It would seem that it is difficult: I sawed it here, cut it there. Do not be surprised that with such an approach to manicure your nails will soon find themselves in a deplorable state.
Each of us every day makes mistakes in manicure, care of nails and skin of hands and does not even know about it.
Roman Titov, technologist at OleHouse, CND product expert, multiple winner of the Nevskie Berega Beauty Festival
At the request of Letidor, Roman Titov, OleHouse technologist, CND product expert, multiple winner of the Nevskie Berega Beauty Festival, pointed out the most common mistakes and told what can be fraught with negligence in manicure.
Mistake 1: you are removing the gel polish the wrong way
You can remove gel polish at home in different ways, but you should definitely not forcibly rip it off your nails! By getting rid of the coating in this way, you remove not only it, but also the top layer of the nail.
That is, you destroy the structure of the nail by breaking the connections between the layers.
The nail becomes thin (very often fractures occur in the stress zone of the nail, where the nail bed passes into the free edge), which can lead to its deformation.
In addition, after such actions in the future, the coating may hold up much worse.
Another unpleasant aspect: after the nail plate becomes thinned, with further application of the coating and its polymerization in the lamp, you may feel a burning sensation.
Mistake 2: you do household chores without gloves
As a rule, most household chemicals for the home contain alkaline components - sodium hydrochloride, active potassium, which disrupt the pH of the skin.
Deviations in the pH of the skin can lead to a violation of the barrier function of the skin, which means that you yourself risk experiencing all the delights of dehydration, flaking, cracking, and premature aging.
Due to your dislike for gloves, nails can become dull and even lose their natural color, acquiring an unpleasant gray tint.
In addition, working without gloves affects the durability of the coating. Why? Nails are a porous structure that, like skin, absorbs both water and substances that are contained in household chemicals. The result of such a "bath" for nails is a dull coating and an increased risk of its rejection from the nail plate.
Products in the photo: nourishing elixir for nails and cuticles with a protein complex, CIEL; Unsurpassed nutrition for hands and feet with African shea butter, Avon Planet spa; professional cuticle remover gel, Solomeya; shea hand scrub, L'Occitane; cuticle remover "Goodbye cuticle!", PINK UP BEAUTY; quick nail growth agent, Mavala; quick nail growth agent, Mavala; Nailtrition, ORLY; almond moisturizing scrub, CND; protective hand serum ProSpa, OPI
Mistake 3: you polish your nails too often
Nail polishing should be performed no more than 1 time per month. Otherwise, the nails can be “sawed off” and they become too thin.
When doing a manicure at home, a layman can thin the nail plate by polishing.
The nail consists of approximately 100 layers. When washing down or polishing, you must not "remove" more than three layers. And many girls, polishing their nails on their own, often get too carried away with the process and thin the plate.
Mistake 4: you are using a trimmer to remove your cuticle
I would not recommend using this tool. Rather, it will not remove the dry skin around the nail, but simply tear and scratch it.
In addition, you need to take into account the fact that wet, steamed skin increases in volume. With a trimmer, you can damage not only dry skin, but also nail rollers, which will provoke their inflammation.
Inflamed nail folds are not only an unaesthetic sight, but also very painful.
Products in the photo: Rose nourishing hand cream, mi & ko; isolating and restoring hand cream, Uriage; moisturizing hand cream Hidraderm, Sesderma; almond cream for sensitive hand skin, Weleda; moisturizer for dry skin of hands, CeraVe; cream-barrier for damaged and subject to constant external irritation of the skin of the hands Cicaplast, La Roche-Posay; hand and nail cream with Bulgarian rose oil and hyaluronic acid, Victoria Beauty; intensive hand cream "Nutrition and Care", NIVEA; exquisite hand and nail cream, Caudalie; nourishing hand cream with flower honey, sea buckthorn and oil, Eveline
Mistake 5: you are cutting off too much skin
When performing a trim manicure, only dry, keratinized skin should be trimmed. During maceration (performed when carrying out a "wet" manicure), the skin increases in volume, changes its color and appearance.
Only keratinized and dry skin can be cut off.
If you touch the elastic skin, it will only aggravate the overgrowth of the cuticle.
Mistake 6: you're wearing gel polish for too long
Any material has its own wear period, during which it fits snugly to the nail. Of course, on the one hand, it is impossible not to rejoice when the coating is resistant, because there is no need to frequently do a manicure. However, long-term wearing of gel polish has its negative consequences for the health of nails:
- twisting the free edge from the sides;
- overdrying the nail plate;
- the formation of pseudomonias (molds);
A free space is formed between the exfoliated gel polish and the nail plate (it is warm, dark and damp), which becomes an ideal breeding ground for mold.
onycholysis (detachment of the nail plate from the nail bed)
Mistake 7: you constantly use moisturizer during the cold season
In hand care, the right choice of cream is the basis for a beautiful and healthy skin. In summer, apply a moisturizer in the morning and a nourishing cream in the evening. In winter, the opposite is true.
A nourishing hand cream protects the skin from frost and cold, which is why such a product should be applied in the morning, before going outside, and use a moisturizer at night.
Using a moisturizer in the winter before going outside will only lead to chapped skin.
This is because the moisturizer keeps the skin hydrated. If you use it before going outside in the morning, despite the body's ability to maintain a constant temperature, the water penetrating into the skin “freezes” and the skin becomes chapped.
Pay attention to the composition of the funds. It is good if the nourishing cream contains jojoba, shea oils (it prevents dryness and heals the skin), lanolin (it envelops the skin, creating an invisible protective film). Look for hyaluronic acid or glycerin in a moisturizer.
