This will give you hope. Fantastic nail progress! This is my advice video for her ruclips.net/video/EGfJbHSYXFY/видео.html more info: Info about Formalin ("formaldehyde") bit.ly/3KVDkvR Cuticle reference (Doug Schoon): bit.ly/3q5PgQH OPI Repair Mode bit.ly/3AVdjJY OPI Repair Mode (Amazon) amzn.to/3Mbx4lW Kerasal (Amazon) amzn.to/3dy31F7 Kerasal (iHerb) bit.ly/3XCWKvF 🇪🇺Kerasal world list bit.ly/3MiyT1z ⁉ Nail issues? Request your personal nail assessment with me bit.ly/3xeAqxk
I just discovered your channel and I am obsessed! I am a legal secretary and I have horses, so it is challenging to keep nice, neat, short nails. Everyone kept telling me to get gel nails to "protect" them at the barn and still look nice at work, which I did for about 10 years in the 90's. They absolutely wrecked my nails. So, from 2005 on, I've been a natural nail gal. Thank you for promoting natural nails! Healthy is beautiful!!!
Putting every thing in a separate makeup bag, or in a dollar store mini basket, is a great way to stay organized and remind yourself to use them while staying neat and tidy.
A few months ago I came across your channel and you recommended jojoba oil! It's been a game changer for me, particularly on my toe nails. For 20 years ( yes, 20!!) I thought I had a fungal infection on my toenails. I kept them covered with nail polishes because I was so embarrassed by them. Over winter, I stopped using polishes and kept my nails bare and used jojoba oil twice a day consistently for many weeks. I now have lovely bare toenails. No sign of any white damage at all. I'm guessing it wasn't an infection after all but maybe just dry damaged nails.??? I'm not embarrassed to show my toenails now. Many many thanks Anna xx
Wow what a transformation! Anna, this must make you very happy to see. Your viewer has taken all of your teachings to heart and with patience and persistence she turned her nails around. They look amazing - so healthy now. Congratulations to both of you!
@@TheSalonLife You’re welcome. Coming from someone who has problem nails you have no idea how helpful your channel is. Teaching us gentle techniques so we can care for our nails ourselves is so generous of you. Plus we’re learning about all the unsafe and unhealthy practices that exist in some salons. You are worth your weight in gold!
I can say the same thing. I followed your advice (jojoba oil) in the summer 2023 and had lovely nails. Fall/winter hit - woodstoves fired up and my nails when down hill fast. I had gotten lazy about the jojoba oil. I kept filing them short and started with hot jojoba 2x per week and after washing and doing dishes and bought some Kerasal (which a a miracle salve!!). I put the Kerasal on before bed. My nails look so much healthier now. My only issue is a thumb that has a permanent split down the middle that is genetics, but happy to finally putting some Dazzel Dry on.
It’s been a week or so since I discovered your channel! OMG! My fingernails are turning the corner and I’m obsessed with how easy it is to take a few minutes after washing my hands to dab some oil and hand cream over my nails and hands. Thanks from the bottom of my heart. Now it’s time to tackle the toenails!❤
Yes, I have a bag as well that also includes your amazing salve! It makes me so happy to see how many people besides me that have benefited from you! Anna, you rock!!!
I so LOVE follow ups!! These might be my favorite type of videos. It allows your subject to show off their real life results and proud achievements to an audience really invested in these types of results and offers such encouragement and inspiration to others struggling with the same or similar issues ♥️
That is absolutely wonderful. Her persistence in following your advice has paid off. Well done to this person!!! It really is proof yet again that there are no quick fixes 😊
I am sooo happy with this result. I only ever dreamt of my nails looking like this and now they actually do! It takes some months but just be patient and consistent. Thanks again. ☺️
I've gotten alot of good info and tips from your videos. My nails are also healthier than they've been in a long time. Thanks so much for your passion for your work😊
I adore your videos. I'm rural USA. I wish I had pictures before followng your advice compaired to today. Ive read all three volumns of books recommend by your inspiration to care for our natural nail. The hot soaks of Jojoba oil weekly for home manicure and daily after washing hands is phenominal - i've sent many persons to learn from you. I missed visitng Spain but I know much of the history.
I'm 75 and have suffered from Haschimoto disease since I was born-the thyroid never developed in my Mother's womb. Thus bad nails and other important issues of humans -you have saved my nails & I still work-to help many as we age.
I want to thank you like everyone else writing! I was breaking my nails so often, so painful, though they were seemingly healthy and the skin around healthy too, so I couldn’t figure it out then, but your oil after hand washing tips, kerasal at night and weekly oil soaks have keep my nails from breaking! Knock on wood but it’s been about a month that I have had pretty medium long nails that have not broken, close call a few times with incorrect opening of door or window but nails stayed intact! Now I want to try dazzle fry next as you have shared many beautiful swatches and manicures with them! Hope to keep my hands and nails lovely and strong/flexible from now on!
I used to have very thin nails which was like paper and constantly broke. I started to use oil on them regularly and it is miracle. Eating a lot of veggies and fruits also helped a lot. Now they are still thin but does not break easily and i can keep the lenght i have dreamed of 😊
I discovered your channel following one more research on why my thumb nail kept on splitting for the past 18 months. I know it is incredible but in this time I tried everything to my knowledge: stuck some gauze, glued the nail, let it grow, cut it short, filed the top of it (now I know I was creating MORE damage!). Then I figured I wd begin using dazzle dry (at least I had one tiny piece of puzzle right although this wasn't fixing the problem just masking it), then I used some other pre cured gel nails to (in my mind) prevent the nail from splitting, since I thought it wd protect it. But of course, I would also in between gently file the nail (although not much I was conditioned to make it look smooth) anyway, if it existed I did it. And then a stroke of luck I searched on RUclips ONE MORE Time and your educational videos came up. Being a bit compulsive (it has many advantages) I got the products the next day. I am only end of day 2, I used the OPI and soaked it in warm jojoba oil and my split nail which is still there, hasn't caught on anything, (I am mindful too but even when I was, due to my hand washing the nail wd somehow curl a tiny bit and catch on ANY fabric) . Nail is slowly growing, but this time is remaining flat against the skin I have about 2.5mm for it to be fully grown out and for the first time I am believing this can be fixed! THANK YOU THANK YOU, it was really bothering me (and hurting me) and now I know it was an issue I created by: - using too abrasive files - over filing the top - being too harsh in my manicures. This is my new self care routine and I LOVE IT! THANKS HEAPS
I've followed your advice, using a plant oil balm (Hurraw!, for anyone curious) and lanolin instead of nail oil after washing my hands for several months, but couldn't come up with a good setup for a hot oil soak. So for Christmas got myself two hot water+acetone soakers, only instead of using acetone, I filled them with castor oil, covered my nails in lanolin, and sat down to watch a movie, soaking the entire time. On the 27th, I was exposed to covid. I wasn't able to take care of my nails, including basic daily filing, for three weeks and let me say: they were 1.5 times the length of my nail bed with no breaks when I finally cut them a couple days ago. I'm back to a more sensible length to be able to type and things. My nails have always grown abnormally fast (2-4mm a week, haven't bothered to try to narrow down what causes the variance), but break very easily, so having talons was pretty fun! I don't do any polish, but thank you for instructions on a basic grooming routine for my nails
Castor oil is not very penetrating and not suitable for warm baths for the purpose of plasticising the nails. I'm sure it has benefits for the skin but for the nails (which have much tighter structure, nails are not easy to penetrate) not so much.
@@TheSalonLife The jojoba oil was stuck and then lost Somewhere in the mail, unfortunately, and castor oil is what my podiatrist recommended for my toenails and was in the kitchen. But I'll be doing jojoba soon :)
Amazing progress. This is a little off topic but I want to express my gratitude. I'm so glad I found your channel only a few weeks ago, or I might have made some critical mistake following people who overfile and cut their skin which I assumed was the way to go. I don't come from damaged nails so I don't have a big transformation, but the skin around my nails has never looked better just from using a drop of oil after every handwash and urea hand lotion and removing the (actual, as know now) cuticle. I rarely used to cut my nail fold with those v-shaped cutters and sometimes even to blood, and I had very dry skin around the nails, that tore and cracked in winter. I don't like the feel and impracticality of long nails, but I do like colour, so I'm curious to see of I can elongate my nail bed/plate with your tips even a little, as I think they're really short. I wish I had seen advice like yours 10 years ago when I had horribly damaged nails from constantly buffing and shining them. They were peeling badly and I blamed acetone and nail polishes, which wouldn't last even an day.😅
Oiling didn't do anything for me and neither did the ISDIN brush… Then I found your review of the Mavala hardener. That's what I needed! Made all the difference in the world.
I didnt take a picture of my nails, sorry :( however your videos had help me a lot. I had brittle paper nails and I followed your tips on the channel, watch a lot of videos and within 2 weeks my nails were looking so much better and stronger, it has been now a few months and my nails look amazing no more paper nails and I do carry oil and hand cream in every single bag I have. Thank you so much
The CND treatment you recommended worked for me ..daily I apply it twice…and in nine months they looked amazing..SHORT but not broken and damaged.thanks
This video sounds like me and the issues I have had thru the yrs. I have always been a nail bitter since about 5 yrs old. My fingers are small and my nails grow usually it takes about a week or two weeks to grow out. Once they get a little longer its usually they are off the tips of my fingers and end up getting dirt under them, I try to get the dirt out from under them with a finger nail file, then off to wash them w/ soap and warm water. That barely works. So I usually go and chew them off down to hardly nothing or they start bleeding (that doesn't usually happen, my fingers just get sore.) So today I started using a finger nail file, went around the top of what is left of my nails, then I thought I wonder if this stuff I have called Instant Cuticle Remover by Sally Hansen will work. I used it several times a while back didn't notice much of a difference. I'm thinking I am gonna have to do this with my nails atleast 2x a day (morning and evening) along with filing my nails 2x a day as well. I would just like to get my nails looking like what's on the picture on the right side. I know I'm gonna have to push my cuticles back so I have a longer nail bed on each finger and not have any nail sticking off the tip of my fingers. If I need to be doing something else what should I be doing or using if you think I need to be doing something else. Also how long of a process is this? I'm just curious. Thanks
Beautiful!! I am also using all of the same things (just got Repair Mode a few days ago), and have already seen improvement. Thanks for all you do, Anna! 💓
Hi Anna - I am learning so much from your videos!! Truly excellent!! I also struggle with all things nails issues, trying to apply your recommendations, but it takes time. Would you have a recommendation for a skilled technician / salon in NYC please? I would be utmost grateful. Thank you.
Great video, Anna. Will help so many people! My issue is I like to wash my hands many times a day (bit of a germo-phobe), but mostly because I have cats, and I pet them, clean up after them, so every time I do, I feel I must wash my hands. The soap I use is very gentle, and I use lotion at least once a day, and always oil my hands and nails thoroughly at night with jojoba oil, argan oil, or coconut oil, but there is still some peeling at the tips of about half my nails. I am wondering if just having my hands/nails in water so often is what causes the slight peeling (and subsequent little rip at the edges, which I have to file and smooth). Is it that my nails are overloaded with water? They are not brittle or hard, or "bendy". I am going to again try what I have tried before, which was oil on the nails every single time I wash my hands (it could be 15-20 times a day!), and see if that helps. Your suggestions?
I think that her nails look MUCH improved!! I notice that they still have some ridges, which has always been a problem for me. I have worn gel nails for quite a while because due to my job, my hands were often in front of people during document signing and I was embarrassed at how terrible they looked in their natural state. I am retired and would like to try your instructions from the earlier video. Will it take about a year of keeping my nails very short in order to see if this will work for me? My nails were very bad from my earliest recollection, and I started the bad habit of biting them off!
Hello Judy! Thank you for writing! Vertical ridges are very normal and it's not a sign of a damaged or an unhealthy nails. Just like grey hair for some people they appear sooner than others. But just because the hair is grey it doesn't mean it's damaged or unhealthy :) It's just beautiful differently :) It takes 4-6 months to regrow the nails fully. So if you take care of the new growth you will have a good and strong nails growing. The damaged part can be supported as it's growing out. If you ever feel like you would benefit from help from me please check out the service I provide www.thesalonlife.ca/services
I have been following Anna's advice for a little while now and I would say that, while they are still there, my ridges are much less prominent than they were. Someone actually asked me the other day, did I buff my nails? 😊 I told them to follow The Salon Life if they want healthy nails 💅 😊
Hello! I am new here and I really appreciate your content and advice. I would like to suggest a product that helped me greatly: frezyderm volpaderm nails. I don't think you could find it in the US as frezyderm is a Greek brand but your viewers in Europe would have access to it. It really transformed my nails and I have never seen anything like it. Thank you again, your videos are very helpful!
I have psoriasis on my nails for years. Because of that I get gel manicure every two weeks to hide my ugly nails. What can I do to make my nails better?
@@TheSalonLife When they're peeled/dehydrated, is it okay to wear polish? Or is it best to leave them bare and wait it out until they're long enough to file/cut the peeled part? 🤔
Heyy beautiful 💓💓 your videos are so informative 💓💓💓 new subscriber ... Can you plz tell me .. about slow nail growing... What to do.. my nails are too much slow to grow .. ✨
it's for rough, dry, cracked skin! so it makes sense it'd be good for the skin around the nails, honestly. helping to gently exfoliate that skin and keep it soft
![PEELING, BENDY NAILS? WHAT DO I DO?! ANNA, HELP!! [ANNA'S NAIL ADVICE]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/GvbTUaEZYSs/mqdefault.jpg)
This will give you hope. Fantastic nail progress!
This is my advice video for her ruclips.net/video/EGfJbHSYXFY/видео.html
more info:
Info about Formalin ("formaldehyde") bit.ly/3KVDkvR
Cuticle reference (Doug Schoon): bit.ly/3q5PgQH
OPI Repair Mode bit.ly/3AVdjJY
OPI Repair Mode (Amazon) amzn.to/3Mbx4lW
Kerasal (Amazon) amzn.to/3dy31F7
Kerasal (iHerb) bit.ly/3XCWKvF
🇪🇺Kerasal world list bit.ly/3MiyT1z
⁉ Nail issues? Request your personal nail assessment with me bit.ly/3xeAqxk
I just discovered your channel and I am obsessed! I am a legal secretary and I have horses, so it is challenging to keep nice, neat, short nails. Everyone kept telling me to get gel nails to "protect" them at the barn and still look nice at work, which I did for about 10 years in the 90's. They absolutely wrecked my nails. So, from 2005 on, I've been a natural nail gal. Thank you for promoting natural nails! Healthy is beautiful!!!
Putting every thing in a separate makeup bag, or in a dollar store mini basket, is a great way to stay organized and remind yourself to use them while staying neat and tidy.
A few months ago I came across your channel and you recommended jojoba oil! It's been a game changer for me, particularly on my toe nails. For 20 years ( yes, 20!!) I thought I had a fungal infection on my toenails. I kept them covered with nail polishes because I was so embarrassed by them. Over winter, I stopped using polishes and kept my nails bare and used jojoba oil twice a day consistently for many weeks. I now have lovely bare toenails. No sign of any white damage at all. I'm guessing it wasn't an infection after all but maybe just dry damaged nails.??? I'm not embarrassed to show my toenails now. Many many thanks Anna xx
Wow what a transformation! Anna, this must make you very happy to see. Your viewer has taken all of your teachings to heart and with patience and persistence she turned her nails around. They look amazing - so healthy now. Congratulations to both of you!
Honestly these emails make my day :)) Thank you for your kind words :))
@@TheSalonLife You’re welcome. Coming from someone who has problem nails you have no idea how helpful your channel is. Teaching us gentle techniques so we can care for our nails ourselves is so generous of you. Plus we’re learning about all the unsafe and unhealthy practices that exist in some salons. You are worth your weight in gold!
Don't stop your mission for mankind-you have such in depth & valuable information to share with the world. I follow my own advice.
Thank you so much for your kind words!! ❤️
I can say the same thing. I followed your advice (jojoba oil) in the summer 2023 and had lovely nails. Fall/winter hit - woodstoves fired up and my nails when down hill fast. I had gotten lazy about the jojoba oil. I kept filing them short and started with hot jojoba 2x per week and after washing and doing dishes and bought some Kerasal (which a a miracle salve!!). I put the Kerasal on before bed. My nails look so much healthier now. My only issue is a thumb that has a permanent split down the middle that is genetics, but happy to finally putting some Dazzel Dry on.
I love the progress and her nails look so healthy now
Congrats to you both, teacher and puppil 😊🥰
It’s been a week or so since I discovered your channel! OMG! My fingernails are turning the corner and I’m obsessed with how easy it is to take a few minutes after washing my hands to dab some oil and hand cream over my nails and hands. Thanks from the bottom of my heart. Now it’s time to tackle the toenails!❤
I love natural nails, when I owned my salon I encouraged my clients to grow their own nails. Thank you for giving great advice 🙏🏼
Yes, I have a bag as well that also includes your amazing salve! It makes me so happy to see how many people besides me that have benefited from you! Anna, you rock!!!
Your guidance has greatly improved my nails too! I just need to get the cream now.
Yay, I'm so happy! Thank you so much for writing :)))
I so LOVE follow ups!! These might be my favorite type of videos. It allows your subject to show off their real life results and proud achievements to an audience really invested in these types of results and offers such encouragement and inspiration to others struggling with the same or similar issues ♥️
That is absolutely wonderful. Her persistence in following your advice has paid off. Well done to this person!!! It really is proof yet again that there are no quick fixes 😊
I’ve been following your advice for three weeks and my nails are SO much healthier and look so much better! Thank you!
My nails look fantastic because of your videos and advice. Thank you so much. Regards from Canada 🤗
What great looking nails (and skin around the nails)! It is night and day. Beautiful and healthy looking.
I am sooo happy with this result. I only ever dreamt of my nails looking like this and now they actually do! It takes some months but just be patient and consistent. Thanks again. ☺️
What a fabulous result. Well done to her.
I've said this before, but I'm so glad I found your channel. Thank you 💕👍🏻
Thank you so much!
I've gotten alot of good info and tips from your videos. My nails are also healthier than they've been in a long time. Thanks so much for your passion for your work😊
This transformation is such a great motivator. Thank you both. I will be sure to continue my routine 😊
I adore your videos. I'm rural USA. I wish I had pictures before followng your advice compaired to today. Ive read all three volumns of books recommend by your inspiration to care for our natural nail. The hot soaks of Jojoba oil weekly for home manicure and daily after washing hands is phenominal - i've sent many persons to learn from you. I missed visitng Spain but I know much of the history.
I'm 75 and have suffered from Haschimoto disease since I was born-the thyroid never developed in my Mother's womb. Thus bad nails and other important issues of humans -you have saved my nails & I still work-to help many as we age.
What an amazing improvement!
I want to thank you like everyone else writing! I was breaking my nails so often, so painful, though they were seemingly healthy and the skin around healthy too, so I couldn’t figure it out then, but your oil after hand washing tips, kerasal at night and weekly oil soaks have keep my nails from breaking!
Knock on wood but it’s been about a month that I have had pretty medium long nails that have not broken, close call a few times with incorrect opening of door or window but nails stayed intact!
Now I want to try dazzle fry next as you have shared many beautiful swatches and manicures with them! Hope to keep my hands and nails lovely and strong/flexible from now on!
I fallowed your advice and after 5 years struggling with my nails finally they are healthy and beautiful!!! Thank you so so much!!!
I used to have very thin nails which was like paper and constantly broke.
I started to use oil on them regularly and it is miracle.
Eating a lot of veggies and fruits also helped a lot.
Now they are still thin but does not break easily and i can keep the lenght i have dreamed of 😊
I discovered your channel following one more research on why my thumb nail kept on splitting for the past 18 months. I know it is incredible but in this time I tried everything to my knowledge: stuck some gauze, glued the nail, let it grow, cut it short, filed the top of it (now I know I was creating MORE damage!). Then I figured I wd begin using dazzle dry (at least I had one tiny piece of puzzle right although this wasn't fixing the problem just masking it), then I used some other pre cured gel nails to (in my mind) prevent the nail from splitting, since I thought it wd protect it. But of course, I would also in between gently file the nail (although not much I was conditioned to make it look smooth) anyway, if it existed I did it.
And then a stroke of luck I searched on RUclips ONE MORE Time and your educational videos came up. Being a bit compulsive (it has many advantages) I got the products the next day. I am only end of day 2, I used the OPI and soaked it in warm jojoba oil and my split nail which is still there, hasn't caught on anything, (I am mindful too but even when I was, due to my hand washing the nail wd somehow curl a tiny bit and catch on ANY fabric) . Nail is slowly growing, but this time is remaining flat against the skin I have about 2.5mm for it to be fully grown out and for the first time I am believing this can be fixed! THANK YOU THANK YOU, it was really bothering me (and hurting me) and now I know it was an issue I created by:
- using too abrasive files
- over filing the top
- being too harsh in my manicures. This is my new self care routine and I LOVE IT! THANKS HEAPS
Nails look lovely. It’s good to see the difference with the nail bed length. Excellent advice as always Anna. 🥰
I've followed your advice, using a plant oil balm (Hurraw!, for anyone curious) and lanolin instead of nail oil after washing my hands for several months, but couldn't come up with a good setup for a hot oil soak. So for Christmas got myself two hot water+acetone soakers, only instead of using acetone, I filled them with castor oil, covered my nails in lanolin, and sat down to watch a movie, soaking the entire time.
On the 27th, I was exposed to covid. I wasn't able to take care of my nails, including basic daily filing, for three weeks and let me say: they were 1.5 times the length of my nail bed with no breaks when I finally cut them a couple days ago. I'm back to a more sensible length to be able to type and things. My nails have always grown abnormally fast (2-4mm a week, haven't bothered to try to narrow down what causes the variance), but break very easily, so having talons was pretty fun! I don't do any polish, but thank you for instructions on a basic grooming routine for my nails
Castor oil is not very penetrating and not suitable for warm baths for the purpose of plasticising the nails. I'm sure it has benefits for the skin but for the nails (which have much tighter structure, nails are not easy to penetrate) not so much.
@@TheSalonLife The jojoba oil was stuck and then lost Somewhere in the mail, unfortunately, and castor oil is what my podiatrist recommended for my toenails and was in the kitchen. But I'll be doing jojoba soon :)
Amazing progress.
This is a little off topic but I want to express my gratitude. I'm so glad I found your channel only a few weeks ago, or I might have made some critical mistake following people who overfile and cut their skin which I assumed was the way to go. I don't come from damaged nails so I don't have a big transformation, but the skin around my nails has never looked better just from using a drop of oil after every handwash and urea hand lotion and removing the (actual, as know now) cuticle. I rarely used to cut my nail fold with those v-shaped cutters and sometimes even to blood, and I had very dry skin around the nails, that tore and cracked in winter. I don't like the feel and impracticality of long nails, but I do like colour, so I'm curious to see of I can elongate my nail bed/plate with your tips even a little, as I think they're really short.
I wish I had seen advice like yours 10 years ago when I had horribly damaged nails from constantly buffing and shining them. They were peeling badly and I blamed acetone and nail polishes, which wouldn't last even an day.😅
Thank you so much for your kind words and sharing your experience:)
The opi nail serum has changed my life at 61
Oiling didn't do anything for me and neither did the ISDIN brush… Then I found your review of the Mavala hardener. That's what I needed! Made all the difference in the world.
Thanks for sharing!
Original or the k+ ?
Fantastic
I didnt take a picture of my nails, sorry :( however your videos had help me a lot. I had brittle paper nails and I followed your tips on the channel, watch a lot of videos and within 2 weeks my nails were looking so much better and stronger, it has been now a few months and my nails look amazing no more paper nails and I do carry oil and hand cream in every single bag I have. Thank you so much
Which hand cream you use. I have same problem of yours and I’m still struggling with paper nails.
I’ll add my testimonial to your expertise and recommendations. Following your simple steps turned everything around. So grateful!
Wow😮 amazing transformation !
Thanks for the video. Just making sure that I can use Kerasal, Intensive Foot Repair Ointment on my hands? Interesting.
I'm saying it can be used in small amount, like a dab, around the nails. Not as hand cream.
Perfect. Thank you.
The CND treatment you recommended worked for me ..daily I apply it twice…and in nine months they looked amazing..SHORT but not broken and damaged.thanks
thank you so much for sharing :))
This is a fantastic follow-up Anna, thank you for sharing! ❤🎉
Amazing success ❤️
Thank you for sharing!
You got this nerdy tomboy interestrd in nail care! Who knew it could be such a cool science?
Yay, that is awesome :)) Welcome to the channel :))
Amazing 😊
This video sounds like me and the issues I have had thru the yrs. I have always been a nail bitter since about 5 yrs old. My fingers are small and my nails grow usually it takes about a week or two weeks to grow out. Once they get a little longer its usually they are off the tips of my fingers and end up getting dirt under them, I try to get the dirt out from under them with a finger nail file, then off to wash them w/ soap and warm water. That barely works. So I usually go and chew them off down to hardly nothing or they start bleeding (that doesn't usually happen, my fingers just get sore.) So today I started using a finger nail file, went around the top of what is left of my nails, then I thought I wonder if this stuff I have called Instant Cuticle Remover by Sally Hansen will work. I used it several times a while back didn't notice much of a difference. I'm thinking I am gonna have to do this with my nails atleast 2x a day (morning and evening) along with filing my nails 2x a day as well. I would just like to get my nails looking like what's on the picture on the right side. I know I'm gonna have to push my cuticles back so I have a longer nail bed on each finger and not have any nail sticking off the tip of my fingers. If I need to be doing something else what should I be doing or using if you think I need to be doing something else. Also how long of a process is this? I'm just curious. Thanks
Great change. How do you feel about OPI nail envy?
I don’t feel good about it. I have to make a video ;)
Wonderful results.
I agree :))
Beautiful!! I am also using all of the same things (just got Repair Mode a few days ago), and have already seen improvement.
Thanks for all you do, Anna! 💓
Please take photos :))))
Hi Anna - I am learning so much from your videos!! Truly excellent!! I also struggle with all things nails issues, trying to apply your recommendations, but it takes time. Would you have a recommendation for a skilled technician / salon in NYC please? I would be utmost grateful. Thank you.
Great video, Anna. Will help so many people! My issue is I like to wash my hands many times a day (bit of a germo-phobe), but mostly because I have cats, and I pet them, clean up after them, so every time I do, I feel I must wash my hands. The soap I use is very gentle, and I use lotion at least once a day, and always oil my hands and nails thoroughly at night with jojoba oil, argan oil, or coconut oil, but there is still some peeling at the tips of about half my nails. I am wondering if just having my hands/nails in water so often is what causes the slight peeling (and subsequent little rip at the edges, which I have to file and smooth).
Is it that my nails are overloaded with water? They are not brittle or hard, or "bendy". I am going to again try what I have tried before, which was oil on the nails every single time I wash my hands (it could be 15-20 times a day!), and see if that helps. Your suggestions?
I think that her nails look MUCH improved!! I notice that they still have some ridges, which has always been a problem for me. I have worn gel nails for quite a while because due to my job, my hands were often in front of people during document signing and I was embarrassed at how terrible they looked in their natural state.
I am retired and would like to try your instructions from the earlier video. Will it take about a year of keeping my nails very short in order to see if this will work for me? My nails were very bad from my earliest recollection, and I started the bad habit of biting them off!
Hello Judy! Thank you for writing! Vertical ridges are very normal and it's not a sign of a damaged or an unhealthy nails. Just like grey hair for some people they appear sooner than others. But just because the hair is grey it doesn't mean it's damaged or unhealthy :) It's just beautiful differently :)
It takes 4-6 months to regrow the nails fully. So if you take care of the new growth you will have a good and strong nails growing. The damaged part can be supported as it's growing out.
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I have been following Anna's advice for a little while now and I would say that, while they are still there, my ridges are much less prominent than they were. Someone actually asked me the other day, did I buff my nails? 😊 I told them to follow The Salon Life if they want healthy nails 💅 😊
Hello! I am new here and I really appreciate your content and advice. I would like to suggest a product that helped me greatly: frezyderm volpaderm nails. I don't think you could find it in the US as frezyderm is a Greek brand but your viewers in Europe would have access to it. It really transformed my nails and I have never seen anything like it. Thank you again, your videos are very helpful!
I have psoriasis on my nails for years. Because of that I get gel manicure every two weeks to hide my ugly nails. What can I do to make my nails better?
With oil soaks, does it matter if you use refined or unrefined jojoba?
I have always used unrefined jojoba.
@@TheSalonLife When they're peeled/dehydrated, is it okay to wear polish? Or is it best to leave them bare and wait it out until they're long enough to file/cut the peeled part? 🤔
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Such wonderful results as always; thank you for making these known.
Unfortunately I can't get Kerasal (Netherlands). Is there an alternative? I will definitely get jojoba oil. M curious!
Kerasal is available in Netherlands. Have you checked the links I provided in the description box?
Can you tell me where to find your video on a warm oil soak for the nails
Hello Debbie, here it is: ruclips.net/video/io335eWf6R4/видео.html
Heyy beautiful 💓💓 your videos are so informative 💓💓💓 new subscriber ... Can you plz tell me .. about slow nail growing... What to do.. my nails are too much slow to grow .. ✨
Hello, check out this video and the comments :)
ruclips.net/video/AObLuY1H38c/видео.html
I don't see where the Kerasal Intensive Foot Repair comes in for her nails. The product is for feet, does it work on finger nails?
it's for rough, dry, cracked skin! so it makes sense it'd be good for the skin around the nails, honestly. helping to gently exfoliate that skin and keep it soft
so i just came back from a dr dray video (she's a derm) she uses kerasil too! it's got urea, and that's great for nail health (:
Thank you for explaining it. 100% correct :)
Why do some people have nice opaquely white smile lines on the nail while others have faint and translucent smile lines?
Genetics mostly. But when the nail is damaged or thinned out it’s going to be more transparent too. So it depends I guess
Are those nails good to go again now? Mine are back to that point now im scared to try again👀
What do you mean "go again"? What would you want to try again?
@@TheSalonLife I think they mean go back to having builder in a bottle or acrylics done as that may be cause of the damage in the beginning
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I've never understood why so many people have acrylic or gel nails, surely they must damage your own nails?