Nail care: masks and bath home cooking

The appearance and condition of the nails can tell a lot about a person. Beautiful, healthy nails indicate good health and there are no problems with the internal organs and the immune system. Fortunately, the beautiful and manicured nails do not require you to large monetary cost and weight of time.

Baths with sea salt for fragile and brittle nails

• 2 tablespoons fine sea salt
• 2 drops of essential oil of lemon or lemon juice
• 2 drops Frankincense oil (optional)
• 2 drops of myrrh (optional)
• 2 drops of wheat germ oil (optional)

Mix all the ingredients in a small container with warm water. Dip your fingers for 10-15 minutes. Do these baths twice a week, after each procedure required to apply hand cream. Believe me, very soon you will notice a positive result.

Tray polish of beer, vegetable oil and cider vinegar

• 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1/2 cup beer

Heat the olive oil (not too much, so that you can dip your fingers in it). Mix it up with beer and apple cider vinegar until smooth. Soak nails in this mixture for 10-15 minutes. This bath strengthens your nails and provides them with the necessary nutrients.

Mask of cayenne pepper for brittle and weak nails

• 1 teaspoon of cream for hands
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 10 drops of water

Mix all ingredients, put the mixture on your nails for 15-20 minutes, then rinse. The remains of the mask can be stored in the refrigerator. Apply this mask once or twice a week.

Mask polish of black currant

• 1 tablespoon black currants
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1/2 tablespoon of cream

Spoon mash berries blackcurrant to the state of slurry. Thoroughly mix it with cream and flour. Apply to nails, wear cotton gloves, leave the mask on for two hours, then rinse.

The mask of herbs

• 1 tablespoon dried chamomile blossoms
• 1 tablespoon dried leaves of peppermint
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 cup water

Brew herbal mixture boiling water, let stand for an hour - a half, strain. The resulting broth, mix with flour and olive oil Olive oil: useful properties . Apply the mixture on the surface of your nails for 30 minutes, then rinse.

Hot oil treatment for dry and the layer of nails

Preheat olive oil, it should not be too hot. Add a few drops of lemon juice. The resulting mixture soak your hands for ten minutes. Then, without washing off the mask, put on thin cotton gloves, hold the mask for another twenty minutes or leave overnight for better results.

The oil solution of vitamin Vitamins for everyone   E helps to strengthen and nourish nails and cuticles. At night, apply to the nails of oil solution of vitamin E, rub the surface of the nail and cuticle massage movements. Massage will provide more intensive blood circulation in the area of ​​the nail bed.

Baths with addition of slices of lemon or lemon juice helps to whiten yellowed nails. Soak nails in this liquid for ten minutes.

Do not forget to follow simple tips to help you maintain the health and beauty of nails:

• Avoid prolonged contact of hands with water. The water dries out and weakens the nails, the result - increased fragility.
• When homework or contact with chemicals, wear rubber gloves with cotton lining.
• Do not remove the cuticle, it can cause infection. Apply cuticle special balm or oil and carefully slide the nail surface with a wooden stick.
• Do not tear off the bumps, it can cause damage to healthy tissue. Carefully cut off the cuticle clippers, leaving a tiny surface area.
• Polishing nails, nail file always committed by movement in one direction (the angle to the center). Moving forward - backward leads to phase separation of the nail plate.
• Avoid using nail polish remover containing acetone.
• If you regularly cover the nail varnish, pay attention to its composition. Do not buy paints containing toluene sulfonamide and formaldehyde. It is useful from time to time to arrange nails "vacation", leaving them without varnishing for a few days.
• Do not use your nails as improvised means, if you need something to open or pull out.
• Urgently get rid of the habit of biting your nails if you have it. It's just a disaster for nails and cuticles.
• Try to eat a useful, healthy food, fill your diet with useful products Eight useful products, which you thought   like nuts, fish, whole grains and eggs. Protein, calcium, vitamins A, B, C, D, E and folic acid, iron and zinc are vital essential nutrients for beautiful and healthy nails.
• Drink plenty of water, it will prevent dryness and brittle nails.

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