11 Things You Can Do For Clean, Shiny And Healthy Nails

It is a common practice that we tend to devote ample time, energy and money on perfect outfit, beautiful hairdo, healthy and clear skin but neglect keeping our nails clean and healthy.

Maintaining clean and healthy nails is important as they harbor all the environmental dirt and pollution. If not properly looked after, they can be very unhygienic.

Maintaining the health of the nails and keeping them clean and shiny is not a hard nut to crack. Opting for nail paint every time to make them look good can cause them damage in the long run.

To promote the health and hygiene of your nails and to make them shine, you need to follow the following home remedies. I strongly stress on using home remedies for your personal grooming because of the fact that they are available in your kitchen cabinets at all times, are safe and are light on your pockets.

1. Olive Oil Remedy

Olive oil is great moisturizer as it contains linoleic acid that prevents water from evaporating into thin air and restores its shine.

How to use:

1. Mix olive oil with warm water or lemon juice. Soak your nails for a few minutes. Massage your nails with the mixture. Must be done regularly.
2. Soak your nails in warm olive oil for 5 minutes. Take your hands out and wear gloves overnight. Rinse it off in the morning. Moisturize with nail cream. Must be repeated regularly.

2. Rose Water Remedy

Daily apply rose water on your nails to preserve their precious pink tint. To remove any spots, rinse your nails with rose water and lemon juice mixture.

How to use:

• This should be done thrice a week to have healthy, shiny and clean nails.

3. Petroleum Jelly Remedy

How to use:

1. A good massage with good quality petroleum jelly on your nails can give miraculous results. The massage using petroleum jelly should be done after every bath and before going to bed.
2. Petroleum jelly, when applied on your nails, acts as a coat that prevents the natural moisture from evaporating into thin air, leaving them all bright and shiny.

4. Cucumber Remedy

How to use:

• Cucumber is an excellent hydrating agent. As your skin requires enough hydration to shine in the in the same way your nails require adequate hydration too.
• Rub gently a freshly cut cucumber slice or apply cucumber juice on your nails to enhance their health and shine.

5. Water Remedy

Water can play a vital role in promoting the health and shine of your nails. It serves as an external and internal remedy both.

Appropriate consumption of water in a day can bring back the shine of your nails and washing your nails gently with warm water ensures their cleanliness and makes them all shiny and healthy.

Water also exfoliates unnecessary, dead and dull layers from your nails.

6. Avocado Remedy

Avocados are found to work wonders on dull, lifeless nails. They contain impressive amounts of fats, nutrients ad proteins essential to make brittle nails shine again. Avocados, if regularly consumed, provide phytonutrients, minerals and various vitamins to the body.

Avocado oil is also as beneficial as avocado itself. The oil contains ample antioxidants, vitamin A, B, B1, B2, D and E, beta-carotene and potassium all essential to promote the health and texture of your nails.

How to use:

1. Take some mashed avocado and mix it well with rose water to make a paste.
2. Massage the paste gently on the nails for few minutes and then rinse it off for healthier, shiny nails.

7. Milk Remedy

Milk is great as a moisturizer and it effectively returns moisture to your nails just as it does to your skin. Milk, with its nutrients, minerals and vitamins, nourishes nails and help them shine.

How to use:

1. Take warm milk in a bowl and soak your nails in it for a few minutes.
2. Rinse it off with water and moisturize it with nail cream.
3. Must be done once daily to achieve desirable results.

8. Lemon Manicure Remedy

Lemon possesses bleaching powers. When used on nails, it vanishes the satins, if any, and boosts its health and shine.

How to use:

• Take lemon juice in a bowl and soak your nails in it for a few minutes. Then add in vinegar and warm water. Use a brush to scrub off all the dirt ad dead skin cells. Rinse it off.
• If you have sensitive skin, dilute lemon juice with water. Repeat once or twice fortnightly to maintain health and shine of the nails.

9. Butter Remedy

Butter is also a powerful moisturizer because of the fats it contains. It is enriched with sodium, calcium, zinc, iron, potassium, magnesium, vitamin A, B, C and that makes your nails shine.

How to use:

1. Melt the butter and apply it to your nails.
2. Rinse it off with warm water. Must be done regularly.

10. Baby Oil Remedy

Nails are composed of the substance called KERATIN. Keratin is infact the building block of nails. Nails, when exposed to water, damages keratin and makes your nails strong, healthy and shiny.

How to use:

1. For the best results, massage your nails with warm baby oil.
2. Rinse it off with warm water. Must be done before going to bed regularly.

11. Coconut Oil Remedy

The nutritious composition of coconut oil makes it a considerable home remedy for nails. Coconut oil contains vitamin E, fats, lauric acid, caprylic, all required to promote health of nails.

Coconut oil fights off infections and fungus and prevents hangails. Coconut oil works as a great moisturizer too.

How to use:

• Soak your nails in warm coconut oil and softly massage. Must be done twice daily for desirable results.

Hence, try out these home remedies for healthy, clean and shiny nails. These remedies are safe, easily available and have long lasting positive effects on your nails.

Save yourself from all those extravagant manicures done at the salon by using these remedies to give your nails equally well shine, cleanliness and health.