I love to keep my nails looking as healthy as possible. Especially when I'm working on the checkouts, my hands get super dry, my nails chip and can easily get brittle and break. I thought I'd share with you how I look after my nails and what I use to do so!
Depending on the length and state of my nails I'll choose what shape and style I want to file my nails into. For example, if my nails are long but breaking I tend to trim them down to the best length possible, I try not to go too short because I hate my fingers feeling stumpy. For this I use nail clippers as I find it so much easier than nail scissors to get a desireed shape. I then use my red nail file, this is quite corse and I think it's pretty much made for acrylic nails so that it's easier to file but I find it easier and quicker with a hard file. If my nails are already short or at a medium length, I just file them slightly neater than before.
Once I've got my desired length and shape, I use my cuticle oil, I apply this around my nail beds, cuticles and to the middle of my nails and let it work for around 30 seconds. This cuticle oil is amazing, I use it every time I do anyone's nails and I've had it for around 2 years so it lasts a lot! And it smells so sweet like marzipan or almonds. After applying the oil I gently use my cuticle stick to push back the dead cuticle skin and dry skin from the mid length of my nails. You soon see the dry skin flake off and feel a huge difference. Depending on the state of my cuticles, (if they're super flakey and over grown) I use my cuticle cutter, to be honest I don't know the real name of these products but I'm talking about the metal pink stick with a pointed end that looks like a snakes tongue. (If you know the names of these products do let me know!) anyway, I gently push the pointy end around my cuticle skin to remove any dry over grown skin, if there's any tough to remove bits I use cuticle scissors. You have to make sure to be extra gently with these products as you can easily cause soreness around your nails and make them bleed if not used properly.
To get rid of excess oil and dry skin I buff away at my nails in a side sweep motion to clean and give the nails a shine using my white block buffer. To keep my nails looking healthy I swear by using Essence Anti Split Nail Sealer, this can be used a gelish kind of varnish on it's own or I use it as a protective base coat underneath any polish. I apply a decent amount of this to all my nails, sometimes 2 coats does the trick but the polish is a lot thicker than regular base coat and has a gelish look to it.
After manicuring my nails it's time to pick a colour. At the moment I'm loving plain neutral colours, especially because it's the only kind of colours we're allowed to wear at work so for a while I've been using the PS Love colours from Primark and found the perfect nude varnish for 80p! (No. 88). The best nude colour I've found up to yet, with its wide brush it paints on so smoothly and only takes one coat to look fabulous. I team this with a basic top coat from Boots to finish off the mani and some Soap and Glory Hand Food to fix my dry skin.
I must also let you goes know about my new favourite nail varnish remover! This is acetone nail varnish remover from Classics, which is so so handy as it comes in this big pots where a push down lid, so that you don't end up wasting too much by spilling it and having the horrible smell get everywhere. I found this is Savers but I'm pretty sure they're available in most nail salon services. (Sally's Salon Services & Rendezvous in Mansfield)
To keep all my favourite essentials in one place I use this cute little handmade bag that originally had old fashioned sweets in it!
Cuticle Oil - Sally's Salon Services
Cuticle Pusher & Nail File - Sally's Salon Services
Nail Polish Remover Wipes - Sally's Salon Services
Nail Polish Remover - Savers
PS Love Nail Polish in no. 88 - Primark
Essence Anti Split Nail Sealer - Wilko's
Basic Top Coat - Boots
Soap and Glory Hand Food Sugar Crush - Boots
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