Nails keep breaking - Any advice?
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When my nails grow to a couple of mm beyond the ends of my fingers they split from the side inwards. Sometimes the split happens below the end of my finger which is very painful and means I have to wear a plaster on it until it gets long enough to cut.
Any ideas why this may be happening? A vitamin deficiency, maybe?
Anybody know what I can do to stop it?
Any ideas why this may be happening? A vitamin deficiency, maybe?
Anybody know what I can do to stop it?
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Thanks, Ella. I don't eat potatoes very often actually, so maybe there's something in that.
Lol, no way!
I've seen women not even being able to pick up their loyalty card because of their stupid tallons.
I usually hand the loyalty card back to customers but I sometimes put it down when the customer has those ridiculous nails, just for a laugh
Edit- Here's the video.
Mine are short and they work fine. As long as you don't have those long talons, whether gel or just simply painted, then you should be able to pick things up.
I'd agree with all of that, except the breathing part. Nails can absorb through the surface, but nail polish per se doesn't harm them. It depends what type of nail polish you use - lots of the cheap ones have all sorts of nasties like formaldehyde, tuolene and so on, which can be absorbed into your nail bed. If you use a polish that's 3-free (or 5-free or whatever, ie doesn't have those chemicals) then if can often be better than no nail varnish at all, as it protects from things like water, soap, scratches and so on. I wear nail varnish almost all the time, and my nails are far, far healthier now than they were a couple of years ago, before I started being obsessed with painting them. For me, the worst culprits were washing dishes, soaking in the bath, and gardening.
I swear nowadays on good diet, drinking lots of water, and using OPI Nail Envy as a base coat ALL the time. I use it every time I paint my nails, and if for some reason I'm not painting them with colour, I use Nail Envy on its own. They make different versions - peeling nails, brittle, flaky etc - and I've found it really really helps me. My nails grow very long now without breaking, and are really strong.
One of the worst things for nails is soaking in water, especially hot water - it can make nails very soft and absorbent, especially at the free edges, and that can make layers peel off and flake, or any tiny splits or chips at the sides can then get bigger when water gets in. When my nails are long I paint Nail Envy under the tips as well, so that all parts of the nail are protected.
My nails started splitting a lot after a year of being obsessed with nail polish. I was applying it at least twice a week and practising at other times. Then I was removing it with a really harsh polish remover. I applied NE for a few months and all okay after that.
Four months in and they are rock hard. It's worth every single penny.
You clearly have never had decent false nails which cause none of these issues.
Honestly its so good, well worth the hype.
You put one coat on every day for 4 days, then remove it and start again.
I can only go by what works for my nails. Mine are very long and very strong - they actually need cutting quite badly as they are too long (my longest one is 2cm from cuticle to tip)
However I second the no nail polish and don't file them as this weakens them - once they get over a certain length they kind of shape themselves
I am going to a wedding next week and I will paint them - guaranteed by the weekend I would have broken one ! happens every time !
Also I'm always putting on Nivea cream !
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I agree with you to be honest. A lot of people tend to use cheap nail varnishes, or even more expensive ones - some still have the nasties in. I always advise strengthening polishes from OPI, the Nail Envy. Plus it's coloured, so if you want colour as well as a protector, then great. I prefer people left nails free to breathe for a bit before a new application, but if these types of products are used, I can't see an issue.
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Oh the shame. I have acrylic nails in a French Manicure and they are actually not that long at all and I really struggle picking things up. When I first had them I could not get the pound coin out of the supermarket trolley and had to ask a very nice man that was passing.. How he laughed at my patheticness
Try a little dab of vaseline on each nail every night, it worked for me (until I had the acrylics on) and maybe a multi vit every day.