The hands of a woman, is the business card of how she leads her lifestyle, since she develops daily both at home and at work in an agile way. Exposing your hands to any amount of chemicals when doing work at home, as well as working any work in the environment in which it develops outside your home harms the nails.

The fingernails can be hardened by habituating a diet rich in vitamins A, B and C, vitamin supplements based on minerals and amino acids, whose protein levels are progressively increased, helping the layer that covers the nails called keratin to remain strengthened, giving a healthy growth, both for the nails and for the hair.

Although, there are cases when they can be weakened by the frequent use of products that are abrasive, saliva also helps to weaken them by biting them or diseases produced by bacteria exposed in water or other things.

As Mother Nature is good, she provides us with a wide variety of plants that are medicinal and serve to develop remedies at home that will help us strengthen and beautify the nails, eradicating most of the damage that these factors leave on the nails, making them look beautiful, hard and nourished.

Homemade natural treatments for nail ropes.

Thanks to plants and having previous knowledge of them, you can make natural remedies at home that will help you beautify and keep your nails healthy. With perseverance and dedication you can apply these remedies without chemical or secondary reactions.

• Nail polish based on garlic, has antifungal properties reducing the activation of bacteria that cause fungus and infections. It also acts as an antioxidant thanks to its sulfur compounds.

To prepare this emulsion you require two cloves of garlic of normal size well crushed to form a cream. This paste incorporate it into a preferably transparent nail polish and beat it well until it is well formed. Once everything is ready, you apply it daily for a week on the nails.

• Onion provides iron, vitamin E and sulfur components. Thanks to its benefits, it reduces the evils of infection, weakness and dryness. You just have to crush a small onion in a mortar, form a paste and apply on the nails, then let it dry so that it acts well and rinse well with soap and water. You can apply this in the week three times.
• Chamomile and mint, its natural benefits helps prevent dryness by preventing the nails from weakening. With just two tablespoons of chamomiles, five mint leaves and 250ml of boiling water prepare the infusion letting stand for 30 minutes. Then you add two teaspoons of wheat flour and half a teaspoon of olive oil. Joining all these ingredients will form a paste which you will apply on the nails.

Other oil-based treatments.

• Olive oil with garlic, is another very effective option and is applied in the same way as the enamel only that this will leave it on for 20 minutes. After the suggested time, you proceed to rinse with soap and water, then apply a hand moisturizer. Another way to apply is to soak the nails in a container with oil without the need to place garlic.
• Castor oil, the vitamin E contained in the oil helps moisturize the nails, you just have to apply with a cotton swab soaked with castor oil and massaging all the nails, you let it act for 30 minutes.
• Vinegar, oil and beer, fusing these three elements will provide the nails with protein, vitamins and trace elements that are effective in combating dryness and weakness of the nails. Its application is easy, you just have to let the nails soak for 25 minutes.

Tips:

Remember that food plays a very important role in your life and more if you want to have beautiful, long nails with a well-strengthened structure, however it is good to take into account the following tips:

• For household chores, if you are going to handle a lot of water, detergents or abrasive products we recommend using latex gloves.
• Always have on hand moisturizers based on vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and antifungals, if you keep them hydrated the nails will not weaken.
• Be constant in the application of home remedies and thus you will get good results.
• Frequent nail hygiene, if you have an experienced manicurist entrust your hands. She will recommend how long you will have the nails and desired cut, since these can be cut with right angles, oval and pointed, it is a matter of taste and preference.
• Do not remove the enamel with your teeth, remember that saliva from the mouth tends to weaken the nails.