I’m sure I have many annoying habits but
this is the most typical one.
Biting my nails.
It’s gross I know, I regularly get reminded
of how much dirt gets trapped under your nails. But I honestly do try to stop.
I once was told that if you stop for 3 months you’re likely to break the habit
but I can go even longer than that and I will still return to biting them.
I tried using Stop’n Grow but found it made
everything you eat with your hands taste disgusting too. So now I always have
to paint my nails to prevent myself from biting them. I’ll finally grow them
but now they are so weak they break by themselves anyway. Then once the varnish
is off for longer than a day the habit is back.
Like most girl I have a million nail
varnishes and I never stick to the same make as there are so many good ones out
there. I’m currently using a strengthener as well.
I’ve considered acrylic nails but I hear
they are really bad for your nails once you take them off.
Nerves and boredom definitely increase the
biting, but no matter what I do I can’t seem to break the habit for good!
I have the same habit, even if I paint my nails I'll peel the varnish and continue biting :( I'm yet to find an effective solution, fingers crossed!xx
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I'm terrible for peeling nail varnish too aha! Xx
DeleteI used to bite my nails so bad, and I hated that bad tasting nail polish.
ReplyDeleteI broke my habit by just continually keeping my nails painted, like you were doing. But now I have replaced the habit of nail biting with the habit of like picking at the skin around my nails.... I know it's so gross.
So now I'm trying to break THAT habit by using fake nails, and it's really working. It'll work to stop nail biting too. I just use drugstore nails, either glue on or press on. I have found that the glue on nails sometimes leave my nails a bit weak, but the press on nails are great! I suggest imPress nails.
If you're worried about future nail damage from fake nails, try alternating between nails and polish.
Another trick I used was always having a nail file with me. So when I started biting my nails, or chipped them making me want to bite them, I'd whip out the nail file instead and take care of it with that. That really helped because not only was I fixing my nails, but I was giving my hands something to do.
I hope this helps!
Ah I've never used the press on ones but now you've recommended them I might try them! My nails are currently all bitten down haha thank you!
DeleteTry Gel nails, it makes you feel like you have acrylic nails on because it's so thick and it looks gorgeous too! I hope this helps xx
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