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10/21/2026

Question of the Day-Manicure or Make Over?
This one is easy for me. Make Over. I do not trust nail techs any more and while I’d trust them to polish my nails with regular polish, that is it. I love make overs, though. I use to buy Lancôme and MAC makeup. I have so many MAC eyeshadows, I’ll never have to buy any more other then the all over/highlighter shades. Same with lipstick. I use to buy so much I would get invited to events Nordstrom would have where they take you back somewhere and wash your face and apply makeup. It was fun!!

How about you? Manicure or Make Over? I can’t wait to read your replies!!

10/20/2026

I wonder if young people now a days develop bone spurs or even as big of a callous as those of us who went to school before computer days. I definitely have a callus and also a bone spur. This is a very interesting article on this subject With some tips on what to do. I’m also wondering if some of us might have been permanently disfigured by our teachers when going to school. 😂😂😂

http://www.nailcarehq.com/callus-callous-treatment/

10/18/2026

10/14/2026

Effects of Water Part 4

The process by which water leaves the nail plate, known as "desorption" not dehydration. This is the opposite of absorption. The nail plate will never become completely dehydrated, as that would be impossible. However, when excess water is absorbed, e.g. by soaking, it will return to the plate's normal state of hydration as excess water evaporates. This process can take several hours, depending on the amount of absorbed water and temperature/humidity of the air. Desorption is typically much slower than absorption. Nail plate desorption begins quickly as water near the surface evaporates. It is followed by a slower phase of gradual release of water molecules from deeper within the nail plate. It takes time for the water molecules to migrate to the surface, since the nail plate is naturally hydrophilic (water loving) and wants to hold on to water molecules. Higher humidity levels can slow or prevent desorption of water from the nail, leading to chronically elevated moisture levels. Higher air temperatures can increase the rate of water absorption and desorption, whereas colder conditions slow these processes down- demonstrating some of the effects that humidity and temperature can have on the nail plate.

~Doug Schoon, Author of Advanced Chemistry of Nails

10/08/2026

I get hard skin where the side of my nail meets my skin. I find it very annoying. I am also a picker and a skin bite. I have clipped, filed, picked at, and bitten this rough skin off, especially if it is sticking out at all or gets in the way as I polish. This article is very informative about this hard skin and what to do.
http://www.nailcarehq.com/dry-skin-on-hands/

10/06/2026

Here is some very interesting facts about the nail plate that Doug Schoon posted. I have included the link to”the post at the bottom. The following is a copy and paste. I have only added the quotation marks and the link, nothing else.

“Is the nail plate porous? It's NOT a yes or no question. Many nail techs believe the nail plate is either porous or it isn't. The truth is more interesting and revealing.

The nail plate is "selectively porous". It is porous to some liquids, but not to others.

Porosity isn't an on/off switch. It's a range, from high porosity to low porosity to none at all. Where a particular liquid falls within this range depends on the liquid itself.

Four things determine how easily and how deeply a substance can pe*****te the nail plate:

The Size (aka molecular weight)The ShapeThe Polarity (determines how water soluble it is)The Concentration
Large, bulky molecules may enter the nail plate, but they get stuck near the top surface. Smaller molecules with a long, snake-like shape can travel further, especially if they are water soluble.

If a molecule has the right size and the right shape, is water soluble, and is applied in high concentration, it could pass completely through the nail plate. But this is pretty uncommon and only applies to a few water soluble substances in relatively high concentrations. Mostly, these molecules just pe*****te deeper before becoming trapped in the twisted maze the nail plate puts in their path.

Even when the first three are right, a very low concentration means too few molecules enter the nail plate for any meaningful amount to make it all the way through. The few that do enter become trapped in the maze.

Water is by far the fastest and most freely penetrating substance.

Nothing else moves through the nail plate as easily, especially when soaking, since the concentration of water molecules is very high.

So the next time someone asks whether the nail plate is porous, the correct answer is, "Porous to what?"

Please share this information widely with your nail friends”

https://www.facebook.com/100069739759798/posts/pfbid02CV3csjb84mPB28qJiX4tsMDSHhVimNnfuEfrPbFL77w24bWQPg1Zbn6UjxXXbRitl/?

10/02/2026

¿Quieres dejarte crecer las uñas, pero se te rompen antes de lograrlo? 💅✨

La clave no es tener las uñas lo más duras posible, sino mantenerlas fuertes, flexibles e hidratadas. Desde usar aceite para uñas con regularidad hasta protegerlas del agua y dejar de usarlas como herramientas, unos pequeños cambios pueden ayudar a prevenir la rotura y mantenerlas saludables.

💧 Hidrátalas
🧤 Protégelas del exceso de agua
💅 Trátalas con cuidado
🚫 ¡Y no las uses para abrir, raspar o despegar cosas!

Tus uñas te lo agradecerán. 💗

10/02/2026

I have posted this article before but I thought I’d post it again in case anyone missed it. There’s a lot of well meaning, but wrong advice out there. Buffing the nails to remove ridges is not a good thing. I have ridges on most of my nails, some worse than others. I always apply a sticky base coat and 2 layers of a ridge filler and my ridges don’t show through even creams.
If you have ridges, how do you deal with yours? i have been using a ridge filler called Fillin’ Groovey and love it for it’s more accurate name as well as the color. It isn’t white, but rather a nice very slightly pink color, but a nice slightly pink. Not a pink, pink.
if you do not have ridges, I’m slightly envious, but still love you. 😂😂

https://www.nailcareheadquarters.com/ridges-in-nails-to-buff-or-not-to-buff/

10/01/2026

Question of the Day-Makeup or None?

I haven’t worn any kind of makeup on my skin in decades, so no foundation, powder, nothing. However, if I go out of the house, I almost always wear eye makeup. The only exception is during the summer when I have to walk the dogs for an hour. It’s hot here, so no point in putting it on when I’ll just sweat it off. I do wear waterproof mascar, but it only works so well. I wear eye makeup to the gym, even though I am exercising. They keep it cool and I bring a towel. Even if the makeup runs a bit, which it doesn’t, I’d still look better with that without. One reason I wear makeup to the gym is my eyelashes and eyebrows are very light in color, so invisible. If I’m going to put on mascara and do my eyebrows (if I’m industrious, I’ll dye them), I might as well put eyeshadow on, right? 😂

How about you-makeup or none?

09/28/2026

Effects of Water Part 3

Water absorption affects the physical properties of the nail plate, making it temporarily more flexible and less brittle.However, excessive moisture can weaken the plate making it too soft and overly flexible. Water absorption also causes slight swelling of the nail plate, increasing its thickness temporarily.
This happens when water fills in between the cell layers, it pushes them slighty apart. Water also acts like an internal lubricant between the layers making the plate more flexible. This temporary swelling can cause microscopic cracks to grow and become larger.

~Doug Schoon, Author of Advanced Chemistry of Nails