Elle,

Good for you to listen to your skin and apply Bliss Kiss™ Pure Oil to those areas. My boys apply Pure™ all over their body after each shower to help tame their eczema symptoms. It really helps when they are oiling regularly. You also may be very interested in the new Whipped Body Fluff Mrs. Chemist (my Mom) is working on. Her skin has gone from dry, painful and leathery to really soft with no heel-cracking this past summer. We’ll be bringing that out as soon as we receive our order of supplies.

It’s good that you filed your nails shorter. Realize that your nails will be weaker for little bit until they’ve absorbed as much oil as possible and the cells that haven’t been exposed to a lot of water absorption reach your tips. Make sure you’re protecting your nails with the Fab 5 Polish Wrap https://www.nailcarehq.com/polish-chipping-fab-five-polish-wrap/

Thanks for stopping by! ~Ana

As an elderly woman, I wonder if there are any nail issues I should look out for that go along with aging. I have very dry skin and last week when I did my initial 5 days of Pure Oil treatment I’d rub the extra oil into my hand, arms and elbows. I was putting the oil on about every 40 minutes so I’m sure I used enough to get the initial deep penetrating of the oil done. I’ve also started using kitchen gloves when cleaning or doing dishes…something I quit doing when my nails started to look bad. Now I’m hoping for nice nails again, and I’m back to using kitchen gloves.

My major nail issue is splitting of the nails at the end of my fingernail, which causes them to break off and thus are short and jagged. When I started my initial oil treatment, I filed all my nails short and started with fingernails that hadn’t been weakened by splitting. I put my first polish on after 5 days of oil treatment because I was still soaking it up and did my mani very carefully.

I’m really hoping to have nice nails again when I go on a cruise over the Christmas holidays-I love wearing my collection of turquoise and silver jewelry and hope to find a dynamite turquoise or teal polish to wear.

Wish me luck!
Elle in Oregon

Martha, thank you. Make sure that when you first remove the polish you wipe from eponychium to tip. Then any staining that remains can be scrubbed from the other direction with acetone and a clean piece of cotton ball. ~Ana