January 2010 Weddings
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What's your nail routine?

I'm trying to make my nails and hands look less haggard.

I'm a cuticle picker (gross, I know) but even when I don't, they look dry and jagged. My nails themselves are fine, but what can I do to get the area around them looking better? I apply lotion throughout the day, but it doesn't seem to really do anything.

Also, weekly manicures out not in the budget (unfortunately!). 

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Re: What's your nail routine?

  • my nails look like crap all the time, so i'm no help. i'm a cuticle picker and a nail biter. DH is constantly slapping my hands because i'm always biting or something. ugh, it's bad.

    burts bee's makes a cuticle something or other. i use that sometimes. i guess it helps? but usually my nails are just a mess. i always feel bad for my poor wedding bands-they deserve to be surrounded by pretty fingers and all they get is jagged crappiness! ha!

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    my nails look like crap all the time, so i'm no help. i'm a cuticle picker and a nail biter. DH is constantly slapping my hands because i'm always biting or something. ugh, it's bad.

    burts bee's makes a cuticle something or other. i use that sometimes. i guess it helps? but usually my nails are just a mess. i always feel bad for my poor wedding bands-they deserve to be surrounded by pretty fingers and all they get is jagged crappiness! ha!

    Ditto all of this.  I bite my nails something awful so rarely are they decent enough to even put nail polish on.  For a while I was using that Burt's Bees cuticle thing and it was working well when I remembered to use it. 

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  • I usually use Mary Kay satin hands scrub once a week (if I remember) & I use the lotion & salve that come with it almost every day.  I also use Bath & Body Works True Blue Cuticle Remover about once a week or when I notice that my cuticles are getting overgrown (it's really easy to use).  I never get manicures; I didn't even have one for the wedding.  But the cuticle remover is probably one of my favorite hand related things & if you remove your cuticles on a regular basis, you'll be less tempted to pick at them.  I hope this helps.
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  • My nails are HORRIBLE right now. I had acrylics... actually, I think they were  called "gels," on for a while and recently had them taken off and now my actual nails are so WEAK! I don't know what the heck these nails did to them but my real nails are horrible now, and they actually used to be so nice! I've never had cuticle issue until now, so thanks for the rec's... I've been going insane!!  

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