Oooer!!

[Gal]

Oooo Di those before ones are gorgeous!!!!

I'd highly recommend soaking your nails in good old bog standard olive oil for five minutes once a week....and then when you take them out, give each nail a good massage with the remainder of the oil that's left on your fingers/nails. It's as good as any product

[Diflower]

Thanks Gal, they are nice nails and I've always been quite proud of them
Needed doing though, before they all broke/flaked/split - and they'll soon grow

Ally they're really as short as they can go, otherwise (as with one finger on the other hand) the finger shows above the nail.
You do need a little bit don't you, for lip balm etc and for me, for popping out tiny pills from their tinfoil!

Gal I do agree soaking in oil does a brilliant job and it does happen, but only once in a blue moon - I just don't remember to bother with them.
But hopefully Kaz is better than me
The only real problem they have is the cuticles are a bit raggy (I've never picked them), I really should pay them a bit more attention

Edited to add. Meant to say, those buffer thingys are really good too (4-sided jobs, to smooth, polish etc), when I've bothered with that people often ask what I've got on my nails

[Kaz]

That's a lovely set of nails you have there Di, if mine grew like that I'd never have bothered with the gels Not to worry about the links, I bought some cuticle oil with grapeseed oil in Boots with my points, Sally Hansen make it. I also bought some false nail remover, a little pot you pop your nails into to remove the fake bits.....Not going to use that until they are almost grown out though, just to get the last bits off I also bought a Sally Hansen Polish, a lovely very pale pink, that is supposed to be gel strength. That's for me to use while the fakes are growing out. Pale colours hide the flaws better

Frank I always have Tea Tree Oil in the bathroom cabinet, I will try it Gal that's a great tip about the olive oil, again I always have a bottle of that in, we get through a fair bit here, so I will do the soaking thing

Ally I have definitely started something here

[miasmum]

Another one that picks the skin round my nails. I make them really sore, wish I could stop.

Any suggestions anyone?

I never do anything with my nails. I have horrible nails, they are really big. My thumb nail is the same size as my dads was

[Ally]

You have indeed Kaz!

I have my nails all filed now and a squarish shape (which I like) and on Friday morning shall be deciding on which lush colour to paint them.

Decisions. Decisions.

[Kaz]

The only thing I can think of Shell would be that anti-nailbiting stuff that they sell, with the yucky taste

Ally I've done both my finger and toe nails with the new polish. Toes look great, the fingernails not toooo bad considering Good enough anyway to disguise the damage until my own nails grow out

[Diflower]

And I have now actually painted mine, that sludge colour

It won't last, they'll be back to being ignored/chopped alternately very soon

[Kaz]

[Kaz]

Hmmmm the remains of the acryllics are starting to crack so the colour came off I have filed them again, and this time just done them with the Sally Hansen top coat clear stuff. They look a bit of a mess but I am determined not to weaken and get them done again, I just need to grit my teeth for the next month whilst the remains of the fales grow out, and then it will be fine.......