Hey,
Hopefully you liked my last post and are therefore coming back for more :-)
Today I had originally planned to start writing about all the different nail art trends that I am loving, however I want to try and find out if any of you guys have this problem: WEAK NAILS!!!!
I hate it! No matter how much I look after them with cuticle cream, nail hardener and filing and buffering them into nice shapes, one after normally a day will catch on something and rip/ break off. It's so annoying!
So then I start the awful process of having to cut my nails down so they are all equal - in my opinion there's nothing worse than unequal nail lengths - painted or not. I don't know about you, but I am heartbroken every time you have to cut and file each nail down just because of one.
I know short nails can look good, and a lot of the time mine are pretty short as they don't seem to like growing very long so it is generally even worse for me if they have gotten to a nice length and it happens.
So then the process of wearing fake nails begins, not acrylics, just the ones you can buy in a shop with glue. I know deep down this process is not good for my nails, especially when you have weak nails, but it's a thing I can't seem to stop. I can foresee anyone commenting on this post saying, "stop wearing fake nails" but sometimes I don't think that that person understands my problem. It's the same as walking into McDonalds and not ordering a Big Mac - V.HARD!!!!
But as even while I am writing this post, I am anxious that my one of nails will just catch and break off for some unknown reason, for the next week (or more realistically 3 days) I am not putting on fake nails or even nail polish - just cuticle cream and the nail hardener, hoping that they will eventually grow out. The only lucky thing I have about my nails is that they do actually grow at quite a fast rate, but sometimes this is just not fast enough :(
If any of you lovely readers have any tips for me to make my nails get stronger quickly please comment and let me know and then I'll let you know if it worked for me :)
Thanks for reading my massive rant, but sometimes you just have to let it out to like minded people :) <3 <3 <3
XOXOXOXOX
I actually find that my nails seem to break /less/ if I keep them polished all the time although I don't know why that would be.
ReplyDeleteI'd say keep up your good routines of looking after them, make sure your base coat has strengtheners in it (Sally Hansen do a good one) and that your remover contains Vitamin E which is kind to nails and skin.
Also make sure you're getting plenty of iron in your diet, as well as protein, as it's been shown that these can both help nail growth (as shown here http://www.joybauer.com/healthy-living/does-calcium-strengthen-nails.aspx)
Also it's an obvious statement but try to limit when you wear false nails-try to only wear them one week a month or something.
Hope some of this helps!
Thank you for the advice :)
DeleteThat's OK! Good luck with the blog too! I've only just started mine (about a month ago) but there are some awesome communities out there to join in with and you'll soon get good viewing numbers!
DeleteThank You! I'll deffinately check your blog out!
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