5 Easy Tips To Whiten Nails At Home

Your nails explain a lot about your health. The change in the natural color of the nails may vary from slight discoloration to yellow or dark red/brown stains due to various reasons. The common reason for discoloration of nails is nail polish pigments. If you don’t use nail enamels frequently, yet you have discoloured nails, then it is an infection or any other health condition which needs medical attention. Here are 5 Easy Tips To Whiten Nails At Home –

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5 Easy Tips To Whiten Nails At Home

It is easy to identify if your nail discoloration is due to prolonged exposure to nail polish or any health concern.

When you remove your manicure and leave your nails bare for few days, you will find your nails out growing from the cuticle. This new portion will reveal the original nail color and subsequently the discoloration in the other parts of the nails begin to fade.

If you want to speed up the fading of the nail polish stain, here are few easy methods which you can try at home to whiten nails. Few ingredients easily available in every house hold help to whiten the nails in less than 15 minutes.

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Baking Soda & Water Nail Soak

Take about 100 ml of water and add 2 teaspoon of baking soda in a bowl. Dip your fingers for minimum 5 minutes. Rub across your nails with the help of your finger tip.

You will notice that the nails look free from dirt and stains. The yellow dirt under the nails also gets loosened and washed away.

Hydrogen Peroxide & Baking Soda

In a bowl, mix about 3 teaspoon of baking soda and 1 teaspoon of hydrogen peroxide. This mixture forms a bubbled paste.

Apply the prepared mixture on top of your nails. Also cover the portion beneath your nails. Allow it to sit for about 5 minutes and rinse off. Repeat if needed.

This method easily strips away stains from your nails and is the most suggested by all who have experienced the difference.

Lemon Juice

Cut a lemon into half or thin slices. Directly rub it on the nails and also beneath. Lemon being a natural astringent strips away the stains and brightens up the nails giving a remarkable difference.

You can leave it overnight and wash away the next morning.

Lemon & Baking Soda Nail Scrub

In a bowl, collect about 2-3 tea spoon of lemon juice. Add baking soda little by little until you form an abrasive paste like structure.

Now, using a soft baby brush, apply the mixture and scrub mildly concentrating on the corners and beneath the nails.

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This will uplift the unwanted discoloration causing layer on the nails, fade the stains caused due to nail polish and whiten nails.

Prevent discoloration by using base coat

Prevention is the best method of resolving the issue of stained nails. Use a top quality base coat on your nails before applying pigmented nail polishes. By applying atleast 2 layers of basecoat you will be able to avoid stains on your nails altogether.

 

You should always remember that these nail whitening ingredients though natural; can cause dryness in your nails and hands. So, do not forget to follow with a hand and nail heavy moisturizer.

 

*Written By Chand

1 Comment

  • June 7, 2016

    kiransingh

    I surely will try all of these fantastic ways to wtthietn and brighten my nails….Thanks a lot.. 🙂