How to Grow Long, Strong Nails

Do you have short, stubby or unhealthy looking nails? Do you have the kind of nails that just won't grow past your fingertips? Do you want those long, gorgeous fingernails that you see people with on TV, without spending tons of money on acrylic and fake nails? Then keep on reading. This article will show you step-by-step how to grow long and strong nails, and keep them as well 

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Stop biting them. Yes, it's pretty hard. But they have some bitter tasting polishes on the market. Go to the grocery store and pick up one. You can use it on your bare nail, or on top of polish, the only thing is, they may have to be re-applied every few days for the bitter taste to stay.

2

Keep nail files around. Just file once a week. Depending on genes, nails may break easily. Nails often break if they are uneven, and nails naturally grow unevenly. So stash files everywhere, and whenever you see unevenness, file them all to the same length, shape, and size.

3

Know what type of nails you have. There are 5 types of nails. They are dry, brittle, damaged, soft,and normal. If you have normal nails..... you are a pretty lucky gal! Your nails have absolutely no flaws(except for biting if your guilty for that.) If you have dry nails, apply olive oil to the bare nail and cuticle twice a day and massage it in. If you have brittle nails, it means they are too stiff and need moisture. If you have damaged nails, they split, crack, NEVER grow, and DESPERATELY need help. This may be due to a health problem. Then there's soft nails. Surprisingly, this means your nails have too much moisture! The culprit is water, so just remember to wear gloves.

4

Drink water. Your nails will love you for it. You can also take multi vitamins to speed up growth and lotion helps keep the moisture in.

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Also try to handle more natural items so swap plastic for wood, fabric- leather etc. You can do this by simply buying more natural items, so that means no sweets! It's hard but if you get off the sugar for a while your nails will grow stronger and won't break as easily.

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Apply more than one coat of nail polish, or a base coat two coats of nail polish, and then a top coat. This simply stops chipping and will make your nails look stronger, but if you don't have time to do this you can buy special anti chip nail varnish but these will not work as well. Another way to stop chipping is to apply some of the nail polish on the tip of your nail. Also add a fresh top coat daily to your manicure. Using nail polish remover when your manicure chips will weaken your nails rather than strengthen them.

Love Deborah,

Xoxo