Friday 25 March 2011

HELP - Smudged Nails

Just a quickie... for advice really, I am having a massive problem with my nails at the minute and it is stressing me out like you wouldn't believe. OK, so since I cut my nails down they aren't really growing, they keep snapping although I am filing them regular. I take calcium tablets daily and recently bought some vitamins especially for nails, I buff them before I paint them and apply a strengthening base coat but when it comes to my nail varnish it's just not sticking.

I shall give you an example, yesterday I waited 30 mins before applying my first thin layer of polish then another 40 mins before applying the second coat, I then waited an extra 40 minutes for it to dry. Literally after an hour they had all smudged. Its like nail varnish doesn't want to dry on my nails.

I have a massive variety of brands, and none seem to be sticking, I've had this problem a lot recently and I went to my friends the other day and used one of her polishes. I only added a thin coat and she said to me that its really hard to get off. I sat there and pulled what I thought was a hang nail and the whole finger of polish peeled off.

Could there be a health problem there or are my fingers just to greasy? I need help because I love doing my nails :-(

7 comments:

  1. i had this happen once and it turned out it was the base coat i was using - is the base coat staying put at all or is it coming off with the nail varnish?

    xxShivvyxx

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  2. its coming off with the polish, ah I hope its that, i always thught base coat helped xx

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  3. I'd say try doing it without the base coat I don't use one as I find this happens, u could try the nails polish first then the strengthening one on top?!
    X

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  4. yeah i think it sounds like it's the base coat coming off then - i'd do what leanne says and try without and see if that helps and then change your base coat! Mine was really cheap and turns out it wasn't designed to be polished or something

    xxShivvyxx

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  5. OMG This happens to me all the time the last few months! Its almost like the polish is glue and just peels completely off! Ive used a variety of base coats etc but they all peel! Ive used high end and "drug store"polishes too :( Its not fair! x

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  6. happens to me alllll the time! no idea why either but it does my head in! xx

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  7. are you putting on lotion or anything before varnish? try cleaning your nails with 100% pure acetone before polish or rubbing alcohol or if you have got it over there try CXreative Nail Design's "scrub-Fresh" that should do the trick!

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