Other Hand and Nail Care

Cutex - Hand & Nail Cream - Nourishing This product is meant to soften you hands and increase the condition of your nails making them 50% stronger. It is meant to be 'easily absorbed' and 'non greasy'. This is the information given on the front of the container, a squeezy bottle type thing fashioned in blue, white and pink. The back gives a larger range of information: "moisturises & protects hands while promoting stronger, healthier nails." This I cant really argue with. My hands are more significantly moisturised and my nails already have a nice healthy looking glow to them. "Cutex, the Hand & Nail ...  Read the complete review

How many of you girls out there (or boys out there) get their nails pampered and preened on a regular basis? Yes, I do too but now I do it myself. I've had nail extensions for about 4 years which I got in-filled (that's when they fill the growth for those who don't know) every 2 weeks at £20. That is well over £2000 I've spent on my nails that I could have spent much more wisely. Since my salon put in-fills up to £25 and a full set of extentions up to £45 I decided it was time to stop....but then I found 'Rio UV Nails'. I bought my set from Argos at about £45 and it was a complete bargain. After having my nails done for so ...  Read the complete review

I have quite weak nails and although I can grow them to a resonable length they regularly snap, usually the day before I'm going somewhere. I need a supply of falsies for just these occasions, you know when nine beautifully manicured nails and one you've ripped off just won't do! And I have to persevere with the fiddly horrible tubes of glue they provide in the packets. Well last night I discovered a wonderful glue, with it been Christmas an all I have been relegated from from cushy admin post at work to the trading floor and opening boxes of booze 8 hours a day does nothing for your nails, so for the big night out I needed glue so I could show my nails in ...  Read the complete review

Should always be wearing washing up gloves. Why? Because washing up liquid, just like the majority of household detergents, can be harsh on your skin, even if you’re not the sensitive type. Using very hot water also dehydrates the skin and can weaken your fingernails, so the gloves form a protective barrier. If you don’t use gloves make sure you rinse your hands thoroughly and then use lots of hand cream. Cold winter weather can also play havoc with beautiful hands so wear warm gloves when outdoors. If you have poor circulation and find your hands get extremely cold don’t be tempted to warm them up by sticking them under a hot tap when you get ...  Read the complete review

I grew up with Shield soap bars in the bathroom at home. We had Shield because my mother thought, in her infinite wisdom, that this was the brand, in her experience, which had the lowest tendency to end up as a pile of slimy mush on the side of the sink. Liquid soap was just one of those things that they had in the toilets at school, and in the shopping centre. It wasn't something that one had at home because it worked out much more expensive than bars of soap. The years went by, I grew up, left home, and starting shopping for myself. It's at this sort of time that you realise that there are things in life worth paying a little bit extra for. I ...  Read the complete review