by beautiful nails all over our social media feeds. In the 1 minute tutorials the nails go from ‘Who did it and what for?’ to ‘Damn Girl, I need the name of your nail tech!’ The range of manicures and even the pedicures can be overwhelming. From perfectly manicured fiberglass tips, ombre colors, almond, oval or claw shaped and the list goes on.
We’ve all had those moments when we look down at our nails after removing your 3 week old manicure and wonder... ‘Does everyone elses nails look like this underneath or just mine?’ As a professional in the industry, 9 times out of 10, the answer is yes. Here’s why:
Your Nails Need To Breath
For 2-3 weeks your nails are smothered by unnatural ingredients. Unnatural ingredients such as gels, dip powder, acrylic overlays and plastic/artificial nails that do nothing but strip the nails of its natural oils and keratin. All of this could be hiding what might be many underlying nail issues that can be solved within a matter of treatments. Think about it for a moment.
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Whenever you have your nails manicured and glammed at the local nail salon do you ask the nail tech right then and there to treat your nail issues? Do you ask them what you can do at home? Or do you complain only to return in a few weeks with what has now turned into a painful nails issue? Hopefully you asked them what you could do at home instead of ignoring the problem. Either way there are a number of nail issues that can be resolved in between nail salon visits.
Examine Your Nails
When you examine your nails you can see what is normal and what is questionable. Normal is looking at a nail that is off white in color with an undertone of your skin complexion. Now when something as noticeable as discoloration happens that is when you know that there is something that you need to do about it.
No Yellow Nails
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This product is a treatment and a base coat in one. Having a product that does double duty as nail protectant and a solution for discoloration is the first step in stopping an issue that could possibly worsen. Just remember that discoloration ranges from yellow to dark brown. Whatever the reason for discoloration, rest assure you can start by treating it at home first.
Touch Your Nails
Instead of touching your hands when you wash your hands, run your hands down the beds of your nails. Look them as you do it and feel the changes. The changes such as vertical ridges in the nails that can either be from aging or lack of nutrition to the nails. Once you see and feel these then you can start to fill ini the ridges.
Ridge Filler
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Another great product by this natural nail care brand is the Ridge Filler. The Ridge Filler has the ability to fill in the vertical ridges while nourishing them and stopping the lines from deepening. When you apply this treatment then you are able to have a smooth and even base before you apply color to the nails. But before you do that let’s not forget to check the actual strength of the nails.
Hard of Soft Nails
When you touch your nails do they bend or do they break. If they bend they are soft nails and need a treatment to build strength. If they are too hard then they will break or crack very easily. The nails are seriously looking for a happy medium.
No Soft Nail
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Both of these keratin treatments allow for your nail to absorb the missing amount of kertain for a strong and healthy nail. When you apply this treatment to your nails then you are making sure that not only will your nails go back to being healthy but they will be as strong and healthy as how they appear when you wear fake nails. Now the last thing the last thing that you should always do is feed the nails.
Feed Your Nails
Nails are made up of keratin, protein and even collagen so if the nails lack these then you might want to start to find a product that helps to restore those very same elements of nail makeup.
Nail Food
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Nail Food Oil consists all pure oils of sesame, jojoba, lavender and myrrh. All of these oils combined in a naturalist‘s dream come true. Think of it like this; when you are hungry, so are your nails. Feed them. By adding this oil to you daily regimen you can start to treat any issues such as discoloration, slow nail growth and of course hard or soft nails will start to feel and see the relief.
We all have dreams of long and beautiful natural nails and can of course get it with a quick trip to the nail salon. But if you do not treat and cure your nails in between visits, you can definitely have an underlying issue that can turn into something more.
