FlexiNail use with nail polish

We get a lot of questions about the use of FlexiNail with nail polish. The list of frequently asked questions (FAQ) on the FlexiNail website answer quite a few different questions. To view this, visit www.flexinail.com/faq.php

To answer the nail polish question...

If your nails are pretty bad, we would suggest you try NOT to use nail polish at all for at least the first couple of weeks (or longer if possible). The FlexiNail won’t get past the polish coat – so it can’t be absorbed into the nail. Without polish, this gives your whole nail a chance to absorb FlexiNail. After you start to get your nails back on track (assuming they are really bad to start) then use polish as you want (sparingly with breaks if possible). If you are using FlexiNail just to improve your nails - then we still suggest at least several days, a week or even longer at the start without polish - then just try to minimize the harsh on-going use of polish remover etc. Remember, if you are using polish, make sure that you are getting FlexiNail under the cuticle into the matrix area and also up the sides of the nail and into the skin all around the nail.

If you keep the nail matrix (that's the part under the cuticle) conditioned then this new nail that grows will be in better shape from the start - a lot more efficient that trying to change the nail that's already there. Your results with FlexiNail won't be as dramatic or fast when used with polish - but get the conditioner to the matrix area and you will still see benefits when this new nail growth grows out to the end of your fingers.

Gardening and Nails

I'm out in the yard today doing some spring clean-up. Although I'm not doing any gardening today- it reminded me of all our customers that do garden.

While dirty nails are just part of gardening, the dirt can be very drying. So a tip from some of our regular customers is to apply FlexiNail an hour or so before going to work in the garden. It helps the nails from getting brittle and makes cleaning the nails after the garden work a bit easier as well.

If you have a nail tip for us, please feel free to visit http://www.FlexiNail.com and click on the contact us link.

Trying to make a tiny difference

Before I post a single message about nails, I want to mention another effort I am undertaking to make a small contribution back. As part of a fund-raising effort to help build a new school in Nepal, for the first time in my life, I have grown long hair. It's been a year and a half!
I am shaving my head to help raise money for this. We're up to over $1,000 and I'm pretty happy about that. So I am trying to start this blog by asking you to keep an open mind to making a small donation to "Room to Read" (http://www.RoomtoRead.org) or if you are in Canada you can get a tax receipt by visiting my donation page at: http://www.canadahelps.org/GivingPages/GivingPage.aspx?gpID=606

Even if you can't make a large donation let me ask you to go without a coffee for one day. I love coffee and it's hard, but skip the bought coffee or latte for just one day and donate the $4 to help make a difference in the lives of many families. Help out if you can! Thanks, Derek

My other interests in this area are helping out "micro lending" - a way to allow people (primarily women in the third world) to get on the road to self-sufficiency by allowing them to purchase a cow or a sewing machine etc to start a micro-enterprise. I'll also tell you how FlexiNail makes efforts to help those undergoing chemotherapy (which is very tough on nails as well as hair). I'll write about these more as we go along.

So hope you'll enjoy the post and contribute your thoughts as well.

Welcome!

Everyday, on our nail website, we try to answer people's questions about their nail problems. Sometimes we help by finding links to very specific information or sometimes just answer questions from frustrated people.

Instead of this information just going to one person, I would like it to be shared with others who may be having the same problems. I would like others to join in with answers for what has worked for them and be supportive of the people who have some real nail issues.

I will do my best to keep the answers impartial, but I have to warn everyone up front that I think we have the best nail conditioner product on the market with FlexiNail and won't be shy to mention it! You can see for yourself at www.FlexiNail.com
Be sure to read some of the testimonials there from our loyal customers. If you have a question - ask away and we'll do our best to get it answered!