Reddit reviews Sally Hansen Instant Cuticle Remover, 1 Fluid Ounce

Do you bite your nails? I ask because I used to bite mine really badly until about four years ago when I was finally able to quit for good and mine looked a lot like yours do now.

So the good news is that there are a few things that you can do to make them look better but the bad news is that it takes a really long time and you probably won't see much difference by the time you go to the wedding. For the short term, maybe consider press-ons? They've come a very long way since we were little and there are many out there that at first glance, look completely natural, even on less than perfect nails. Look for the ImPress brand (usually like $7-8 or so) and get ones that look pretty simple and natural like a french tip and unless someone is really staring at your fingers, I doubt they will notice!

For the long term, what I've done that's helped is to get into a nail care routine. Cuticle oil, nail file, orange sticks, and a cuticle trimmer or liquid remover are the tools you'll want. Two to three times a week (at least in the beginning, you can do it less frequently once they start to look like you want them to) take an orange stick and use the flat side to gently push back the skin around your nail. Some people oil them first to help soften them, I just usually do it after a shower while they're softer anyway. Then use the trimmer or liquid remover to get rid of the dead skin that's pushed back. I personally like this kind of trimmer but you have to be really careful that you don't accidentally cut the live skin. You're really just shaving away the dead skin with it. There's also this kind of nipper some people prefer and then there's the liquid stuff like this that dissolves the dead skin with no trimming required at all. It's all really just what you're comfortable with. Then oil them up when you're done, and if possible, oil them as many times a day as you can remember to. I try to do it at least once in the morning and once before I go to bed.

Then with regard to filing, let them grow out a bit more and like someone else suggested, file the sides down where they flare out, but only at the free edges. You should try to avoid cutting altogether. For rounder nail beds, a round shape tends to look better IMO.

So, forgive my awful MS paint skills but I drew on your pic a bit to help illustrate what I'm talking about. On your pointer finger, the spot that I circled is the area you're wanting to try to grow out and reattach to the nail bed. On the middle finger, I tried (I know, terribly lol) to illustrate how it would look after your cuticle line is pushed back over time and the nail bed reattaches along the sidewalls and then of course the white part is grown out and filed in a round shape. It all comes down to permanently pushing your cuticles back to expose more of the nail bed and allowing the sidewalls to reattach at the tips. Also, when you clean under your nails, be super gentle and don't push back the skin underneath - you want that to reattach to give you longer nail beds.

A lot of it just genetics and mine still don't look like nail blogger nails, but doing this has made a huge difference. I started really noticing results in about six months and now, you'd never know that they used to be super short. I still have some flaring on the sides, but I just file it away. I know this is like novel length, but mine used to look almost exactly like yours (except I had no white edge because I bit it all off lol) so I can totally relate to how you feel! I'd quit biting for a couple of months and then get so discouraged when they didn't look any better and just give up and bite again and it wasn't until I started really putting in the routine and effort that I was able to make it look better. I hope this helps! :)

This Sally Hansen Cuticle Remover works really well. It's very gentle and works especially well after regular use.

Hello lovely! You seem to be doing awesome! I mean, they're already pink, you totally know what you're doing. ;)

Okay, so for the chipping so quickly, check out this super crappy video!. I never could find a close up of exactly how to do it on Youtube, so yeah. There's my face. This will help to extend the life of the top coat and thus mani! If it gets on your fingers, no biggie. It comes off in the shower or with acetone. :)

Here's what I use for a base coat, and generally for making my nails long and strong. Bats suggestion is another super common one! This one just happened to work well for me to help with chipping, so I figured kill two birds with one stone. I pair this with (I go through rotations and use what fits my needs...) either seche or this quick dry topper Poshe. Both seem to be nice, but I have noticed Poshe can be easier on the cuticle edges when it dries... Less pull of the coloring perhaps?

This is the set I use for clean up around the cuticle edges right now. The "ideal" is to paint a centimeter or something AWAY from the cuticle, then use the brushes (I dip in pure acetone) to perfectly clean up the line or round it out! The top coat generally should land/start in that blank space, so it's double effective to paint away from the edge initially. :D

Also, it will make a huge difference if you start pushing your cuticles back! I use this metal set because I'm irrationally terrified of getting splinters from the wooden ones. I use a cheap walmart cuticle softner before pushing back, but this is my dream formula since it's so highly recommended. BY pushing them back when you start to see them, it helps clear the nail and thus have less to let the polish stick to! Hurray! You're not supposed to use the scary looking scissor thingies too often, but I do use it on one very specific corner on my left thumb. I have one stupid stubborn cuticle skin flap that refuses to go away without being gently tweezed/cut off. I always make sure to wash with an anti bacterial soap immediately after and like to slather on some delicious cuticle oil LIKE PUMPKIN BANANA BREAD after to give them some softness again!


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be religious about moisturizing. seriously every time your hands get wet/ you clean anything/ you are bored... whatever. after a while hopefully your cuticles will be more moisturized and stop catching if they do that (mine did) I like this neutrogena one.. its a little greasy but that makes me feel like it is really working, and it doesn't feel like it washes off right away.

I would also really recommend NOT cutting your cuticles for a while- if they are really ragged it can be tempting, because it may seem like it will help, but until they are properly moisturized its not a good idea. once you feel like your cuticles are very moisturized you may want to try a chemical cutical remover (I use this one)- its harder to create jagged edges or take too much skin off, and helped me immensely because I had a big problem with picking, but after some serious moisturizing and the cuticle remover there was nothing to pick and my cuticles looked great!

hope this is helpful!!!

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I put this cuticle remover stuff on them, push em back with the wooden cuticle sticks, wash hands and then use the Burt's Bees cuticle cream. I do this maybe once a week, probably less.

I don't even know if the remover stuff is necessary for me. I don't have major cuticle issues and they never look that different after pushing.

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I’m similar to you in that I seem to have lots of cuticle skin and you can’t see much (or any, on some nails) of my moons.

I use Sally Hansen Cuticle Remover and push the skin back with an orange stick (or cuticle pusher) and then use cuticle nippers to cut the excess off.

I know lots of people are against the cutting of cuticles, but if I don’t then they snag / tear and bleed.

Just a side note, not being able to see the moons can be a sign of B12 deficiency or thyroid issues. I have both.

I need some cuticle advice. My cuticle are a hot mess. I only get professional manis done every few months & they look 1000x better despite doing all the things I've been told not to do (push back, cut with metal, etc.)... when I try that, they look worse.

Would the SH cuticle remover help? Any other recommendations?

For reference, I wash my hands A LOT. I moisturize after most of the washing, oil them every 2-3 nights & use sunscreen on my hands quite often.