10 penny nail hardeners you can make at home

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

These nourishing baths and masks will leave your nails strong and beautiful.

Firming baths

1. Bath with sea salt

• 1 tablespoon sea salt
• 250 ml of water;
• 2-3 drops of essential oil.

Dissolve a spoonful of sea salt in warm boiled water. Add a few drops of oil for extra moisture, dryness and burrs.

How often to use: 15 minutes every day for 2 weeks.

2. Whitening bath

• 1 tablespoon sea salt
• ½ teaspoon of iodine;
• 250 ml of water;
• half a lemon.

In a glass of warm water, stir in a tablespoon of sea salt, then add half a teaspoon of iodine to the saline solution. Heating half a lemon in the microwave for 15-20 seconds will make it easier to squeeze out the juice.

A mask with lemon juice can be done only if there are no wounds on the hands.

How often to use: 15 minutes 1-2 times a week.

3. Oil bath

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon castor oil
• half a lemon.

Olive oil works well alone or when combined with lemon juice, essential oils, or castor oils. Rub it into the nail plate and cuticle or make nourishing baths. Mix the oils and add the juice squeezed from half a lemon.

How often to use: 15 minutes 1-2 times a week.

4. Nutrient bath

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon honey;
• 1 egg.

Mix honey and warm olive oil in a 1: 1 ratio, add a beaten egg to the mixture. You can also include your favorite essential oil to enhance the effect.

How often to use: 15-20 minutes 2-3 times a week.

5. Firming jelly

• 1 tablespoon of gelatin;
• 250 ml of water.

Dissolve a tablespoon of regular gelatin without dyes in a glass of hot water. When the water cools down, dip your fingers into the container and massage them periodically. Gelatin restores weakened nail plates and adds shine.

How often to use: 15 minutes 2-3 times a week.

Nourishing masks

6. "Hot fingers"

• ½ tablespoon of ground red pepper;
• ½ tablespoon of greasy hand cream;
• 1 teaspoon of water.

Mix equal proportions of pepper and cream. Then add warm boiled water and apply the mixture to your nails. Will burn! Red pepper improves blood circulation, thereby strengthening the nail plate and accelerating nail growth.

How often to use: 15–20 minutes, once a month.

7. Vitamin mask

• 1 capsule of vitamin A;
• 1 capsule of vitamin E.

Open capsules of vitamins A and E. Rub the oily contents into the plates and cuticles. Vitamins can be used alone or added to nourishing nail baths.

Apply regularly.

8. Grandma's recipe

• Iodine;
• 2-3 cotton swabs.

Use a cotton swab soaked in iodine to paint your nails. In order not to frighten others, it is better to do it in the evening. During the night, the nails will absorb all the nutrients and will return to their normal color by morning.

Do not apply iodine to the cuticles: this can cause burns.

How often to use: 1-2 times a week.

9. Whitening nail mask

• ½ lemon;
• 1 tablespoon honey.

Squeeze lemon juice into a tablespoon of honey and stir. Apply the mixture to your nails, rubbing the mixture thoroughly into the cuticles.

How often to use: once a week.

10. Curd mask for nails

• 1-2 tablespoons of cottage cheese;
• 1 tablespoon olive oil

Stir the ingredients until creamy. Rub the mixture into the nail plates and cuticles. This recipe is ideal if your nails are lacking in calcium, they are dull and flaky.

How often to use: 20-30 minutes, 2 times a week.

Useful Tips

1. For the best effect, do not forget to massage your fingers while using masks and baths.
2. Take sea salt without aromatic additives.
3. If you have wounds on your hands, do not use lemon juice.
4. Do not use baths with the addition of lemon juice and iodine more often than 1-2 times a week.
5. After a nourishing bath or mask, apply your usual hand cream.