Well, those who by nature got beautiful hair and nails! They can make as many as necessary fashionable hairstyles, manicure, and do not worry about what to buy in the pharmacy, so that the strands and marigolds also remind the picture from the magazine a little ... Are you not among them? Or your nails were beautiful, but the unsuccessful manicure "killed" them? Read on!
Have you tried using oils? They are often bought for hair (this gift of nature perfectly moistens the hair, nourishes and treats them). Nourishing oils for nails are also suitable! They soften the cuticle, and the plate is nourished and strengthened, preventing it from breaking and breaking, and even protecting the fungus. And besides, applying this tool to the marigold, you do not have to listen to the beloved about the "eerie smells throughout the apartment", as when painting nails with varnish. The oils are applied before going to bed so that while you are resting they take care of your relaxed handles. First, the oil should be heated a little, then, dipping a brush in it, to process all the marigolds. Well, and that these manipulations do not affect the pillow with a blanket, wear gloves, and even better - wrap your hands with food film.
Your nails will be "to taste" everything - from the ether to the ordinary. Each of the oils has a unique set of nutrients. From the ethers you can choose the lemon or tea tree oil. From cosmetic - on almond, burdock, avocado, linen, jojoba, nut or olive.
Castor oil
It is ideal for growing nails, as well as taming the rough cuticle. If you cut yourself while cutting an epiglottis, take out a vial again - this oil heals wounds well, soothes inflammation, strengthens the skin and nails.
Oil can be used not only in pure form. Mix it with the oils of avocado, jojoba, tea tree - and you will see, so intensified the effect of this natural remedy. And besides, it is perfectly combined with "kitchen" olive and sunflower oil. Mix these three products, lower your nails for 15 minutes into the resulting "bath", rinse the remaining oil under the tap. The result: a flat surface of the nail plate, the treatment of brittleness and delamination.
No time for long-term care? Just drip this oil into your hand cream.
Almond oil
Will save the laminated plates, strengthen them. But get ready to use it often, twice a day, actively rubbing. And do not skimp, lubricate them and arms, too, especially if the skin needs food and moisture. When your nails are cured, do not hide the bottle far: treat the nails with oil after every manicure in order to prevent delamination.
Jojoba oil
It helps to "polish" the imperfect nail plate, glue the exfoliation and reduce brittleness. But before use, the oil must be enriched with pharmacy vitamin E (liquid). Rub the oil into the nail, then treat it with the above-named vitamin - the oil will strengthen its effect. Treat the nails in the morning and evening, protecting your hands with rubber gloves, intending to wash the dishes.
Balm for night application: 2 teaspoons jojoba oil, 3 drops of lemon juice, 2 drops of rose aether.
Burr oil
It restores and moisturizes both the nails (especially after the build-up) and the over-dried skin of the hands. If you are very unhappy with your nails, twice, or even better - rub this oil three times a day, not only in the plate, but also in the cuticle. If you do not have time for such care, do the baths: once a week, warm up the oil and "bathe" the tips of your fingers in it.
Peach oil
It's protection, nutrition and recovery in one bottle. It is with such care that you get "salon", brilliant nails at home. It is important: it is necessary to apply oil as generously as possible - not only to the nail, but also to the cuticle and to the fingertips. By the way, another useful property of this oil is "sanation" and prevention of fungus.
To strengthen the nail, every day, massage it with a cotton swab dipped in oil.
For urgent "repair" of the affected nails, mix 1 large spoon of peach butter, 3 drops of lavender, lemon and eucalyptus esters. Every day in the morning, in the afternoon and in the evening do a massage nail for 15 minutes.
Avocado oil
Strengthens, cares, does not give "life" to inflammation around the nail, moisturizes and softens the cuticle. In general, it is often bought by manicure lovers.
To make the nails do not break, before applying the colored varnish, make a small massage plate with this oil. You can use oil undiluted, or as a mixture: 5 drops of lavender, patchouli, rosemary, 2 large spoons of avocado oil, 5 drops of fresh lemon juice.
If your hands are prone to the appearance of painful burrs or you are cut when removing the cuticle, add a little (just a couple drops) of eucalyptus or chamomile oil to the avocado oil - this remedy will quickly tighten the wound.
To strengthen the nails, combine avocado oil with olive or almond oil.
Linseed oil
Used undiluted, as well as in combination with other oils (proportion 1: 1 or another - say, 1 spoon of linen "base" + 3 drops of lavender, eucalyptus, lemon). "Loves" this oil and ethers, in the first place - chamomile, thyme, lavender, patchouli, rosemary. Any of these means must be rubbed into the skin of the hands first, and then into the nails.
Therapeutic ointment: 1 large spoon of linseed oil, as much honey, yolk (raw), juice squeezed out of medium lemon. Wash your hands in the water drained from boiled potatoes, apply ointment on the brush, cover your hands with gloves and do not remove them for 3 hours.
Citrus oil
Not only protects and strengthens the plate, but also whitens it, gives a well-groomed shine. Often rub the oil into the nail or make oil baths. By the way, instead of butter you can use fresh juice.
It is also a means for increasing the tenderness of the cuticle, repairing the injured skin, as well as the cuticle cut after manicure; it is also an antiseptic that saves from local infections and inflammation.
Lemon oil is desirable to mix with other natural products - oils, iodine, pharmacy vitamins (liquid), honey. But do not forget: this oil overdoes the nail plate, so they should not get carried away.
Olive oil
Pay attention to it if you want to stop the "breaking" of the nails and finally grow them. With this oil often make masks for hands.
Walnut. This is a continuous concentrate of nutrients, because such oil is extracted from the shell. The effect of this "strong" oil is shown after 1 application. It strengthens, nourishes the nails, adds to them the external beauty. Apply a little on each plate twice a day.
Butter oil. This medicine has antifungal and antibacterial action.
Cucumber and coconut oil. Maximum moisturize, "vitaminize" the nails.
Wheat. The main action is moisturizing, so it is also suitable for the skin.
They are not applied in pure form, but are dripped to the "base" oils, fattier: olive, apricot, almond, castor oil. In a large spoon "base" is added 2-3 drops of ether (and there may be several), as well as vitamin E - if desired. As a result, masks or baths for nails are obtained.
To strengthen and "grow" nails, buy aired sandalwood, pine, cedar. And to get rid of the fungus and inflammation, select the essential oil of rosemary, lavender, eucalyptus, tea tree.