Vegetable oils have long been an indispensable means in cosmetology. With the help of oils moisturize the skin, nourish the hair, saturating them with useful vitamins and microelements. The use of oils for cosmetic purposes has a huge spectrum. Oils can also boast a huge number of their varieties, but from all this "oily range" we need to find out today what oils can strengthen the nails.
Why use oil in nail care?
Broken, exfoliating, dull and rough nails require special care, which they can provide oils that have medicinal properties. So, the effect of oil on the nails: - oil intensively nourishes the nail itself;
- affects the softening of the cuticle;
- superbly strengthens the nail plate;
- helps to avoid the foliation and fragility of the nail;
- affects the improvement of nail growth;
- protects the nail, helping him to avoid fungal infection.
Help vegetable oils to increase their effectiveness by their ethereal analogues. But what kind of oil can strengthen the nails best, we'll try to find out. All the below mentioned oils can easily be used at home for nail care.
Vegetable oils that help strengthen the structure of the nail
Greatly strengthen and improve the overall appearance of nails will help the following oils: - Wheat germ oil:
- olive oil;
- apricot:
- peachy;
- almond;
- jojoba oil;
- rose hips;
- cocoa;
- castor;
- burdock.
Among other things, these oils can not only reduce the fragility of nails, but also prevent dryness and foliation of the nail plate. But such natural oils as watermelon seed oil, avocado, olive, castor and burdock oil very effectively improve the growth of nails.
In addition to strengthening, excellent health properties include, in the first place, peach seed oil, burdock and olive oil, cedar nuts, dogrose oil and sesame seed oil.
Essential Oils and Nail Care
As we have already said, complex nail care provides enrichment of vegetable oils with the help of ethereal. In this case, the following oils are considered to be the best oils for these purposes: oils of grapefruit, lemon, eucalyptus, lavender, tea tree, chamomile, bergamot, sandalwood, patchouli, pine, cedar, rosemary, myrrh, thyme, rose, marigold.
These oils have a much more diverse range of properties, in contrast to the basic ones. It is with the help of these oils that you can prepare an oil bath for nails, which has a specific specific orientation. For example, to eliminate the foliation of the nail plate, you can use oils of bergamot, ylang-ylang, thyme, incense, myrrh, pine or cedar. Want to strengthen the nails, use the oils of thyme, bergamot, rosemary, sandal or lemon.
To bleach the nails, will suit the oils of grapefruit, eucalyptus, myrrh lemon and rosemary. But the excellent shine of the surface of the nails will help to give the oils of lemon, eucalyptus, lavender, roses.
Relieve inflammation of the oil of rosemary, sandalwood, chamomile, tea tree. By the way, these oils are an excellent antiseptic, therefore they are intensively used to prevent the appearance and very treatment of fungal infection.
But fortifying properties are inherent in such oils as bergamot oil, chamomile, ylang-ylang, myrrh. These oils are used in nail care, even if the nail plate does not have any problems.
Remember that proper nail care should necessarily include the use of oils in any form, be it appliques, rubs or baths. In addition, to strengthen the nails, it is necessary that your daily hand care and nail cream in its composition had essential oils. Well, if they are not there, you can add them yourself to the cream (3-5 drops).
Also, oils can be used in the form of oil solutions, which will give strength to the weakened and problem nails. Excellent properties are oil solutions of vitamins A and E. With their help, it is recommended to enrich vegetable oils.