I have been very vocal about the sorry state of my nail beds. After years of bi-weekly salon appointments and one particularly disastrous set of acrylics, my previously healthy nails were changed for what seemed to be forevermore. They were peeling, brittle and wholly incapable of growing, so to the benefit of them (and my bank account), I cancelled all of my upcoming gel manicures. In fact, it’s been a year and four months since I stepped foot in a salon.
My nails are in a far better place today; they are finally growing, but they still tend to break and peel. As it turns out, I have been making one critical error: using the wrong base coat for my particular nail concerns. This, according to an expert manicurist, had been inadvertently impairing their recovery. My nails weren't weak; they were dry, and by using a strengthening base coat, I was just dehydrating them further.
