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Showing posts with label peeling finger nails. Show all posts
Showing posts with label peeling finger nails. Show all posts
12 January 2010
21 September 2009
Nurses, Teachers, Hygienists and BAD Nails.
I've been busy and away - but time to answer another question lots of you seem to have...
Your profession has you washing your hands or using alcohol rub all the time and that's really hard on the nails. Here is an actual email that I received yesterday or the day before.
If possible, we would recommend trying the following...
On the days you aren't working and during the period you are actively tryin to get your nails back in shape - keep a vial of FlexiNail around and apply thin coats often ( a couple or more times throughout the day). If your nails are the way you want them - then just apply normally.
On the days when you are working and washing your hands constantly - apply Flexinail in the morning and let it soak in for a few minutes before wiping any off. This in itself will help protect your nails. If you are able to take a lunch break - apply another thin coat and just let it soak also for a few minutes. At night - again let them soak with an application. It just has to be thin a very thin application. Not only are you replentishing the nail with lost lipids etc, the prensence of FlexiNail in the nail will help "repel" some of the damage all the washing is doing.
Of course - when you get your nails the way you want them - wear polish as much as you want - trying to coincide that with work days of course :)
If you have a question for us, please visit FlexiNail and click on the "contact us" link.
You can also read actual FlexiNail customer testimonials by clicking here: FlexiNail Testimonials
Your profession has you washing your hands or using alcohol rub all the time and that's really hard on the nails. Here is an actual email that I received yesterday or the day before.
- I've being using flexinail for approximately 4 weeks. I'm using it as directed. I'm a nurse and work 3 days a week. I wash my hands constantly at work. Is it ok to use clear polish to protect my nails from the hand washing and alcohol rub damage.
If possible, we would recommend trying the following...
On the days you aren't working and during the period you are actively tryin to get your nails back in shape - keep a vial of FlexiNail around and apply thin coats often ( a couple or more times throughout the day). If your nails are the way you want them - then just apply normally.
On the days when you are working and washing your hands constantly - apply Flexinail in the morning and let it soak in for a few minutes before wiping any off. This in itself will help protect your nails. If you are able to take a lunch break - apply another thin coat and just let it soak also for a few minutes. At night - again let them soak with an application. It just has to be thin a very thin application. Not only are you replentishing the nail with lost lipids etc, the prensence of FlexiNail in the nail will help "repel" some of the damage all the washing is doing.
Of course - when you get your nails the way you want them - wear polish as much as you want - trying to coincide that with work days of course :)
If you have a question for us, please visit FlexiNail and click on the "contact us" link.
You can also read actual FlexiNail customer testimonials by clicking here: FlexiNail Testimonials
28 August 2009
Chemotherapy, brittle nails and free FlexiNail
Although hair loss and chemotherapy are well associated - nails problems are also very common.
We get people writing and asking if it's true, "Do we give away free product to people on chemotherapy?"
The short answer is yes we do. The longer answer is that we also have to limit the free product we give away - or people just abuse it and write and say they are undergoing chemotherapy and want free product. When you write us, please tell us a little about yourself. Don't just write and request free product please. Ideally, we would like to help those people that are having some financial difficulties (although right now, who isn't?).
Tell us what drug you're taking, a little about what you're going through and maybe why some free product would make a difference to you. We will take your email and put you on our list - we try to help out one person (and sometimes more) each day.
Write FlexiNail at admin@FlexiNail.com and remember to stay positive.
We get people writing and asking if it's true, "Do we give away free product to people on chemotherapy?"
The short answer is yes we do. The longer answer is that we also have to limit the free product we give away - or people just abuse it and write and say they are undergoing chemotherapy and want free product. When you write us, please tell us a little about yourself. Don't just write and request free product please. Ideally, we would like to help those people that are having some financial difficulties (although right now, who isn't?).
Tell us what drug you're taking, a little about what you're going through and maybe why some free product would make a difference to you. We will take your email and put you on our list - we try to help out one person (and sometimes more) each day.
Write FlexiNail at admin@FlexiNail.com and remember to stay positive.
24 August 2009
Why most nail oils don't work...
For a nail conditioner to show long term results, it needs to penetrate the nail's protective coating. Most conditioning oils don't penetrate - they just sit on top of the nail. They absorb into the cuticle - but not into the nail itself. Many products even advertise "vitamins" - but in many cases this "vitamin" or antioxidant is one of the ingredients used to simply stop the oil in the product from going rancid (and it sounds good too).
For a nail conditioner to be effective - it has to get into the nail which is made of alpha keratin and very different in composition from the skin. Without a penetrating formulation, the ingredients can't penetrate to the nail matrix and you're wasting your time AND money.
FlexiNail is formulated to penetrate the nail. That is why there is a 100 day money-back guarantee. It works.
For a nail conditioner to be effective - it has to get into the nail which is made of alpha keratin and very different in composition from the skin. Without a penetrating formulation, the ingredients can't penetrate to the nail matrix and you're wasting your time AND money.
FlexiNail is formulated to penetrate the nail. That is why there is a 100 day money-back guarantee. It works.
27 June 2007
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!
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!
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