Posted by admin on November 5th, 2009
Do you know that your fingernails and toenails can indicate potential problems in other parts of your body? Healthy nails should typically sport a pink hue, but sometimes they may change in tone and texture, signifying a deficiency in certain vitamins, minerals and nutrients.
If you keep your nails healthy and strong, you should notice changes in the composition and color of your nails. Keeping your nails healthy holds a twofold benefit gorgeous fingertips and tootsies and a helpful clue to learn if anything might be wrong elsewhere in your body. And while we do not necessarily think of nails as gauges of our health in most cases, we sure do love getting dolled up and showing them off! To begin your quest for healthy nails, first make a commitment to eating healthier foods. You can still enjoy the foods you love, but you should make a conscious effort to consume healthy fruits and vegetables, nuts, fish and eggs, among other nail-friendly foods.
Enjoy these great foods for healthy nails : Apples , Asparagus, Brown rice, Cucumbers, Eggs, Garlic, Grapes, Liver, Nuts Onions, Salmon, Seeds, Soy, Tuna, Whole, grain.
Posted by admin on October 26th, 2009
We all aim to have smooth and youthful hands that are also accompanied with flawless nails. To many of us hands that are freshly manicured represent a symbol of social status. However, not many of us give our hands the attention that they deserve. To most, hand care is limited to an occasional manicure. Our hands do a lot of hard work during the day and hence it is only fair that they deserve to be treated with a little more love and care.
Cuticle oil can be made very easily at home and the regular application of the same will help in keeping your nails healthy and hydrated. Here are a few tips on how to make your very own cuticle oil. Mix together ten drops each of lemon juice, myrrh and frankincense. To this mixture add two tablespoons of olive oil. Mix all these ingredients well and then pour the mixture into a glass bottle (dark colored). This oil has to be rubbed on to the cuticles and the area surrounding the nails two to three times a week; it will help in strengthening the nails. You could also make an excellent cuticle oil by using apricot and wheat germ oil. For this, you will need to mix two drops each of myrrh, frankincense and wheat germ oil. To this mixture, add two tablespoons of apricot oil. Once the ingredients have been mixed together pour the liquid into a bottle. This oil can be massaged into the cuticle every alternate day; this will also help in strengthening weak and brittle nails.
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