Need your nail polish to dry in a hurry so you can get out the door without smudging your DIY manicure? No problem. Grab your hairdryer and set it to cool air, then blast your nails. It works just like the fans in the beauty salon and speeds up drying time.

It’s always nice to have brightly polished fingers and toes when you’re on holiday, and lots of people decide to take some nail varnish with them when they go away. However, hot climates can make nail polish difficult to dry. Check that your polishes are as new as possible as old formulas can be gloopy [...]

If you like to wear dark colours on your nails then chances are you occasionally get left with some staining when you remove your polish. Prevention is better than cure, so try to wear a base coat before you apply dark colours like red to your nails. However, if you are left with some staining [...]

I’m not great at looking after my nails. Lucky for me, my nails are naturally quite strong so I don’t need to worry about splitting or flaking – but I have been known to get dry cuticles and end up with stains from dark polish. This video from PopSugar has taught me everything I need [...]

Some beauty trends can be a little bit difficult to understand and the latest nail trend is certainly a head scratcher. According to the Daily Mail, chipped red polish is the newest beauty trend to appear after the fashion editors at Vogue and Elle both flaunted this so called style. Fashion designer Amy ­Smilovic even [...]

I love Ellen DeGeneres, she’s a fantastic comedian who covers real-life everyday issues and shows hows ridiculous they can be. In this clip, she’s talking about choosing nail polishes during a manicure. I thought I’d share it with you to brighten up this dreary Monday morning!

Applying the new season’s fashion trends on your nails has always been a good way to show that your are in style, without bowing to the fashion police and decking yourself from head to toe on the latest must have colours. A simple sweep of en vogue colour across the nails is a nod toward [...]

My boyfriend is currently trying to break the habit of biting his nails. Perhaps I should send him these words of wisdom from U.S. blog Bellasugar… “1. Stop punishing yourself. Since many nail-biters engage in the habit out of nervousness, anxiety, or during bouts of ruminative thinking, if you get down on yourself whenever you [...]

Your nails really can say a lot about you, and not just whether you have a bad habit of biting them or smoking. Here’s a run down on everything you ever needed to know about nails! 1. Your nails indicate the state of your general health. They can highlight problems such as arthritis and psoriasis. [...]

I have to admit, I have used false nails before. They’re considered fairly tacky these days, with shorter more natural nails being in fashion at the moment. When I used to bit my nails a few years ago they were really handy (excuse the pun) and I would find myself reaching for the fakes on [...]