6Tips for Healthy, Strong Nails

Taking care of your nails not only improves how your hands look, but also helps you stay hygienic and healthy.

You don’t have to visit the salon on a regular basis in order to have beautiful nails. The combination of a well-balanced diet, a thoughtful beauty regimen, and good personal hygiene can give you what you desire.

Here are some tips to help!

1. Keep your nails trimmed.

Broken nails are painful! They’re also bothersome,. The solutiont to broken nails is to actually prevent them by keeping the nails well-trimmed.

• Take special care with your toenails. For true nail care, trim your toenails in a straight line and not in a curved manner. Inappropriate toenail cutting, toe injuries and even ill-fitting boots or shoes might result in minute pieces of these toenails splitting up at the corners. 

2. Care for your cuticles

The cuticle is a naturally tough piece of skin, but it is prone to cracking and drying out painfully when it isn’t kept well moisturized. When rubbing lotion or oil into your hands, make sure you work it into the cuticles and nails, too

One of the biggest mistakes many girls do when it comes to their nails is cutting the cuticles. This should never be done. Instead, apply cuticle remover gel or cream and gently push your cuticles with a cuticle stick. 

3. Say no to long nails

Keep your nails at length that doesn’t come in a way of your every day chores and clip them regularly. Nails that are too long are also much more prone to breaking.

4. Filing and Polishing

Every time you clip your nails, file them. Do this by moving the file in one direction only. Polish your nails not more often than once a month. If you do it too often, you can make your nails thinner and weaker. Nail polishes contain acetone, which makes your nails soft. buy only high quality nail polishes. If your nail polish has passed its expiration date, throw it right away  If you need nail polish, try organic

5. Know when to leave your nails alone.

Biting your nails, picking at them  all of those things will lead to painful problems.

6. Eat well

Diet is very important to maintaining healthy nails. Fragile nails can be caused by iron deficiencies. Protein is crucial, as are omega-3 fatty acids. Eating foods with vitamin B reduces brittleness; zinc gets rid of white spots; iron prevents ridges from forming; calcium keeps them strong; vitamins A and C prevents dullness and drying. Drink plenty of water to stay hydrated. Eat foods which contain a lot of these to help keep your nails healthy!