I just love Glam - raaaaally I do - and have since the minute I discovered it, and am so glad to be a part of it now!!!
I am glad you have found your way here to one of my humble little online abodes and hope also that you will take a little time to look around while you are here. NailTechSecrets is my attempt to teach you all of the things I have learned from 20 or so years as a Nail Tech. Explore the categories to the right and learn all you care to know about manicures and pedicures and all the tricks I know about how to polish your nails so you get great long lasting color! There is tons more information here and tons more to come. If you have come searching for info about artificial nails, that is on the plan for the near future - I am gearing up and getting things organized for that now and I hope you will stay tuned, subscribe to the feed and keep posted on all the latest info on nail care and secrets from a career Nail Tech!
Please do come visit me at my other related blog, eBeautyDaily, which along with being a b5media blog, is also a Glam blog!
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T for Toes Dusting Powder by Lush Cosmetics is a powder that is great for refreshing tired feet, general maintenance of healthy feet or just any ol time you need to feel pampered and perked up. T for Toes contains Tea Tree Oil (a.k.a. Melaleuka Oil), which along with a great many other wonderful properties is antibacterial. This is NOT just for the ladies, your men will enjoy this just as well, and might derive even more benefit from it than you do. Available at Amazon.com for $8.75 for 3.5 ounces. Perfect size for the gym bag!
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Julie, at Almost Girl, struggled a bit with freshening up her toenails over the weekend. She just is not as tuned in as I am to the notion that these details are really important! However, she said this in her post from over the holiday weekend, leading me to believe that her struggle with the details of beauty as a whole is very voluntary (*wink*):
[…]you can carefully discern a person’s class from that state of their cuticles, thus even the scruffiest Misshapes hipster girl will reveal her trust fund status with her freshly manicured fingers.
Now this quote - I can bet dollars to doughnuts that I have heard it verbatim from my best girlfriend. Well, she probably didn’t say “Misshapes hipster girl,” but she certainly said dreadlock-wearing, noodle-dancing, neo-hippie chick. Whatever the decade or the type of gal, it all means the same. If you want to look like a person with a bit of sense about them, much less a dollar or two in your pocket - pay attention to the details. And for petes sake, paint your toenails!
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Keep an eye on your fingernails like you keep an eye on the rest of your body for signs of bad health. Nails will often show disorders or at least will give you clues before something really bad happens. Look out for these things from Cybernoon.com:
Your fingernails hold clues to your health. Learn to recognize the signs that might indicate a health issue. Some nail conditions are harmless. These include vertical ridges, which may become more pronounced as you age, and white lines or spots. Spots usually result from injury to the nail plate or nail bed. In time the white spots will grow out.
Other nail conditions can indicate disease. For example, yellow or green discoloration in your nails may result from a respiratory condition, such as chronic bronchitis, or from swelling of your hands (lymphedema). Indentations that run across your nails, called Beau’s lines, appear when growth at the area under your cuticle is interrupted. This might occur because of an injury or severe illness, such as a heart attack.
If you have a nail problem that persists or is associated with other signs and symptoms, make an appointment with your doctor to get it checked out. The doctor’s visit typically includes an examination of your nails along with other observations and tests to make a diagnosis.
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From USA WEEKEND Magazine:
Here are the signs of a fungal nail infection — just remember the word YUCK:
Y Yellow discoloration of the nail bed
U Under the nail bed, a buildup of skin
C Cracking of the nail
K Keratinization, or thickening of the nail
You are always best advised to go to the doctor. However, the treatment for nail fungal infections is medication that is extremely harmful to your liver and you will need to have your liver checked periodically if you choose to take the medicine. It is also a long term medication that you often must take for nearly a year. Some home remedies that I have used for fungal infections are Lotrimin cream, Vicks VapoRub and Tea Tree Oil. Use each twice a day. And if the infection gets worse, go to a doctor immediately.
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