How to start taking care of your nails [Complete Newbie Edition PART 1]

[@Shasta31487]

We love a man who takes care of himself.

[@VickiKech]

His hands look really nice. Manly, strong, and clean.

[@sallyhansen9529]

The filing of the hard corners makes all the difference. Great tutorial. I love your “less is more” approach. The results are fantastic and there’s no need to be super aggressive and cause bleeding or trauma.

[@roriegarrett9843]

Watching this is like therapy! 😊😂💅🏻💕

[@TheSalonLife]

START HERE ➡ Step 1- shape your nails weekly Step 2- start taking care of the skin around your nails. Oil after each hand wash and Kerasal at night until the skin is more elastic and healthier. Only then procede to Step 3. like shown here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bn27loyqiaxrhbc Step 3- start gently nudging the skin fold (once every 2-3 days or as needed) coming up (if you are interested) Step 4- cuticle removal Birchwood sticks: amzn.to/3rJIYb2 Tweezerman Stainless Steel nippers amzn.to/3734uC5 amzn.to/3hIEkXs Tweezerman Mini Manicure Kit amzn.to/3wcz4Ch Tweezerman Pushy amzn.to/3whRQYO Kerasal (Amazon) amzn.to/3dy31F7 Kerasal (iHerb) bit.ly/3XCWKvF
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[@estefaniamiragayahuergo9838]

Of course we are interested in next video, cuticle removal!! Your videos are always a pleasure to watch!! ❤

[@ВераБелова-т5р]

Спасибо.

[@Soton-E]

Thank you 💐 for the tutorial. Your teaching style is really clear, sequential and steady 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 I have adopted self-manicure for some months now since my nails were badly seriously damaged from saloon gel application. The difference is noticeable - healthy clean nails. I bow to Jojoba oil 👍🏾 One challenge am slowly working on is how to manicure my right hand as easily as I do my left 🤣 - but am slowly evolving to being ambidextrous ❤️

[@lorimillett6553]

I'm very interested! But I'm very hesitant to do any snipping, but I will keep an open mind and watch the video when you post it. Thank you!

[@KasiaZ]

I was overdoing my nails before, but I have learned so much from Anna

[@catherinenunan3584]

Wonderful timing as I had decided last night to never return to nail salons in shopping centres, no more shellac until my nails are grown out and healed. They are so weak. The manicure I get also snips the outside skin and now I know that this is not the cuticle! So, I will be doing my weekly manicure and staying the course for growth. Thank you from seaside Australia.

[@madelynpedrosa9830]

HI, I was ALL MY LIVE during WRONG my nails and ALWAYS end up either ALL MY SURROUNDING nail skin breaking up and HORRIBLE BUT know I with YOU I learned that their is a difference between nail skin and cuticle and they are starting to look much much better, SO THANKS . I LEARNED A LOT.. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@luciejedlickova1978]

Finally, MSL hands 👍

[@womanofacertainage5892]

Hi Mr. Salon Life! Good to "see" you again! :)

[@ruthchapman3405]

I’m so happy to see MSL back again!! He was much missed. This looks like a great newbie series alright. I would also love to see you back swatching with MSL again. They are the best swatching videos ever. I could watch them over and again!!!

[@TheSalonLife]

Thank you Ruth! ☺️

[@m_here1]

I’m a hobbyist for regular nail polish, so thank you for this demonstration on proper nail care

[@leonoorbuitelaar]

My nails are so much better since I started following your advice around nail care. I had really damaged nails from using Pink Gellac. And after 4 months of the care you recommend my nails are in so much better shape. Thank you!

[@Luna_and_Miles]

Same with me! I am a post-menopausal woman, and my nails got alarmingly dry when my hormones changed. It was this channel that turned everything around for me in terms of my nail care, and would not have figured out on my own that a simple thing like keeping my nails CONSISTENTLY oiled would actually strengthen them! I have much happier and prettier nails again, and when they start getting a bit dry again or a bit peely at the tips, I realize that I was getting lazy about staying on top of keeping them well-oiled. I wash my hands many times a day because I live with cats, and I also just like a clean house, so all that water exposure (without replenishing the moisture with creams and oils) was wreaking havoc with my nails.

[@ScrappinwithSabrina]

Great video and love you’re doing this series. I always learn something new. I was going to say, I missed seeing Mr. Salon Life, so I’m happy to see you both in this video!

[@GaiaCarney]

I clip my nails after a bath with sharp clippers! They’re soft as butter and I hardly have to file them 🤗

[@TheSalonLife]

Thank you for sharing :)

[@yocelyn9369]

Omg I’m excited for part 2! I’m just now noticing what the cuticle really is 😮

[@nykka3]

Thanks you for sharing. I love watching Mr. Salon life manicures. Always helpful to review. My nails have improved so much since the video you posted regarding my nail issues.

[@TheSalonLife]

Thank you so much!! Follow up video coming in a week 😉

[@beau2fulboys]

I have to say thank you. I came across your channel about a month or ago and watched your natural nail manicures. I gave your filing tips a shot and have fallen in love with a round/almond shape. My nails were weak & dry. Now my left hand looks fantastic, no breaks, are flexible (but they don't break). I use oil multiple times a day and a rich creamy lotion at night. If only my right hand would catch up, they don't seem to want to cooperate LOL.

[@jessabeauty917]

Excellent video and valuable comments. Looking forward to part II

[@mercedes4328]

Thank you for this excellent, effective, and very easy first step!

[@ewabydgoska8544]

Świetna instrukcja jak dbać o paznokcie 🙂

[@Csylla_92]

I absolutely love Cerave products😊

[@karenstemarie1955]

So informative and MSL is back! 🎉

[@ВераБелова-т5р]

Здравствуй дорогая Анна, очень приятно снова Вас видеть и слышать.Спасибо за полезное и грамотное видео.Сегодня наконец то уговорила мужа, чтобы он дал обработать свои ногти. Всё прошло успешно и ему понравилось .Он передал Вам низкий поклон❤💥🍃🌺🍃

[@TheSalonLife]

Ah, so happy! Thank you kindly for writing! Please continue with weekly gentle manis and skin care :) it’s feels so good to have neat and healthy hands :)

[@AMG-qn6jx]

Wow. I’ve been using a bucket of cream

[@jowright9577]

MSL - yay..! Great video Anna, so informative and easy to follow x

[@TheSalonLife]

Yay, thank you! ❤️

[@ChiaraNave24]

Would love to see the follow up video! My nails have transformed over the past year due to your wonderful channel, a big thank you from the U.S. 😊

[@TheSalonLife]

Thank you so much for writing! Greetings 😘

[@kimleeming6668]

My nails are so hard (but not brittle) and I find it takes so long to file them down with an emery board. Not only that I don’t like the sensation of the file on my nails. I prefer to clip them into the right shape then finish them with a glass file. In fact I’m doing my weekly manicure while watching this video ❤💅🏻

[@brandybaker7772]

Thank you for all the tips and explanations! I’m so grateful I found you! New subscriber!

[@TheSalonLife]

You are so welcome! Thank you for subscribing:)) let me know how this advice worked for you :))

[@oliviacraner8156]

A lot of my problem is I have chewed my nails since about 5 yrs old. I chewed them when I was in school a lot and when I worked my 1st job mostly cause of stress. I haven't been as bad the last few yrs. My problem now is biting the skin off around my nails and at the bottom of my nail beds. The skin gets hard like. I start chewing the skin off, then pulling it off. Once I get it off my fingers get sore and are sore for days. I also bite them when they get longer and they are sticking off the tips of my fingers. I have tried to file my nails down but they end up getting to small then I just give up. I know I must must try filing thembdown like what I am seeing in this starter video. I didn't really use the cuticle oil to soften it and push it back. I also never really used the JOJO oil. I tried it for a few days, didn't seem to work so I gave up. I guess this will take about 6 months to get my nails similar to this. I will need to use the oil and lotion every time I wash my hands

[@dani23dani85]

Thank you for these wonderful videos

[@TheSalonLife]

Glad you like them!

[@aliciaarbaje735]

Great video, thank you. Two questions: what do you do if the skin around the nails is inflamed? Do you skip the nudging step? Also, do you not do polish for the first few manicures until the skin is in better condition?

[@suviainen91]

I treated my inflammation with cream that contains bacitracin and neomycin. I used it like a nail oil: small amount multiple times a day until the inflammation was gone.

[@TheSalonLife]

Nowadays dermatologists say to just use Vaseline or Aquaphor.

[@tkygixdo]

Love that you left in his anecdote of a toe nail flying into his eye, and then it just cuts 😂

[@kndrkaye1]

Would this be a good method for keeping up with our foot/toe health?

[@TheSalonLife]

yes :))

[@Emily-ci6vc]

Hi, I just started watching your videos and thank you for all the great info! I was wondering how to shape the nails when my nail beds are different shapes on different fingers? Most of my nails beds are curved, but my ring finger on each side has a very flat, straight across nail bed. Should I shape those nails differently? Is there a way to make it look more uniform? Thanks so much! ☺

[@oliviacraner8156]

Have a weird question...The hand cream that would be best to use is what you showed in this video or something like Jergens Ultra Healing cream right? The reason I am asking is because I have alot of Bath and Body Works lotion that is gonna need to be used. If that's not a good lotion to use I will you what you have listed in the video.

[@poesiaplease]

My nails look so much better thanks to your videos. I need a nail strengthening polish and other ways to stop them from cracking and splitting. Any advice?

[@TheSalonLife]

Nail polish does not help the nails. The strength they are talking about is a coat of plastic over them. It doesn’t make the nail better and it just covers the damage. Extensive wear of polish can further actually weaken the nail. Warm oil soak and the skin care I mention in this video is what truly strengthens the nails.

[@poesiaplease]

@@TheSalonLife Thank you! It is so nice to be able to look at my nails and be proud of how they look.

[@katlam75]

Well explained Anna. Thank you and MSL!

[@TheSalonLife]

Glad it was helpful!

[@eszhun2296]

Yes to him doing his own mani, and if he's already done it, please point me to that link.

[@ToshaRaeNailed]

This is great! Your videos have helped me a ton! The OPI Repair wasn’t as helpful to me as the Kerasal. My nails look so much better tho.

[@melaniagheorghe9256]

I have severe troubles with the hardened sides which makes me rip them. No matter how much oil, moisturizer I use , no matter how often I file them. The only thing that helped is having very long nails cause using nails also when grabbing something. Somehow the long nails were protecting that skin. But I am allergic to gel and I m finally done with that( thanks to you❤). I CALL MYSELF DEFEATED with the hardened sides...😢 Sometimes I wonder which was worse, allergy or bleeding sides.

[@TheSalonLife]

No, you need a keratolitic like Kerasal. It’s a mild exfoliant. You might be filing the skin too much causing callus.

[@TheSalonLife]

Link to Kerasal in pinned comment and description box

[@melaniagheorghe9256]

@@TheSalonLife Thank you for the help, replying to you so I spread some knowledge. I have enlos danlos syndrome and my skin is sensitive. It gets harder to protect itself. Exfoliation makes it grow even faster and harder. I will have to learn to live with it. So many people have this without knowing. Sensitive skin around nails, blisters caused bu the soles of the shoes, I can only wear fabric soles, no leather.

[@IrmaU94]

What do you think about glass files? I need some advice on what to use. Thanks in advance!

[@mia_2524]

Love how you explained the hard skin around the nails! If you give yourself a manicure once every week , is it okay to use blue cross ( or any cuticle remover) ? also do you recommend nudging the skin (nail fold ) every time you give yourself a manicure? Tx love ALL YOUR VIDEOS ❤

[@TheSalonLife]

We will be talking about the cuticle in the next video so I don’t confuse anyone. Right now just healing the skin and nudging the skin fold. The steps are in the description box.

[@BirthBabyLife]

Hi Anna, thank you so much for your videos - I am working on my look this year and found your channel while searching for natural nail care. I've looked at various videos but don't see a direct answer to this question: Why do you need to nudge the skin fold back and remove the cuticle? If the skin fold is healthy and you're not planning to apply polish (natural nails instead), is this step necessary? There may be another step that I just haven't learned yet in this beginning research, but I'm curious!

[@TheSalonLife]

Hello, thank you so much for your awesome question. The reason is mostly- esthetics. People prefer this look. The nails look more neat that way. Nudging the skin fold (gently!) and caring for it also helps to prevent painful what people call "hangnails" which really is torn skin. This happens when the skin fold is dry, not elastic and stuck a bit too strong to the nail. When this happens as the nail is growing the skin fold stretches. Eventually it usually cracks and the skin breaks. This can be very painful and lead to infection. So caring for it and nudging it back allows the skin fold to function properly and sit nicely and neatly around the nail. Cuticle only needs to removed when you can see it and you don't like the look or before polishing the nails. If polish is applied over the cuticle, it will most likely peel from that area.

[@BirthBabyLife]

@@TheSalonLife Thank you Anna! I've been telling all my friends about your channel! My package with supplies arrived today so I've been re-watching your videos and working on shaping. Thank you again for your videos!!!

[@mirandaburke3331]

Is it better to buy a glass file over the one you used in the video?

[@TheSalonLife]

Matter of preference. I prefer thin files because I can get into the corners better :)

[@Luna_and_Miles]

I generally avoid lotions or creams that contain mineral oil, and would not use on my face, or décolletage, because of how heavy it is. I would think it is fine for hands and feet though, unless one has extra sensitive or reactive skin.

[@TheSalonLife]

Mineral or or Vaseline is fabulous for sensitive skin. This is what dermatologists now recommend to use after having a scrape or a cut instead of neosporin etc. as effective. www.paulaschoice.com/ingredient-dictionary/ingredient-mineral-oil.html

[@Luna_and_Miles]

@@TheSalonLife Ah, interesting, I did not know that! Thank you, Anna.

[@ralucaenem]

very easyyy!

[@md8552]

What is the name of the twizzer thing?

[@KalindiYoga]

Thank you for all your videos! I have a question, can I apply the jojoba oil when I have dazzle dry polish on? Will oil make it dull?

[@TheSalonLife]

It will not make it dull at all :). The oil will greatly benefit the skin around the nails as well as the polish itself to a degree :)

[@KalindiYoga]

@@TheSalonLife​​⁠thank you for much! I will try it. Can I use Jojoba oil as finish oil after dazzle dry? Just ordered everything from your recommendations. I have a Jason Tea Tree oil for the nails that I am using at bedtime, do they work like Jojoba oil?

[@jellybeansi]

I've been told you're not supposed to file back-and-forth because there's a higher chance of splitting the nail, so to file in one direction only. Accurate?

[@TheSalonLife]

No :). Old wives tale :). Nail plate does not run in 1 direction. It has bunch of randomly arranged cells that don’t run in any particular direction. That’s the top and the bottom of the nail plate. The middle of the nail plate has cells that I positioned more horizontally actually. What matters is the grit you finish filing with.

[@jellybeansi]

@@TheSalonLife Good to know, thanks so much for the reply!

[@olgap871]

Thank you for your hard work! :) I have a question- can lanolin be applied overnight on a PSF to moisturize it instead of a Kerasal? Thanks in advance

[@TheSalonLife]

Lanolin is great especially if the skin is cracked. Kerasal is urea and salicylic acid based ointment which does a completely different thing. It’s a mild keratolitic. So moisturizer and an exfoliant. Great if that skin is stuck and dry.

[@olgap871]

Thank you !!😊@@TheSalonLife

[@_shannons]

What is special about the kerasel product? Is it a particular active ingredient, or will any lotion due?

[@TheSalonLife]

Quite different. 10% urea and 5% salicylic acid plus glycerine and Vaseline :)

[@coralee6898]

Hi Anna! Kerasel is not readily available in Aus. Could you be more specific about the ingredient that it is in Kerasel that we need to look out for? Is it just any kind of foot cream with urea in it? Thank you! Ps love your videos I have learnt so much from you

[@TheSalonLife]

Kerasal is available in AU. Please see the links in the description box. 10% urea, 5% salicylic acid, glycerin. Waterless formula.

[@mst3kharris]

My nails were doing great for a while but recently they’re tearing and getting rough at the edges for no reason. Plus a whole section of nail tore down to mid-nail on my right pinky, and it’s going to be aggravating to grow out. I’m hoping reviewing the basics will get my nails to stop being weird.

[@TheSalonLife]

Have you buffed your nails?

[@mst3kharris]

@@TheSalonLife not recently. However, they’re very ridgy normally. Also I had chemotherapy last year so maybe my nails are still recovering from that? (A minor detail, haha.)

[@littleleslie13]

Which file did you use when you were gently filing the skin on the sides of the nail please?

[@TheSalonLife]

I will share details soon but you can really use any gentle file :))

[@tb3174]

I don't see the foot cream on your Amazon page?

[@TheSalonLife]

Links in the description box below the video :)

[@fredamariebrown4727]

EASY PEASY, I feel inspired....see you later...:-)

[@TheSalonLife]

Wonderful!

[@Con3033]

Can I paint my nails after applying oil?

[@TheSalonLife]

You always need to scrub the nails with alcohol before application of polish. If the polish is applied over an oily nail, the polish will peel off.

[@mirandaburke3331]

Is a 240 grit the best for brittle finger nails and 120 for toe nails (that are not brittle)?

[@TheSalonLife]

You can use any file you want. After that smooth the free edge with a sponge (buffer). Voila, perfectly smooth nails :)

[@HS-qf5of]

The nail model is SO AMERICAN! “I actually had that happen once- a toenail in the eye.” So funny. 😂

[@TheSalonLife]

Fun fact, I'm not American :) - MSL (The hand model)

[@HS-qf5of]

Pardon my assumption, MSL! No disrespect intended. I AM an American and find American men to be goofy in a way that I find endearing. I learned a lesson about generalizing and not making off the top of my head comments. Still, the toenail comment was epic.

[@TheSalonLife]

@@HS-qf5of I took no offence and didn't find your comment to be disrespectful by any means. Sadly, the written word can be often misunderstood. My comment was meant in more of a positive, upbeat, playful manner :) I'm glad you like the content and I truly hope you have a great day! - MSL

[@lisbetthijs1495]

It’s indeed very very easy 😂

[@mariajeszke5018]

🙋no cóż nadal mogę tylko podziwiać Anno twoje umiejętności - brak tłumaczenia na język 🇵🇱Pozdrawiam Maria🌹

[@TheSalonLife]

Witam Mario, zabiorę się za to jak tylko będę miała chwile :))

[@carolinebielby5924]

Where nail files fromx

[@TheSalonLife]

Hi Caroline! Soft Touch Wood Board File 120/240 bit.ly/3R1zfe0 Soft Touch Sponge 120/220 bit.ly/40XjWHU

[@tammyjohnston6545]

❤❤❤

[@terrifendi]

My husband constantly picks at the living skin on every finger. I have told him countless times how dangerous it is, but it’s to the point of an OCD. He isn’t even aware he does it until I say something. Drives me insane! I have tried to help him realize how bad it is, but he can’t stop. Help!! 😩

[@TheSalonLife]

I will be honest, you can’t help someone who is not wanting the help. Personally I would replace “stop picking” with “start caring for your skin”. People pick because the hard skin bothers them. Skin care will help the hard skin.

[@terrifendi]

@@TheSalonLife I have tried to show him how to care for the skin around his nails and he sees me taking care of mine many times a day (thanks to your videos). His is just a very (very 😊) bad habit he can’t seem to break. Thanks for responding and for all you do for the nail community!

[@Smittenhamster]

My man does the same, it's a stress reaction for him. Whenever he experiences stress, he bites/picks the skin as a sort of stress relief, to the point of bleeding. The only thing that would help is a)reducing stressors and b) finding an alternative form of relief.

[@suebob16]

Maybe you can start by having your husband just use CeraVe Facial Foaming Cleanser as a hand wash. I have been following Anna's nail advice, but finally using the CeraVe cleanser she recommended really helped the skin around my nails and my hands. Once your husband feels how smooth his hands are maybe he will be encouraged to take the next steps like using an oil after washing and perhaps the Kerasal.

[@izotop381]

i’ve been watching your videos for a while and i still cant figure out what the tattoos on his fingers say😭

[@patriciaheller2608]

@izotop381 It is Emil and Clay. The names of his father and grandfather as far as I remember.

[@izotop381]

@@patriciaheller2608thank uuu

[@JH-kw8zy]

Nothing worse than a man with unkempt nails 😭 I like when guys take care of themselves.