Can I express once again just how much I love this channel. I never go wrong following your advice. Warm oil nail soaks are the 'not so secret' weapon to my nails becoming healthy and strong. Once a week I soak them in jojoba or sunflower oil for 5-10 minutes. My nails thank you Anna.
I just wanted to thank you because I've never felt like getting fake nails, it's just not me. But then my natural nails were absolute shite. Thin, bendy, brittle, peely you name it. I could never keep my nails nice and beautiful for more than 3 weeks without them breaking and catching onto something because I use my hands a lot. Then I found you and though I am not doing an oil bath, I started moisturizing my bare nails with argan oil everyday or multiple times a day. I moisturized my body, my hair, my face, never occured to me that nails could be DRY lol except for the skin surrounding it. My mind is blown. My nails are nice and pink now, the free edge is actually a solid off white color, they are harder and stronger, smoother. They look healthy and I'm actually loving wearing nail polish. Thank you so much.
I have very dry nails and they are damaged as well. I have started doing the warm oil soaks as per your recommendation in videos. In two weeks have have done 3 soaks at 10 minutes on each hand. I can already tell a huge difference. I use to get acrylic and gel nails all the time. Over time I noticed how thin my natural nails had gotten. I am on a journey now to get healthier nails 💅. Thank you for your videos. They have been extremely helpful!
Hi Bonnie! You are very welcome! I'm so happy you are seeing difference in your nails, keep at it :) Adding that urea based creams at night helps too :)
At 72 my nails over the last 11 or years been mistreated. Health issues have not helped either. My nails look like this ladies but mine also keep splitting. I haven’t had nails done for 9 months trying to get them back in some sort of condition, but really battling. I ’live in Perth Australia, are you able to recommend some home treatments I could use withought having to get a heat machine please.
As always, excellent demo. I’ve been a licensed manicurist for over 20 yrs and consistently refer back to your videos for refresh and continuing education. I’m all about natural nail health now and IBX is a remarkable product.
I can’t say I had much success with the ibx treatment, but now I do the warm oil treatment and find it much more successful. I have also started doing a drop of oil after washing my hands to keep moisturised, plus keeping the nails short until all the damage is grown out. Thank you for your videos.
hi Anna! as a 25 year old beginner, just passed state board and will soon look for work in Salon. i’ve learned from my book and you have also made it clear what the cuticle and proximal nail fold is. i’m nervous about working in salon/among other techs, being brand new and having this knowledge and choosing not to cut the living skin. i don’t want to come off as snobby like i know it all but i refuse to cut the pnf as part of prep and considering how popular it is among other techs, i’m just wondering how i can go about it without rubbing anyone the wrong way. i’ve posted a few nail sets and also reposted your picture about the pnf and how we are not supposed to cut it and my fellow nail techs did not like or comment but do on my nail pics…. i want to continue talking about it but i know other techs get annoyed by it, how can i find community?
That’s excellent for you! Congratulations. I do my own nails at home now and get pedicures at the shop. Will not let them touch my nails with any cutting cuticle or gel
Your warm nail soaks and Urea cream have saved my nails. I find that they appear to be more hydrated and the texture is smoother. I was only hoping for my nails to stop peeling and it’s done so much more. Thank you ❤
Anna, love the filming.. the angles and camera placement it’s as if we are there! Great. Her hands and nails look awesome. I think there was an improvement with that one treatment. Thanks for sharing.
Fantastic channel, you have helped me so much after acrylics damaged my nails. 7 months on I am finally seeing improvement. My nails have never looked so healthy 💕 thank you for all of your valuable advice.
I Love the education you give on your video’s. I really like the cautions you give about the electric drill. I see a lot of posts in Fb where people use the e file and a lot of pictures of damaged skin. People often don’t think about the training and practice that goes into learning how to use e files. I had a nail tech that only used the e file on the free edge of acrylics because she hadn’t been trained in their use yet. Also, I think one thing non nail tech people don’t think about is that a nail tech needs to use an e file as much as possible because of the harm the repetitive motion that hand filing can and will do to the nail tech’s arm, shoulder, back etc.
As a guitar player I’ve had decades of issues with my thin peeling nails, despite a very healthy diet; they only got better when I started taking 2-4Tbs of collagen a day and upped my protein to 100g per day did my nails finally get strong and healthy.
Hi Dean! Nails are made of protein mostly so low protein intake might be an issue. The evidence on collagen supplementation have been a little conflicting. I’m not sure collagen helps the nails.
Awesome video, Anna! Thank you so much. I loved the suggestions at the end for intensive nail treatment options and maintenance! I have been trying to get my own nails back to health for 2-3 years now after, unknowingly, buffing the life out of them and I haven't been able to make any headway until I started watching all your videos. I have learned SO MUCH, I can't tell you how grateful I am. Looking forward to more content and yes! please continue to follow up on this client's progress, I'd love to see how long term treatment and maintenance ala Anna looks! Thanks again from Toronto.
Thank you so much for your videos, Anna! I’m trying to recover my nails from years of damage and most recently damage from at home DIY gels. I can’t say enough how much I appreciate your videos and tips; especially the nail conditioning & maintenance plans you provided at the end of this video!
Same! Love the step by step explanation and advice in these videos. I watch some of the “Watch me Work” ones occasionally, but these are the ones that I get excited about.
So I didn’t have all of the exact oils you used, but I used what I use in my hair, avocado, olive, camellia, sandalwood, and pomegranate oils. I soaked my clean nails, then put on some disposable gloves, and used my paraffin wax machine. I got double the benefits for my nails and hands💝
This very same problem started after I used the nail wrap. My mistake is not doing a base coat. Now I’m letting the nails grow out and will be careful to use a base coat first.
This is great! After watching I don't think my nails would need IBX after all (which is good). I will continue to do the hot oil soaks weekly, oil, oil, oil, lotion, lotion, lotion, Kerasal and temporarily stop with the polish. I have a few very unhappy nails, mainly my right hands thumb, index and middle fingers as well as my left thumb from using my nails as tools/scrapers and not being good at using gloves! They keep flaking on the free edge (and a little further down on my index finger) so I've been keeping my nails super short so I'm not tempted to pick at the pieces that want to chip off. My non problem nails are hard, but don't bend, I don't think that's great either but they aren't chipping/flaking/peeling, but the ridges they do have aren't as pronounced. Thank you again for all of your help!
This is absolutely my nails! I already use oil after every wash which has helped but I'll be trying your at home treatments plans. Off the watch the warm oil soak video now 😃
Hello, I feel like you are in a league of your own. Where I live nobody does any sort of treatment of the nails--they just slap the varnish on and leave you wondering what happened. I am learning so much from you. You are a terrific instructor. Thank you!
Every so often I take break from long nails and polish etc and use a nail oil at night for my nails. In a week I see a difference, I'm learning something new watching your videos ❤️
I absolutely love the plans you put up at the end. I wasn't sure if I could wear polish. The plans show me that I should wait until the damage has grown out.
Thats the best route (no polish). Polish itself can contribute to the damage especially if there is present damage. Once the nail is more resilient (after the oil soaks) it will be less prone to damage.
I love you channel so much !! You provide such amazing nail advice. Since watching your channel I started using dazzle dry and I really love it. Have you ever heard of the “ le mini macaron “ gel nail polish ? They’re really popular here in the US and they’re suppose to be a one step system ( no base coat or top coat needed ). I’ve seen quite a few reviews online but never one by a nail professional such as yourself . Could you please do a video on them ? I’m really curious to know your thoughts and if you think they are safe enough to use by none professionals. Thank you 😁 much love and keep up the great work !!
I believe this brands gel polish is made in China. To be honest I prefer gels made by USA/Canadian and European factories. I’ve heard too many cases of allergic reactions after using gels from Southeast Asia.
33:16 grateful for your videos. I will be starting the weekly warm oil soaks as soon as I buy the products. I have already started adding oil to my nails after each wash as I already had a small avocado oil dropper. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and detail videos.
I want to start with saying thank you for all your videos. They are very helpful and you explain everything so well. I have cured my peeling dry overgrown bleeding cuticles with the help of your videos. However I do also have nail ridges, i apply oil and use Eurcerin lotion all the day long. My nail ridges are driving me crazy as I hate the dry feel in the nails. Can you recommend any kind of clear nail polish which won’t cause further damage? I have also purchased the CND Rxxx waiting to see results. Thank you
I keep mine short because length means damage to the nail plate from random daily trauma. Really hoping consistent nail soaks will enable me to keep some length without fear of damage.
You just blew my mind with how you did the IBX during the service! I usually do the service and then do IBX, which obviously takes extra time. I'm going to have to try your method!
Thanks for your video. I used to have gel and acrylic nails for more than 20 years and now for a few years it is impossible to get any polish. I tried all types, but my nails are thin, brittle and break with every zip I touch!
BTW. I checked your Amazon store for the diamancel nail files. I couldn’t order there to give you your commission. You might consider adding them to your store. I’m in the U.S. I’d like to support you with my purchases. 💕
I recently tried the Japanese gel. Two visits and took them off only to discover that my nails look exactly like the model in this video. Every nail has deep ridges. I’m devastated. This service was touted as next coming. I wish I could sit in your chair. Thank you for posting and thank your lovely hand model.
I just found your channel and I’m a fan already. I appreciate how you explain in detail healthy nail care. I have nails that split, chip & don’t hold polish at all. I’m going to try your methods. Thanks so much!
My nails look similar but nowhere near as bad. I have to say that the peeling on two of my nails started a few weeks after I tried using acetone as a remover as I cannot get zoya remover since Brexit. I will now try CND Offaly fast instead. It is the only piece of advice from Anna that hasn’t worked for me. I found since menopause that I need to be careful to keep my nails moisturised and the acetone just removed too much oil. Thanks so much for the video. Really helpful.
Zoya has acetone as a first ingredient. You can easily make your own polish remover by adding some water and maybe some glycerin. Basically that's the ingredients of Zoya polish remover. That and some fragrance. Unless you used some strange industrial acetone, I don't think switching the removers damaged your nails.
My nails tend to be drier too, since menopause. I also hate the smell of most polish removers. I found a wonderful polish remover on ebay, that smells nice, is gentle on the nails, and works very well. I love it, it has become my favorite remover. It's called Karma Naturals Nail Polish Remover with Orange Blossom - Non Toxic, Vegan, Cruelty Free.
First time watching your video !! My nails are dry and brittle. After I started watching and reading comments I would like to know is there any other treatments you might help me !! I will be 62 yrs this year and I have medication I have to use in order to have someone kind of quality of life !! I will be watching your videos and do as you say !! Thank you for your advice !! Be safe !!
Per another commenter, is 10 minutes per hand an appropriate amount of time to soak each set of nails with jojoba oil? Or is there a minimum amount of time you would advise? Thanks for your advice. It’s so concise and explicit. I’ve changed all my care for my nails based on your programs. 💕
It was great to see nails like mine! I'm 67 and I have like micro ridges on my nails that makes them very rough. I think they've become smaller ridges since I've been taking your advice on oil oil oil.. and I'm hoping that's because more and more of my nails are getting thicker...🙏 I really don't know. I've been using rescue rxx for a few weeks but only once a day. I've appreciated all your advice thank you so much
Hi Miriam! You see and my client was surprised that I wanted to have her model for this manicure because she said that she doesn't have pretty, young hands. I told her that I love to show viewers real people of all ages because all ages deserve nice and healthy nails and we don't all have to be perfect to be interesting either:) It takes time for the damaged nails to grow out and hopefully with oil soaks they will be more resistant to damage. It just takes time :) Thank you for writing! Anna
@@TheSalonLife tks Anna. I love the way my nails feel after an oil soak! I need to do that again. I think I've got a few months left of growth to see damage grow out. Most definitely your advice on splitting has worked! I'm keeping that nail really short and it looks like the splitting has stopped. I've never had nails in this condition..I don't know how it happened.. possibly covid washing etc.. but your advice is priceless. 😊
I love seeing real hands of all ages- and I am so jealous of the shaoe of this client's nail beds- they are beautiful!! Please thank your client for me!!
@@TheSalonLife Her hands are beautiful! As a 61 year old woman with a few slightly ridgy nails myself, I am delighted to see some older ladies' hands in your videos.
Hello! I recently found your channel -UA-cam recommended it to me, probably because I was searching for ridged nails. I was wondering: what do you use to remove the nail polish? Thank you sooo much for making videos! I have been watching a lot of them and I am learning so much from them. Also, I find that watching your videos is very relaxing -almost as relaxing as getting an actual manicure! Thank you again! ✌🏼💖
Hello Yvette. I use pure acetone. Acetone gets a lot of hate meanwhile it's the polish that damages the surface of the nails: ua-cam.com/video/sv7M0xfJ5Ks/v-deo.html
I love your channel!! ai have such a problem with peeling from thevtips of nails, it drives me crazy!! I would love to see the progress of this client!
I have to thank you for your wonderful content. Without your videos I‘d still be clueless. I‘m a longterm-viewer and huge fan from Germany. Especially the „Ana‘s nail advice“ videos helped tremendeously. I have massive damage from overfiling my poor nails and wouldn‘t have stopped that destructive behaviour without your Videos. Therefore I really want to thank you and your husband. Have a wonderful new year full of blessings, health and success. Ciao Chiara
This comes at a perfect time for me. I was gifted some gel polish and decided to try it for the first time on my nails. I left it for 4 days before gently removing it but my nails got very dry and lightly damaged I think. So I was thinking of doing IBX . I've also seen that doing IBX before putting on the gel polish will protect your natural nail. Thanks for the upload!
Could you please make a video of the exact supplies one needs to buy when starting to take care of their brittle nails. I am confused what file, cuticle pusher, etc. I need to get. I don’t know much about nails.
Hello Miranda! Such video exists already: How to start taking care of your nails [Complete Newbie Edition PART 1] ua-cam.com/video/4PXrASmK7eY/v-deo.html How to start taking care of your nails [Complete Newbie Edition PART 2] ua-cam.com/video/r6PUvp1zcAQ/v-deo.html
Hi, your channel has been a godsend to me in healing my chewed up hands. Thank you so much for sharing this foundational knowledge of nail care. I especially love that PDF chart of the parts of the nail. It helps me be more mindful and kind to my nails. I would like to request that you enable search on your channel's home page. I don't know why, but every home page used to have the search feature, so you could type in a key word (such as "Orly" or "pedicure") and find a video within the channel. I think now the channel owner has to enable it. It would be a big help. Also, I've just learned about the pedicure videos on Mr. SL, but they don't seem to be linked or even have the same name so I can search. What did you find out? Did the nitrocellulose cause yellowing? Is the experiment over? Thanks again for the great work you do!
Thank you so much for your comment, I just came across it! I think there should be search on the main page but it's not up to us but UA-cam makes these features available. The search option searches by the titles of the videos so if you search MSL you won't find anything because there is nothing titled MSL. Nitrocellulose does cause yellowing for sure. I have all the manicures of this client filmed, I have to edit them and I don't know how... every video separate or some kind of compilation.... it's overwhelming
I put my oil in a little glas container, seal it after use with a lid and reuse it a few times. I guess it‘s fine because I just make it warm and don‘t heat it up to cooking temperatures.
I just found you for the first time with this video. This is a blessing to me because I have nails that are very weak and peel easily. If I put on gel polish, it usually separates like a sheet from my nail, then chips off. I think my nails have something wrong with them because acryllic or gel polishes actually cause my nail to start lifting from the nail bed in places. I am wondering if this IBX treatment would help me?? I tried to look up IBX treatment near me, and I'm not finding this listed on any salon websites. Is this something I should order and attempt to do myself?
If your nail bed is actually lifting that is a sign of severe allergy. You might want to switch to regular polish or maybe CND shellac. If you persist in using the gel the allergy can progress to losing entire nails and being allergic to more and more things like glue, acrylic ect.
My nails started hurting a few months ago. I’ve had naturally long, hard, healthy nails my whole life. I don’t get manicures, I don’t mess with the cuticles, and I rarely polish them. I have no idea what happened. In a matter of days, it half of them looked like they had razor slices across them, in the pink area, and then they started crackling. Now, if I don’t keep a heavy clear coat on them at all times, it hurts to even have cold air blow on them and they immediately start peeling. The polish even hurts a little until it dries. Today, a pinky has started to detach. Have you ever heard of such a thing?
I agree. They sound like my nails, although it didn’t happen suddenly. I have long term thyroid issues so I associate my nail issues with that. Check with your doctor! And best of luck!
Thank you Becky! 🥰. The client had her second manicure yesterday and there was a definite progress! I offered her another one :) She is very happy that people are enjoying watching her progress
I was projecting 32k by years end, 36k if a miracle happened....these far exceeded anything we had expected! 40k, 50k, and now 60k. Just incredible! You guys are amazing! Thank you!!! - MSL
There are studies that talk about the dangers to the hand skin of the curing light. What are your thoughts on this, Anna? I bought protective gloves, but decided to discontinue dip on my nails. I’m following your advice now on getting my nails and proximal fold skin healthy.
Do you have any recommendations on psoriasis nails? I'm diagnosted by a dermatologist and have to use a cortisone solution to rub in my nail matrix and my hyponochium as a first try. It's on every finger on both of my hands. I'm quite open about it, but sometimes I would love to wear nail polish. Do you think it's ok?
This channel has been so very helpful (informative). Do i understand that i need a curing lamp when using the CNDXx? I want to order some. It looks like I don't need to wash this treatment off before or if applying nail polish? (a lot to take in). Thanks so much for helping to educate me!!! This is my year!!!
Hi! I don't know if you already have one, but could you do a video about filing peeling nails? My nails are peeling just at the free edges and although I use a glass file I feel very uncertain about filing them as it feels like it just makes it worse!
Anna, can you think of any reason why, after 9 weeks of doing weekly warm jojoba oil nail soaks and leaving polish off for at least 24 hours after, my nails would be worse and not better? Meaning more peeling at the tips, nails feeling almost thinner and more "bendy", peeling at the tips even though I'm keeping them shorter? I'm so frustrated 😫
Could be an unrelated health issue getting worse - if you can, check with a regular gp for any symptoms related to your nails thinning out. Off the top of my head some reasons I know of are psoriasis and vitamin deficiencies
I really love yr videos, and admire yr work. I have seen many manis on UA-cam (but not yours, thankfully) where the fold is painfully pushed back/up and then cut. And it looks very irritated after the mani is done. Also heard that this cutting of the fold, will make it grow back stronger and stronger. If that is the case, is it possible to reverse this problem?
Yes for sure, if the skin is cut, it will develop a sort of scab and when that is done on a regular bases the skin hardens to protect itself. If you start protecting and caring for the skin it will eventually soften up. You can definitely reverse it. Just like callus. When you stop wearing the shoes that give you the callus or a corn the callus eventually softens up especially when certain skin care is used (urea and lactic acid or salicylic acid are very helpful)
First time watching, and wow, I so appreciate all the information you gave. I have been worried about soaking in Acetone. Mainly feeling like my skin is soaking it up, so thank you for your response to it. I’m in Phoenix Arizona and joined a group for Nailboo, it sells kits for dip powder. They often speak of Dip Flu from the liquids. Myself, I wear a mask of course that doesn’t eliminate the strong odor from the liquids. I’m hoping it helps in some way. What is your take on this?
Was this client Jaundiced..and if so, could that have anything to do with breaking , thin brittle nails? Also, I have one nail on a particular toe that I can literally scratch off cause it's so soft, revealing the sensitive nail bed. Is this a common thing??
Hello, thank you for your kind words! I wouldn't recommend using this file by someone who is not specifically trained in how to use these tools properly. I have many videos where I show how to take care the nails by DIYer :) Check out this video please ua-cam.com/video/d_BAnJlJ1Bs/v-deo.html
I would like to see updates. This did look like it made a difference on her nails, I just feel like it was a lot to do. When you said light it looked like her hand was under a red light.
Hi, I noticed that my nails ( not all) are splitting in the middle. I notice as I age ( I'm in my 50's now) my nails are dry & brittle.... 💅. When we do dishes, should we be wearing gloves ???
I’m curious if this treatment burns when it goes under the light? I’m doing the CND Nail Rescue RX but still have some splitting of my nails. Keeping them reasonably short and no polish but I feel like I’m getting more splitting since I haven’t had polish on.
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Can I express once again just how much I love this channel. I never go wrong following your advice. Warm oil nail soaks are the 'not so secret' weapon to my nails becoming healthy and strong. Once a week I soak them in jojoba or sunflower oil for 5-10 minutes. My nails thank you Anna.
I have to admit, I always learn something from these videos but I actually watch them bc there is something so soothing about them - anyone else?
I just wanted to thank you because I've never felt like getting fake nails, it's just not me. But then my natural nails were absolute shite. Thin, bendy, brittle, peely you name it. I could never keep my nails nice and beautiful for more than 3 weeks without them breaking and catching onto something because I use my hands a lot.
Then I found you and though I am not doing an oil bath, I started moisturizing my bare nails with argan oil everyday or multiple times a day.
I moisturized my body, my hair, my face, never occured to me that nails could be DRY lol except for the skin surrounding it. My mind is blown.
My nails are nice and pink now, the free edge is actually a solid off white color, they are harder and stronger, smoother. They look healthy and I'm actually loving wearing nail polish. Thank you so much.
You made my day Priscilla! Thank you so much for your message! I’m so happy I was able to help! ❤️
I have very dry nails and they are damaged as well. I have started doing the warm oil soaks as per your recommendation in videos. In two weeks have have done 3 soaks at 10 minutes on each hand. I can already tell a huge difference. I use to get acrylic and gel nails all the time. Over time I noticed how thin my natural nails had gotten. I am on a journey now to get healthier nails 💅. Thank you for your videos. They have been extremely helpful!
Hi Bonnie! You are very welcome! I'm so happy you are seeing difference in your nails, keep at it :) Adding that urea based creams at night helps too :)
The oil soaks brought my acrylic damaged nails back to life. Keep on going and I am sure you'll see even further improvement.
What oil do you use and how much do you use? And can I reuse the oil or should I throw it away? Thank you
At 72 my nails over the last 11 or years been mistreated. Health issues have not helped either. My nails look like this ladies but mine also keep splitting. I haven’t had nails done for 9 months trying to get them back in some sort of condition, but really battling. I ’live in Perth Australia, are you able to recommend some home treatments I could use withought having to get a heat machine please.
As always, excellent demo. I’ve been a licensed manicurist for over 20 yrs and consistently refer back to your videos for refresh and continuing education. I’m all about natural nail health now and IBX is a remarkable product.
I can’t say I had much success with the ibx treatment, but now I do the warm oil treatment and find it much more successful.
I have also started doing a drop of oil after washing my hands to keep moisturised, plus keeping the nails short until all the damage is grown out.
Thank you for your videos.
hi Anna! as a 25 year old beginner, just passed state board and will soon look for work in Salon. i’ve learned from my book and you have also made it clear what the cuticle and proximal nail fold is. i’m nervous about working in salon/among other techs, being brand new and having this knowledge and choosing not to cut the living skin. i don’t want to come off as snobby like i know it all but i refuse to cut the pnf as part of prep and considering how popular it is among other techs, i’m just wondering how i can go about it without rubbing anyone the wrong way. i’ve posted a few nail sets and also reposted your picture about the pnf and how we are not supposed to cut it and my fellow nail techs did not like or comment but do on my nail pics…. i want to continue talking about it but i know other techs get annoyed by it, how can i find community?
That’s excellent for you! Congratulations. I do my own nails at home now and get pedicures at the shop. Will not let them touch my nails with any cutting cuticle or gel
Your warm nail soaks and Urea cream have saved my nails. I find that they appear to be more hydrated and the texture is smoother. I was only hoping for my nails to stop peeling and it’s done so much more. Thank you ❤
Anna, love the filming.. the angles and camera placement it’s as if we are there! Great. Her hands and nails look awesome. I think there was an improvement with that one treatment. Thanks for sharing.
Fantastic channel, you have helped me so much after acrylics damaged my nails. 7 months on I am finally seeing improvement. My nails have never looked so healthy 💕 thank you for all of your valuable advice.
I Love the education you give on your video’s. I really like the cautions you give about the electric drill. I see a lot of posts in Fb where people use the e file and a lot of pictures of damaged skin. People often don’t think about the training and practice that goes into learning how to use e files. I had a nail tech that only used the e file on the free edge of acrylics because she hadn’t been trained in their use yet. Also, I think one thing non nail tech people don’t think about is that a nail tech needs to use an e file as much as possible because of the harm the repetitive motion that hand filing can and will do to the nail tech’s arm, shoulder, back etc.
As a guitar player I’ve had decades of issues with my thin peeling nails, despite a very healthy diet; they only got better when I started taking 2-4Tbs of collagen a day and upped my protein to 100g per day did my nails finally get strong and healthy.
Hi Dean! Nails are made of protein mostly so low protein intake might be an issue. The evidence on collagen supplementation have been a little conflicting. I’m not sure collagen helps the nails.
Awesome video, Anna! Thank you so much. I loved the suggestions at the end for intensive nail treatment options and maintenance! I have been trying to get my own nails back to health for 2-3 years now after, unknowingly, buffing the life out of them and I haven't been able to make any headway until I started watching all your videos. I have learned SO MUCH, I can't tell you how grateful I am. Looking forward to more content and yes! please continue to follow up on this client's progress, I'd love to see how long term treatment and maintenance ala Anna looks! Thanks again from Toronto.
Very interested in the progress of the clients nails
Thank you so much for your videos, Anna! I’m trying to recover my nails from years of damage and most recently damage from at home DIY gels. I can’t say enough how much I appreciate your videos and tips; especially the nail conditioning & maintenance plans you provided at the end of this video!
Love this type of content ! Made a cup of tea and settled in for the video !❤
Me too.
Same! Love the step by step explanation and advice in these videos. I watch some of the “Watch me Work” ones occasionally, but these are the ones that I get excited about.
Me too, it's so relaxing and enjoyable. 🌹
So I didn’t have all of the exact oils you used, but I used what I use in my hair, avocado, olive, camellia, sandalwood, and pomegranate oils. I soaked my clean nails, then put on some disposable gloves, and used my paraffin wax machine. I got double the benefits for my nails and hands💝
The nails look so much better after treatment!
These are my nails now that I’m in my 40s. I definitely want to see progress videos!
This very same problem started after I used the nail wrap. My mistake is not doing a base coat. Now I’m letting the nails grow out and will be careful to use a base coat first.
This is great! After watching I don't think my nails would need IBX after all (which is good). I will continue to do the hot oil soaks weekly, oil, oil, oil, lotion, lotion, lotion, Kerasal and temporarily stop with the polish. I have a few very unhappy nails, mainly my right hands thumb, index and middle fingers as well as my left thumb from using my nails as tools/scrapers and not being good at using gloves! They keep flaking on the free edge (and a little further down on my index finger) so I've been keeping my nails super short so I'm not tempted to pick at the pieces that want to chip off. My non problem nails are hard, but don't bend, I don't think that's great either but they aren't chipping/flaking/peeling, but the ridges they do have aren't as pronounced.
Thank you again for all of your help!
Thanks for the video I would like to see the results after more treatments.
Thank you Kim for your vote :))) ❤️
Yes. Yes. Yes. I was amazed as a licensed nail tech at the transformation of damaged nails including vertical nail splitting. IBX ROCKS nails.💅❤👏🔥🔥
This is absolutely my nails! I already use oil after every wash which has helped but I'll be trying your at home treatments plans. Off the watch the warm oil soak video now 😃
Hello, I feel like you are in a league of your own. Where I live nobody does any sort of treatment of the nails--they just slap the varnish on and leave you wondering what happened. I am learning so much from you. You are a terrific instructor. Thank you!
Honestly, your message made my day!! Thank you so much for taking your time and writing :))
Every so often I take break from long nails and polish etc and use a nail oil at night for my nails. In a week I see a difference, I'm learning something new watching your videos ❤️
I absolutely love the plans you put up at the end. I wasn't sure if I could wear polish. The plans show me that I should wait until the damage has grown out.
Thats the best route (no polish). Polish itself can contribute to the damage especially if there is present damage. Once the nail is more resilient (after the oil soaks) it will be less prone to damage.
Another great video! I'd love to see regular progress videos :)
I love you channel so much !! You provide such amazing nail advice. Since watching your channel I started using dazzle dry and I really love it. Have you ever heard of the “ le mini macaron “ gel nail polish ? They’re really popular here in the US and they’re suppose to be a one step system ( no base coat or top coat needed ). I’ve seen quite a few reviews online but never one by a nail professional such as yourself . Could you please do a video on them ? I’m really curious to know your thoughts and if you think they are safe enough to use by none professionals.
Thank you 😁 much love and keep up the great work !!
I believe this brands gel polish is made in China. To be honest I prefer gels made by USA/Canadian and European factories. I’ve heard too many cases of allergic reactions after using gels from Southeast Asia.
33:16 grateful for your videos. I will be starting the weekly warm oil soaks as soon as I buy the products. I have already started adding oil to my nails after each wash as I already had a small avocado oil dropper. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and detail videos.
I want to start with saying thank you for all your videos. They are very helpful and you explain everything so well. I have cured my peeling dry overgrown bleeding cuticles with the help of your videos. However I do also have nail ridges, i apply oil and use Eurcerin lotion all the day long. My nail ridges are driving me crazy as I hate the dry feel in the nails. Can you recommend any kind of clear nail polish which won’t cause further damage? I have also purchased the CND Rxxx waiting to see results. Thank you
I keep mine short because length means damage to the nail plate from random daily trauma. Really hoping consistent nail soaks will enable me to keep some length without fear of damage.
You just blew my mind with how you did the IBX during the service! I usually do the service and then do IBX, which obviously takes extra time. I'm going to have to try your method!
Thanks
Thank you so much! :)
Thanks!
Thank you so much Patricia!!
Thanks for your video. I used to have gel and acrylic nails for more than 20 years and now for a few years it is impossible to get any polish. I tried all types, but my nails are thin, brittle and break with every zip I touch!
BTW. I checked your Amazon store for the diamancel nail files. I couldn’t order there to give you your commission. You might consider adding them to your store. I’m in the U.S. I’d like to support you with my purchases. 💕
I recently tried the Japanese gel. Two visits and took them off only to discover that my nails look exactly like the model in this video. Every nail has deep ridges. I’m devastated. This service was touted as next coming. I wish I could sit in your chair. Thank you for posting and thank your lovely hand model.
I just found your channel and I’m a fan already. I appreciate how you explain in detail healthy nail care. I have nails that split, chip & don’t hold polish at all. I’m going to try your methods. Thanks so much!
So many gel/acrylic damaged nails. I can see why you favour the natural, gentle manicures Anna. Another great vid 👌 👏 👍
My nails look similar but nowhere near as bad. I have to say that the peeling on two of my nails started a few weeks after I tried using acetone as a remover as I cannot get zoya remover since Brexit. I will now try CND Offaly fast instead. It is the only piece of advice from Anna that hasn’t worked for me. I found since menopause that I need to be careful to keep my nails moisturised and the acetone just removed too much oil. Thanks so much for the video. Really helpful.
Zoya has acetone as a first ingredient. You can easily make your own polish remover by adding some water and maybe some glycerin. Basically that's the ingredients of Zoya polish remover. That and some fragrance.
Unless you used some strange industrial acetone, I don't think switching the removers damaged your nails.
My nails tend to be drier too, since menopause. I also hate the smell of most polish removers. I found a wonderful polish remover on ebay, that smells nice, is gentle on the nails, and works very well. I love it, it has become my favorite remover. It's called Karma Naturals Nail Polish Remover with Orange Blossom - Non Toxic, Vegan, Cruelty Free.
First time watching your video !! My nails are dry and brittle. After I started watching and reading comments I would like to know is there any other treatments you might help me !! I will be 62 yrs this year and I have medication I have to use in order to have someone kind of quality of life !! I will be watching your videos and do as you say !! Thank you for your advice !! Be safe !!
Vou colocar em prática essa dica do óleo quente, pode ser azeite de oliva?🤔
Per another commenter, is 10 minutes per hand an appropriate amount of time to soak each set of nails with jojoba oil? Or is there a minimum amount of time you would advise?
Thanks for your advice. It’s so concise and explicit. I’ve changed all my care for my nails based on your programs. 💕
Hi Lynn, I think 5 minutes per hand would be sufficient :)
@@TheSalonLife thank you. You’re a gem!
Do you throw out the oil each time or reuse?
thank you for Caring so much about the career of natural nails. well done. love the playlist1
It was great to see nails like mine! I'm 67 and I have like micro ridges on my nails that makes them very rough. I think they've become smaller ridges since I've been taking your advice on oil oil oil.. and I'm hoping that's because more and more of my nails are getting thicker...🙏 I really don't know. I've been using rescue rxx for a few weeks but only once a day.
I've appreciated all your advice thank you so much
Hi Miriam! You see and my client was surprised that I wanted to have her model for this manicure because she said that she doesn't have pretty, young hands.
I told her that I love to show viewers real people of all ages because all ages deserve nice and healthy nails and we don't all have to be perfect to be interesting either:)
It takes time for the damaged nails to grow out and hopefully with oil soaks they will be more resistant to damage. It just takes time :) Thank you for writing! Anna
@@TheSalonLife tks Anna. I love the way my nails feel after an oil soak! I need to do that again. I think I've got a few months left of growth to see damage grow out. Most definitely your advice on splitting has worked! I'm keeping that nail really short and it looks like the splitting has stopped.
I've never had nails in this condition..I don't know how it happened.. possibly covid washing etc.. but your advice is priceless. 😊
I love seeing real hands of all ages- and I am so jealous of the shaoe of this client's nail beds- they are beautiful!! Please thank your client for me!!
*shape
@@TheSalonLife Her hands are beautiful! As a 61 year old woman with a few slightly ridgy nails myself, I am delighted to see some older ladies' hands in your videos.
Hello! I recently found your channel -UA-cam recommended it to me, probably because I was searching for ridged nails. I was wondering: what do you use to remove the nail polish? Thank you sooo much for making videos! I have been watching a lot of them and I am learning so much from them. Also, I find that watching your videos is very relaxing -almost as relaxing as getting an actual manicure! Thank you again! ✌🏼💖
Hello Yvette. I use pure acetone. Acetone gets a lot of hate meanwhile it's the polish that damages the surface of the nails:
ua-cam.com/video/sv7M0xfJ5Ks/v-deo.html
Do you find Dazzle Dry polish is harmful to nails? I’ve been hesitant to try it. Thanks for such a great video and tons of helpful info.
I love your channel!! ai have such a problem with peeling from thevtips of nails, it drives me crazy!! I would love to see the progress of this client!
I‘d love to see the weekly updates.
Thank you Chiara!
I have to thank you for your wonderful content. Without your videos I‘d still be clueless.
I‘m a longterm-viewer and huge fan from Germany. Especially the „Ana‘s nail advice“ videos helped tremendeously. I have massive damage from overfiling my poor nails and wouldn‘t have stopped that destructive behaviour without your Videos. Therefore I really want to thank you and your husband.
Have a wonderful new year full of blessings, health and success. Ciao Chiara
You’re welcome. I love your videos and when I did my nails after your tutorial they are so much better! 🎉
Yay! Thank you!
Yes, I would appreciate more vids on this subject
This comes at a perfect time for me. I was gifted some gel polish and decided to try it for the first time on my nails. I left it for 4 days before gently removing it but my nails got very dry and lightly damaged I think. So I was thinking of doing IBX . I've also seen that doing IBX before putting on the gel polish will protect your natural nail.
Thanks for the upload!
Could you please make a video of the exact supplies one needs to buy when starting to take care of their brittle nails.
I am confused what file, cuticle pusher, etc. I need to get. I don’t know much about nails.
Hello Miranda!
Such video exists already:
How to start taking care of your nails [Complete Newbie Edition PART 1] ua-cam.com/video/4PXrASmK7eY/v-deo.html
How to start taking care of your nails [Complete Newbie Edition PART 2]
ua-cam.com/video/r6PUvp1zcAQ/v-deo.html
Warm Oil Soaks ua-cam.com/video/io335eWf6R4/v-deo.html
CND Rescue RXx: bit.ly/3ut7Gil (use code TSL10 for 10% off)
ISDIN Si-Nails Nail Strengthener 2.5ml amzn.to/3nm9iax
ISDIN SI-NAILS Nail Strengthener Cuticle Serum Treatment with Hyaluronic Acid amzn.to/3ypVNwV
Hi, your channel has been a godsend to me in healing my chewed up hands. Thank you so much for sharing this foundational knowledge of nail care. I especially love that PDF chart of the parts of the nail. It helps me be more mindful and kind to my nails.
I would like to request that you enable search on your channel's home page. I don't know why, but every home page used to have the search feature, so you could type in a key word (such as "Orly" or "pedicure") and find a video within the channel. I think now the channel owner has to enable it. It would be a big help.
Also, I've just learned about the pedicure videos on Mr. SL, but they don't seem to be linked or even have the same name so I can search. What did you find out? Did the nitrocellulose cause yellowing? Is the experiment over?
Thanks again for the great work you do!
Thank you so much for your comment, I just came across it!
I think there should be search on the main page but it's not up to us but UA-cam makes these features available.
The search option searches by the titles of the videos so if you search MSL you won't find anything because there is nothing titled MSL.
Nitrocellulose does cause yellowing for sure.
I have all the manicures of this client filmed, I have to edit them and I don't know how... every video separate or some kind of compilation.... it's overwhelming
This video is fascinating and informative. Thank you! 💕 Kim
Tolles Video 💐 !
Die Nägel sehen jetzt super gepflegt aus 👍💅.
New subscriber here ….. im gonna try oil soak this week ❤️ thank you so much
ıf we do the warm oil soak, what do we do the oil we soaked? can we reuse or throw it away?
I put my oil in a little glas container, seal it after use with a lid and reuse it a few times. I guess it‘s fine because I just make it warm and don‘t heat it up to cooking temperatures.
I would be very interested to see follow up treatments to see results. Thank you!
What are your thoughts on using press-on nails? I would love to get your opinion.
It would be great to see some progress videos with future treatments.
Your videos have helped me so much 🥰 thank you again! 😏
Im sorry but I missed how to do the warm oil soak. Can you please state the process again for me? Thank you I do find your channel very informative.
So satisfying to watch! Thanks, Anna ❤
I just found you for the first time with this video. This is a blessing to me because I have nails that are very weak and peel easily. If I put on gel polish, it usually separates like a sheet from my nail, then chips off. I think my nails have something wrong with them because acryllic or gel polishes actually cause my nail to start lifting from the nail bed in places. I am wondering if this IBX treatment would help me?? I tried to look up IBX treatment near me, and I'm not finding this listed on any salon websites. Is this something I should order and attempt to do myself?
If your nail bed is actually lifting that is a sign of severe allergy. You might want to switch to regular polish or maybe CND shellac. If you persist in using the gel the allergy can progress to losing entire nails and being allergic to more and more things like glue, acrylic ect.
My nails started hurting a few months ago. I’ve had naturally long, hard, healthy nails my whole life. I don’t get manicures, I don’t mess with the cuticles, and I rarely polish them. I have no idea what happened. In a matter of days, it half of them looked like they had razor slices across them, in the pink area, and then they started crackling. Now, if I don’t keep a heavy clear coat on them at all times, it hurts to even have cold air blow on them and they immediately start peeling. The polish even hurts a little until it dries. Today, a pinky has started to detach. Have you ever heard of such a thing?
See a doctor if you can please. That doesn’t sound like it’s just a cosmetic issue.
You need to seek medical advice on this. Hope you get some answers
I agree. They sound like my nails, although it didn’t happen suddenly. I have long term thyroid issues so I associate my nail issues with that. Check with your doctor! And best of luck!
Wonderful video, thank you Anna! I'd love to see weekly progress reports for a month. Love your channel, you deserve ALL the success ❤️.
Thank you Becky! 🥰. The client had her second manicure yesterday and there was a definite progress! I offered her another one :)
She is very happy that people are enjoying watching her progress
By the end of 2022 you wanted to reach 50k subscribers. Now you've got already 60k. Congratulation!!
I was projecting 32k by years end, 36k if a miracle happened....these far exceeded anything we had expected! 40k, 50k, and now 60k. Just incredible! You guys are amazing! Thank you!!! - MSL
@@TheSalonLife You are humble. I appreciate that, but I guess, it's time for new goals.
Please post updates of this client!😊
You give alor of information, were are you located. My nails are ridged badly
There are studies that talk about the dangers to the hand skin of the curing light. What are your thoughts on this, Anna? I bought protective gloves, but decided to discontinue dip on my nails. I’m following your advice now on getting my nails and proximal fold skin healthy.
I would love to see the treatment results over a month
I have it filmed. I have to Edit it :)
I have layered nails I would like your advice since I work in the kitchen and I would like them to grow
Do you have any recommendations on psoriasis nails? I'm diagnosted by a dermatologist and have to use a cortisone solution to rub in my nail matrix and my hyponochium as a first try. It's on every finger on both of my hands. I'm quite open about it, but sometimes I would love to wear nail polish. Do you think it's ok?
Amazing, and so well explained 😮
This channel has been so very helpful (informative). Do i understand that i need a curing lamp when using the CNDXx? I want to order some. It looks like I don't need to wash this treatment off before or if applying nail polish? (a lot to take in). Thanks so much for helping to educate me!!! This is my year!!!
Happy new year Anna. Great video as always. Would love to see progress of clients nails. Thank you
Hello Lil! Happy New year to you too! Thank you for your vote!
Great, sensible advice, as always! Thank you 😊
Hi! I don't know if you already have one, but could you do a video about filing peeling nails? My nails are peeling just at the free edges and although I use a glass file I feel very uncertain about filing them as it feels like it just makes it worse!
I always thought you should go in one direction when filing. Not back and forth..how true is that?
Anna, can you think of any reason why, after 9 weeks of doing weekly warm jojoba oil nail soaks and leaving polish off for at least 24 hours after, my nails would be worse and not better? Meaning more peeling at the tips, nails feeling almost thinner and more "bendy", peeling at the tips even though I'm keeping them shorter? I'm so frustrated 😫
Sounds like too much oil use
Could be an unrelated health issue getting worse - if you can, check with a regular gp for any symptoms related to your nails thinning out. Off the top of my head some reasons I know of are psoriasis and vitamin deficiencies
Amazing difference!! Great job!!
I really love yr videos, and admire yr work. I have seen many manis on UA-cam (but not yours, thankfully) where the fold is painfully pushed back/up and then cut. And it looks very irritated after the mani is done. Also heard that this cutting of the fold, will make it grow back stronger and stronger. If that is the case, is it possible to reverse this problem?
Yes for sure, if the skin is cut, it will develop a sort of scab and when that is done on a regular bases the skin hardens to protect itself.
If you start protecting and caring for the skin it will eventually soften up.
You can definitely reverse it.
Just like callus. When you stop wearing the shoes that give you the callus or a corn the callus eventually softens up especially when certain skin care is used (urea and lactic acid or salicylic acid are very helpful)
Loved this video and would be interested in additional ones.
First time watching, and wow, I so appreciate all the information you gave. I have been worried about soaking in Acetone. Mainly feeling like my skin is soaking it up, so thank you for your response to it. I’m in Phoenix Arizona and joined a group for Nailboo, it sells kits for dip powder. They often speak of Dip Flu from the liquids. Myself, I wear a mask of course that doesn’t eliminate the strong odor from the liquids. I’m hoping it helps in some way. What is your take on this?
Was this client Jaundiced..and if so, could that have anything to do with breaking , thin brittle nails?
Also, I have one nail on a particular toe that I can literally scratch off cause it's so soft, revealing the sensitive nail bed. Is this a common thing??
Happy New Year!!! Best wishes from Romania!💖
Thank you Isabella! Best wishes to you too🤗
New subscriber here 😊. My nails look like your clients’ nails. I am going to try the Jojoba hot oil soaks. Thank you for being so informative.
I'm glued to your channel very helpful 🙏 I'm from lndia we don't have this electractle gadget available here can I do it manually?
Hello, thank you for your kind words! I wouldn't recommend using this file by someone who is not specifically trained in how to use these tools properly.
I have many videos where I show how to take care the nails by DIYer :)
Check out this video please ua-cam.com/video/d_BAnJlJ1Bs/v-deo.html
This video fall from the sky because my nails need help ❤️❤️❤️🥰
Hope it helps;)) Please check out our other videos :) The one about damage is important information
You do amazing work
Very good information. Happy New Year! 😃
Great video! I’m wondering what kind of file you use?
I would like to see updates. This did look like it made a difference on her nails, I just feel like it was a lot to do. When you said light it looked like her hand was under a red light.
Hi, I noticed that my nails ( not all) are splitting in the middle. I notice as I age ( I'm in my 50's now) my nails are dry & brittle.... 💅. When we do dishes, should we be wearing gloves ???
Anna,where can I get the “pads” you use to remove the nail polish ,and I must try the warm nail soaks .👍♥️
Mine are surface damage just dry and they snap a lot when I only hit them a little bit like on my fridge it broke low I oil and use lotion constantly
Thanks for sharing
I’m curious if this treatment burns when it goes under the light? I’m doing the CND Nail Rescue RX but still have some splitting of my nails. Keeping them reasonably short and no polish but I feel like I’m getting more splitting since I haven’t had polish on.