I have been buying these nail pens for years and now wouldn't be without one. They cost around £5, but I've noticed they can often be found cheaper in discount stores.

They say that this cuticle treatment in a unique no-mess, no-spill pen nourishes dry, rough cuticles. It is fortified with fluoride, vitamins E, A, C, pro-vitamin B5 and aloe to help hydrate, nourish and seal in moisture to end dry, dull, brittle nails, giving you healthy looking cuticles and nails instantly.

It comes in a pink pen with a clear lid which just pulls off. At one end of the pen is the brush, and at the other is a twist section, you just twist it to get some of the product out into the brush, just like with a concealer pen. The brush is great for precise application on the cuticles, and the no-mess, no-spill claim is certainly true. You only need to turn the pen for a couple of clicks to get enough of the product onto the brush (except for the first time you use it, when you'll need to turn it for what seems like forever to get it to start flowing), and if you turn it too many times then you will get too much and it will start to drip everywhere.

You can choose to either just use it on your cuticles or on the whole of your nail as well. If you choose to do the whole of your nail it's very easy to just brush it on in the same way you would paint on a nail polish.

The product itself is like a cuticle oil, so it does feel quite oily and greasy, and it has that familiar almondy orangey scent that you get with most cuticle oils. The brush, as long as you haven't overloaded it by twisting it too many times, delivers just the right amount of the oil so that you don't end up with big blobs of the stuff on your nails, you just get a nice even layer wherever you decide to use it. I usually find the amount that's on the brush from turning just a couple of clicks is easily enough to do 5 nails, so I can do one hand, turn it a couple more clicks, and do the other.

Once you've got the oil on your nails you'll need to gently massage it in. This doesn't take long and it's just making sure that the oil is sinking in where it's needed. Once you've massaged it in any oiliness that was there disappears as the oil sinks into your cuticles and nails.

When I first started using this my nails were in pretty bad shape, especially the cuticles, which were ragged and dry and had bits peeling off them and just generally looked awful. After using this every day for a couple of weeks they were looking much healthier, all the ragged, dry edges had started to repair themselves, and they didn't look so bad. After a month using it my cuticles actually looked normal again, in fact I'd go as far as to say they looked perfect. My nails had also got back some well needed moisture and they were no longer looking dry and brittle.

I still use this all the time, and it helps to keep my nails and cuticles in perfect condition. I don't use it every day, but I do keep in in my handbag to use any time my cuticles look as though they need a bit of care and attention, and it always makes them look instantly better. It does run out fairly quickly if you're using it every day, but once you've got your nails back in shape you shouldn't need to use it every day, so then it will last a lot longer. All in all I think it's a really great product and I wouldn't be without it.