Revealing the secret of how to make homemade nail oil

It has now become easy to have beautiful nails: a gorgeous manicure can be obtained in a couple of hours and even faster - with the help of acrylic or gel. If the master is good, such nails can be difficult to distinguish from natural ones, and many women enjoy using it. The salons assure that the method is safe, but most women notice a deterioration in the condition of their own nails after removing acrylic or gel nails. It turns out a "vicious circle": we mask our nails precisely because of brittleness, delamination and an unsightly appearance, and we do it even worse.

Well, to walk with the gel all my life? To some, this will seem acceptable, but unhealthy nails are not only a cosmetic problem. Malfunctions in the body are primarily visible on the skin, nails and hair, so it is worth doing health promotion in general (and treatment with specialists, if necessary), and outside to take care of nails in other ways that are really safe and useful.

Applying essential oils for nails is one of those ways: simple, affordable and effective - however, a little patience is required. Purchased home remedies and home treatments with essential oils strengthen and whiten nails, help them grow normally and prevent delamination.

Application features

Can you use pure essential oils for nails? There are different recommendations, but with each type of oil it is necessary to clarify separately. Some are rubbed in undiluted - this way the effect is stronger, but more often, especially highly concentrated esters - are used as part of mixtures, masks, baths, compresses, etc.

For example, a small cotton napkin is moistened with a mixture of ether and base (fatty oil), heated to a comfortable temperature, applied to the nails and wrapped with fingertips, on top - a film and a thick towel. Keep for 15-20 minutes.

Essential oil applications for nails are also effective and easy to make at home. They are often made with bergamot oil, which perfectly strengthens the nail plate: for 5 ml of base - 3 drops of ether. Wash hands cleanly, steam, rub the mixture into nails, cuticles and skin, wrap with foil for 5 minutes. Wash with warm water without soap, pat dry.

Before applying to nails, essential oils are dissolved not only in any fatty oil, but also in glycerin, wax, honey, hand cream. Some of the fatty oils are considered the most effective in strengthening mixtures: more often - burdock, almond, linseed, coconut, cocoa, wheat germ, jojoba; also suitable oil of milk thistle, sea buckthorn, hemp, cedar, watermelon, palm, etc.

The best oils to strengthen nails

Now let's talk about what essential oils are used to strengthen nails at home.

If the nails are fragile and weak, they will flake and break: here one rarely happens without the other. It is difficult to list all the effective essential oils for strengthening nails at home.

So, against delamination and brittle nails, in combination with base oils, essential oils of rosemary, petitgrain, rose, myrrh, lemon and orange, basil, sage work perfectly.

Essential oils of chamomile, myrtle, lavender, cypress and pine, kayaput, ylang-ylang are also used to strengthen nails. The latter is referred to as permitted for use in its pure form: rub 1-2 drops a day into the nail plates, and the nails will stop exfoliating and break, it will be easier to perceive grinding and other manicure manipulations. The same essential oil contributes to the thickening of too thin and weak nails.

Myrrh oil is considered one of the best essential oils for strengthening nails at home: it heals, nourishes, heals, revitalizes the cuticle. Prepare the composition: for 1 tbsp. pharmacy oil vitamin E 5 drops of myrrh, frankincense and lemon esters. Rub into cuticles and nails at night, every other day.

Lemon oil is also rubbed into the cuticles and nails in a pure form daily for strengthening purposes. And 2-3 times a week, you can use it in a mixture from exfoliation, with myrrh and red pepper ether, 3 drops each, dissolving them in fine sea salt (1 tsp). The ether-salt mixture is rubbed into the nails for 3-4 minutes before bedtime.

Other essential oils for nails with which you need to regularly do baths, applications, masks: bergamot, eucalyptus, tea tree. The latter is called universal and is also rubbed in its pure form.

And here is a useful firming bath for nails with essential oils: almond oil (1 tablespoon), esters of bergamot, ylang-ylang and grapefruit (3 drops each). Better to do 10-15 minute baths at night; if during the day, then you have to walk for a couple of hours in cotton gloves.

An excellent firming homemade oil cream with essential oils for nails, which removes brittleness and flakiness, is obtained with wax and essential oils of coconut, sesame and argan. One type of fatty oil is enough, but it is better to take all three equally to make 10 ml. The oils are mixed with melted wax, myrrh and bergamot oil (5 drops each), as well as sandalwood and rose ethers (3 and 2) are added. Keep in a glass container, in the dark and cool. It is advisable to use it in half a month: rub into your fingertips every evening.

Esters for whitening and brightening

If the nails change color to an unhealthy one, spots and stripes appear on them, it is necessary to be seriously examined by specialists: everything is possible, from anemia to life-threatening diseases.

But in women, nails often turn yellow also due to the use of decorative varnishes of different colors and qualities, and essential oils at home will also help to whiten (lighten) them.

The best esters - "brighteners" for nails: lemon, grapefruit, lime, chamomile, jasmine, marjoram, parsley, rosemary, citronella (lemongrass), ylang-ylang, geranium.

If essential oils are not recommended in their pure form, it is better to mix them with olive, castor, camphor, jojoba, macadamia, 10 drops of any ether per 20 ml of fatty oil. However, if you need an "nail ambulance", any vegetable oil will do. Rubbing the mixture twice a day, you can return the yellowed plates to their normal color in a week.

Here are a couple of recipes on how to use essential oils to whiten your nails.

Ylang-ylang essential oil (5 drops) mixed with juice of 1⁄2 lemon and 1⁄2 tsp. jojoba oil. Keep the mixture in the refrigerator, rub it into your nails, preferably three times a day.

Lemon juice (2-3 drops) is mixed with cedar and ylang-ylang ethers (2 drops each), rubbed into nails 2-3 times a day.

Effective oils for nail growth

Many essential oils are universal: they strengthen, whiten, and accelerate nail growth. So in this case: rosemary and grapefruit, sandalwood and myrrh, chamomile, bergamot, tea tree - in general, almost all the oils that have already been mentioned. In addition to them, essential oils of fir, mandarin, rose, thuja, coriander, cinnamon, ginger, verbena, bay, calamus, vetiver are effective for nail growth. The most effective combinations are obtained with base oils of yarrow, rice, burdock, almond, avocado, watermelon, jojoba, etc.

For nail growth at home, make baths with rosemary oil and sea salt for 25-30 days, twice a week. For a glass of warm water - 1 tsp. sea salt and 3 drops of ether (first dissolve in salt). Keep your fingertips on for 15-20 minutes.

A universal blend with essential oils that stimulates nail growth: mix jojoba (50 ml) with lemon, fir and rose esters (3 drops each). Use daily, applying to nails with a soft brush.

Significantly accelerates the growth of nails and moisturizes well a mixture of lavender and tea tree essential oils (3 drops each) with coconut and peach oils, plus one capsule of pharmacy vitamin E.

When doing nail health improvement with essential oils, you should not use decorative varnishes. Conduct such courses a couple of times a year, for 4-6 weeks, and you will not have to hide your fingers - you will start to be proud of them!