Nail-Slugging

What Is “Nail-Slugging

Nail slugging describes applying Vaseline or petroleum jelly on your hands, nails, or cuticles. This form of body care routine is associated with increased cuticle hydration, promoting stronger nails.

How Can It Be Beneficial for Your Nails and Cuticles, Especially in The Colder and Drier Upcoming Months?

Nail-slugging is said to seriously moisturize the cuticles, resulting in strong and less brittle nails.

How Do You Slug Your Nails?

  • Wash your hands in warm water for at least 5 minutes to keep your skin and nails moisturized
  • Leave your hands to dry
  • Apply Vaseline or petroleum jelly for further moisturization

Best Products for Slugging Your Nails

French Girl Nail and Cuticle Oil

French Girl Nail and Cuticle Oil is loaded with essential oils, including hemp, Tamanu, rosemary, argan, pomegranate, and rose geranium oil, that promote hydrated skin and nails.

Sally Hansen Vitamin E Nail and Cuticle Oil

Sally Hansen Vitamin E Nail and Cuticle Oil contain aloe, apricot kernel, and Vitamin E that treat dry, cracked cuticles.

Anything Else You Would Like to Add?

Nail slugging can happen any time of the day. If you value the nighttime routine, wear gloves before hitting the pillow to reap the maximum benefits.

Charlotte Cremers
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Using the acquired academic and professional experience, I advise patients with various complaints about mental health - depressed mood, nervousness, lack of energy and interest, sleep disorders, panic attacks, obsessive thoughts and anxieties, difficulty concentrating, and stress. In my free time, I love to paint and go on long walks on the beach. One of my latest obsessions is sudoku – a wonderful activity to calm an unease mind.

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