Trio of DIY Cuticle Treatments
Don’t let dry cuticles snag your clothes, hose, crafts, or worse, tear and cause injury. Keeping them moisturized with these DIY cuticle treatments will help nail growth and strength.
DIY Trio of DIY Cuticle Treatments
DIY Cuticle Care. Don't overlook your toes -- they have cuticles also, of course!
Materials
Basic Cuticle Cream
- 1 tablespoon fuller's earth (a natural clay substance)
- 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
- 3 drops Lavender Essential Oil
Apricot Oil-Lanolin Cuticle Cream
- 1/2 teaspoons apricot kernel or emu oil
- 2 teaspoons lanolin
- 1 drop Favorite Fragrance Oil or Essential Oil
Cuticle Softener
- 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon vitamin E oil
Instructions
- Make Basic Cuticle Cream by mixing ingredients into a paste and storing in a sterile ointment jar or small pot. Massage into nails and cuticles.
- Make Apricot Lanolin Cuticle Cream by warming oils together, add Essential Oil, pour into jar or small pots and let set. To use, massage into cuticles.
- Make Cuticle Softener by combing oils in a small pot and massaging into cuticles each night before bed.