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Blog Description: Well cared for hands (and feet) can make a positive impression and speak volumes about you! They are the one part of your body that can instantly give away your age and can not be hidden behind make up, clothes or jewelry. You don't have to spend lots of time on hand care to make a difference in how they look. Beautiful hands and nails can easily be yours without a lot of work! Stop by as we share tips, recipes, products and treatments for natural hand and foot care.
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Blog Owner: Penny
Blog Added: February 17, 2008 11:39:26 PM
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Stop by the new Blog!
The launch date for my new product line and website is just around the corner. I'll be keeping this blog up but will only be posting occasional updates here. If you'd like to continue reading about natural nail care, do it yourself tutorials, recipes, product reviews, spa treatments and more stop on by the new blog:
Zularis Naturals - Natural Nail Care Blog
Some of the blog posts from this site have been transferred there but there's lots of new stuff to check out. Stop by and sign up to get the posts sent directly to you through Feedburner or Feedblitz. You can also sign up for our free monthly newsletter. You'll get updates on the lastest sales, new products, upcoming events, seasonal scents and more.
Chipped Nail Polish - A New Fashion Statement?
The NY Times had an interesting article on chipped nail polish being the new "in" fashion trend. Chipped nail polish is NOW a fashion trend? It use to be that nails sporting polish with chips and dings on their tips was a sign that you were actually doing something important....like work. Whether it's taking care of your family, working outside the home, etc you were still actually doing some type of physical work. By the time you got a few spare moments it was better off spent attempting to sleep instead of fixing your manicure. Now it seems that it's taken on an entirely new meaning
Ji Baek, the owner of Rescue Beauty Lounge was quoted as saying her clients are ?wearing perfectly-tailored clothes, they have $5,000 bags and equally fabulous shoes, but their nails are chipped and they?re saying, ?I don?t care.? They don?t want to be too perfect.? It seems they are too busy Blackberrying, shopping, and doing who knows what else to care about how their nails look. They are too busy being perfect to care remember? What they don't realize is that those of us who don't have time to be perfect are in on their secret....they really do care. If they didn't, they wouldn't walk around telling everyone how much they don't care while they pick at their polish.
Deborah Lippman was quoted as saying ?I don?t think you can get away with if you?re a woman of a certain age,? she said. That certain age being 35 or older. Wow....this is one of those times I'm glad that I'm sooooo ancient (at the ripe old age of 39) that sporting chipped polish ON PURPOSE isn't cool. Sorry to be so not cool but I'm a bit to busy right now working, running a business, taking care of kids, attending school events and such to worry about artfully picking off my polish these days.
Thankfully it seems that everyone is in agreement over toe nail polish. Chipped polish on your toes is still a big fashion Don't....for now at least.
How about you? Is purposely chipped polish a fashion trend your following?
Busting Nail Myths part 3 - Feeding Your Nails
This is another popular myth. I see lots of products being sold that say they provide vitamins, minerals, nutrition, etc that your nail needs to grow faster, stronger, better then before....sort of like the Bionic Woman :) The truth is that most of them are lying or stretching the truth. Once again let me remind you that the part of the nail you see is non-living protein called keratin. No amount of vitamin, minerals or gelatin will affect this part of the nail.
The only part of your nail that is affected by what you eat is the nail matrix. This is where the nail grows from and is located just behind your cuticle area at the back of your nail. It is under the skin of your finger and is not visible. Certain illness can affect how the nail grows. Vitamin as well as protein deficiency can also affect nail growth but the number of people who actually have these problems are extremely small.
Applying various paint on nail products that claim to help nails grow because they provide vitamins/minerals aren't telling the whole truth. How do you feed protein material that is dead? You don't....that's the truth. However, these products may help to make the nails less prone to braking. This would allow the nail to grow longer then usual does which would make it seem like it works.
Drinking gelatin based products don't work either. Various gelatin manufacturers have been touting the benefits of drinking and even soaking your nails in gelatin liquid for years. It won't work....sorry Knox :( If anyone says it does ask them for a study showing it does. There are however numerous studies showing that there are no benefits from using gelatin as well as calcium and other supplements. So eat Jell-o because you like the taste and not because it will make your nails stronger.
The one supplement that actually does have scientific proof backing it up is Biotin. I found this information about Biotin on the web at one time and saved it but not the website URL I found it at: "Biotin is absorbed into the core of the nail, where it may encourage a better, thicker nail to grow," says Richard K. Scher, M.D., professor of dermatology and head of the Nail Section at Columbia University-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. Cauliflower is a rich source of biotin, as are legumes such as peanuts and lentils. One study showed that people consuming 2,500 micrograms (2.5 milligrams) of biotin daily had marked increases in nail thickness after six months. To get this much biotin, you'll need to take it in supplement form.
Got any other possible nail care myths you'd like to see covered? Just let me know.
Busting Nail Myths part 2 - Nails Sweat?
Here's another favorite nail myth - do nails sweat? In a word - NO! Your skin contains sweat glands that allow you to perspire based on the temperature. The hotter it is the more you sweat. This helps your body regulate it's internal temperature. Nails do NOT contain any sweat glads so they don't sweat.
This does not mean that your nails completely lack moisture. They do and it makes up about 18% or so of your nail. Lack of moisture is one of the main reasons why people have brittle, splitting or peeling nails. Moisture is also a reason why some people end up with fungal infections under their nail enhancements. Usually when your nail tech apply the initial enhancement they apply a liquid to help pull out some of the moisture on the surface of your nail. They also use a sanitizing spray before applying the enhancement to kill any trapped bacteria on the nature nail. A vast majority of the problems that occur have to do with moisture getting in from outside the nail.
If your enhancement is lifing around the cuticle or nail tip water can get it. The same thing occurs when you have a crack in the nail. Moisture trapped under the nail can breed bacterial or fungus causing serious problems. If you wear enhancements and have either of these issues this is the best way to deal with them:
DO NOT GLUE DOWN THE NAIL YOURSELF!!!! Until the damaged material is removed, moisture (and bacteria) will be trapped under the nail. No matter how clean or dry the nail looks it's there. When you try to solve the problem yourself you risk infection. If you notice a crack or lifting it is better to see your nail tech and have them repair the nail. It may cost you a couple of bucks to have it done but it's far cheaper then dealing with an infection.
Busting Nail Myths - Do Nails Breathe?
I was talking with someone the other day about nail enhancements....AKA artificial nails. Seems they were having their enhancements removed to allow their nails some time to "breathe". Oh my....I could almost feel my head about to spin as I encountered what must be the number 1 nail myth around. It's bad enough when the regular person on the street thinks their nails are breathing. It's even worse when a nail tech thinks the same thing and passes along incorrect information to their customers.
The truth is your nails DO NOT BREATHE! EVER!!!! The only breathing taking place in your body happens in the lungs. Your nails are made up of keratin...a fibrous protein. This is the same stuff that your hair is made of....and your hair doesn't breathe either. Once the nail grows from the matrix (the part of your finger that the nail grows out of) it is basically dead. It does not feel, has no blood supply, etc. Which is why you can trim your nails as well as hair without feeling pain.
Because your nails do NOT breathe there is no logical reason for removing all your nail enhancements to give your nails a rest. The enhancement covers the dead portion of the nail so your nail will continue to grow out. At times, whatever material your enhancement is made of, may begin to age or breakdown after being exposed to various chemicals, etc. When this occurs the material covering the nail can become brittle, begin to discolor or even crack/flake off. Some people keep their nails too long and the constant banging on the nail can also cause problems with the enhancement. This is why it is important to regularly maintain your nails once enhancements have been applied. If a problem is caught early then your tech can re-balance the material rather then soak off the entire enhancement.
As a side note: people sometimes also refer to their skin breathing as well. Actually what they are talking about is the fact that the body controls it's internal temperature through perspiration. If you didn't sweat then your internal temp would rise and damage your organs. Nails do not sweat either....but that's another popular nail myth to be tackled in another post.
A Name To Call My Own
I wanted to scream after finding another company with a similar trademarked name as the one I had finally decided to use. Finding a name has been the hardest thing so far. Finding a name you can live with that has the .com available seemed to be even harder. So now that I knew there was another company selling cosmetics (hair care and soap) with Solaris in their already trademarked name it was time to head back to the drawing board. Again, this is when having an impartial person to bounce ideas off of comes in handy. If you ask family and friends what they think about your ideas you will most likely have them say they are great! I don't need people to agree with me. I need someone to be honest with me.
It took about 20 to 30 minutes of bouncing ideas back and forth with my business coach to finally come up with a name to call my own. In the end it only took changing a few letters to make a unique name that would appeal to men yet still be gender neutral for possible future products for the whole family. It would work with the logo that I liked. It wasn't currently trademarked. Plus, I was able to get several versions of the .com name. Sure it wasn't my first choice for names. But it's all mine and that's what's important! My new business is now called Zularis Naturals..... here's the official logo:
With the name and the logo finally done the label and website design can begin. I'm hoping to officially launch the business some time in June. If your interested in seeing what's happening with the new business and product line you can check out the new blog: Zularis Naturals Blog. There you will ultimately find information about natural nail care as well as product info for that particular line.
I will continue to maintain the SugarLicious blog and, time permitting, will even list manicure/pedicure related products to Etsy. These will be limited edition or seasonal scents that will only be available in limited numbers. All the products listed will be ready to ship instead of custom made when ordered. The SugarLicious website will be taken down once the new site is ready. Now back to our regular programming :)
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