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the next Perfect Formula TSV is on the 18/07/19
It does peel off me after a few days but I've had a much better result with it than I had with Nail Envy (which also peeled off).
To be fair my hands were always in water so even gels would peel off me. I've recently discovered the joys (and annoyances) of rubber gloves. They've probably made a bigger difference than any paint-on product, but PF helped my nails when they broke following vertical ridges right down to the quick. I was using fabric plaster to protect the ends of my fingers until I used PF.
Can you tell me more? I too have vertical ridges to the quick - seems to be permanent damage - maybe caused by over zealous cuticle pushing with a metal tool? Did it work for you? How do I fix mine? Yes, I use oil, & tend to avoid polish. I'd say I'm clued up re hands & nails, but guilty of over buffing (yes, I know...)
How do I fix this?
Don’t rate this brand, peels off my nails but their crystal nail files are the best on the market.
Are they better than the ones from Leighton Denny? I've 6, bought them years ago, wash them every week give them a scrub with a nail brush & they're still wonderful.
One of the few areas of me I like are my hands: ring size K, neat fingers & oval shaped nails that have a clearly defined free edge. HOWEVER, these nails are beyond weak, have to be nurtured daily & two on my left hand have recently developed vertical ridges that split. The one on my little finger I keep very short & give it a fake free edge with white eyeliner under gloss, the one on my thumb is a pest & the only solution I've found is a tiny pice of teabag placed onto wet basecoat using a pin & then coated over, what a palaver. I use Burts Bees Hand Salve as a cuticle treatment when I go to bed & also use Autograph Triple 5 treatment from M&S & Nailtriton from Orly.
One of the few areas of me I like are my hands: ring size K, neat fingers & oval shaped nails that have a clearly defined free edge. HOWEVER, these nails are beyond weak, have to be nurtured daily & two on my left hand have recently developed vertical ridges that split. The one on my little finger I keep very short & give it a fake free edge with white eyeliner under gloss, the one on my thumb is a pest & the only solution I've found is a tiny pice of teabag placed onto wet basecoat using a pin & then coated over, what a palaver. I use Burts Bees Hand Salve as a cuticle treatment when I go to bed & also use Autograph Triple 5 treatment from M&S & Nailtriton from Orly.
I've had it on good authority that superglue is good for sticking a broken nail together.
Pest!!!! Great word. I love it but feel about 82 when I use it. I may start again for a laugh.
'Buzz off' is also great, (which I use to tell Obie off when he comes upstairs & won't go down again, because he's looking for pants to eat - don't feel it's right to tell an animal to 'go away', etc) but feel like an 'old Brenda'* saying that too.
* other 'old' names are available
My L.D file is ok, it's about 5 years old. I do wash it when it feels 'too smooth' but can't help but feel it has lost it's original file power. I remember the surface is guaranteed for 25 years; has anyone availed this?
I'm thinking about it but am unsure which of the LD companies to contact. Also I suspect that they'll make you pay over the odds to send you a new one, which will make it expensive to avail the guarantee.....Any thoughts?