Hard As Nails!

Hi! I have written about my bad habit of nail biting and I have had this bad habit for years! And when I say years I'm saying over 20 years! I couldn't kick this habit! I tried the hot sauce trick, tried to get my nails done, put a rubber band on my wrist and snapped it when I caught myself biting them, I even bought this expensive nail polish that tasted AWFUL when you bit your nails. That last one actually worked for a while until I ran out of it and didn't want to pay for another bottle. Not to mention who knows what was in that to make it taste that awful and put such a disgusting taste in your mouth (yikes!!!). Not only do I bite my nails but I also pick at the skin around my nails so not only do I need to keep my nasty little finger nails out of my mouth but I also need to keep my nails, cuticles and hands hydrated so I don't get dry skin and pick at my nails.
People have this idea that since I'm an aesthetician I have amazing soft hands since I'm always diving into amazing beauty products and all sorts of hydrating stuff...and I get to do that but to cancel out all those amazing beauty products I get to hydrate my hands with I also wash them CONSTANTLY to stay sanitary at work and during facials I use hand sanitizer and 70% alcohol to spray my hands with to sanitize so that seriously dries them out! If I don't put some sort of cuticle oil on or lotion on my hands after every time I wash them my hands get super dry and then I start picking at them again and there goes that vicious cycle of me biting and picking my nails again. I would use the Neosporin at night, if you're wondering what that's about look back at my previous blog posts it's a little cheap trick I do. That little trick works wonders but I just got tired of being in pain with every move of my hands and fingers. Biting your nails and picking at your cuticles can be painful! So I just got so tired of painful fingers I decided to do something about it!

This is the first part of my solution. This product here is by Naturally European. It's their Milk hand lotion. We sell it at my work, The Cosmetic Market, and it's only $9!!! Naturally European also has a Sage, Lavender and Verbena scent if Milk is not your thing. I like the Milk scent because it's really light and I am really particular about scents and this one does it for me, I love it!!! It's definitely a must on a road trip especially during the winter!! The second beauty to helping me kick my bad habit is this!!

This is by Essie. We actually sell Essie products at our store but we do not carry this product. I got this from Target and it was only about $7. This is an amazing cuticle oil! The one major selling point is the applicator tip of this cuticle oil. It's really easy to apply and mess-free! Sometimes you get a cuticle oil in a nail polish-like bottle and then the bottle gets all greasy and it's just a mess, I don't have this with this product. The full name of this little gem is Essie Smooth Trick, and like I said I got this one at Target and it's amazing!!! I use both the hand lotion and the cuticle oil together and it has gotten me to completely stop biting and picking at my nails!! That is HUGE!! Now my nails are so long I don't even know what to do with them!! I have never in my life had to clip my nails and I hate filing them! Actually filing gives me the chills and I can't stand it, and hearing people clipping their nails almost makes me nauseous. Those two things are two of my biggest peeves! I hope you try these two out, it's a like a manicure in a bottle these two beauties!!