Health and Fitness

Caring for the nails on your hands and feet should never be of any less importance than caring for your skin, after all, nails are just skin hardened to protect the soft nail tissues under your nail beds. Nail care has been around for thousands of years beginning with pedicures and manicures done to Egyptian royalties by servants to make their hands and feet look pleasing.

Today, giving manicures and pedicures have become much easier as a manicure kit is sold with practically everything you need to beautify your nails. They range between $2 to hundreds of dollars depending on the number of cleaning tools included and the materials they are made with. Some manicure kit even includes hand or foot spa essentials, not to mention nail colors and artificial nails.

Nothing beats choosing what’s inside of your own manicure kit. You get to pick the brands and the knick-knacks – all…

A manicure is a beauty treatment for your fingernails and hands. In its simplest form a manicure involves shaping and filing of the nails followed by the application of nail polish.

Other types of manicure may include specific treatments aimed at softening the hands and stimulating nail growth.

Getting to Know Your Nails

Your nails can tell a lot about your bodys internal health. Healthy nails suggest a healthy body, while ridged; dented, unusually colored or shaped nails can be a sign of ill health.

Nails protect the sensitive skin of the fingertips and toes from injury and are made up of layers of protein called keratin.

Each nail comprises:-

Nail plate ?the visible hard portion you see

Nail folds ?the surrounding skin that frames the plate on three sides

Nail bed ?the skin beneath the nail plate

Cuticle ?the tissue that overlaps the nail plate at the base

Matrix – the hidden area under the cuticle where growth takes…