If you want to strengthen your nails, use more natural remedies. For example, any nourishing cream, a mixture of vitamins A, D and E, lemon juice and olive oil works well on the nail plate. Lemon juice can lighten and strengthen the nails.
Even cranberry juice or ordinary table vinegar can help. Consuming gelatin in food, you can return the nails to the hardness that has been lost. The very first friends in strengthening nails are dairy products. They give the necessary calcium. You need to eat more vegetables and fruits. You will not be bothered by extra vitamins, and at the same time strengthen fragile nails.
We make baths of sea salt for 10 days, they will strengthen the nails without harm to health. Instead of salt, add baking soda and drop 10 drops of iodine. Repeat the procedure daily, for 15 or 20 minutes. The temperature of the bath should coincide with the temperature of the body.
Useful "tea" for brittle nails from plants. To do this, we mix 1 part of the nettle, 1 part of the shepherd's bag, 2 parts of the rhizome root of the crooked, 3 parts of the elderberry black flowers and 1 part of the aplicata of the alder gray. The received collection will be filled with 1 glass of boiling water. We insist in the thermos for about 6 or 8 hours. Then strain and take ½ cup 3 or 4 times a day.
Today beauty salons offer nail extensions, paraffin baths, pedicure, manicure and a large list of nail care services. Cosmetic industry produces a lot of nail care products at home.
You can improve the condition of nails, if you take into account a few tips
When working in the kitchen or when washing dishes, wear gloves. Do not use nails as a tool for rubbing dirt off pots. They are not meant for that. Before going outside, do not forget to apply sunscreen. Apply the cream on the surface of the hands, down to the tips of the nails. After all, the sun dries not only the skin, but also the nails.
Moisturizing nails
When you wash your hands, be sure to apply a moisturizer. Keep the hand cream in the cosmetic bag so that you can always use it at any time. Put on the tube of cream one near the kitchen sink, and the other in the bathroom.
Nails need breathing
If you regularly apply nail polish, which contains formaldehyde, then you need to take a short break to nail "breathe".
Nutrition
Fish, protein from meat, vegetables, water, fruits, vitamin E, as well as vitamins, multivitamins stimulate the growth of nails. Never forget that beauty depends on health, and you need to take care of it.
Fragile and brittle nails? Learn how to properly nail
Healthy nails should be pink, firm and smooth. But they can begin to separate, break down. If the condition of the nails does not improve, you should consult a dermatologist.
First, let's look at the causes of brittle and brittle nails:
1. Poorly affect the nails household chemicals, solvents, chemicals, paints, resins;
2 . Long time of hands in the water;
3. If you use a bad lacquer, your nails will turn yellow;
4. As a result of injuries, white spots may appear;
5. The appearance of longitudinal or transverse grooves can lead to inflammation in the nail bed;
6. Naturally, beautiful nails are a gift of nature, but unattractive nails can be made irresistible.
Useful tips for nail care:
1. The skin at the base of the nail should be cut with bone brushing for the nails. Pre wash your hands with warm water, from which the skin will soften;
2. The nails can be polished with the inside of the lemon peel;
3. Dirt from under the nails should be removed with a blunt instrument;
4. If you want to do some work with the earth, scrape your nails on the soap. Then the dirt will not clog under your fingernails and you will not have black rims.
Fragility of nails
Fragility of nails is a very common defect. The main causes of brittleness:
1. This is a deficiency of vitamins A and D;
2. Frequent washing of laundry with washing powder;
3. Frequent use of nail polish and acetone for removing varnish.
Stratification of nails
Stratification of nails is due to a lack of trace elements, for example, calcium. It is important to consume calcium together with vitamin D. Calcium contains fish, cabbage, nuts. These products contain amino acids, which are the building material for nails.
Lack of silicon
Deficiency of this trace element can be eliminated by adding bananas, currants, parsley, green beans, lettuce to the diet.
Lack of iron
Iron contains dried fruits, herbs, legumes, yolk, lean meat, liver. It is useful to drink tea from burdock, sorrel, dandelion.
Vitamin deficiency
Take vitamin complexes that include vitamins and trace elements. Also vitamins can contain special creams and oils, means for strengthening nails, varnishes.
When stratifying nails, olive oil is useful. 1 or 2 times a week to put on the nails of olive oil with the addition of a few drops of lemon juice. After that, put cotton gloves on your hands and leave for the night.
Procedures for strengthening nails
Take sunflower oil - 1/4 cup and 4 drops of iodine tincture. In this mixture we lower the fingertips for 20 minutes, the procedure is done for 15 days. After the procedure, the nails will be cleaned with a 5% solution of tannin, which strengthens the nail plate.
To strengthen brittle nails 1 or 2 times a week we make baths from vegetable oil with the addition of 3 drops of iodine and 5 drops of lemon juice.
Bath from sea salt
1 teaspoon of salt diluted in a glass of warm water and the tips of your fingers for 20 minutes in this solution. We do this bath every 2 days.
1/4 cup of salad oil mix ½ cup vinegar. By this we will strengthen the brittle nails.
To give firmness to the nails, let's take 4 grams of beeswax, melt in a water bath, rinse the steeply cooked egg yolk and pour the peach oil to the ointment. With this ointment we rub our nails every night, we put on gloves for the night.
Advice for smokers. Whitening yellowing nails
Daily wipe the nails 3% solution of hydrogen peroxide.
Within 7 or 10 days, we rub the nails with lemon slices. Lemon not only strengthens the nails, but also gives them shine and cleans them.
Wipe with a mixture of glycerin (10 grams), 3% hydrogen peroxide, rose water (40 ml).
Doing a manicure you must follow certain rules:
1. The liquid for removing varnish should not contain acetone, it dries the nail plate;
2. Nails need rest from varnish, therefore we remove it for 2 days, and we do this every 5 days;
3. If we often use a metal file, the bundles of nails will worsen. After applying such a file, cracks are formed, the nail will begin to separate. Therefore we use nail files with a special coating;
4. Movement with the nail file should be in one direction. Movements are made from the edge to the center in large sweeps. The edge needs to be polished, so that it is not sharp;
5. The nails do not break, if they are given an oval or a semi- square shape;
6. If the nail is sawed from the sides, it will loosen and there will appear cracks or fracture;
7. When stratifying nails, choose a varnish that contains fibers of nylon or silk. Also there are special varnishes for exfoliating nails. They contain moisturizers, vitamins, proteins, minerals;
8. It is useful to do the procedure of "sealing" nails - this is a layer-by-layer application of drugs containing various trace elements and vitamins, they protect the nails from stratification and drying. For this procedure, a cream with minerals and vitamins is used. First, the nail is polished, then it is applied with oil and cream, which gives the nails a shine. And the substances introduced into the nail are preserved for 2 weeks. After this procedure, you can apply the lacquer.
Now we know how to strengthen fragile and brittle nails. With the help of these tips, you can strengthen the nails and make them stronger.