How To Keep Under Your Nails Clean

WAZZZUPPPP Sparklers?

I just wanted to shoot you lot a quick tip about keeping your natural nails good for you even when you lot take acrylic nails over them.

If you follow me on Instagram, you take probably seen this motion picture and all of my past pictures since I got addicted to getting my nails done at the salon again.

I recently got asked this question:"Acrylic nails look bully and are great if it is hard for you to naturally grow out your nails, but is getting acrylic nails bad for your existent nails?"

In a nutshell, the answer is:

Yes

, some of your natural blast gets filed away to keep the acrylic nail looking natural on your fingers and covering your natural blast so that information technology doesn't breathe or get wet as well as is normal are not nifty for your natural nail.

Merely ...you can minimize the impairment by taking the post-obit steps!

#one-Don't Use Them As Tools:

Acrylic nails are much stronger than your real nails. It is very tempting to start using them to open soda cans, effort to retighten bolts on furniture, and all kinds of other things that put fashion more stress on your natural nail than what they were congenital for. This can consequence in severely damaging your real nails, or fifty-fifty ripping off your real boom all together! EEEEK! Long story curt, baby them, even if they feel super stiff.

#two- Have Them Professionally Removed (by the aforementioned salon that did them):

It is tempting to not spend the money to remove acrylic nails at the salon when you lot are set up to be washed with them. I highly circumspection confronting this. While at that place are many tutorials on YouTube, there is no replacement for a professional who will know the best method for the products that they used. Also, I know I have damaged my nails horribly even when I do it the "right way" in tutorials. Information technology is worth it to go into the pros.

#3- Oil Your Cuticles & Under Your Nails:

While water nonetheless is the enemy with acrylic nails lifting (just like polish), you tin can safely and effectively proceed your nails hydrated by applying oil to the cuticle/boom bed and nether your nails as often every bit possible. The only place your real nails can access wet is at the cuticle/boom bed and underside of your nails when the tops are covered in acrylic. It is of import to go on these every bit moisturized equally possible. I like to soak/embrace them in oil after I exit of the shower. My favorite is using the dropper than comes with my 100% pure argan oil to apply just the right amount. Just coconut oil, olive oil, jojoba and vitamin eastward oil work well also. I massage the oil all over concentrating on the underside and cuticle areas. I like to do this before bed so information technology tin can sit on my hands over night, or I let information technology sit down for as long equally possible before I take to wash my hands. I similar to follow up oiling with lotion for extra moisture.

I know, information technology seems a little high maintenance, but hey...yous signed up with high maintenance with acrylic nails with the bi-weekly fills anyway *wink* Promise this helped and...

Every bit E'er,

Shine & Sparkle!