1. Biotin - a vitamin for nails
Studies have shown that 2.5 mg per day of this vitamin B group strengthens the nails and prevents their delamination. A diet rich in zinc (game, nuts and whole grains) and iron (beans, lean meats, vitaminized muesli), also helps improve the condition of the nails. Try vitamins for skin, hair and nails.
2. No acetone-based washings!
Acetone speeds up the process of removing the varnish, but it also dries the nails. Use softer products.
3. Use hand cream regularly
Apply hand cream at least three times a day. For winter, choose a thick moisturizing cream with vitamin E, which softens the skin.
4. Caring for the cuticles
This part of the nails protects them from getting infected. So do not cut the cuticle. To cuticles had a neat appearance, after showering, simply move them with a wooden stick. Try a cuticle pencil.
5. Clean the manicure accessories
Under the nails is a large number of bacteria. When you use manicure and pedicure accessories, bacteria are transferred to them. Specialists offer to disinfect metal tools, after each application treating them with soap and warm water. An emery nail file can be processed after several applications.
6. Cut properly
To avoid the appearance of ingrown nails on the legs, trim the nails smoothly, without rounding.
7. Correct form of nails
The most correct form of nails is square-oval, or "spatula". The nails of a pronounced square shape can break off at the edges, and the rounded ones are more prone to breaking up. To get a square-oval shape, use a nail file (first give the nails a square shape, and then round the corners).
8. Basis for lacquer
Regardless of the color of the varnish, always use a varnish base. The base fills the irregularities and small grooves on the nail and aligns its surface. Thanks to this, the varnish will not only stay better, but it will last for a longer time.
9. Avoid toluene and formaldehyde
These preservatives prolong the life of your lacquer, protecting it from thickening, but at the same time they have a very negative effect on the condition of the nails, taking away their moisture.
10. Technics of professionals
Use a base under the varnish to smooth the irregularities on the surface of the nail and protect the nails from the effects of varnish. Then apply a layer of colored lacquer, let it dry and finish applying the varnish coating to the entire nail. The protective coating for the varnish instantly penetrates and dries all layers of varnish, forms a reliable protective layer on the surface of the nail.