How to Properly Trim Your Nails

Many of us surely still remember that feeling when our mom was about to cut our nails. If we weren't among the handful of brave ones, we could easily run away from the scissors, or at least try to negotiate a different time. Now that we're older, we know that nail care is essential, and most of us didn't stick with biting them. But sometimes we're not so lucky, and every now and then a hangnail appears, or worse, an ingrown nail that can really hurt. We've put together a few tips that should help you prevent such troubles.

Your hands are your business card

For many of us, hands are literally a business card, for example at work. So it's good to have well-groomed nails and, if possible, free of unsightly hangnails. Fingernails should be trimmed slightly rounded, and the nail (even a short one) should be cut in several passes. If you cut the whole nail at once, you can split it. A split nail can bother you for weeks afterward because the crack keeps getting bigger. In this case, it's classic nail splitting.

Softening before trimming

If you don't have extremely hard nails, you don't need to soak your hands beforehand. After soaking, the skin around the nail softens too, making it very prone to injury. Hangnails easily form then, but they can be prevented with cuticle care. You can treat your cuticles, for example, with cuticle nippers.

The right tool is essential

You can trim your nails with scissors or nail clippers. Clippers are suitable, for example, if you don't control your left hand well enough to cut with scissors. It's important to have quality tools that won't split your nails and are precise. In our offer, we have the brand DOVO Solingen, which offers quality tools made from Solingen steel. We often come across scissors that are called "Solingenky" but are actually low-quality manicure scissors. Original Solingen means the product is truly made in Solingen, Germany, and uses unique, high-quality Solingen steel. The product is very carefully and precisely crafted and inspected.

In our offer, you'll find manicure sets that will serve you for many years thanks to their quality. If your tools become dull, you can have them sharpened by us, and they'll cut like new again.