My Nail Growth Journey Begins - August 1 2016
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| My natural nails after removal of acrylics |
As many of you already know, I have attempted this struggle before.
However, I always give in and re-apply acrylics to my nails.
Well, NOT this time!
I am self motivated to regrow my nail beautiful nails again.
I have worn acrylic nails & gel nails off & on for well over a decade now.
Yes, I know, I'm getting older everyday!
Actually - *side note* in 1 month exactly today I will turn 32.
Anyways, I felt like I was ready this time.
I can remember years ago having long healthy strong nails.
So I will blog my journey on getting those back.
August 1st makes the start of this journey.
After I removed the acrylic off of my nails, I trimmed my weak, thin & brittle nails down.
During week one my main focus & goal is hydration for my poor cuticles & nails
that I have abused and neglected.
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| Items I'm currently using to hydrate & moisturize |
Currently right now I am using items I have around the house.
One is a 2.5 fl oz scented (vanilla berry) cuticle oil that I purchased from nailliteinc.com.
Next is a vitamin E oil that I purchased off of Ebay.
I switch between the oils throughout the day to hydrate my nails & cuticles.
After apply the oil I switch between 2 moisturizers.
The first being Jergens ultra healing for extra dry skin lotion & the Vaseline deep moisture intensive care cream moisturizer.
I didn't pick these 2 items out specifically for this nail growth journey.
The jergens is a travel size lotion that I stock up on from time to time just so I have lotion in my car, in my house, at work, in every purse I own, etc. Its affordable, travel size and moisturizes enough to get the job down so my hands don't feel dry or cracked.
And the vaseline cream was a beauty sample I received for free to test out.
Its a little thick for my comfort to use on my hands during the day, but works great to apply to my hands & feet right after the shower or right before bed.
Other than that, there isn't much more to say.
I nails are extremely weak & thin.
Day one 3-4 of them are already starting to get vertical splits in the nails down to the nail bed which is quite painful, but I am determined to succeed at the challenge.
I keep a 220 grit nail file on me at all times to catch any rips, tears, cracks & splits in my nails immediately as they happen to prevent further breakage.
I will continue to moisturize 3-5 times a day (if not more).
Keep an eye out for my week 1 nail growth journey update!
Stay tuned for more hauls, review, & nail art designs!
Have a great day!
XoXo,
Love4NailArt
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