Guys.. please please please leave your cuticles alone. While they may not always be aesthetically pleasing, cuticles actually protect your nail bed. Every time you trim your cuticles, you run the risk of giving yourself microcuts that will allow contaminants like bacteria and fungi into your body. Those, in turn, can cause an infection. So please let them be.
Until about 18 months ago, I was a serious nail-biter, but I finally stopped and started growing them out. At first, they were as thin and bendy as paper, but I started using Onyx Hard As Hoof cream on and around and under my nails every night before bed, and also Cuccio Pomegranate and Fig cuticle oil during the day. Neither is expensive (the Onyx cream is under $8/jar and the oil is around $9/bottle) and one container of each will last you FOREVER. My nails now are soooo much stronger and nicer-looking.
Thank you for the additional tips, Juli! I am an RA at an assisted living, I already do extra hand washing and hand sanitizing, but even more than usual now. My cuticles are in rough shape and I have a bunch of hangnails, and I barely have time to moisturize. I have a few days off from work now, so I'm going to pamper the heck out of them. Stay safe and healthy, dear! ❤️💅👋
I also have long and beautiful nails 💅 I wash my hands before I brush inside of my nails with mild shampoo then I swipe it off I apply vasline petroleum jelly on my nails it's really helpful me to maintain my nails. At it makes my nails grow Faster.. thank you for this tips god bless you ❤
Good vid during this time ! My hands and cuticles are very dry and I’m hydrating everyday but all the washing is tuff on them ! Trying to use something extra hydrating at night! Lush Lemony Flutter , Burts Bees 🐝 cuticle balm oil excetra , but using sugar scrubs before hydration has been the most effective way to combat the dryness tfs ❣️
Great tips, I really enjoyed that you are helping support small businesses that you love. I had not heard of a few of them and am going to def check out some of your suggestions so TFS!!!!
Long nails look pretty but everything keeps getting stuck in them and I see so many people with like nails almost as long as they're pinky finger and I just wonder how they eat or even use the bathroom 💀
No one Literally no one Me crying in the corner because I’m broke : 🌸🥀🌺🌻🌼🌷🍄💐🍁🍂🌾🍃🌹🐚☘️🍀🎍🪴🪵🌳🌴🎄🌿🌿🪴🦔🐾🦥🦩🦥🦡🦚🦚🐕🦺🦤🐕🐏🐎🐃🐪🦏🦘🐎🦒🦓🐖🐏💅🏻💅🏼💅💅🏽🛐⛎⛎💘♌️💘⛎💘♋️✝️♍️🔯✝️♈️♒️🕎♒️☯️♎️☯️♑️♌️🕉💔
I've found that using Seche Vite (cheap because I get the giant bottle from Amazon) followed by polish followed by Seche Vite (with a fresh coat about every other day) lasts forever (well past the 10 days for me to get totally bored with that color) and gets thick enough for me to gently peel off after I massage in whatever oil I have around (like jojoba or coconut). It works great! My nails are reasonably long (I file them down weekly to 1/8" of free edge weekly) and they do NOT break or split. PS I work in a hospital and let one of my coworkers swab under them and culture the swab and nothing grew more or differently than the swabs from her short-haired fingertips, pretty much proving that it IS pretty easy to keep long-ish nails clean using good handwashing technique.
Thanks for a practical video: so helpful to make nail/hand care lower key! Could you provide a little more about the soft buffer block? I tried to see a brand but missed it.
Thank you so much for this video! My nails are naturally strong and healthy but oh boy my cuticles... Whenever I'm anxious I pick my cuticles and hangnails and now the skin around my nails os dry and ugly. I didn't know how to clean those but now you helped me! thank you
here are a couple more tips that someone may find useful: 1) if you have a peel-off base coat or other peel-off nail polish, i find that's great for avoiding using nail polish remover (that's actually the reason i decided to get a peel-off base coat in the first place; this was before all the covid-19 stuff started), which is especially useful if you're getting dry skin. i have the ünt peel-off base coat and i find that it doesn't leave my nails feeling stripped or dry afterwards; if anything, they actually seem more hydrated and healthy. peel-off stuff naturally doesn't last super long, but i've always tended to wash my hands a lot for a long time, and peel-off base coat manicures typically last me at least 3-4 days and sometimes up to a week. sometimes i put another base coat on top of the peel-off base coat. i don't know if it really makes any difference though lol. 2) if you have gel polishes, they're pretty good for strengthening your nails and preventing breakage, since gel polishes harden when cured. 3) another tip, although maybe not widely applicable, is if you have a nail polish you don't like or don't wear and you're low on nail polish remover or acetone, you can cover your current nail polish with the one you don't like, which essentially adds more solvent and allows you to re-liquify and then wipe off the majority of the nail polish you were wearing. the remainder can be removed with nail polish remover or acetone. it's sort of a weird/niche thing i guess, but it works if you're in a (very specific) pinch and don't mind wasting some nail polish. i have a nail polish that's several years old and has faded to a really ugly color (in my opinion) and i used it a few times when i forgot to put on peel-off base coat underneath my regular nail polish.
For cleaning my nails prior to applying nail polish etc, I use lemon washing up liquid, (dish soap to you guys across the pond 🙂), or Cif Lemon Cream, or toothpaste, with an electric toothbrush with a small round head. They do the job nicely, degrease my hands and nails, and get the tips white.
I mean that's a lot for me. What do I use as a guy who doesn't want to draw attention to his nails? Like a matt polish or base coat? What's the difference? I bite mine trying to stop and grow them a little more. Still would prefer them short as I actually hate the feel of them.
probably your nail tech didn't do your gels properly? mine lasted for 1 month and I don't use super hot water always , room temperature water would be fine and it prevents from lifting/chipping your gels.
Gah no! You should never cut your "cuticle," which isn't actually called the epnoycium(sp). It is living skin and meant to stay attached and should only be gently pushed back and moisturized daily. Yikes
I had nice nails....like they weren't round or small type but they were long type (not that i grew them)idk how to explain this but my nails aren't round... but then i developed nail biting habits.😑😑
Beautiful nails. I have fungus on my nails they look so bad and its spreading. What can l use? My work involves touching water three quarters of my time, gloves are not helping much.
Hiii - any advice for peeling? It’s been plaguing my or my whole life since I was a teenager. I keep thinking I’ll find a magic bullet or some kind of cure ... help? I use jojoba in those little refillable pens, and body butter on my hands. Thanks and stay safe out there 🤓
Thank you som much for the video! I'm suffering fromreally sticky cuticules and a really flake-prone nailbed, so I'll have to try some kind of cuticule remover for sure! The only thing I would like to add, is to NOT use vegetable/olive oil! It certainly does feel like the olive oil helps moisturise, but IN THE LONG RUN it actually DRIES your skin. It's a very common problem for patients with psoriasis (a skin condition where the dry layer is very thick and can't fall off normally), who want to relieve the itchyness. It makes the dryness worse. You don't have to buy an expensive, special oil, a middle price moisturiser is great as well and it will be enough for a loooong time.
Whenever i use a stick or whatever to remove or push back my cuticles, my cuticles always end up "lifting" or becoming "raised" and then i feel compelled to peel them off or pick at them, which i know its not the point. So sometimes i just leave them alone but then they look disgusting with all that skin on the nail and i feel compelled to use the stick again and the cycle repeats 😂 I dont even know what im doing wrong... But im trying, and these vids are defo helpful so ill keep trying until i learn to so it properly haha. Thx, Juli! U da best!
Your nails are so good, i have one doubt, my fifth finger bending when i keep my all fingers straight, and my hands are small too and my nail beds are not good, overall it looks bad and when i straight my finger my tip of my finger is bending, it feels awkward.... Pls help me... 😩😩
It happens with 2 of my fingers when they get long. I think its about genetics. But heard strengthening ur nails might make them better in some extend.
I love you videos on natural nails!!! I Love doing my own mani-pedi’s!! I always do my own. Love the white polish added to a top clear polish. Would have never thought of that??? Coco nut oil I love as well for my dry cuticles!!! Thank you. Are their any at home gel polish one can do without harming the natural nail?? I have seen kits on Amazon- one was called- “gellen”? I would not mind doing a gel nail my polish, never stays for very long. I have always been obsessed with hand washing!! Take care!! ❣️👍
Cutlery and tweezer handles can sometimes be used as cuticle pushers. The tip of a small kitchen knife can be used to scrape off dead skin from the nail plate. Holding the blade near the tip gives very good control.
I did too until I started using Seche Vite. You can put a fresh top coat on every day or every other day and not get the bubbles. Plus, it's fast drying.
Guys.. please please please leave your cuticles alone. While they may not always be aesthetically pleasing, cuticles actually protect your nail bed. Every time you trim your cuticles, you run the risk of giving yourself microcuts that will allow contaminants like bacteria and fungi into your body. Those, in turn, can cause an infection. So please let them be.
can you push them back though?
@@flvrlush8599absolutely
so you dont cut your nails
@@frockfor wdym
fr i don’t do anything to them
Until about 18 months ago, I was a serious nail-biter, but I finally stopped and started growing them out. At first, they were as thin and bendy as paper, but I started using Onyx Hard As Hoof cream on and around and under my nails every night before bed, and also Cuccio Pomegranate and Fig cuticle oil during the day. Neither is expensive (the Onyx cream is under $8/jar and the oil is around $9/bottle) and one container of each will last you FOREVER. My nails now are soooo much stronger and nicer-looking.
My hands have been beaten up a bit and sooo dry lately too >_< For me a thick hand cream and cuticle oil does wonders :D
thanks for reminding me of these things to do, maybe if i switch to caring for my nails i'll stop picking at them out of nervousness 💖
Thank you for the additional tips, Juli! I am an RA at an assisted living, I already do extra hand washing and hand sanitizing, but even more than usual now. My cuticles are in rough shape and I have a bunch of hangnails, and I barely have time to moisturize. I have a few days off from work now, so I'm going to pamper the heck out of them. Stay safe and healthy, dear! ❤️💅👋
I also have long and beautiful nails 💅 I wash my hands before I brush inside of my nails with mild shampoo then I swipe it off I apply vasline petroleum jelly on my nails it's really helpful me to maintain my nails. At it makes my nails grow Faster.. thank you for this tips god bless you ❤
I also like to put vaseline and oil next to bed and put the oil on first then smother vaseline on hands, elbows, feet before bed!
I do that as well.
Love ur videos and I especially love the way you inform us about products that we can afford 3😊👍thanks!
I love loud lacquer! They are such a great company, and the CEO, Melody, is so down to earth!
Good vid during this time ! My hands and cuticles are very dry and I’m hydrating everyday but all the washing is tuff on them ! Trying to use something extra hydrating at night! Lush Lemony Flutter , Burts Bees 🐝 cuticle balm oil excetra , but using sugar scrubs before hydration has been the most effective way to combat the dryness tfs ❣️
U have beautiful nails always love the square shape
Always interested in nail and cuticle care. Great tips. Thanks. ❤
No entiendo nada pero te sigo y aprendo viendo.
Saludos desde México.
I'm so glad I found this channel. I thoroughly enjoyed this video and I love your nail shape. Thank you for the tips. Officially a new subscriber 😊.
i’ve been biting my nails for my entire life and am just now starting to care and grow them out thank you :D
Me too :)
@@dreamy.cheesecake how’s it going for you?? :D my nails are growing really well and the nails on my thumbs are the longest so far
@@blueberryjamz_ Of course my thumb nail are a bit long than the rest of my nails hehehh but it's worth it
Thanks! The toothbrush idea is a good idea I hadn't thought of!
please conserve water. don't open the faucet if you're not using it
no
@@melaniecoolgirl ?
She is using it tho
@@melaniecoolgirl AYO
@@robthefun1 same to u b***h
Great tips, I really enjoyed that you are helping support small businesses that you love. I had not heard of a few of them and am going to def check out some of your suggestions so TFS!!!!
I like how she's is willing to keep short & hygienic nails unlike others
Active length nails rule!
Long nails look pretty but everything keeps getting stuck in them and I see so many people with like nails almost as long as they're pinky finger and I just wonder how they eat or even use the bathroom 💀
Even short nails can be unhygienic. If you have long nails it’s easier to clean them, even if you have more dirt under them.
No one
Literally no one
Me crying in the corner because I’m broke :
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These are the most beautiful nails i hv ever seen!!!!!!!
I always use top coat on first. Then I put the nail polish on. Then one more top coat. It last's longer.
I've found that using Seche Vite (cheap because I get the giant bottle from Amazon) followed by polish followed by Seche Vite (with a fresh coat about every other day) lasts forever (well past the 10 days for me to get totally bored with that color) and gets thick enough for me to gently peel off after I massage in whatever oil I have around (like jojoba or coconut). It works great! My nails are reasonably long (I file them down weekly to 1/8" of free edge weekly) and they do NOT break or split. PS I work in a hospital and let one of my coworkers swab under them and culture the swab and nothing grew more or differently than the swabs from her short-haired fingertips, pretty much proving that it IS pretty easy to keep long-ish nails clean using good handwashing technique.
@@louiealbrecht1088 yeah thanks for letting me know .
@@louiealbrecht1088 is seche vite a good site I heard it tells you really good tips like how to get the perfect French tips
You do have beautiful hands! Not a freckle or blemish of any kind.
Well explained.
Absolutely healthy nails.
Castor oil is also very good for nails
Juli, do you ever use color polish on top of the Maxus Strengthener 2.0?
Thanks For this tutorial. I was wondering how often should cuticle oil or nail cream be used on the nails.
Thanks for a practical video: so helpful to make nail/hand care lower key! Could you provide a little more about the soft buffer block? I tried to see a brand but missed it.
Great tips! Thanks for sharing 💜💜
Thank you so much for this video! My nails are naturally strong and healthy but oh boy my cuticles... Whenever I'm anxious I pick my cuticles and hangnails and now the skin around my nails os dry and ugly. I didn't know how to clean those but now you helped me! thank you
here are a couple more tips that someone may find useful:
1) if you have a peel-off base coat or other peel-off nail polish, i find that's great for avoiding using nail polish remover (that's actually the reason i decided to get a peel-off base coat in the first place; this was before all the covid-19 stuff started), which is especially useful if you're getting dry skin. i have the ünt peel-off base coat and i find that it doesn't leave my nails feeling stripped or dry afterwards; if anything, they actually seem more hydrated and healthy. peel-off stuff naturally doesn't last super long, but i've always tended to wash my hands a lot for a long time, and peel-off base coat manicures typically last me at least 3-4 days and sometimes up to a week. sometimes i put another base coat on top of the peel-off base coat. i don't know if it really makes any difference though lol.
2) if you have gel polishes, they're pretty good for strengthening your nails and preventing breakage, since gel polishes harden when cured.
3) another tip, although maybe not widely applicable, is if you have a nail polish you don't like or don't wear and you're low on nail polish remover or acetone, you can cover your current nail polish with the one you don't like, which essentially adds more solvent and allows you to re-liquify and then wipe off the majority of the nail polish you were wearing. the remainder can be removed with nail polish remover or acetone. it's sort of a weird/niche thing i guess, but it works if you're in a (very specific) pinch and don't mind wasting some nail polish. i have a nail polish that's several years old and has faded to a really ugly color (in my opinion) and i used it a few times when i forgot to put on peel-off base coat underneath my regular nail polish.
I appreciate these additional tips. Good ideas!
Thanks bro ❤
For cleaning my nails prior to applying nail polish etc, I use lemon washing up liquid, (dish soap to you guys across the pond 🙂), or Cif Lemon Cream, or toothpaste, with an electric toothbrush with a small round head. They do the job nicely, degrease my hands and nails, and get the tips white.
Nice video and good advice for the times, and your nails look super 😊.
Im so sad my nails always broken😭
I mean that's a lot for me. What do I use as a guy who doesn't want to draw attention to his nails? Like a matt polish or base coat? What's the difference? I bite mine trying to stop and grow them a little more. Still would prefer them short as I actually hate the feel of them.
I know this video has nothing to do with gel nails but why doesn’t my gel last long it’s only good for a week then it starts chipping off? 😫
probably your nail tech didn't do your gels properly? mine lasted for 1 month and I don't use super hot water always , room temperature water would be fine and it prevents from lifting/chipping your gels.
Thank you both. I appreciate your comment. I’m deff going to buy a dehydrated nail polish.
Omg I just tried it and my nails look like i just got a nail pedicure and it looks so pretty and cute AND SO SOFFFTTTT
A nice manicure makes such a big difference :>
Which nail polish you wear before removing
Ur nail so pretty
thanks for this my nails were super shiny
Is Maxus a good nail product 🤔
yes
I hurt my cuticle while fixing my bike chain and it turned into sepsis. I needed antibiotics! Leave cuticles alone.
Thank you for a really nice and helpful video. Your voice is soothing and you are very caring.
Your nails are goal! 😊💕
Nailtiques have awesome products too and you can order online.
Gah no! You should never cut your "cuticle," which isn't actually called the epnoycium(sp). It is living skin and meant to stay attached and should only be gently pushed back and moisturized daily. Yikes
I had nice nails....like they weren't round or small type but they were long type (not that i grew them)idk how to explain this but my nails aren't round... but then i developed nail biting habits.😑😑
Beautiful nails. I have fungus on my nails they look so bad and its spreading. What can l use? My work involves touching water three quarters of my time, gloves are not helping much.
And also a really good nail oil is jojoba oil its also helps brittle nails grow strong so yeah and it acctualy absorbs into the nail
You have nice nails and thanks for the tips have a good day
Beautiful your long finger nails,pleaseeee wideo or growing your nails or long
I love this vid
I accidentally cut my nail from middle and it doesnt wanna to grow again🙂💔
I liked your video. I do not like the sharp corners though.
I know this is coming practice, but why remove the cuticle. It's there for a reason right?
Very helpful video, Juli. And very tastefully done.
Can somebody tell me what the thing she used in starting of the video please
Hiii - any advice for peeling? It’s been plaguing my or my whole life since I was a teenager. I keep thinking I’ll find a magic bullet or some kind of cure ... help? I use jojoba in those little refillable pens, and body butter on my hands.
Thanks and stay safe out there 🤓
I find that keeping my nails polished keeps me from picking at, and hence, worsening, the peeling.
Britt H yes me too. Thanks for writing 🤓
I full support is done my new friend.
My nilas are so crustyy
Great tips, thanks :)
Household products?
Awesome content! Thanks
Thank you som much for the video! I'm suffering fromreally sticky cuticules and a really flake-prone nailbed, so I'll have to try some kind of cuticule remover for sure!
The only thing I would like to add, is to NOT use vegetable/olive oil!
It certainly does feel like the olive oil helps moisturise, but IN THE LONG RUN it actually DRIES your skin. It's a very common problem for patients with psoriasis (a skin condition where the dry layer is very thick and can't fall off normally), who want to relieve the itchyness. It makes the dryness worse.
You don't have to buy an expensive, special oil, a middle price moisturiser is great as well and it will be enough for a loooong time.
How do you get rid of that stuff that id on your nial bed that is there when you push you curt iCals back?
Whenever i use a stick or whatever to remove or push back my cuticles, my cuticles always end up "lifting" or becoming "raised" and then i feel compelled to peel them off or pick at them, which i know its not the point.
So sometimes i just leave them alone but then they look disgusting with all that skin on the nail and i feel compelled to use the stick again and the cycle repeats 😂
I dont even know what im doing wrong... But im trying, and these vids are defo helpful so ill keep trying until i learn to so it properly haha.
Thx, Juli! U da best!
You need to push them back and slightly under. Also moisturize often.
Rlyyy tysmmmmmm 🫶🏻
Thank you!💜💜💜👍
Thanks so much you have Beautiful nails I'm trying to allow my nails to breathe from getting them done at the nail salon❤️❤️❤️💯
Thank you.
by the way i have this nail growth polish its neon green and from dominican republic im basically dominican -
You should not remove your cuticles that may stop your nail growth.
Excellent Idea of brush
I was searching daily nails cleaning rountine and I got that
Cleaning
Well done. I enjoyed your vidio and liked the idea of not pushing the salons.
Nie nie. ....dlaczego namydlajac ręce nie zakrecasz wody pomyśl o tych którzy jej nie mają a wręcz umierają z pragnienia
Garlic is good for nails too, im just lazy to use it and oil my cuticle 😂
Why is she wasting water.
Carelessness can never be pardoned
u can wash ur nails like that but u can also soak them for a better ish result or u can do what she said
Tnx 4 Sharing.
How many times a week do you do this
Your nails are so good, i have one doubt, my fifth finger bending when i keep my all fingers straight, and my hands are small too and my nail beds are not good, overall it looks bad and when i straight my finger my tip of my finger is bending, it feels awkward.... Pls help me... 😩😩
It happens with 2 of my fingers when they get long. I think its about genetics. But heard strengthening ur nails might make them better in some extend.
I prefer short almond nails ❤️
Simple, yet classy
I love you videos on natural nails!!! I
Love doing my own mani-pedi’s!! I always do my own. Love the white polish added to a top clear polish. Would have never thought of that??? Coco nut oil I love as well for my dry cuticles!!! Thank you. Are their any at home gel polish one can do without harming the natural nail?? I have seen kits on Amazon- one was called- “gellen”? I would not mind doing a gel nail my polish, never stays for very long. I have always been obsessed with hand washing!! Take care!! ❣️👍
Cutlery and tweezer handles can sometimes be used as cuticle pushers.
The tip of a small kitchen knife can be used to scrape off dead skin from the nail plate. Holding the blade near the tip gives very good control.
thanks! love the tips
thank u sooo muchh ❤️❤️
I do my cuticles with a pocket knife, that bad?
*”uh y e s”*
Top coat and base coats are not the same
I really like the Cerave Moisturizing Cream as a nail/hand moisturizer
all i have is a tooth brush and hot water :,D
Nice voice
Can I use base coat as top coat too ?
you can however it may not last as long but it will last longer than just the colour polish
thanks 🙃
I don't get that you get more like's for just for saying
Thanks 🙃
0:52 the water is left open😖
My nails are too small :))
I always get bubbles when using top coat TT_TT
I did too until I started using Seche Vite. You can put a fresh top coat on every day or every other day and not get the bubbles. Plus, it's fast drying.
كيف اطول الاظافري
Pls don't waste water
Turn off the tap