Nail care

Well, Nails though tiny, need to be taken care of and maintain them well. Nails are pivot in protecting the tips of your finger and seal the entry of the germs through your cuticle.

Here is how you can gratify your nails:

• Apply and massage with cuticle oil once a week, it nourishes and smoothens your cuticle. Cuticle cream with urea, phospholipids or lactic acid help in preventing cracks!

• Applying one or two coats of nail strengther over your nails and bare tips and side of your nails, it prevents breakage of nails!

• While applying nail polish over your nails, make it a point to apply a nourishing base coat and finally finish it with a top coat

• The nail color too has to be taken care of, so avoid using nail polish removers that contain high amounts of acetone or formaldehyde

• The white spots over your nails are the indicative of iron or zinc deficiency, so include the foods rich in these minerals in your diet

• While you file your nails make it a point not file them to a point, rather file it in one direction and round the tip slightly

• Follow a balanced diet enhanced with vitamins and biotin

• Refer a dermatologist instead of digging the ingrown nails

• Avoid nail biting and nail picking!!

• When you use artificial nails, check out for the greenish discoloration, caused by bacterial growth Nourish your tips!!

- Siri