Natural Nail Care and Home recipes- Keep your Nails

A high protein diet is very essential for strong and healthy nails. Have lots of fruits and vegetables.

Nails are like hair in their structure, formed mainly of the element called carotin which is rich in protein. Often due to poor digestion or doing heavy work without taking proper care of the nails, they develop problems like Hang nails and Stained Nails.

In the earlier case nails upper layer get detached like the slough. In the case of Stained Nails the culprit is invariably wrong way of removing nail polish which makes the nails spotted. Apart from applying fresh lemon-juice, use the following mixture to keep your nails healthy and shining.

Take the following material

1 spoonful (small) glycerin

5 spoonful (small) rose water

4 spoonful (small) Hydrogen Peroxide (5 volume)

Apply the mixture of those with the help of the nail brush. Their regular use would remove the stains on the nail.

Apart from these soaking your nails a hit in lukewarm water and then applying white Iodine make them firm and shining.

Castor oil and glycerin application on nails in even quantity also make your, nails glowing and sturdy. You can prepare your home made cuticle cream for proper nail care. Heat up two big spoon of pure petroleum jelly and then add up half a spoonful of glycerin and Cool it.
Now your cuticle cream is ready. Apply it your nails. Always use glycerin mixed remover to remove nail polish from your nails. This would avoid making them stained.

Tips for healthy nail

• Keep them out of your mouth. That is the biggest problem. You find yourself with a jagged edge and it's your teeth that goes to work on them, instead of an emery board.
• Don't use your nails as tools. We do this all the time, and it weakens our nails.
• The best time to push back your cuticles is right after you get out of the shower. Good for the toes too.
• You don't moisturize your cuticles and it is such an easy thing to do. Get into the habit of moisturizing every night. Who needs hangnails.
• Give your nails a rest. If you are wearing acrylic nails, remove them one month out of six. You could have an infection and not even be aware of it.
• There was a time when we were told to soak our nails before a manicure. It now now thought that this might not be such a good idea. Soaking the nails could only add more moisture which could be part of the problem. Moisturize with lotions instead of water.
• Massage your hands with a little olive oil while watching tv to help soften the cuticles and prevent cracking.
• File your nails using a foam emery board. Never use metal.
• To make your polish last and last, take a cotton bud dipped in polish remover and run it over the nail surface to pick up any trace of oil or lotion. Nail polish doesn't adhere to a surface that isn't perfectly clean.
• No one likes ridges in their nails, but overbuffing could lead to traumatizing the nail. Instead, massage a good oil into the nail and then a ridge filling base coat. That should take care of the ridges before you apply your polish.
• There is no quick fix for nail biters. This is a very hard habit to break. It takes lots of will power and weekly manicures have been found to really help. Carrying an emery board with you at all times is a must.
• Use polish removers no more than once a week. The low grade polishes can be extremely drying and have the strength of paint strippers in some cases. They can also remove the microorganisms that are necessary to healthy nails. Look for removers that are oil based. Look for removers that are oil based.

Tips for those shinny and glossy White Nails

To whiten your nails, try these: Use a common whitening toothpaste, try scrubbing your nails with toothpaste, its just as easy as achieving a pearly white smile and will take away any stains and shine up your naills.
Soak your nails in water with lemon juice or lemon slices. The lemon acts as an astringent and will strip away strains.

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