The essential 10 step guide to nail care, with our fave products

written by Caxton magazines staff June 21, 2023

This year’s trend for nails is much less about colour and more about a glossy, gleaming, glimmering texture. Here’s a few essential nail care tips you can try at home…

Get rid of hangnails

Nail care starts with your cuticles. Soften your skin with a cuticle balm.

Try: Orange Blossom Solidarity Balm 20g for R115.00 from Locitanne.

Loccitane

Neaten the edges

Push back cuticles with a cuticle remover. Use an added serum to gently and painlessly loosen and remove excess skin in a minute. Remember to wash off straight after use.

Try: Sorbet Cuticle Remover 15ml ml for R100 from Clicks.

Improve the health of your nails

Improve the health of your nails by cutting off on the gelish manis and working in a strengthening product between appointments.

Try: Sally Hansen Nail Rehab 10ml for R84.00 from Clicks.

Gently exfoliate

Hands are often a giveaway for age – pamper them as you would the rest of your body and get rid of dehydrated skin with a quality scrub.

Try: Gatineau Radiance Enhancing Gommage Scrub Mini 15ml for R100.00 from Bash.

Top tip: You could also massage in the remainder of your face exfoliator, then rinse it off.

Focus on zero damage

Apply an overnight mask to repair any damage.

Try: Lemon Honey Hand Mask 100g for R265.00 from Hey Gorgeous.

Aim for no peel nails

Choose a gentle nail strengthener.

Try: Rimmel Nail Care Stronger R79.95 from Bash.

Use a top coat

Finish your manicure with a speed-dry overcoat.

Try: Sally Hansen Good. Kind. Pure. Nail Polish Top & Base Coat for R76.00 from Superbalist.

Anti-age your hands

Religiously apply a good SPF hand cream.

Try: Eucerin Hyaluron Filler Elasticity Hand Cream for R299.95 from Dis-Chem.

Keep your nails trimmed

Regularly file and buff nails to prevent snags that weaken them.

Try: Fair & Squarel Glass File And Buffer R88.99 from Clicks.

10 ‘Stick’ to no-fuss nail colour

Contemplate the latest savvy arrival…

STIKD gel nail kits offer a quick, sleek mani in less than 20 minutes with no-fuss application and no soak-offs required! Buy the We’re buying all the dreamy shades!

Try: STIKD Starter Pack for R650.

STIKD

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