Cuticle Crisis!

What are your cuticles looking like these days?  After spending the holidays in the kitchen, wrapping presents, or caroling out in the cold, your cuticles probably resemble the Zilker lawn after ACL weekend. Here are our favorite products to help heal and care for torn, dry, and overgrown cuticles.  ***Let us know what has worked for you; and check back next week  for  our list of lotions to help even the driest hands and your chance to win hand care.***

Qtica's Cuticle Repair Balm: This is a favorite of ours at the Central Beauty Store. It is a sticky formula that is less messy than oil, stays on longer, and is tacky enough to make you not want to be picking away at your cuticles.                                                                                                                      

Solar Oil: The packaging has changed on this bad boy; but the formula remains the same miracle working magic potion. Jojoba Oil carries Vitamin E deep in to the skin it is applied to. I rubbed this around my cuticles several times a day and within a week of that consistency, I had the happiest cuticles in Austin. 

Heidi's Nail Solution: I've never had a chance to try this product because it is always flying off our shelves; and it is no wonder it does: Heidi's guarantees a 50% reduction of hangnails and rough cuticles by applying the solution twice a day for a consecutive 3 days, no trimming nor cutting required.

Be Natural Cuticle Eliminator: For stubborn cuticles that seem to adhere to your nailbed, apply cuticle eliminator and let it do the work for you. (If you already use callus eliminator, you know what I am talking about.)

 Tools:

Cuticle Nippers: We carry these in several brands; but I've always trusted Tweezerman for their precision; and they offer free sharpening! (This is a product you'll want to keep sharp.)

Cuticle Pushers:  While you should not completely push back or remove cuticles because they protect your nails from bacteria, these tools help push dead skin off the nail bed and lift excess cuticles to be nipped away.

*Metal pushers are sturdy and washable

*Nail stones are strong but can be abrasive

*Orangewoodsticks are easy to dispose and gentle on the nail bed.

**My favorite are OPI's plastic cuticle pushers.  They are double-sided, washable, and gentle.