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Sat Mar 31, 2007 2:44 am  |
Hi
I have great nails thanks to OPI Nail Envy but what can I use to get rid of my cuticles and little bits of skin around my nails? Currently I bite them off, but I'm sure there must be a product I can use instead.
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Sat Mar 31, 2007 5:29 am |
One tip that I got from Frederic Fekkai's book is to push your cuticles back with your bath towel every time you shower or have a bath. I've found that this really improves the look of my cuticles and reduces excess skin. (It essentially exfoliates the dead skin.)
If I do have any lingering dry skin around the edges, I usually just nip it off with cuticle scissors. Then I finish with something moisturizing, like Dr. Hauschka Neem Oil. |
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Sat Mar 31, 2007 5:53 am |
my fave way to get rid of this (and I have a lot of it) it to soak your ffingernails in olive oil, milk (buttermilk is even better), and warm water. The milk tends to break up and soften those horrid parts, and heals the parts you've bitten or damaged, too. It sounds so simple, but it really works! Mine are really bad, so I tend to push them back with an orange stick and cut off the excess, but you may not have to.
Also, hand/cuticle cream at night works too.
And don't do laundry. I swear that folding freshly washed laundry killlllsssss my nails and my cuticles.
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Sat Mar 31, 2007 5:53 am |
uh, of course i do my laundry ever week, regardless!!!!!
--avalange |
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Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:18 am |
Phew avalange, you had us all scared there! 
I would recommend Carekate's lemon-neem cuticle cream. I apply it at night and it is a godsend at healing ragged cuticles which have been bitten. It also makes them softer and it's easier to push them back. On the whole, once my cuticles are mositurized, I find I don't need as much treatment/cutting them etc. |
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Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:22 am |
I really find that when I use my TIPS nail oil (from the shopping channel) on a daily basis my cuticles stay nice and neat looking and stay back off the nail without having to push them or trim them - of course, I have to remember to use it regularly for this to happen.
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Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:40 am |
| I second the TIPS and you can also purchase at qvc if you live in the U.S. Nails need moisture not hardened products. A good nail stone (Sally Hansen makes a great one)will also help to seal the tips of your nails and smooth them out. Forget the emery boards and traditional metal type nail files. You'll just end up ripping your nails apart. |
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Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:43 am |
| I prefer using Creative's Solar Oil for the skin around my nails. I find it helps in nourishing it and keeping it under control so it won't flake or what. |
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Sat Mar 31, 2007 9:26 am |
| SusieQ wrote: |
| I second the TIPS and you can also purchase at qvc if you live in the U.S. Nails need moisture not hardened products. A good nail stone (Sally Hansen makes a great one)will also help to seal the tips of your nails and smooth them out. Forget the emery boards and traditional metal type nail files. You'll just end up ripping your nails apart. |
I third the TIPS, however I've recently discovered "Heart of Nails" nail treatment - the best nail treatment I've ever used. Four stars for the Heart of Nails french manicure products as well - the colours are magnificent and they go on beautifully.
Pudoodles |
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Sat Mar 31, 2007 10:01 am |
| Ahh Pudoodles! Heart of Nails??! Yes, I've watched a couple of the shows. Thats good to hear. I shall keep them in mind too! |
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Sat Mar 31, 2007 10:52 am |
I should add that when I remember I do apply a cuticle cream or OPI Avoplex oil but I STILL get the little snaggy bits at the sides of my nails. It's such a pain, what am I doing wrong?! Maybe I should be applying it daily?  |
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Sat Mar 31, 2007 12:02 pm |
| Like everyone suggested, I would also recommend soaking your fingers, and then using some cutical lotion, push back your cuticles, and lastly add some cutical oils. Do not cut your cuticles, you'd regret it!! Cutting your cuticles can lead to infections and irritations!! |
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Sat Mar 31, 2007 12:49 pm |
| samantha185 wrote: |
| I prefer using Creative's Solar Oil for the skin around my nails. I find it helps in nourishing it and keeping it under control so it won't flake or what. |
I use this as well. I'm quite intrigued by avalange's soak receipe...I think I'll give that a whirl =) |
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Sat Mar 31, 2007 2:27 pm |
I like Sally Hansen Instant Cuticle Remover. The one in the blue bottle.
You just put it on your cuticles, wait 15 seconds, push cuticles back with an orange stick, and rinse off. Voila! Make sure to moisturize your cuticles/hands afterwards to prevent drying and tearing, and it's pretty much perfect cuticles after that.
You can read the reviews for it on Makeup Alley. Hands down the most effective cuticle remover I've ever used. |
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Sat Mar 31, 2007 2:33 pm |
So what are the little snaggy bits either side of your nail on your finger called? Is that still your cuticle, or is a cuticle just the bit at the bottom of the nail that you have to push back?
It seems that no matter what cuticle oil I use on the snaggy bits (that's their official name by the way), they will not disappear, hence me biting them off! |
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Sat Mar 31, 2007 2:38 pm |
Do you mean hangnails?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangnail
Chewing on them and biting them will not help the problem. Just cut them off, moisturize, moisturize, moisturize, and remove excess cuticles. After a while, your hangnail problem should significantly decrease. |
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Sat Mar 31, 2007 2:43 pm |
| Yes! So that's what a hang nail is! Thanks. |
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Sat Mar 31, 2007 2:44 pm |
| Will try my best not to bite now, great to know what a hang nail is at last. |
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Sat Mar 31, 2007 2:46 pm |
Rub in lotion two or three times a day?! That must be where I'm going wrong as I only do it about 2-3 times a week.
Thanks ladies. |
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Sat Mar 31, 2007 3:34 pm |
| Ch79 wrote: |
I like Sally Hansen Instant Cuticle Remover. The one in the blue bottle.
You just put it on your cuticles, wait 15 seconds, push cuticles back with an orange stick, and rinse off. Voila! Make sure to moisturize your cuticles/hands afterwards to prevent drying and tearing, and it's pretty much perfect cuticles after that.
You can read the reviews for it on Makeup Alley. Hands down the most effective cuticle remover I've ever used. |
Same. |
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Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:16 pm |
| I have heard some people said this phenomenon is skin lacke of some vitamin, but I forget which vitamin. |
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Sat Mar 31, 2007 11:51 pm |
I have this problem very badly at the moment  , I have tried using Mavala nail/cuticle oil & it seems to be working imo, but I have to continue using it several times a day to actually fix the problem I think. |
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Sun Apr 01, 2007 4:23 am |
Trouble is I've got into the habit of biting the hangnails off and I don't know when I'm doing it. Does anyone know what that disgusting tasting stuff that you put on your nails to stop biting them is called? I might try that.
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Sun Apr 01, 2007 11:00 pm |
| It's just Tabasco sauce, Sarah! Or Angostura bitters. Best cure I ever found for dried cuticles and snaggy bits was Bag Balm. Not the fancy drugstore cosmetic version, but the actual made-for-cows ointment. Try it for a week and you'll be thrilled. |
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Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:00 am |
| I have bouts of extremely flaky cuticles and 'skin flakes' around the nail bed... I think the cause is vitamin deficiency (when I eat well I don't get them) and you can try to use some mixture of oil/butters plus salicylic acid (aspirin) to dissolve the hard skin. |
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