10 Tips to Take Good Care of Your Nails

1. Rubber Gloves Are Your Friends

Do not EVER do the dishes or clean your home without wearing rubber gloves. The chemicals you use for cleaning are very strong and can really damage your hands and your nails. Not only that they will make your nails weaker, they could also give you nasty burns. Always wear rubber gloves when cleaning.

2. Calcium Gels and Nail Hardeners

Calcium gels and nail hardeners can really make your nails stronger. However, you can’t expect results right away, you need to give it some time and use the product regularly. I used to have a very good nail hardener which I can’t find on the market anymore, so if you could recommend me the one you’re using, I’d be very grateful.

3. Nail Creams

Your regular hand cream is sometimes not enough. In order to take good care of your nails, you need to get special nail creams. They are usually not expensive, and there’s a bunch of them on the market. Try a couple until you find the one that suits you best.

4. Cuticle Removing

One of the biggest mistakes many girls do when it comes to their nails is cutting the cuticles. This should never be done. Instead, apply cuticle remover gel or cream and gently push your cuticles with a cuticle stick.

5. Regular Clipping

You truly have no motivation to have super long nails. That it's strange, as well as it makes you look a bit skanky. Keep your nails finally that doesn't arrive in a method for your consistently errands and clasp them frequently. Nails that are too long are additionally significantly more inclined to breaking.

6. Filing and Polishing

First and foremost, invest in a good nail file. Every time you clip your nails, file them. Do this by moving the file in one direction only. When you move it left and right you’re actually creating tiny cracks that weaken your nails. Polish your nails not more often than once a month. If you do it too often, you can make your nails thinner and weaker.

7. Easy on Nail Polish

Although colorful nails are quite cool, nail polish actually does a lot of damage to your nails. The reason is that nail polishes contain acetone, which makes your nails soft. Don’t manicure your nails more often than once a week and buy only high quality nail polishes. If your nail polish has passed its expiration date, throw it right away.

8. Oil Based Nail Polish Removals

Even though I don’t know anyone who still uses acetone based nail polish removals, I feel that it’s still a good idea to mention it. The bad effect on acetone on your nails has been previously explained, so opt for oil based nail polish removals. They are much less harmful to your nails.

9. Acrylic or Gel Nails

Despite the fact that I for one don't care for any sort of counterfeit nails, a considerable measure of my companions who have truly feeble nails swear that acrylic and gel nails keep them from breaking their common nails. Along these lines, if your nails are powerless as well, perhaps you can decide on one of these arrangements. Be cautious however, I've heard a few young ladies had entirely awful responses to gel and acrylic. Likewise on the off chance that you by one means or another force an acrylic nail you chance pulling your normal nail together with it. What's more, that damages a great deal.

10. Keep Your Nails Healthy

No treatment or special care will help you if you don’t know how to keep your nails healthy. Now, since there is more than just one advice on this, I’ve dedicated a whole article to the subject. Read more on how to keep your nails healthy.

So, these are tips on taking care of your nails I have for you. What do you think, are they helpful? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comment section below.