How to Grow & Keep Your Nails Long, Strong & Healthy!

I get complements & questions on my nails a lot! The one I hear the most is: Are those your real nails?? Since the summer after my senior year my answer has been YES! Of course I had acrylics for prom, DUH…who didn’t?? After prom I never got fake nails again, au natural, baby…

So here are my tips for growing your nails & keeping them looking great & healthy:

Take your vitamins

***I don’t take a hair skin & nails vitamin but I do take a once a day multi vitamin & I swear it makes a difference!

Keep up with them

***if you get a manicure once a week that’s great! Maybe don’t get gel or acrylics every time but it’s good to keep up with them to keep them healthy. If you don’t make sure you’re filing them & NOT biting them down! They’ll never grow if you’re constantly biting & tearing at them & let’s be real it’s not a cute look…

Moisturize

***Make sure your cuticles & the skin around your nail is moisturized, if those areas are dry & cracked, there’s no way your nails won’t be dry & brittle. Just like hair, dry & brittle breaks, it doesn’t grow…

Let them breathe

***Maybe once a month don’t wear nail polish to let your nails breathe & relax without being covered up. Kind of like when someone wears the same hat every single day & they start balding faster…yeah. I try to get my nails done every 2 or 3 weeks so that when they start to chip I can remove the polish & give them a break for a bit. 

Wear gloves

***I’m sure everyone has a dish washer but I don’t. So when I was the dishes I always wear gloves to protect my hands & nails. & let me tell you it makes all the difference. 

DO NOT USE YOUR NAILS AS TOOLS!

***Saving the best tip for last… I can’t stress this one enough. Max is always asking me to open his cans because he doesn’t have nails & I do; for a reason! When I see people using their nails as tools I cringe especially if they have acrylic on…

These tips definitely help me keep my nails long, strong & healthy! I hope they help you. I got my nails done last Friday in this picture:

& here they are today a week later:

That’s all..xxTay!