Best Practices for Moisturizing Nails After a Gel Manicure at Gateway Nail Salon in Valley Forge
A gel manicure is a wonderful option for people who want to maintain their nails in good condition for the upcoming weeks, but after this procedure, it is vital to take proper care of your nails and provide them with enough moisture. Though gel polish is strong, the procedure of applying it and the exposure of nails to LED or UV light may create some dryness which could sometimes affect the person’s nails and his or her cuticles. At Gateway Nail Salon Located in Valley Forge, we care for our clients’ nails and provide recommendations on how to keep them well hydrated after a gel manicure.
In this piece, we will take you through the steps describing how to apply cuticle oil and factors to consider to get the better look out of gel nails after a fixed day period to achieve stunning volleyball nails.
1. Apply Cuticle Oil Every Day
One of the best measures to make sure that all the parts of your nails stay moisturized is to apply a good quality cuticle oil on a daily basis. Following a gel nail manicure, cuticle oil should be used to compensate for the dryness around your nails. Such oils which we suggest for our clients at Gateway Nail Salon, for example, Vitamin A or E oil, helps to strengthen and enhance the elasticity of the nails.
How to Apply:
- Take a cuticle oil pen or dropper and use it to apply cuticle oil on the base of each fingernail before applying nail polish.
- As the last step massage it in around the cuticles and the nails.
- And for best results put on the cuticle oil at least two times a day, in the morning and at bed time if possible, it should be up to two times day.
2. Moisturize with Hand Cream Regularly.
After applying hand cream, the skin on your hands as well as that on your nails and the cuticles will continue being soft and moist. Following each wash or application of hand sanitizers after which the moisture content in hands decreases, apply a moist hand cream. Selecting a hand cream which contains ingredients like – shea butter, glycerin, and hyaluronic acid will ensure moisture is retained for long periods.
Tip:
Especially if you will be in the sun, invest in a hand cream that contains SPF. This will shield both your hands and nails from ultraviolet radiation which causes dryness as well.
3. Soak Your Nails in Warm Oil
In any case, once in a while giving the nails an oil treatment by you is essential since, that provides a good source of nourishment to the nails and also repairs some of the damage caused after the process of gel manicure. Olive or coconut or almond oils will also do as they penetrate the nail bed thereby nourishing the very core and enhancing the brittleness at the very least.
How to Do an Oil Soak:
- Take a few deep bowls and fill one with a little but sufficiently warmed oil such as olive or almond oil.
- Leave your nails in water for 10-15 mins before commencing rinsing of the hand.
- Rinse with warm water and dry using a clean towel.
- After this treatment apply cuticle oil as well as a hydrating hand cream in order to prevent water loss.
This method is most efficient in winter months when the tendency of nails to become dry is much higher.
4. Hydrate from the Inside Out
Moisturizing of the nails comes from two angles, externally and internally. Water intake must be encouraged to help moisture levels in nails and the cuticle areas. The same can be targeted by including biotin rich foods like avocados and eggs. Other such improvements can be made from sources of biotin supplements.
You may want to consider nutritional supplements for example omega three fatty acids and biotin in order to promote moisture levels in your nails as well as growth.
5. Avoid Harsh Chemicals
Furthermore, no sooner than a gel manicure is done, nails should be protected against chemical substances that may lead to dehydration of the nails. As always, household cleaning supplies, including products with bleaches and strong detergents, are the main culprits of causing the nails to dry and eventually break. When you are undertaking some household activities, you should put on gloves to avoid exposure of your nails on such chemicals.
6. Water exposure should be lowered through the following methods:
Holding your hands in water for prolonged periods of time (swimming) or not wearing mitts when washing dishes, can also pose a risk to one’s nails as they lose their natural oils which could help hydrate the nails and keep them strong. Some people have a habit of rinsing their hands after washing something and, thus, causing the nails to become moisture deprived. After washing your hands, make it a habit to towel your hands but not completely dry your nails, and immediately after, rub hand lotion over your hands.
7. Always opt for a moisturising nail strengthener.
When shortening nails on gel manicure, be prepared as your nude polish could get worn out and chipped as the adhesive is no longer sticking onto the badly dehydrated and weak surface. These special items help revive atrophied and weakened nails through additional moisture intake and nourishment. Choose buying nail strengtheners with keratin or calcium or aloe combined to the strengtheners.
Gateway Nail Salon offers efficient solutions for you that involve the use of protective cosmetics to prevent colorings from damaging the surface of fingernail plates.
8. Have Some Time Off When Doing Gel Manicures.
It is acceptable to wear gel manicures within a certain time limit for clients, but it is advisable to give your nails a rest in between applications. When you wear gel polish for a prolonged period without sufficient gaps in between, it can make the nails dry. After every few gel application sessions try to observe the principle of ‘no gel polish for 2 weeks’ in order to enable your nails to repair and recuperate themselves.
At this time, try to restore lost moisture by moisturizing and applying treatments.
9. Go for Gel Removal by A Professional.
One of the most common blunders that people do is to peel or chip off the gel polish by themselves exposing the top layer of the nail which is most invariably excruciating and makes the nails dry. At Gateway Nail Salon, do not ever take off your gel polish by yourself. Ideal circumstances for the trained specialists at our salon will carefully remove the paint calmly without damaging your nails so that you don’t have the danger of drying them out.
10. Intensive Care with Moisturizing Gloves
Adding moisturizing gloves can help provide an extra layer of moisturizing, particularly at night. These gloves have moisturizing ingredients like shea butter, aloe, and essential oil, which help moisturize the cuticles and nails while sleeping. This practice of gradually increasing application frequency, shall I say, even two or three times a week, can be noticeable in how healthy and vitalized your nails would feel.
Conclusion
Post gel manicure nails maintenance is important if you want to keep both your nails healthy and the gel manicure fresh for a longer time. To help retain the beauty of your nails even long after your appointment at Gateway Nail Salon in Valley Forge, you would need to practice these nail protection habits. Aside from the application of cuticle oil, applying nourishing hand creams, and oil soaking, there are other effective procedures that one can use to maintain the beauty of the nails.
Gateway Nail Salon aims to help our clients attain and retain beautiful, strong, and healthy nails. Book your next appointment and allow us to show you the right post-manicure procedure and ensure your nails are in perfect condition!
