Extract of the day:Rosemary

Rosemary

The effects are stimulating, antiseptic, wound healing and improves circulation.

Good for oily, acne scars and mature skin.

Extract of the Day: Aloe vera

Aloe Vera

Anti-inflammatory, hydrating(emollient), calming and softening.

Good for dry, problem skin, psoriasis, eczema, rosacea and couperose.

Christmas Nails

Some more Christmas nails

Would love to hear what you think

Extract of the day: Blueberry

Alot of active ingredients are natural(exracts), so you should know what you are using.
I'll be posting everyday a plant or bush and the effects they have on the skin.

Blueberry  

Effects are softening, calming and anti-inflammitory   

Good for dry, sensitive, couperouse and rosecea       

Curved finger problem

The index and ring finger is usually the issue here.
The index finger will have a slant  towards the thumb or towards the middle finger. Extra care must be taken when shaping this nail.

If the slant is ignored and filed the same way as the rest of the nails, the curved finger will be emphasised.

The nail must be filed away more on one side then the other, to give the nail a more straight look.

 

I was only able to find example pictures, now I need to find somone with a curved finger. lol

A good cuticle clip

This is one of my nails I let go for a few weeks, notice how my cuticle is out grown and it's all dried up(winter nails lol)

I soaked my nail in water with a little bit of vitamin E massage oil(to make it more hydrating). For about 5 minutes.

When I was done soaking I dried my nail and pushed up a cuticle, you can do this with a stainless steel cuticle pusher or a wooden flat angled nail art sticks, but you must be gentle.

This is where you're nail grows from.

Pushing the cuticle up before clipping I find helps see how much you want to get.

 Once this is done, you can start clipping the cuticle but I wouldn't advise doing it with anything other then a cuticle nipper. Don't clip too much since the cuticle is there to protect the new nail that's growing out. If it pinches, usually you're too far.
 
Clip but do not pull the clipper away. This is how we cause frays with the cuticle. Does not look nice and sometimes hurt.

This is the after shot. Before cuticle oil.

                       Would love to know if this helps anyone, or if I left anything out.

Right length for you

The free edge(white of the nail) should be about a little less then half of what the nail bed itself is.


It is the sides of the nails that give the plate it's support. If the sides are filed away to give the nail a narrower apperarance, then there is less support.


My thoughts of the day lol