Just a comment on the lengthening nail bed… I too recently changed the shape of my nails completely with a little extra care. And I’m 66! (Where were you when I was 20? 🤣) I had the same kind of shell-shaped nails that went flat and splayed out at the end. They had ridges that split horizontally mostly, but sometimes also vertically. They were super thin and often ripped into where the nail was still attached and had to be filed right back, thereby shortening the nail bed. From your past videos I learned how to remove cuticles and gently push back the nail fold. I started using a glass nail file, to take hair, skin and nail supplements, and to use a protective coat of nail polish. When the nails started to grow stronger, they stopped being flat at the top: and, as they weren’t breaking, the attachment to the nail bed at the top gradually crept up, resulting in that longer looking nail bed. For a while you could actually see a darker line where the nail was newly re-attaching. Regular cuticle removal and gentle pushing back of the nail fold has also made the nail bed longer. My nails are continuing to look narrower, straighter at the sides and more curved and I realise that the shape of my nails was caused by the nail being too thin to hold a curve once past the nail bed. So more from lack of nurture than nature. I hope this encourages others to persevere. You started this. 🤗 Many thanks. ❤️
Thank you! I’m 29 and have struggled with a similar thing since I was very young. I was a terrible nail biter for years and have stopped for a while, but I was worried I caused serious damage. I just have to get more serious about proper cuticle remover and adding a strengthening polish. What do you recommend?
Interesting. I was a nail biter, once I started polishing my nails, I stopped biting them - the nail beds expanded in length, the nails had a noticeable curvature and they could get quite lengthy. Then, overtime they started peeling and cracking so I switched to gel manicures, then they've been flat ever since. I've been getting proper overlays and they've gained some curvature but only on some fingers xddd.
Oh Helane, you’ve given me so much inspiration and hope for the future of my nails! You’ve described my goal exactly. I’m 61. I just started bingeing videos today so I have a lot to learn yet.
Yes, but you can't make the white part start closer to your fingertips, which is what many of us are stuck dealing with. I fully admit to being insanely jealous of people with the kind of long nail beds that have the white starting near the fingertips. Lucky bleeping bleeps. Stupid genetics. And yes, it IS genetic.
Just what I asked Anna for. I think we all would really benefit from that. It seems like It's the simplest thing to do but yet somehow professionals like Anna have that special technique we can't seem to recreate at home when filing our own nails.
Omg 9:41 this is actually possible?? That’s what I’ve always wanted, I’ve always been embarrassed of my fingernails, I thought you were born with long fingernail beds, or you weren't. Wow…that’s amazing, excellent job!
I started following Anna's advice by: - pushing back the proximal nail fold bit by bit every day - massage my nails and the skin around my nails with the essie cutcicle oil - apply clear nail polish/strengthener - file my nails into a soft oval shape After 2 weeks, my nail bed seems to be longer and more slender. I believe that it's actually from pushing back the skin around me nails and therefore causes an illusion of longer nail bed. You'd be surprised by how much you can push back. Of course, be gentle, take your time and slowly you'll get there. Thank you so much Anna! Your advice has changed my nails for the better! I used to not shape my nails and let them grow out really long until I cut the free edge super close to the skin again. I also had a lot of hang nails and ripped skin around my nails as well. I tried using gel polish and after removing them, my nails felt super dry and damaged. After following your advice, my nails have never looked this good before!!!
I have quite short nail beds and am always envious of people whose are super long! Still, I've noticed taking better care of my nails helps elongate the look of them. Thank you as always Anna 🤗
Same. My nails are bendy, thin, with short nail beds, and a slightly triangular shape that doesn’t look good filed straight/square. I’ve come to accept that they will never look like some nail bloggers’ nails that have long nail beds that look good filed square just like I will never be 5’10” with naturally curly red hair or be able to wear empire waist dresses without looking like I’m pregnant. I just have to take good care of them and file them a little rounder/oval so that they look the best that they possibly can with what genetics gave me.
I have a blue dot in the palm of my hand that I got at least 40 years ago and it is where I accidentally stabbed my palm with a pencil tip. That might be what happened here, maybe? I love your channel!! I follow you because I have the same philosophy as you in my salon. It is so refreshing to find someone who cares as much about nail health as I do. Thank you Anna for your videos!
This is the video I needed. Lengthening my nail beds would be a dream come true. I’m totally cool with it taking six months or however long it takes. My sister has perfectly shaped nails and long fingers; I’ve felt like the redheaded step sister my whole life. I can’t change my stubby fingers but I can get the illusion of longer nails with your guidance.
OH MY GOD EXACTLY! My sister also has perfect shaped nails and slim fingers. As for me, even though I do have slim fingers, my fingertips are thick because of my wide nail beds (I've never let them grow) which is pretty annoying. Some people suggested growing them out and letting the salon do the rest but I can't since I'm a musician☠️ Have you managed to fix your nails?
I really believe that keeping polish on flat/aging dry nails stabilizes the moisture level in the nail plate reducing the soaking and dehydrating cycles that occur. This allows the flattened nail to return to a more pronounced C curve throughout the nail plate. Or at least that is the experience with my own old flat super dry nails. ;) Can't wait to see followup pics!
Nail polish raises the moisture level in the nails. As long as you are wearing it though. Wearing polish (on some type of nails) can be damaging to it's surface (from my experience). The damaged surface will dry out easier (and it will soak upon water faster) because the cells are not being held together properly letting the water in and out very easily. The interesting thing is that super dry nail would be more curved. Nail polish itself is a very very flexible coating so it wouldn't be holding the nail tighter. It's all super fascinating!
@@TheSalonLife I am so glad you said that! Doug used to say that the white spots are caused by the nail tech, improper removal of gel polish. But I have found that some clients just get the white spots even with just regular lacquer and no hard treatment or buffing. Do you think these types of nails are just more porous?
@myrnawands8089 white spots are from damage to the matrix. Like whacking that spot on a hard surface and not thinking anything of it. It grows out though.
Shaping is so difficult. I try to due a low maintenance shape that mimics cuticle. I love see a masterclass shaping all common shapes. I am always envy long nail bed girls that make square so beautiful. Their short actually looks long to me 😫.
Oh Anna! ❤️ Thank you for sharing my nails and giving the advice. I would never have thought that shaping the nail would slowly make the actual nail change shape. I have always liked the square look of nails but now I think that hasn't helped at all. My Mother and oldest child have amazing long nail beds and its a pity I didn't inherited those! I have been watching all the videos and have started to make changes to my routine with adding jojoba oil after washing my hands (when I can!) and a nail oil after my shower in the morning and at night etc. I am yet to purchase a urea based hand cream, and will be doing so today as my normal hand cream isn't as moisturising around my nails as I need. I will definitely take some updated photos in a few weeks (Ive only started doing a better routine on my nails a week or so ago) and will email you the photos. I can tell you now I have already seen a big difference to the skin around the nail just in this short time (and wow, I didn't realise how my skin and nails looked close up!!! 🤣). Regarding the blue dot, I will also see if the care routine makes it go away. Its seems more than a coincidence that its on the same finger as the ridge in the nail. I bought the Malaga Scientifique K+ but now not sure if I should use it or not. I've only put it on my nails once or twice. I will hold off from using it and just do the care routine that you suggested before putting on hardeners etc as these might do the opposite if used unnecessarily!! Thanks again! Such incredible knowledge that you are freely passing on. ❤️
I used to have lovely long nails when I was in my teens & twenties. I always got compliments, some thought they were false because they were too perfect! As the years went on, I stopped taking care of them. I recently found a photo of how they looked. They were flat, had verticle lines & although they were long, they just didn't look very 'pretty' or strong. I then started wearing a nail strengthener every day & using creams & oils daily, I also regularly filed them. Today I can absolutely say that my nails look completely different to the pics from before. So yes! As was said in this video, just looking after them & giving them some regular TLC can make a big difference. Be patient. Before you know it you'll forget how your nails used to look, until you see an old photo of them again! 😃😉 Thank you so much for this! What a difference! Great info, as always!! 🤗🥰🙏🏻
I really love your videos, I am learning so much from them. Everything makes perfect sense and I am able to take good care of my nails now. Thank you for sharing your knowledge! 🙏🙂❤
Just the video I was after! I'm hoping to change the shape of my nails and it's great to know that, over time, it's possible. Good luck to Monica, I'm so glad she sent in her photos.
I’ve been watching your videos for about a week now. I’ve learned so much! I’ve always disliked the shape of my nails. My sister got the perfectly shaped nails, but I think after watching this video there is still hope for me. I have a lot of work to do and certainly have to find the patience to let this work. I’m so thankful one of your videos came through my feed. It was just what I needed. ~~Lisa
Great video Anna; it’s brilliant that you continue to stress that we be patient with the process and gentle with the approach to correcting whatever our nail issues are. Thanks for all your hard work.
I think I have to really stress that because that is the "secret". People are often disappointed because their manicure didn't turn out as perfect as some IG photo. The safe way just takes some time and it gets better as the time goes by. On contrary- invasive manicures can make the nails "look" better right away, but the health of the nail and the skin wasn't addressed and corrected and in the long run they might end up with more problems than they started with
@@TheSalonLife Exactly; like so many things in life (and I include my nails in this too) - the problem didn’t arise overnight and it can’t be corrected overnight. We should look at this like the “slow food movement” for nails. ;-)
@@TheSalonLife I agree! I have a client I have been seeing for years and because I don't cut her "cuticles" (proximal fold), she does it herself. And bleeds... Today we talked about it again and using your words I told her that if she is patient that she could also have proximal nail folds that look like mine without cutting. I hope she heard this time. She has fabulous nails but if her eponychium is swollen it makes for bad photos.
I can attest to nail polish changing the nail shape. I have noticed that every time i remove nail polish for more than few hours my nails start to flatten out again, even to a point where corners of my nails get really painful! I used to have really flat nails that would be razor-thin and would bend and break really fast so I could never grow them to even a millimeter long. Also, nail beds used to be really short. I also was a nail-biter as a child. For the past few years, I have been regularly applying nail varnish, even if it's just a clear coat, and as long as i do, my nails stay curved. Also, as I regularly gently push my skin back while cleaning up cuticles and apply nail polish close to the skin, my nails elongated just a little bit, but enough to make them look nicer. I do need to introduce gentler manicures as I used to smooth the ridges for the nicer varnished look but after watching this I will definitely go gentler and ditch the buffing!
I am scared to go to the salon as well. So many tales of woe over the years. Understanding how to do good manicure with professional grade products at home is what interests me now. It's why I am following your YT channel.
Thanks for your video! I also stopped going to nail salons (in tri state area) because I’m never happy and many techs don’t understand how to make a nail/finger look slim and elegant. I always hated paying a ton and having my nails look so wide.
Woah! So it’s possible?? I’ve always described my nails as naturally “flaring out”. My wedding is this summer, and I’m trying to get a more narrow oval shape by then… we’ll see if that happens!
I know you get a ton of requests but the good news is that the more of these you do, the more nail twins people will find and hopefully the requests will decrease. I’ve already seen nails twins and gotten guidance from 3 of these videos, including this one!
Every time I see a notification that The Salon Life put up a new Anna's Nail Advice video I stop whatever I am doing and watch what you, Anna, can teach us this time. For me, it is hard to determine where the sideline starts and where the free edge starts, especially if the sides of the nails have white parts as I saw in the pictures Anna used. I always watch closely when Anna is shaping nails but the process often passes too quickly to follow. Anna, would you mind doing a video on correct nail filing and shaping or does someone has any advice?
Hi Melike! We have had many requests for a nail shaping video as of late. It's something we will be adding to our filming schedule. Thank you so much! - MSL
This is very encouraging. I have the same nail shape and had been filing into the sides quite harshly, which obviously has not improved anything in the long run. I'll follow Your advice and make a 6 months experiment, and see where that gets me :)
I think some of the extension of the nail bed length comes from the gentle pushing back of the proximal nail fold that happens from regular manicures and putting oil on the skin. It also looks like in her before picture that skin is a bit puffy and may have had some inflammation that went away and helped the nail bed look longer.
I would also advise people with short nail beds (like mine) to be very very gentle when cleaning under them so the skin under the nail at the free edge doesn’t get pushed back and make them look even shorter.
Anna, with these videos you are answering so many nail related questions that I've had for ages! My nails look like this on one of my hands, the problem is that I really like square nails so I avoid softening the shape as you suggest here. I have long beautiful square nails on the other hand so I hate that I can't have the same on my bad hand. But I'll give it a try anyway and just rock two completely different nail shapes on both hands 😅
Omg, my nails are shaped just like this! Thank you for doing this video. I never found a salon that could file my nails in a shape that I liked. Hopefully I can have a transformation too! To clarify, I'm not fussy, my nails are just VERY difficult to work with. I wish I had pretty oval nail beds but mine are wide
Interestingly enough, I have an identical blue dot in the skin above my middle finger on left hand. It seems like I can recall the point of a sharpened pencil sticking into that finger during my school age years...
My nails are very similar. I’m not positive, but the shape of the nails, how they are rounded at the free edge, how they are flattened, is a result of psoriasis. I personally have that, so it makes sense for me, not sure if you do.
I'm glad to have watched this video. For years I was wondering why my nail beds became longer and narrower, even simply when I applied nail polish. I have never gotten a manicure from someone else, I do everything myself. I was wondering about this so much, I googled it but found nothing. Good to know it wasn't just my imagination 😂🤣
Hi Anna, question for you, on the person's picture, you can see that her free edges go down the sides on some of her nails (especially her ring finger). Is this normal and what can cause this? As I see that for most people, the free edges only appear at the very tip of the nails but hers also appear on the sides. Thank you!
Yes, yes, yes, please! I agree, we need a complete Master class, step by step on how to shape nails into the "least likely to break" shape. Especially if you're going to soften the look over all, I could use some instruction on how to soften the sides without filing into the edges too much. And even a tutorial on how to file if you've broken a nail to minimize losing all the length completely. 🙏🙏🙏
how do I get my nail pink curve back? yk how you commonly injure it by things poking in between your nails and its not a perfect curve anymore? like the index finger of the left image.
This is so true!!! I would love to be pampered but the end result as well as the service and quality itself sucks in comparison to what I do myself so I’m done with salons. I do a much better job myself. Your channel has helped a lot too.
I am astounded to find out that it’s possible to lengthen and change the shape of the nail bed! I have a few which are sort of stubby and more square compared to the others. Going to use your filing technique to see if I can encourage and lengthen them. Thank you for this video!
I’ve just discovered you a few days ago and I’m soooooo glad I did. I’ve already stopped picking my thumbs and have started the oil and moisturizer and pushing back the nail fold. I purchased the Germanicure glass file and cuticle stick. Can you show how to use these tools please? I probably got ahead of myself because I see later you use the wooden stick and metal file. I want to make sure I use the glass tools correctly. Thank you again for this information…..I’m hooked!
Hello there Proud American! Thank you so much for stopping by, watching the video and for your question :) I now use the glass tools mostly. They are my favourite. The wooden stick is also great if someone is new or is learning to be gentle. I will try making a quick video about the tools and how to used them but I already have quite a few recent ones (mostly RUclips LIVES) where I'm doing my own nails.... The manicure stick and the glass file is all you really need :)
I have a mark just like that. As a child a pencil broke off in my hand. The pencil and lead was remove but it was just a hole. The lead mark is still in my hand.
May I suggest that we take photos of our progress- maybe weekly, or twice a week? This might help us actually see the changes as we progress through the journey of correcting our nails.
My nail beds are much shorter than these, though my story is much the same! Do you have any tips on how to make the nail beds longer / less hard skin in the sides without cutting the cuticles I feel like over file to make them narrower and there’s still over grown nail inbedded in the side of my nails (especially my right ‘rude’ finger as I am right handed) I feel like I’ve never had nice pretty nails and hands they always look so ‘masculine’ compared to feminine hands
I have a mark that looks just like that blue mark but on my leg. Oddly, i saw what happened that caused it. It was when i was a little kid, so like 50 years ago. There was a VERY sharp pencil that i ran into accidentally and it stabbed me through my skin. I feel like it sort of tattood me... if thats possible. Idk what other things can mark us for life like this, but maybe me sharing will bring up something similar, like an injury with something that deposited color, and solve your mystery?🤔💜💜💜
I also have nails like her but when I stop butting my nails the skin gets informed back normally 😊 but mostly when I try to grow my nails my nails don’t grow I don’t know what to do 😢I tried so many things but it doesn’t work😢
The before and after photos are amazing. I am going to try shaping my nails differently. Do oils and handcream help polished nails other than the proximal nail fold? I polish my nails about twice/week, should I give them a break from polish? Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Hi there :) Thank you for your question! I usually recommend leaving polish overnight between polishing and doing an oil soak or using Rescue RXx. Oil can help nail polish itself by plasticising it, any nail coating will benefit from oil (other than hard gels maybe) but polish is porous and oil will help it to a degree.
Any advice on how you can correct the free edge? The free edge on my index and middle fingers on both hands, extend all the way to the sides almost meeting the cuticle. It bothers the heck out of me but I feel this is probably something that cannot be fixed. But if there is something that can help please let me know 🙏🏼
I know this is an older video but I thought it might be worth the mention on the blue spot on her finger. I have one very very similar two actually from a lead pencil puncturing my skin many many years ago when I was a child. Maybe it was this ?
I have searched for this before and i never found anything. I will start foing these tips today. Except for my pointer fingers, all my nails are square shaped, and i would like a more almond shape with a longer nail bed. But I have a question: for my pinky toes, the nail grows very strangely; the nail grows completely outside of the nail bed. Would these tips work for that as well?
Blue dot may be an accidental self tattoo, I did this to myself trying to bust open an ink pack with a sharp object... I now have a red dot on one finger.
Can ones toenails be also shaped differently? I have a more round shaped nails they are shaped like a rainbow arch and i just want to shape them into a more square shape. PLS HELP🥺
YT just sent me down this rabbit hole and I am shocked that these nails and cuticles look just like mine. I have learned that my nails (which constantly tear like paper) are “eggshell nails.” I have nails that grow at an able where the left side is slower growing than the right side. Once my nails reach a short length threshold, the nails start to spoon downwards or start to fold upwards. Each mail has a different growth pattern but most of the growth patterns are abnormal. I also have at least one periungual wart. That wart has resisted medical removal techniques. This client’s video of her blue dot finger shows a texture and slight color difference around the base if the nail and the reddened area includes the blue dot, that skin change is identical to my periungual wart. My skin ariund the sides always looks callused (and the ca,Luis is somewhat worse in the wart finger). I have hangnails on nearly every finger, even when highly maintained, I am hoping your channel can help me over time. This is a great channel concept. Thank you.
Is there anyway to help get rid of the creasing or ridge In the nail? Will that damage from trauma under the skin repair itself over time if you leave your nails alone?
I am not knowing have to change this. What happened is in few months ago I started cutting my nails in oval shape. But I have cutted the edges in forefinger too deep. So its always growing like that.
I think that I have an answer for the dot. I poked a school colleague once in middle school with the eraser end of my freshly sharpened pencil and I ended up with the graphite tip in the palm of my hand. I stabbed myself. It healed fine, but to this day I have a dark dot where the pencil tip went in.
I have one of those in my leg! A schoolmate decided it a great to stab me in the leg with his pencil. In a weird twist of fate I was the one that was sent out into the hallway for being too disruptive...of course I was disruptive, I was stabbed in the leg! It gets better, years later my Mom decided to try and dig the "lead" out thinking it was bad for me. To this day I don't know which experience was worse. There's my story for the day! - MSL
I’m in the dentistry field. Many patients have what we call an amalgam tattoo in the gingiva tissue or other places in the gums from when we dentists used amalgam for the silver fillings, and when a drill by a mistake slipped when working with amalgam, it now is sitting under the skin as a tattoo after the little wound is healing up.
What happened with the middle finger of the one hand that had the indent/crease after treating and taking care of? On my right hand, middle finger I have a small arch/lift (you call it a crease. My nails are thin, but this spot is thinner than the rest and always splits there. This kinda happened after I had acrylic nails done at a salon a couple times. The only way I can grow that nail, or even ANY NAIL out is if I keep putting a press-on nail on. Please help me. I miss long nails, but I would rather be able to grow mine out and have STRONGER, THICKER nails.
Here is a playlist with me explaining how I shape nails. Also this client had short nails and her shape changed, check out this progress. ruclips.net/video/FZhh5UqwVrk/видео.html (results ruclips.net/video/4WT6UnuMY_0/видео.html (4th manicure) ruclips.net/video/RuqhRLidZgk/видео.html (1st manicure)
So. I have always been under the assumption that nail polishes dry the nail out. Because the air and moisture cannot get to the mail. Same for oils and lotions. I know you said clear nail polish. Is that somehow different from other nail polishes? I intend to do what you suggest here. Are there any clear nail polishes that you recommend? Preferably something I can just pick up at the drug store or grocery store?
You are partially right. Here how it goes: Wearing nail polish definitely raises moisture level in the nail plate. There is a steady flow of moisture from the nail bed and nail polish "traps" it to a degree. Some people (or better, some type of nail plates) experience some surface damage when wearing polish for extended amount of time (I believe that has to do with polish bonding tightly with the nail plate, bonding tighter than the nail plate is bonded with itself). This also could have to do with LACK of oil that the nails would normally receive from the body (hair/skin). Surface damage "opens up" the nail cells, lack of oil means lack of "glue" holding the cells together and then the nail cells have hard time holding on to the moisture in the nail. On top of it nail polish removers can dry out the nail and skin around the nails, although to less degree... it's just easy to blame removers. Water is a solvent too and we are exposed to way more water during the day than to polish remover once a week.
My nails are dry & brittle, I oil them daily would applying a clear coat of nail polish inhibit the absorbtion of the oil? I would appreciate your advise.
My middle finger has a permanent piece nail that’s shorter than the rest and grows separately (it looks like a hang nail but it’s not skin). It can fall off by its own but it always grows back. Do you know why?
My nails are pathetically thin and weak because of genetics. Mine will always have a bigger c curve and be less flat with polish. The longer they get, the more pronounced this is. Of course, the white part is white because it isn’t getting oil from the skin, so it’s drier. There is a little wicking that can happen. The longer the nail, the more they will curl at the tip because it’s drier on the tip. I learned that from Ana Seidel, owner of My Bliss Kiss. By the way, she doesn’t call her oil cuticle oil because we aren’t hydrating the cuticle but the skin.
Hello Anna and thanks for your very helpful videos as usual 🥰 I have 2 questions: 1) you recommend wearing at least a clear nail polish, can it be worn on a regular basis (everyday, or almost) or is it better to have a break from nail polish a few days after you remove it, leave the nails bare for a few days and then re-apply it? 2) can oils be applied also when I wear nail polish? Do they penetrate the nail anyway even with polish on? Thanks so much!! 🤗
1) it depends on the condition of the nails and why you want to wear it. I need to know more :) 2] oil doesn't penetrate the nails through the polish but it might help to plasticize the polish and it's good for the skin around the nails so highly recommended after each hand wash
@@TheSalonLife Thanks! Just because I love nail polish, it’s so classy and elegant on the nails 😍 My nails are in quite good condition in general, just sometimes a bit of peeling on my middle fingers but generally they are quite OK... Anyway now I’m having a break for some days from wearing nail polish and I’m doing oil soaks and also I’m using oils after washing my hands, as you suggested 🥰
I may be able to answer the blue dot question! If you've been stabbed by an ink pen, it will inject the ink into your skin like a tattoo. I have two like that. One on my hand from when I reached into my school bag and the pen was pointed upward, and another on my foot, where I stepped on a pen. The same can happen with a mechanical pencil with the graphite, too.
Thank you Jacqueline! You know, it's interesting, when I'm setting up the pictures for the video and start filming I feel like a tarot reader, looking at the cards and going "what do we have here...? ;)
@@TheSalonLife I've had lots of chemotherapy and I've been growing my nails out from sore thin ones. I loved tonights video because I just want them to look healthy for my videos. Thinking longer was the way to make them look better, when in fact shorter will be better.
I love your videos! Thank you so much for explaining and all the advices!!! 💕 Like in this case, how often would you recommend to push the (on the nail) stuck living skin back? Daily or less? Sorry for my English ... greetings from Germany. 💖
You can do it daily but very very gently. Or every couple of days. Make sure you are not pressing on the nail too much. Also the urea based cream is a must rubbed into that skin, urea exfoliates a bit so it will gently help this process.
Question - when I finally go for a salon manicure how do I make sure they don’t cut the skin around my nails? I don’t know how to find a good salon. I typically get pedis only but they do that on toes too.
Simple! Ask them which tool they are using to remove cuticle. If they show you nipper- run. If they show you cuticle pusher that's great. But 99% salons cut that skin. Because most of people don't properly care for their nails and this and cutting a quick fix. Just like a pill for a headache.
If the nails are damaged I suggest no free edge. Then slowly I like to follow the shape of the nail bed. Then you can take in the corners a bit. With a consistent, gentle shaping like this the shape changes over time (esp when wearing nail polish)
Thank you so much for the tips. I have always had thin,weak, peeling and bendy nails ever since i knew myself. They never passed skin level because it will tear and i will bite them off. I started doiing press on nails from time to time,they will grow under the press on and won't last 2 days when i take them off. For over 5 years now my left thumb nail keeps tearing vertically in the middle. Recently started doing gel manicure, buffed my nails too much, now letting them recover, oiling them as much as i can, but peeling lines keep appearing even as new nails come out. Please what can you recommend
hello Matilda! I'm doing a video about vertical cracks, if you can send me a picture of your nails so I can include it in the video and comment on it that would be great! thesalonlife@gmail.com subject: Vertical Split Video
I did a quick google and the blue dot could be something called a glomus tumor, which is benign. I realize this is a year later but I hope she has seen a doctor by now.
Wauv this video was so motivating, that nails will grow and keep the shape time after time some how. You said something like stay with the process and I just thought about how to take care off my plants. Looking after them each day with propper care and suddenly they give you flowers. Same with you hands and nails. Quistion: Seem that I have some difficulties with finding vitamin E olie - is it enough to use ordinary Sunflower Olie which contains much vitamin E? I was told to go for Crystal glass file - do you know if there is a difference between ordinary glass file and one made of crystal glass? Thank you so much from Denmark/Jane 🥰
Hi Jane! Thank you so much for writing! Such a great analogy with the plants! I will use it! Totally, do we expect flowers right away? Why are we so hard on ourselves? Vit E oil, you can take a Vit E pill (the clear ones with the liquid inside), break it and pour the liquid into the oil. If you don't have it don't worry! I hear that there is a difference between some glass files and the good quality ones. The ones from Mont Bleu I have are excellent and widely available in Europe. What's your favourite online store? Do you buy from Amazon? Have a wonderful evening xo
@@TheSalonLife Well, why didn´t I think of the pill ;-) I`ll se how it goes if the oil gets rancid quick or slow. - Why are we so hard on ourselves? Surpose you are thinking loud. For many reason I believe but mostly I think because we haven`t learned how not to be so hard on ourselves. My favourite online store is a danish drugstore and yes I have bought from Amazon just not that much. But after meeting you - there´s so many things I can`t get here in Denmark. Thank you so fare it has been an excelent evening. Good night and sleep well from Jane 🙏😴
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Just a comment on the lengthening nail bed… I too recently changed the shape of my nails completely with a little extra care. And I’m 66! (Where were you when I was 20? 🤣)
I had the same kind of shell-shaped nails that went flat and splayed out at the end. They had ridges that split horizontally mostly, but sometimes also vertically. They were super thin and often ripped into where the nail was still attached and had to be filed right back, thereby shortening the nail bed.
From your past videos I learned how to remove cuticles and gently push back the nail fold. I started using a glass nail file, to take hair, skin and nail supplements, and to use a protective coat of nail polish. When the nails started to grow stronger, they stopped being flat at the top: and, as they weren’t breaking, the attachment to the nail bed at the top gradually crept up, resulting in that longer looking nail bed. For a while you could actually see a darker line where the nail was newly re-attaching. Regular cuticle removal and gentle pushing back of the nail fold has also made the nail bed longer.
My nails are continuing to look narrower, straighter at the sides and more curved and I realise that the shape of my nails was caused by the nail being too thin to hold a curve once past the nail bed. So more from lack of nurture than nature.
I hope this encourages others to persevere. You started this. 🤗 Many thanks. ❤️
Thank you.. it really helps. I am just starting.🙏
Thank you! I’m 29 and have struggled with a similar thing since I was very young. I was a terrible nail biter for years and have stopped for a while, but I was worried I caused serious damage. I just have to get more serious about proper cuticle remover and adding a strengthening polish. What do you recommend?
Interesting. I was a nail biter, once I started polishing my nails, I stopped biting them - the nail beds expanded in length, the nails had a noticeable curvature and they could get quite lengthy. Then, overtime they started peeling and cracking so I switched to gel manicures, then they've been flat ever since. I've been getting proper overlays and they've gained some curvature but only on some fingers xddd.
Oh Helane, you’ve given me so much inspiration and hope for the future of my nails! You’ve described my goal exactly. I’m 61. I just started bingeing videos today so I have a lot to learn yet.
Yes, but you can't make the white part start closer to your fingertips, which is what many of us are stuck dealing with. I fully admit to being insanely jealous of people with the kind of long nail beds that have the white starting near the fingertips. Lucky bleeping bleeps. Stupid genetics. And yes, it IS genetic.
ok, now we need a master class on shaping/filing... lol 🌟💕
Just what I asked Anna for. I think we all would really benefit from that. It seems like It's the simplest thing to do but yet somehow professionals like Anna have that special technique we can't seem to recreate at home when filing our own nails.
@@melikestreasures412 100%! I asked for that, too. 🙏 I would honestly pay for that.
And how to cut them with nail scissors!! :)
Yes!
There is a Lot of nail shaping videos gurlllllllllls yaa love to see from her as well
Omg 9:41 this is actually possible?? That’s what I’ve always wanted, I’ve always been embarrassed of my fingernails, I thought you were born with long fingernail beds, or you weren't. Wow…that’s amazing, excellent job!
Well, to be fair, you ARE. You can certainly do things to help, but it'll only go so far unless your genes say otherwise.
You won me over when you recommended short nails for busy hands. I subscribed right then
Aww, thank you Joan :) 💕 Welcome!!
I started following Anna's advice by:
- pushing back the proximal nail fold bit by bit every day
- massage my nails and the skin around my nails with the essie cutcicle oil
- apply clear nail polish/strengthener
- file my nails into a soft oval shape
After 2 weeks, my nail bed seems to be longer and more slender. I believe that it's actually from pushing back the skin around me nails and therefore causes an illusion of longer nail bed. You'd be surprised by how much you can push back. Of course, be gentle, take your time and slowly you'll get there.
Thank you so much Anna! Your advice has changed my nails for the better! I used to not shape my nails and let them grow out really long until I cut the free edge super close to the skin again. I also had a lot of hang nails and ripped skin around my nails as well. I tried using gel polish and after removing them, my nails felt super dry and damaged. After following your advice, my nails have never looked this good before!!!
an you link the video explaining the pushing back thing?
I have quite short nail beds and am always envious of people whose are super long! Still, I've noticed taking better care of my nails helps elongate the look of them. Thank you as always Anna 🤗
Same here :)
Same. My nails are bendy, thin, with short nail beds, and a slightly triangular shape that doesn’t look good filed straight/square. I’ve come to accept that they will never look like some nail bloggers’ nails that have long nail beds that look good filed square just like I will never be 5’10” with naturally curly red hair or be able to wear empire waist dresses without looking like I’m pregnant. I just have to take good care of them and file them a little rounder/oval so that they look the best that they possibly can with what genetics gave me.
ok i’ll
Howwww ... I also want to know
I have a blue dot in the palm of my hand that I got at least 40 years ago and it is where I accidentally stabbed my palm with a pencil tip. That might be what happened here, maybe?
I love your channel!! I follow you because I have the same philosophy as you in my salon. It is so refreshing to find someone who cares as much about nail health as I do. Thank you Anna for your videos!
I have the same near my knee… happened when I was a little girl- I feel with a pencil in my hand and stabbed my leg, never went away.
I was GONNA say thT too! I have a spot like that from a pencil too
Same!! Near my elbow from a run-in with a sharp pencil 45+ years ago. I think the graphite is like a tattoo.
@@judithhershkowitz7093 I have a blue spot in the same place!
@@RobynSealander i think so too! My friend gave herself a stick-and-poke tattoo back in 2020, and she actually used graphite to make the ink!
This is the video I needed. Lengthening my nail beds would be a dream come true. I’m totally cool with it taking six months or however long it takes. My sister has perfectly shaped nails and long fingers; I’ve felt like the redheaded step sister my whole life. I can’t change my stubby fingers but I can get the illusion of longer nails with your guidance.
I didn't even know it was possible, what a dream
OH MY GOD EXACTLY! My sister also has perfect shaped nails and slim fingers. As for me, even though I do have slim fingers, my fingertips are thick because of my wide nail beds (I've never let them grow) which is pretty annoying. Some people suggested growing them out and letting the salon do the rest but I can't since I'm a musician☠️ Have you managed to fix your nails?
I really believe that keeping polish on flat/aging dry nails stabilizes the moisture level in the nail plate reducing the soaking and dehydrating cycles that occur. This allows the flattened nail to return to a more pronounced C curve throughout the nail plate. Or at least that is the experience with my own old flat super dry nails. ;) Can't wait to see followup pics!
Will definitely try this, thanks!
Nail polish raises the moisture level in the nails. As long as you are wearing it though.
Wearing polish (on some type of nails) can be damaging to it's surface (from my experience). The damaged surface will dry out easier (and it will soak upon water faster) because the cells are not being held together properly letting the water in and out very easily.
The interesting thing is that super dry nail would be more curved.
Nail polish itself is a very very flexible coating so it wouldn't be holding the nail tighter.
It's all super fascinating!
@@TheSalonLife I am so glad you said that! Doug used to say that the white spots are caused by the nail tech, improper removal of gel polish. But I have found that some clients just get the white spots even with just regular lacquer and no hard treatment or buffing. Do you think these types of nails are just more porous?
@@myrnawands8089 I had white spots when I wasn't wearing any polish
@myrnawands8089 white spots are from damage to the matrix. Like whacking that spot on a hard surface and not thinking anything of it. It grows out though.
Shaping is so difficult. I try to due a low maintenance shape that mimics cuticle. I love see a masterclass shaping all common shapes. I am always envy long nail bed girls that make square so beautiful. Their short actually looks long to me 😫.
So impressed by this. I thought nothing could be done about nail shape! Thank you so much. Yes let's have shaping and filing in detail please.
Oh Anna! ❤️ Thank you for sharing my nails and giving the advice. I would never have thought that shaping the nail would slowly make the actual nail change shape. I have always liked the square look of nails but now I think that hasn't helped at all. My Mother and oldest child have amazing long nail beds and its a pity I didn't inherited those!
I have been watching all the videos and have started to make changes to my routine with adding jojoba oil after washing my hands (when I can!) and a nail oil after my shower in the morning and at night etc. I am yet to purchase a urea based hand cream, and will be doing so today as my normal hand cream isn't as moisturising around my nails as I need.
I will definitely take some updated photos in a few weeks (Ive only started doing a better routine on my nails a week or so ago) and will email you the photos. I can tell you now I have already seen a big difference to the skin around the nail just in this short time (and wow, I didn't realise how my skin and nails looked close up!!! 🤣). Regarding the blue dot, I will also see if the care routine makes it go away. Its seems more than a coincidence that its on the same finger as the ridge in the nail.
I bought the Malaga Scientifique K+ but now not sure if I should use it or not. I've only put it on my nails once or twice. I will hold off from using it and just do the care routine that you suggested before putting on hardeners etc as these might do the opposite if used unnecessarily!!
Thanks again! Such incredible knowledge that you are freely passing on. ❤️
About that dark spot... please consult a dermatologist for skin cancer screening. Insurance should cover it as preventative care/screening.
Wow, what a difference correct shaping of the nails makes! Really good to see the comparison.
I used to have lovely long nails when I was in my teens & twenties. I always got compliments, some thought they were false because they were too perfect!
As the years went on, I stopped taking care of them. I recently found a photo of how they looked. They were flat, had verticle lines & although they were long, they just didn't look very 'pretty' or strong.
I then started wearing a nail strengthener every day & using creams & oils daily, I also regularly filed them. Today I can absolutely say that my nails look completely different to the pics from before. So yes! As was said in this video, just looking after them & giving them some regular TLC can make a big difference.
Be patient. Before you know it you'll forget how your nails used to look, until you see an old photo of them again! 😃😉
Thank you so much for this! What a difference! Great info, as always!! 🤗🥰🙏🏻
You have given me so much insight on how to help my nails (and the skin around them) heal. Thank you.
You are welcome Mary!! Thank you for watching and for your comment! ❤️
I really love your videos, I am learning so much from them. Everything makes perfect sense and I am able to take good care of my nails now. Thank you for sharing your knowledge! 🙏🙂❤
REALLY appreciate this. My nail shape has been a problem for years. Now I know how to overcome it in a healthy way. Thanks so much!!
Just the video I was after! I'm hoping to change the shape of my nails and it's great to know that, over time, it's possible. Good luck to Monica, I'm so glad she sent in her photos.
I’ve been watching your videos for about a week now. I’ve learned so much! I’ve always disliked the shape of my nails. My sister got the perfectly shaped nails, but I think after watching this video there is still hope for me. I have a lot of work to do and certainly have to find the patience to let this work. I’m so thankful one of your videos came through my feed. It was just what I needed.
~~Lisa
I started keeping mine short on you advice and it made a huge difference in the appearance and health of my nails.😊
Great video Anna; it’s brilliant that you continue to stress that we be patient with the process and gentle with the approach to correcting whatever our nail issues are. Thanks for all your hard work.
I think I have to really stress that because that is the "secret". People are often disappointed because their manicure didn't turn out as perfect as some IG photo. The safe way just takes some time and it gets better as the time goes by. On contrary- invasive manicures can make the nails "look" better right away, but the health of the nail and the skin wasn't addressed and corrected and in the long run they might end up with more problems than they started with
@@TheSalonLife Exactly; like so many things in life (and I include my nails in this too) - the problem didn’t arise overnight and it can’t be corrected overnight. We should look at this like the “slow food movement” for nails. ;-)
Exactly!! Good point!!
@@TheSalonLife I agree! I have a client I have been seeing for years and because I don't cut her "cuticles" (proximal fold), she does it herself. And bleeds... Today we talked about it again and using your words I told her that if she is patient that she could also have proximal nail folds that look like mine without cutting. I hope she heard this time. She has fabulous nails but if her eponychium is swollen it makes for bad photos.
I can attest to nail polish changing the nail shape. I have noticed that every time i remove nail polish for more than few hours my nails start to flatten out again, even to a point where corners of my nails get really painful! I used to have really flat nails that would be razor-thin and would bend and break really fast so I could never grow them to even a millimeter long. Also, nail beds used to be really short. I also was a nail-biter as a child. For the past few years, I have been regularly applying nail varnish, even if it's just a clear coat, and as long as i do, my nails stay curved. Also, as I regularly gently push my skin back while cleaning up cuticles and apply nail polish close to the skin, my nails elongated just a little bit, but enough to make them look nicer. I do need to introduce gentler manicures as I used to smooth the ridges for the nicer varnished look but after watching this I will definitely go gentler and ditch the buffing!
I am scared to go to the salon as well. So many tales of woe over the years. Understanding how to do good manicure with professional grade products at home is what interests me now. It's why I am following your YT channel.
I am so glad i found your channel. All of the questions i had about my nail health, you answered. And that too, scientifically. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Thanks for your video! I also stopped going to nail salons (in tri state area) because I’m never happy and many techs don’t understand how to make a nail/finger look slim and elegant. I always hated paying a ton and having my nails look so wide.
Woah! So it’s possible?? I’ve always described my nails as naturally “flaring out”. My wedding is this summer, and I’m trying to get a more narrow oval shape by then… we’ll see if that happens!
Best of luck with your nails! Congratulations on getting married :)
Love the cursor!! Love the shaping! I look forward to her follow up posting!
I know you get a ton of requests but the good news is that the more of these you do, the more nail twins people will find and hopefully the requests will decrease. I’ve already seen nails twins and gotten guidance from 3 of these videos, including this one!
Every time I see a notification that The Salon Life put up a new Anna's Nail Advice video I stop whatever I am doing and watch what you, Anna, can teach us this time.
For me, it is hard to determine where the sideline starts and where the free edge starts, especially if the sides of the nails have white parts as I saw in the pictures Anna used. I always watch closely when Anna is shaping nails but the process often passes too quickly to follow.
Anna, would you mind doing a video on correct nail filing and shaping or does someone has any advice?
Hi Melike! We have had many requests for a nail shaping video as of late. It's something we will be adding to our filming schedule.
Thank you so much! - MSL
This is very encouraging. I have the same nail shape and had been filing into the sides quite harshly, which obviously has not improved anything in the long run. I'll follow Your advice and make a 6 months experiment, and see where that gets me :)
I think some of the extension of the nail bed length comes from the gentle pushing back of the proximal nail fold that happens from regular manicures and putting oil on the skin. It also looks like in her before picture that skin is a bit puffy and may have had some inflammation that went away and helped the nail bed look longer.
I would also advise people with short nail beds (like mine) to be very very gentle when cleaning under them so the skin under the nail at the free edge doesn’t get pushed back and make them look even shorter.
Yes incredible!! Its a huuge difference.. there is hope for me!!
Anna, with these videos you are answering so many nail related questions that I've had for ages! My nails look like this on one of my hands, the problem is that I really like square nails so I avoid softening the shape as you suggest here. I have long beautiful square nails on the other hand so I hate that I can't have the same on my bad hand. But I'll give it a try anyway and just rock two completely different nail shapes on both hands 😅
OPI makes a portable nail oil in a tube. I love it!
I used to have flat nailbeds on my thumb first and second fingers
When i was diligent with glove wearing and hand creams, i developed an apex.
This is the most helpful video I've seen!!! Thank you!!
So there's hope! Thank you for your insights, advice and tips 😊
Omg, my nails are shaped just like this! Thank you for doing this video. I never found a salon that could file my nails in a shape that I liked. Hopefully I can have a transformation too! To clarify, I'm not fussy, my nails are just VERY difficult to work with. I wish I had pretty oval nail beds but mine are wide
Are sending photos different than a paid nail consultation? I would love to book something with you, absolutely willing to pay you for your services!
Interestingly enough, I have an identical blue dot in the skin above my middle finger on left hand. It seems like I can recall the point of a sharpened pencil sticking into that finger during my school age years...
My nails are very similar. I’m not positive, but the shape of the nails, how they are rounded at the free edge, how they are flattened, is a result of psoriasis. I personally have that, so it makes sense for me, not sure if you do.
I'm glad to have watched this video. For years I was wondering why my nail beds became longer and narrower, even simply when I applied nail polish. I have never gotten a manicure from someone else, I do everything myself. I was wondering about this so much, I googled it but found nothing. Good to know it wasn't just my imagination 😂🤣
Hi Anna, question for you, on the person's picture, you can see that her free edges go down the sides on some of her nails (especially her ring finger). Is this normal and what can cause this? As I see that for most people, the free edges only appear at the very tip of the nails but hers also appear on the sides. Thank you!
Yes, yes, yes, please! I agree, we need a complete Master class, step by step on how to shape nails into the "least likely to break" shape. Especially if you're going to soften the look over all, I could use some instruction on how to soften the sides without filing into the edges too much. And even a tutorial on how to file if you've broken a nail to minimize losing all the length completely. 🙏🙏🙏
Your guidance is priceless! Thank you thank you thank you!
Thank you Judith!
how do I get my nail pink curve back? yk how you commonly injure it by things poking in between your nails and its not a perfect curve anymore? like the index finger of the left image.
Blue thing could possibly be a tiny blue nevus. Definetely worth getting it checked by doctor or dermatologist just to confirm what it is 😊
Your video is excellent. I have learned so much. Thank you
Thank you for the education! Really appreciated!
This is so true!!! I would love to be pampered but the end result as well as the service and quality itself sucks in comparison to what I do myself so I’m done with salons. I do a much better job myself. Your channel has helped a lot too.
I love these videos. They are so helpful. Thank you and looking forward to more content
Thank you Elle!❤️
I am astounded to find out that it’s possible to lengthen and change the shape of the nail bed! I have a few which are sort of stubby and more square compared to the others. Going to use your filing technique to see if I can encourage and lengthen them. Thank you for this video!
Thank you kindly Tiffany!❤️
I’ve just discovered you a few days ago and I’m soooooo glad I did. I’ve already stopped picking my thumbs and have started the oil and moisturizer and pushing back the nail fold. I purchased the Germanicure glass file and cuticle stick. Can you show how to use these tools please? I probably got ahead of myself because I see later you use the wooden stick and metal file. I want to make sure I use the glass tools correctly. Thank you again for this information…..I’m hooked!
Hello there Proud American! Thank you so much for stopping by, watching the video and for your question :)
I now use the glass tools mostly. They are my favourite. The wooden stick is also great if someone is new or is learning to be gentle.
I will try making a quick video about the tools and how to used them but I already have quite a few recent ones (mostly RUclips LIVES) where I'm doing my own nails....
The manicure stick and the glass file is all you really need :)
@@TheSalonLife Thanks, I'll check the videos.
Silly me. I just found a video I was looking for. Sorry I didn’t search enough before. Thank you so much.
I have a mark just like that. As a child a pencil broke off in my hand. The pencil and lead was remove
but it was just a hole. The lead mark is still in my hand.
May I suggest that we take photos of our progress- maybe weekly, or twice a week? This might help us actually see the changes as we progress through the journey of correcting our nails.
great idea!
The shape makes such a difference on the after picture, makes the hand look more feminine
My nail beds are much shorter than these, though my story is much the same! Do you have any tips on how to make the nail beds longer / less hard skin in the sides without cutting the cuticles I feel like over file to make them narrower and there’s still over grown nail inbedded in the side of my nails (especially my right ‘rude’ finger as I am right handed) I feel like I’ve never had nice pretty nails and hands they always look so ‘masculine’ compared to feminine hands
I have a mark that looks just like that blue mark but on my leg. Oddly, i saw what happened that caused it. It was when i was a little kid, so like 50 years ago. There was a VERY sharp pencil that i ran into accidentally and it stabbed me through my skin. I feel like it sort of tattood me... if thats possible. Idk what other things can mark us for life like this, but maybe me sharing will bring up something similar, like an injury with something that deposited color, and solve your mystery?🤔💜💜💜
I also have nails like her but when I stop butting my nails the skin gets informed back normally 😊 but mostly when I try to grow my nails my nails don’t grow I don’t know what to do 😢I tried so many things but it doesn’t work😢
Very informative - thank you!
The before and after photos are amazing. I am going to try shaping my nails differently. Do oils and handcream help polished nails other than the proximal nail fold? I polish my nails about twice/week, should I give them a break from polish? Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Hi there :) Thank you for your question!
I usually recommend leaving polish overnight between polishing and doing an oil soak or using Rescue RXx.
Oil can help nail polish itself by plasticising it, any nail coating will benefit from oil (other than hard gels maybe) but polish is porous and oil will help it to a degree.
Pencil lead
Beautiful! Gives me hope.
Any advice on how you can correct the free edge? The free edge on my index and middle fingers on both hands, extend all the way to the sides almost meeting the cuticle. It bothers the heck out of me but I feel this is probably something that cannot be fixed. But if there is something that can help please let me know 🙏🏼
Very helpful thank you!! 😊
Amazing, so glad I found your channel.
I know this is an older video but I thought it might be worth the mention on the blue spot on her finger. I have one very very similar two actually from a lead pencil puncturing my skin many many years ago when I was a child. Maybe it was this ?
I have searched for this before and i never found anything. I will start foing these tips today. Except for my pointer fingers, all my nails are square shaped, and i would like a more almond shape with a longer nail bed. But I have a question: for my pinky toes, the nail grows very strangely; the nail grows completely outside of the nail bed. Would these tips work for that as well?
Blue dot may be an accidental self tattoo, I did this to myself trying to bust open an ink pack with a sharp object... I now have a red dot on one finger.
Can ones toenails be also shaped differently? I have a more round shaped nails they are shaped like a rainbow arch and i just want to shape them into a more square shape. PLS HELP🥺
YT just sent me down this rabbit hole and I am shocked that these nails and cuticles look just like mine. I have learned that my nails (which constantly tear like paper) are “eggshell nails.” I have nails that grow at an able where the left side is slower growing than the right side. Once my nails reach a short length threshold, the nails start to spoon downwards or start to fold upwards. Each mail has a different growth pattern but most of the growth patterns are abnormal.
I also have at least one periungual wart. That wart has resisted medical removal techniques. This client’s video of her blue dot finger shows a texture and slight color difference around the base if the nail and the reddened area includes the blue dot, that skin change is identical to my periungual wart. My skin ariund the sides always looks callused (and the ca,Luis is somewhat worse in the wart finger). I have hangnails on nearly every finger, even when highly maintained, I am hoping your channel can help me over time. This is a great channel concept. Thank you.
Don’t know if I missed it-but what are the oils we should be using every time we wash our hands?
Jojoba oil would good to use after washing your hands :)
Thanks! - MSL
Is there anyway to help get rid of the creasing or ridge In the nail? Will that damage from trauma under the skin repair itself over time if you leave your nails alone?
I am not knowing have to change this. What happened is in few months ago I started cutting my nails in oval shape. But I have cutted the edges in forefinger too deep. So its always growing like that.
I think that I have an answer for the dot. I poked a school colleague once in middle school with the eraser end of my freshly sharpened pencil and I ended up with the graphite tip in the palm of my hand. I stabbed myself. It healed fine, but to this day I have a dark dot where the pencil tip went in.
This happened to me as well! I was thinking that too when I first saw it!
I have one of those in my leg! A schoolmate decided it a great to stab me in the leg with his pencil. In a weird twist of fate I was the one that was sent out into the hallway for being too disruptive...of course I was disruptive, I was stabbed in the leg! It gets better, years later my Mom decided to try and dig the "lead" out thinking it was bad for me.
To this day I don't know which experience was worse.
There's my story for the day! - MSL
I have the same on my finger but it looks a tad more green on me :)
I’m in the dentistry field. Many patients have what we call an amalgam tattoo in the gingiva tissue or other places in the gums from when we dentists used amalgam for the silver fillings, and when a drill by a mistake slipped when working with amalgam, it now is sitting under the skin as a tattoo after the little wound is healing up.
Thank You so much for your work!
What happened with the middle finger of the one hand that had the indent/crease after treating and taking care of?
On my right hand, middle finger I have a small arch/lift (you call it a crease. My nails are thin, but this spot is thinner than the rest and always splits there. This kinda happened after I had acrylic nails done at a salon a couple times. The only way I can grow that nail, or even ANY NAIL out is if I keep putting a press-on nail on.
Please help me. I miss long nails, but I would rather be able to grow mine out and have STRONGER, THICKER nails.
Could you show how you file nails with the goal of correcting the shape? Show how you file the sides as described in your video? Thank you.
Here is a playlist with me explaining how I shape nails.
Also this client had short nails and her shape changed, check out this progress.
ruclips.net/video/FZhh5UqwVrk/видео.html (results
ruclips.net/video/4WT6UnuMY_0/видео.html (4th manicure)
ruclips.net/video/RuqhRLidZgk/видео.html (1st manicure)
Wow so there IS hope 😍😍 thank you so much 😍😍😍
I'd suggest the person to go and get the blue dot checked out with a docor, just in case it's something ominous.
So. I have always been under the assumption that nail polishes dry the nail out. Because the air and moisture cannot get to the mail. Same for oils and lotions. I know you said clear nail polish. Is that somehow different from other nail polishes? I intend to do what you suggest here. Are there any clear nail polishes that you recommend? Preferably something I can just pick up at the drug store or grocery store?
You are partially right.
Here how it goes:
Wearing nail polish definitely raises moisture level in the nail plate.
There is a steady flow of moisture from the nail bed and nail polish "traps" it to a degree.
Some people (or better, some type of nail plates) experience some surface damage when wearing polish for extended amount of time (I believe that has to do with polish bonding tightly with the nail plate, bonding tighter than the nail plate is bonded with itself).
This also could have to do with LACK of oil that the nails would normally receive from the body (hair/skin).
Surface damage "opens up" the nail cells, lack of oil means lack of "glue" holding the cells together and then the nail cells have hard time holding on to the moisture in the nail.
On top of it nail polish removers can dry out the nail and skin around the nails, although to less degree... it's just easy to blame removers.
Water is a solvent too and we are exposed to way more water during the day than to polish remover once a week.
My nails are dry & brittle, I oil them daily would applying a clear coat of nail polish inhibit the absorbtion of the oil? I would appreciate your advise.
My middle finger has a permanent piece nail that’s shorter than the rest and grows separately (it looks like a hang nail but it’s not skin). It can fall off by its own but it always grows back. Do you know why?
My nails are pathetically thin and weak because of genetics. Mine will always have a bigger c curve and be less flat with polish. The longer they get, the more pronounced this is. Of course, the white part is white because it isn’t getting oil from the skin, so it’s drier. There is a little wicking that can happen. The longer the nail, the more they will curl at the tip because it’s drier on the tip. I learned that from Ana Seidel, owner of My Bliss Kiss. By the way, she doesn’t call her oil cuticle oil because we aren’t hydrating the cuticle but the skin.
Hello Anna and thanks for your very helpful videos as usual 🥰 I have 2 questions: 1) you recommend wearing at least a clear nail polish, can it be worn on a regular basis (everyday, or almost) or is it better to have a break from nail polish a few days after you remove it, leave the nails bare for a few days and then re-apply it? 2) can oils be applied also when I wear nail polish? Do they penetrate the nail anyway even with polish on? Thanks so much!! 🤗
1) it depends on the condition of the nails and why you want to wear it. I need to know more :)
2] oil doesn't penetrate the nails through the polish but it might help to plasticize the polish and it's good for the skin around the nails so highly recommended after each hand wash
@@TheSalonLife Thanks! Just because I love nail polish, it’s so classy and elegant on the nails 😍 My nails are in quite good condition in general, just sometimes a bit of peeling on my middle fingers but generally they are quite OK... Anyway now I’m having a break for some days from wearing nail polish and I’m doing oil soaks and also I’m using oils after washing my hands, as you suggested 🥰
I may be able to answer the blue dot question! If you've been stabbed by an ink pen, it will inject the ink into your skin like a tattoo. I have two like that. One on my hand from when I reached into my school bag and the pen was pointed upward, and another on my foot, where I stepped on a pen. The same can happen with a mechanical pencil with the graphite, too.
thank you so much for your explanation :))
I love your videos. Thank you. 😊💖
Thank you Jacqueline! You know, it's interesting, when I'm setting up the pictures for the video and start filming I feel like a tarot reader, looking at the cards and going "what do we have here...? ;)
@@TheSalonLife I've had lots of chemotherapy and I've been growing my nails out from sore thin ones. I loved tonights video because I just want them to look healthy for my videos. Thinking longer was the way to make them look better, when in fact shorter will be better.
I love your videos! Thank you so much for explaining and all the advices!!! 💕 Like in this case, how often would you recommend to push the (on the nail) stuck living skin back? Daily or less? Sorry for my English ... greetings from Germany. 💖
You can do it daily but very very gently. Or every couple of days. Make sure you are not pressing on the nail too much. Also the urea based cream is a must rubbed into that skin, urea exfoliates a bit so it will gently help this process.
@@TheSalonLife .:*'*:. T H A N K S a lot ! .:*'*:. 🙏
My nails looks better nowadays maybe? but I want to figure out how to grow out my nail beds so yeah😅
Question - when I finally go for a salon manicure how do I make sure they don’t cut the skin around my nails? I don’t know how to find a good salon.
I typically get pedis only but they do that on toes too.
Simple! Ask them which tool they are using to remove cuticle. If they show you nipper- run. If they show you cuticle pusher that's great. But 99% salons cut that skin. Because most of people don't properly care for their nails and this and cutting a quick fix. Just like a pill for a headache.
Ive alwyas had big nail beds, but im a nail biter and ruined it all. I NEED TO FIX THEM😭 i feel so bad
Can a nail with a slight, downward curve at the tip be corrected?
Excellent!
What nail shape are you using here? What do you recommend for shorter nail beds to best elongate the nail?
If the nails are damaged I suggest no free edge. Then slowly I like to follow the shape of the nail bed. Then you can take in the corners a bit. With a consistent, gentle shaping like this the shape changes over time (esp when wearing nail polish)
Hi Anna, I’m curious to know what’s your opinion on the use of nail strips? You know, those that are like a nail polish sticker?
Hi Periwinkle!
They can be quite good, why not. Just don't peel them off and remove them with nail polish remover.
I learned alot-- thank. you
Thank you so much for the tips. I have always had thin,weak, peeling and bendy nails ever since i knew myself. They never passed skin level because it will tear and i will bite them off. I started doiing press on nails from time to time,they will grow under the press on and won't last 2 days when i take them off. For over 5 years now my left thumb nail keeps tearing vertically in the middle. Recently started doing gel manicure, buffed my nails too much, now letting them recover, oiling them as much as i can, but peeling lines keep appearing even as new nails come out. Please what can you recommend
hello Matilda! I'm doing a video about vertical cracks, if you can send me a picture of your nails so I can include it in the video and comment on it that would be great!
thesalonlife@gmail.com
subject: Vertical Split Video
@@TheSalonLife sure, i will send as soon as possible.
I love your videos!
I did a quick google and the blue dot could be something called a glomus tumor, which is benign. I realize this is a year later but I hope she has seen a doctor by now.
Wauv this video was so motivating, that nails will grow and keep the shape time after time some how. You said something like stay with the process and I just thought about how to take care off my plants. Looking after them each day with propper care and suddenly they give you flowers. Same with you hands and nails.
Quistion: Seem that I have some difficulties with finding vitamin E olie - is it enough to use ordinary Sunflower Olie which contains much vitamin E?
I was told to go for Crystal glass file - do you know if there is a difference between ordinary glass file and one made of crystal glass?
Thank you so much from Denmark/Jane 🥰
Hi Jane!
Thank you so much for writing! Such a great analogy with the plants! I will use it! Totally, do we expect flowers right away? Why are we so hard on ourselves?
Vit E oil, you can take a Vit E pill (the clear ones with the liquid inside), break it and pour the liquid into the oil. If you don't have it don't worry!
I hear that there is a difference between some glass files and the good quality ones. The ones from Mont Bleu I have are excellent and widely available in Europe. What's your favourite online store? Do you buy from Amazon?
Have a wonderful evening xo
@@TheSalonLife Well, why didn´t I think of the pill ;-) I`ll se how it goes if the oil gets rancid quick or slow.
- Why are we so hard on ourselves? Surpose you are thinking loud. For many reason I believe but mostly I think because we haven`t learned how not to be so hard on ourselves.
My favourite online store is a danish drugstore and yes I have bought from Amazon just not that much.
But after meeting you - there´s so many things I can`t get here in Denmark.
Thank you so fare it has been an excelent evening.
Good night and sleep well from Jane 🙏😴
I love these videos!
Thank you M P! ❤️