NAIL POLISH AND NAIL HACKS EVERY GIRL SHOULD KNOW

NAIL POLISH AND NAIL HACKS EVERY GIRL SHOULD KNOW

Hello,

I know it’s been a while and I am sorry for disappearing like that but a well deserved break was needed and hopefully I can keep up, I have just been in a rut and wasn’t feeling like blogging at all. Anyway, I have a post for you today, when it comes to nails, I am one of those people who likes looking at well-manicured nails and try to copy designs, or look for particular nail polishes I see online and figure out whether or not they suit me and along the way, I used some hacks for my so called manicure sessions. These are nail polish and nail hacks every girl should know.

NAIL POLISH AND NAIL HACKS EVERY GIRL SHOULD KNOW

1. REVIVING DRY NAIL POLISH

We all have that one nail polish we love and like using all the time but tends to dry up after sometime, and if you really want to use it one last time, all you have to do is spray a few pumps of your perfume into the bottle and shake it for a while, you not only revive your nail polish but it ends up smelling really good too.

2. NAIL POLISH REMOVER

When you need a nail polish change and have run out of remover, you again can use your trusty perfume and go ahead and remove your nail polish, the first time I heard about it I was like yeah right, until I tried and it actually worked so don’t stress when you have no more remover, you have perfume to the rescue.

3. FIXING SMUDGED NAIL POLISH

You know those times where you are so proud of how your newly painted nails look until you need to either pick up something or even open a cupboard, and then you get the dreaded smudge, or your polish just moves and destroys it, well this is one nail polish hack that might sound disgusting, but the fastest way to fix that is by using your own saliva, by just licking your nail and trying to move the polish back, but if you are that squeamish, then go ahead and repaint your nail.

4. CUTICLE REMOVER

Having a manicure is fabulous, but if you do get to do it on your own at home which can save you some money, you can actually use your hair treatment or conditioner and apply it on your fingers and deep them in warm water for a while this softens your cuticles and when you remove your hands, you are able to remove your cuticles much easier plus it’s time saving.

5. CUTICLE OIL

Most people might think that just because you see something written cuticle oil, that it is a must for you to buy that particular product, all I can say is just get some coconut oil and massage it in your nails, does the same thing and has no fancy name to look for and to find more beauty uses for coconut oil, go here.

NAIL POLISH AND NAIL HACKS EVERY GIRL SHOULD KNOW

6. WHITEN DARK NAILS

After using dark nail polishes for a long time back to back without giving your nails a break, they tend to turn dark and lose the white healthy look, this is usually not nice to look at and to at least make them look better, take some toothpaste and bicarbonate of soda and brush your nails for a while then rinse, repeating this for some time does help depending on how dark your nails have become, I also heard that lemon also does help, doesn’t hurt to try.

7. DRYING NAIL POLISH FASTER

Next nail polish and nail hacks is if you do not have a nail drier and need to hurry to go somewhere, then just run some cold water on your nails and the polish will dry up much faster. To see how I get great nails from home check this post here.

8. MAKE JEWELLERY LAST LONGER

There is always that one piece of jewellery that is your favourite but it starts fading a bit and you know you will have to get rid of it, but to avoid that and give your jewellery a longer life span, coat the piece with clear nail polish after you buy and let it dry, this will protect your jewellery since the fading is caused by sunlight and the coating will be like a protector for your jewellery.

NAIL POLISH AND NAIL HACKS EVERY GIRL SHOULD KNOW

9. STOP RUNNING TIGHTS

Have you ever worn your tights then during the day, your nail or even just a table or door scratches you and you end up with a run on your tights? Well to make it stop running and give you a chance to dash home or to that meeting, make sure you have some clear nail polish and just apply a small dot where the run stops to avoid it continuing, this will buy you sometime to get home at least.

10. CLEAN UP NAIL POLISH

If you don’t have the peel off nail protector when applying your nail polish, no need to worry, I usually wait for the nails to dry then go ahead and use a cotton swap dipped in nail polish remover and use it to clean the sides, this may take some time but it still does the job.

 That’s it everyone, these are the nail polish and nail hacks every girl should know and hopefully they will help someone. In case you missed my last beauty post, do check out some of the products I would love to try out here. If you do get to try them, do tell me how it went in the comments below and I hope to hear some of your hacks too. Do you use any of these hacks?

 

 

 


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69 Comments

  1. Wow! These are really helpful tips, really loved them especially the perfume Ines, who woulda thought that??? Thanks for sharing

  2. Running cold water on your nail polish to make it dry faster is genius. Thanks for sharing. I will be using this trick.

  3. I’ve never actually thought to use perfume to remove polish, but it makes sense! Wish I had known this when I had ran out and couldn’t get my bloody glitter polish off because I kept forgetting to buy any! ha x

  4. These are SO clever! I’d never thought about the perfume trick for dry nail polish but what a great idea! Thank you!

  5. Wow! These are really helpful tips. Making jewelry last longer is an eye opener for me.

  6. Did not know that about perfume-as-nail-polish remover! Very cool! I love moisturizing my cuticles (will try coconut oil — I’ve been using olive oil)!

  7. How cool! I’ve never heard of the perfume trick but I might have to give it a try!

  8. These are such great tips! I’m terrible at doing my nails, and I totally didn’t know you could revive dry nail polish whatsoever! Thanks for sharing! xx

  9. thank you for sharing, these are great tips! I always do my nails at home, so I’m going to have to test some of these out!
    Carly | preppedupglamour.com

  10. OMG you have no idea how many nail polishes I’ve thrown away because they were dry. I love this hack and can’t wait to save my nail polish!

  11. Thanks for the tip about lightening up dark nails. Some of the deeper plums and reds have definitely done a number on my nails!

  12. Hey beautiful, these tips are so useful! Number 1 and 2 blew my mind, I had no idea perfume could do that but it makes so much sense, as there’s alcohol in it… thank you for sharing these amazing tips. Pinned!

  13. I’ll show these to my daughter. She loves painting her nails. I rarely do it because I have a sensory issue. When I have polish on I feel weighed down and don’t like it.

  14. Wow this is such a great list of tips! Number 2 is very useful, I never knew that perfume could be used as a nail polish remover. That will come very handy! 🙂

  15. Very handy tips. I had no idea running cold water on your nail polish makes it dry faster. Such a cool trick. I will try it next time! I also love the perfume subsitute for nail polish remover. 👍🏼

  16. Wow, you’ve got some great tips here. I’ve never thought to use perfume to spruce up dry polish, what a great idea!

  17. Wow, I will try the perfumed tip! I do my own nail coloring so your tips are very helpful for me 🙂
    I either do French tip nails or a bold red color.

  18. My nail polish/nail care “hack” is to go get them done at a nail salon! LOL! 😉 I am so not good at doing my own nails… And I never get colors on my fingers! I just love going to get them done too cause I feel like I am getting pampered – which… I am! 🙂

    1. Good one, I am yet to find a good nail tech around where I stay hence the doing myself part but I could use with some pampering feeling lol.

  19. I’m definitely going to be using some of these! I have to have my nails painted at all times, pretty much!! Thanks for this.

  20. I never thought about running cold water over nails to make them dry or using perfume as nail polish remover. There has been many times I couldn’t find my remover! I’ll have to keep that in mind.

  21. I am so glad I saw this. I don’t like long over complicated tutorials. This was perfect!

  22. Well deserved break Joan. Like you, I cook all the time but my manicure is non negotiable!