How can I keep my nails from splitting?

I have long thing fingers, with nails that start farther back then normal. So I have really long nails that a lot of people are jealous of. I want to keep them looking nice, and they're usually fairly strong, but lately they've been splitting like crazy. I've tried not picking at them, but it still happens.


Please help!





(I apologize if its in the wrong catagory. Im posting this from my sidekick, and the browser cuts half of the catagory options off.)How can I keep my nails from splitting?
There are several things you can to to strengthen your nails:


- Increase your protein intake


- Keep nails filed below split point


- Rub oil into nails and cuticles daily


- Buff to a shine, but leave off the polish and esp. polish remover (very drying)





Good luck!!! =]How can I keep my nails from splitting?
Keep a clear, strengthening varnish on at all times and try to retouch it daily (Sally Hanson ';Miracle Cure'; is great for splitting nails). Use hand lotion and cuticle cream a lot too because dryness cracks nails. Also, split nails can be a symptom of something missing in your diet. Eat good foods and take a multi-vitamin to back you up.
well try superglue,lol
dont bite your nails or put them in you mouth saliba makes them weak, also make sure you use good nail polish.
I'm no specialist lol but i think i know that over time and after a certain length they become weak and fragile? It could be your diet?





You could buy creams and lotions that stop this from happening, try Boots!
The only real way of making sure they dont keep spliting is keeping them short and filing them every week in one direction i'm afraid





Protein and calcium helps too
You can use a nail strengthener that you paint on like nail varnish
Try to saok them in warm water with few drops of olive oil and lime juice for abt ten minutes for each hand.use it once weekly and you will see a difference.try (Mavala) it's a very good product for nails.and you hv to maintain good intake of calcium in ur diet.these should be helpful tips.good luck.
I had the very same problem.Thought nothing of it till I had a routine blood test done.Turned out I was badly anaemic and low in Vitamin B12.When that was sorted with tablets my nails got strong again and didn't split.You can get iron and VitB12 supplements at any chemists.One a day for a couple of months.
File them from the outside of the nail towards the middle.If you do a back and fourth motion it will make your nails split. If you put a clear polish on them after it will give them a nice shine.
go to the pharmacy to the nail polish and look for Sally's Hard as Nails and read for splitting and weak nails.


this helps your nail be strong and healthy
Calcium Supplements like Caltrate works for mine. Also, I apply a coat of Green Tea Nail Hardner to them once a month.