Ulu ikaika, nā kui ʻoi loa olakino
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QHaunaele koʻu mau kui: Māhele lākou a piha i nā kualono. 'O ia ho'i, nele au i nā mea'ai?
A ʻO ke kumu paha o ka maikaʻi ʻole o kou mau kui i ke ʻano o kou mālama ʻana iā lākou - ʻaʻole ka mea āu e ʻai nei. Akā, me ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia, ʻo ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā meaʻai waiwai ʻiʻo biotin i kāu papaʻai (e like me nā hua a me nā hua piha) hiki ke kōkua i ke olakino o kou kui. E heluhelu e kiʻi i kou mau kui i ke ʻano kiʻekiʻe.
Massage i ka aila kui. Hoʻohewa i ka holoi lima i kēlā me kēia lā a me nā hana o ka hale no ka ʻoki ʻana i nā kui. "Holoi ka wai i nā aila kūlohelohe, e waiho ana i nā kui maloʻo a palupalu," wahi a Nia Terezakis, M.D., kahi dermatologist ma New Orleans. ʻOiaʻiʻo, nui wale nā mea hiki iā ʻoe ke hana e hōʻemi i ka pili ʻana me ka wai (e like me ke kau ʻana i nā mīkina lima lima i ka wā e holoi ai i nā kīʻaha), akā hiki iā ʻoe ke pale i ka brittleness me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa mau. I kekahi mau manawa o ka lā, hamo i loko o kahi aila kui e like me Carolyn New York Lavender Cuticle Oil ($ 14; carolynny.com), i hana ʻia me ka jojoba, nā apricot a me nā aila wikamina-E. Kōkua pū kekahi ka polish kui a i ʻole ka mea hoʻoikaika ikaika. Makemake mākou iā Barielle Rebuilding Nail Repair ($ 17; barielle.com) me ka calcium a me ka fluoride e kōkua i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i nā kui nāwaliwali a palupalu.
Nā kualono maʻemaʻe me kahi poloka buffing. Hoʻoulu ʻia nā ʻili o nā kui ma ke ʻano o kou mau makahiki a hiki ke ʻano genetic. ʻOiai ʻaʻohe ala e hoʻōki ai i ka hana ʻana o nā kualono, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā neʻe ʻana i hope-a-waho ma nā kui kuʻekuʻe hiki ke hoʻomāmā i ka ʻili i ka manawa. A i ʻole nā kui kuʻi me ka pale kumu hoʻopihapiha e pili ana i ka piko e like me OPI Ridge Filler ($ 7.50; opi.com), nona ka protein e hoʻopiha i nā kahawai.
E hoʻohana i kahi papa emery maikaʻi e pale ai i ka ihi. Ke kani ʻana i ʻō a i waho me kahi faile kuʻikuʻi e hiki ai ke wili i nā ʻōlelo kuʻikuʻi, e hoʻonui ana iā lākou i ka wili. Akā, e waiho ma ka ʻaoʻao hoʻokahi me kahi ʻaoʻao mālie ʻaoʻao-i-waena, manaʻo ʻo Dana Caruso, ka luna hoʻokele o ka Long Island Nail and Skin Care Institute ma Levittown, N.Y. ʻO ke aniani a i ʻole nā faila ceramic e hana maikaʻi ana; e hoʻāʻo iā Essie Crystal File ($ 14; essie.com) a i ʻole La Cross Crystal Nail File ($ 7.50; ma nā hale kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau). Hiki ke holoi a hoʻohana hou ʻia nā mea ʻelua.
E mālama mālie i kou mau kui. ʻO nā kiko keʻokeʻo maʻamau ka hopena o ka ʻeha, e like me ke kuʻi ʻana i kou kui i loko o kahi pahu. ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke holoi i kēia mau kiko, hiki iā ʻoe ke uhi iā lākou me ka polish. Akā ʻike e ulu lākou i hope.