Your nails might be weak because they need proper moisturizing and blood flow circulation. If you follow the following method you will be able to improve your blood flow circulation to your nails and moisturize them which will make them strong.
Method: Warm coconut oil and gently massage it on your nails for 4-5 minutes, 2-3 times a day.
Your nails might be weak because of vitamin deficiency. Try to include foods with high vitamin E content in your diet and take vitamin E supplements to make your nails stronger.
When you cut your nails make sure you are not cutting all your cuticles. When you cut down all your cuticles your nails become weak. Moreover, cutting cuticles will prevent you from getting the proper nail shape you want.
Green tea contains antioxidants which help in preventing your nails from becoming brittle and makes them stronger. For stronger nails include the following in your routine.
Method: Make green tea and let it cool, soak your nails in the tea for 10-15 minutes 1-2 times a week. This will not only make your nails stronger but will also help you avoid discoloration of your nails.
Flaxseeds contain nutrients such as vitamin B, magnesium, zinc, protein and more. Your nails need the nutrients to become stronger. Include flaxseeds in your diet for stronger nails and include the following in your routine.
Method: Purchase flaxseed oil and rub it on your nails before going to sleep. If you can wear gloves to keep your nails moisturize overnight. Repeat the routine 2-3 times a week for stronger nail.
What to Eat to make your nails stronger?
In addition to the above five tips in order to make your nails stronger you need to ensure that you have a healthy diet. Nails are majorly made of protein, so if your nails are brittle it could imply that your diet does not contain sufficient protein. Include poultry, meat, fish and other foods with high protein content in your diet to make your nails stronger. In addition, when shaping your nails don’t saw back and forth on your nails as it will only weaken the edges and make your nails brittle. Nail shapes should be made according to your hand shape and you don’t need to saw back and forth with a sharp nail filer to give them a shape.
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35 ml Vodka
15 ml Peach Schnapps
40 ml Orange Juice
20 ml Cranberry Juice
(9 ml Chambord or Crème de Cassis) – optional
These measures can vary, depending on taste. Many use the same amount of vodka and peach schnapps, but it is usually expected that there is around half the amount of peach schnapps as vodka.
Again, there are different methods to make the cocktail, with optional ingredients such as the Chambord or pineapple that can also be added.
In order to get the colouring that we desire, place all the ingredients in a shaker, apart from the orange juice, and fill it with ice. Shake it thoroughly and then pour this mixture into a highball glass filled with ice and orange juice. The red-coloured mix will seep through the orange juice and make a great look that will match your nails!
Ingredients:
60 ml Tequila
175 ml Orange Juice
1 dash of Grenadine
Ice
Get a highball glass with lots of ice and fill up about 2/3 of the glass with orange juice. Add the tequila to this mix and then pour the grenadine around the edges of the glass in a circular motion and watch it drip down and mix with the other ingredients. Garnish with a slice of orange or cherry to finish.
Popularised by the Hard Rock Café, as their signature cocktail is the Hurricane, allowing their customers to go home with a souvenir glass, after finishing their cocktail.
Ingredients:
50 ml Light Rum
50 ml Dark Rum
50 ml Passion Fruit Juice
25 ml Orange Juice
1 dash of Grenadine
Orange slice and a cherry to garnish
The preparation for this one is rather easy! Simply pour all your ingredients into a shaker with ice, shake well and pour over a strainer into a hurricane glass, over ice! Then garnish with a slice of orange and a cherry to finish.
Ideally, you would want to make the passion fruit juice from scratch, but not everyone has the time to do this, so ready-made juice will also work!
So, if you are rocking the Sunset Nails this summer, you have plenty of choices to team up your nails with a drink that matches!
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Not everyone loves their grilled meats, though. Although barbecues can definitely cater for vegetarians, with grilled corn or delicious vegetarian kebabs, they still are not for some people. Many prefer to grab a blanket when the sun starts to shine, and put together an intimate picnic instead. This is also a more romantic option for couples wishing to enjoy food in the sun.
However, not every event will be a social one and a company barbecue is a popular summer event. Whilst these events can be fun, they are a little tricky in the fact that you will be conducting yourself in front of your boss! This article takes a look at some great outfit choices we have put together for different occasions.
This is the ideal casual event of the summer; friends and family get together, enjoy a few bevvies and delicious barbecued items. It’s a time for gossiping and enjoying the sunshine, plus catching up on the latest news amongst your friends. Therefore, we recommend dressing to show off your summer wardrobe.
Most of the year, it is too cold to dress in cute skimpy outfits, so take advantage of it now! We love cute denim hot pants and a shirt, if you like showing off your legs. Alternatively, you could wear some cropped trousers, but then have a top that shows off your mid-riff. These outfits can show off your figure and look sexy, but still look classy.
Look how cute this outfit is that Glamour Magazine put together. You can swap out the Converse for some wedges, if you want to dress the outfit up a bit.
Office parties are a little tricky to dress for; it is a social event after all, but you are still in front of all your colleagues and your boss! You need to be very careful when picking out your outfit, especially if the event is being hosted at your boss’ place! The last thing you want is for their children to see your wardrobe malfunction!
It’s expected that you should be wearing a cute summer dress when attending these functions and Polyvore have put together an entire line of outfits, along with accessory choices for this occasion!
However, what if there is an impromptu garden game activity that is requested and you are in a dress and heels? We actually like an outfit selection put together by Fabulous After 40! We think it would look good at any age! This is also another reason it is probably smart to bring an emergency change of clothes!
Well, since a picnic is usually a more intimate event and quite often is just between a couple, you have free reign to wear whatever you want. You want to look sexy, but still be practical since you will be walking on grass. You need to feel comfortable sitting on a blanket for a prolonged period of time, but also be in an outfit which is appropriate for the weather.
We love Elle’s selection for a picnic outfit! The model may be wearing heels, but she has a pair of flat sandals ready just in case!
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The Aztec look is really huge for the summer season and it’s the one type of event where it’s automatically cool to look all tribal. The Aztec dress is a really popular look right now, but not everyone can pull it off:
These girls are all rocking some cool Aztec looks, which we love. However, not all of them have amazing nails to match! Our Ikat nail wraps merge great shades of blue, pink and gold, to produce a great Aztec design and would look absolutely amazing teamed up with one of these dresses!
Of course, if you are the type can’t handle too much pattern, but really love having cool nails, you can easily team this nail design with a plainer outfit. For example, we love this fringe suede bag, perfect for going to festivals with. The plain design is a great contrast to the nails.
This festival season involves a wide variety of different events; perhaps you will be rocking it out in Reading and Leeds, or perhaps in a trance in SW4. If you are lucky enough to live nearby these venues, you could simply be commuting to these festivals, but part of the experience is to camp on site and party on into the night. Our spirit nail wraps are perfect for the night-time events, due to their darker design.
Whilst these also have an Aztec feel to them, their design is mainly based on feathers. We love the use of feathers for the festival season – it is a really popular feature of the Boho look. Many opt to put feathers in their hair or make a headband out of feathers just for festivals.
These nail wraps will go perfect with this sort of look.
The bright colours mean that you can team these nails up with any fun festival outfit, but the dark parts also mean that you can wear a little black dress for the evening and the nails will stand out as a contrasting look.
Whatever look you go for this festival season, ThumbsUp Nails will be sure to have a look that will be sure to make you stand out from the crowd!
]]>Whether you’re into more alternative music and Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds are more your style, or if dance music is your thing and you will be raving at South West Four, we know that you will be having a great time in the sun this summer in the UK.
Whilst the festivals are mainly about the music and having fun in the sun, there is a huge element of fashion at these events, with Coachella being the most fashionable of them all. In all the biggest magazines and newspapers, there were endless stories about the outfits that were standing out from the crowd. This year is different too; some of the old clichés are out, and fashion icons such as Kate Moss and Alexa Chung have been leading the way with their new styles.
There are some things that don’t change with fashion trends and Boho is still the most popular style choice at festivals this season. So, grab yourself a flowy dress, something with a fringe on it and put some flowers in your hair and you will be sure to fit in!
Florals are not just big for festivals, but they’re massive this summer season. Naturally, many are opting for floral dresses and blouses, but why not go for something more creative? We love this cool look for festivals! Which reminds us… bright coloured cool sunglasses are fab for festival season! Many are ditching their expensive Chanels and Pradas and opting for the fun, plastic sunnies. After all, all that jumping up and down at festival could easily lead to smashed pairs!
This is where the trend has changed; it is not all about the neon colours and crazy brightness anymore. People are opting for more mellow outfits and even rocking black and white, monochrome numbers.
Again, we’re really pleased to see that people are more accepting to comfy, weather-appropriate outfits now! (Thank you A-listers who made this cool!) Now it is no longer compulsory to wear hot pants, but you can actually prepare for the unpredictable British weather. Since bomber jackets are really in right now, we are loving these as an addition to your festival outfits this summer. Of course, for events like Glastonbury, wellies are probably a good choice! That being said, they do team up great with hot pants!
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ThumbsUp Nails' New Ombre Collection
We've just launched our new ombre collection, just in time for the summer, and it's our best collection yet! Why mess about with trying to mix all your polishes together and make a mess? Our ombre nail wraps will produce perfect nails without any fuss!
So, what's in our new collection? We have three amazing ombre designs that you will love!
Sunset:
The combination of orange, red and purple, will make your nails look like the summer nights' sky! You know how beautiful it is to watch a sunset on the beach on holiday in the summer? Well, that's what your nails will look like with our sunset ombre nails design!
Why not accessorise with a Tequila Sunrise on a night out too? Who says your nails can't match your drinks?
Mallow:
Do you prefer a more pastel colour tone? Perhaps you wear lighter shades in your outfits, and a brighter ombre design will stand out too much? Then, Mallow would be perfect for you! Essentially, it's just a combination of pink and blue, but the gradation and the shine make it look like you are wearing a pack of marshmallows on your nails!
Tide:
There's nothing like being next to a gorgeous ocean, watching the ebb and flow of the waves during the summer. This collection feels like the sea is on your nails! Team this up with any blue or green outfit and you will dazzle everyone around you!
Why the ThumbsUp Ombre Nail Collection?
Have you ever tried doing your own ombre nail design? If so, you probably never want to try it again! It is completely messy, it often turns out wrong and unless you have a good eye for this stuff, you can often get the colour combination wrong.
We already mentioned that getting the job done professional could be really costly, so this is why the ThumbsUp Ombre Nail Wraps are a perfect solution! They are an instant manicure, meaning there is no mess, and you can give yourself a perfect manicure in just a few minutes! Plus, our new ombre nail wraps are only £6.99, meaning you will save yourself a lot of money, compared to the cost of getting it done in a nail salon.
Get some colour into your life and prepare for summer with our ombre nail collection!
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Designed by Madeline Poole, ambassador for Sally Hansen, these nails will help you rock that army look! Whilst they are supposed to be a camouflage style, you will be sure to stand out with this design!
This design by Cute Polish is called Citrus Squeeze and represents various citric fruits in the design. You can pick one fruit if you like, or be more adventurous and go for 5 different ones like this. This is a rather simple design, but Cute Polish even have a YouTube tutorial for you to follow!
There’s nothing like a beach ball to represent the summer! This cute design by Divine Caroline is very playful, but will definitely get you in the mood for summer!
This Ocean nail art look has to be one of my all time favourites. The level of details and artistic skill are just unbeilable. You can learn how blogenbeaute created this look by watching her tutorial here:
We are going bananas for this nail design by Burkatron – it looks like the art work is rather delicate, but actually the black outlines are done last and is rather simple. Check out their tutorial!
Watermelons are huge this summer and there are some really cool designs based around watermelons this summer. However, this is our favourite one by Nailasaurus!
For the adventurous, this could be an amazing challenge! After all, Summer is the time for road trips, so why not etch a map of where you are going on your nails! However, there is a very easy cheat for how to do this! Check out Sarah Scoop’s article on this!
Geometry are really in this summer, with chevrons making a cool nail art design. French site Pshiiit have done some cool designs with triangles for the summer, which includes this one and a more pastel one if you prefer that.
Rose gold is all the trend right now with Apple launching a ton of products in rose gold. So, we like this pink and gold combination, because it almost makes rose gold, but looks much cooler! Design by Aanchy’s Nails
Leopard print is welcome all year round, but there is something about this design which is light and summery and makes you feel like you should go to the zoo! Design by Phenomenail.
]]>Here I created a simply but elegant Chevron nail warps hack using the Botanique nail wraps. You simply need to use 3 wraps per hand to create this look which mean you can create more manicure looks with one set of nail wraps!
You could also view the whole tutorial here:
]]>Embracing spring pastels and summer florals, the warmers months are a perfect time to start experimenting with nails. For those without a steady hand, with a nail art pen creating floral designs with nail wraps is a quick and easy way of having flirty floral designs on nails, without needing an artistic hand.
We have listed together some of the top Spring and Summer floral trends for you to try:
For the bold and brave, painting nails with bright floral designs is a great way of injecting colour and character to your outfit. Fun, flirty and feminine, bright florals are great worn against a plain outfit or for a bold summer look.
Our Paradise floral nail wraps are a great way of injecting colour to your nails in a quick and easy application. For an iconic look bursting with blues, purples and pinks, our Chelsea are easy to apply and perfect for a Spring/Summer look.
Stepping away from the usual floral design, abstract prints are a gorgeous choice for Spring/Summer nail designs. Injecting a little fun to nails with a simple, yet unique look, feminine patterns give a clean and polished finish.
For those looking for a fun and flirty twist on the floral design, our Azel wraps are perfect for adding a little art to the nail.
Pastels are always a style staple for Summer and Spring. The light tones and soft textures are both fun and colourful and help bring a feminine finish to nails. Soft pastels are great for playing around with different colours, styles and designs as many of the pastel palette colours team together perfectly.
Our Botanique nail wrap designs are designed with Spring/Summer in mind. The combination of vivid colours and fun florals are perfect for adding soft hints of colour to any outfit.
As we are now transitioning into Summer, why not try one of these fun Spring/Summer nail art designs to maintain a polished finish on nails. For those struggling for nail art inspiration, then browse through our collection of nail wraps for a quick and easy application to give nails a colourful finish in minutes!
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Matt Top Coat by Little Ondine.
]]>Here is a matt nail wraps look I created with Aloha Floral Nail Wraps with Little Ondine's water based Matt top coat.
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There are many ways you could hack your nail wraps, half and half, french manicures and chevron, let your creativity run wild! You could even maximise your nail wraps for more manicures.
Here is a quick and easy Step French #hackmynailwraps tutorial with the Pearl Shine Iris nail wraps. All you need is a pair of scissors and your desired ThumbsUp Nails Wraps.
]]>"the designs are so epically amazing and edgy...And can juuust about get away with pretending you’ve become a secret nail art whizz overnight" says Olivia.
What can I say? Great minds think alike (just kidding :D), but I think we can all find the love in us for that gorgeous Portuguese tiles!
]]>For nail art that literally screams drop-dead gorgeous try the NEW Halloween special designs from Thumbs Up! The best thing about this design is that it glows in the dark!
Check out how these bloggers rock this look!
You could get your Midnight Party Glow in the Dark nail wraps here.
]]>@seizethenail x Nacre Pearl Shine Effect nail wraps by ThumbsUp Nails
'Hack the nail wraps' basically is a way of personalising your nail wraps by cutting them up creatively. The benefits of doing this is you can have a unique nail wraps look each time! If you have slightly shorter nails, you can actually cut one nail wrap into two half and use them on two fingers.
@seizethenails also created this amazing half & half using Razzle Dazzle nail wraps. Read the full blogpost here.
To help you get started, here are some good ways to hack your ThumbsUp Nails wraps:
This is a ThumbsUp Nails wrap hack tutorial by @followthatway's:
Inspired? Remember to hack your ThumbsUp Nails wraps and share them on IG and Twitter with #hackmythumbsupnailwraps. Can't wait to see all of your creations!
]]>Rorschach nail wrap design encapsulated an amazing range of contrasting and vibrant colours and is perfect for a bold and edgy look.
You can see how @lackfein rocks this look on her blog here.
@lackfein x Rorsach by ThumbsUp Nails
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