Beautiful long nails are able to perfectly emphasize the grace and beauty of female hands. And how men like them ... But alas, far from all representatives of the fair sex nature has endowed with strong and healthy nails. The modern way of life, unhealthy diet, stress and the environment only worsen their condition.
Of course, nails can be built up. But this can provoke various adverse effects: disturbances in the structure of the nail plate and severe allergic reactions. By the way, methacrylate - a substance used to build up, is generally banned in the USA as very harmful to the human body.
How to get long nails?
Balanced diet
To begin with, you need to take care of your diet. High-quality nutrition is the basis of the health of our entire body, which means it is important if you want to have strong long nails on your hands. Consume protein and fiber rich foods, fruits and vegetables daily. Drink plenty of fluids.
Vitamins
Make sure that the body receives enough vitamins A and B, silicon, sulfur, iron and iodine daily. In winter, you must drink vitamin complexes. All this is simply necessary if you want to have healthy, long nails.
Additional protection
Get in the store, and preferably in a pharmacy, a colorless firming varnish. Apply two coats daily to the nails. You will immediately feel that it kind of protects them from the harmful effects of the environment. Yes, and you just will be more pleasant to look at them: beautiful, shiny and well-groomed, and at a subconscious level you will try to protect them.
Circulation
Few people understand that good blood circulation is very useful not only for improving skin color and getting rid of cellulite. It also helps to grow long nails. Proper blood supply to the fingers helps them grow faster.
What to do? You can start playing the piano. At this time, blood circulation at the fingertips is very active, which means you have long nails. If you cannot afford such a luxury, limit yourself to a massage or type more on a computer keyboard.
Salt
To make nails stronger, after a manicure do baths with salt water. To do this, take a small but deep plate, pour 500 ml of water into it and add a tablespoon of salt. Keep your fingers in the water for 15 to 20 minutes. If you carry out this procedure daily, you will see the result after 2 to 3 weeks.
Cleansing and moisturizing
To quickly grow beautiful and strong long nails, take care of properly cleansing and moisturizing the skin of the hands and cuticles. An important point: you need to do this regularly.
To do this, use various special emollients creams and oils, regularly apply a protective varnish to the nails. So you prevent their stratification and cracking, provide them with protection from negative external factors.
Unconventional method
Perhaps this method may seem strange, but it really works. If you rub a clove of garlic into your nails for half an hour, they will grow stronger and much faster.
And also ..
You need to take care of your nails not only from the inside, but also from the outside. When washing dishes, cleaning, washing and other manual household work, do not forget to use rubber gloves. This will protect your nails from mechanical damage and from the effects of harmful substances contained in powders and cleaning products. Also do not forget about moisturizing and nourishing creams. For example, in winter, when nails need especially moisturizing, aloe vera extract preparations are good.
Additional protection
When your nails grow slightly, be sure to go to the salon, where specialists will apply a special firming gel on them. Thanks to this, they will become even stronger.