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How to make nails transparent at home. How to whiten nails at home - toothpaste, lemon, soda. What causes yellow nails

Why do nails turn yellow. How to whiten them with varnish, pencil. Is it possible to whiten nails with lemon, soda, hydrogen peroxide. 10 effective ways to whiten nails.

Sometimes it happens that a woman once again takes off her varnish and finds that her nails have turned yellow. Disorder, and more! After all, hands are a visiting card of a person, they are always in sight.

And if the fair sex has an option to create some kind of breathtaking nail design, thereby disguising them, for men, yellowness means inevitable discomfort and embarrassment. Therefore, it is recommended to resort to one of the methods of whitening the nail plates at home.

How and how to whiten fingernails and toenails at home quickly?

The condition of the nails (their color, strength, smoothness, elasticity, etc.) reflects:

  • human health condition
  • his habits

If the nails turn yellow, it is necessary to look for this internal or external cause.

So, they could spoil the color:

  • nail polishes
  • household chemicals
  • plants and herbs (nails can have a terrible color after their owner has worked in the garden, pulling out weeds, for example)
  • Sun
  • salty water

In one of these cases, in order to restore the color of the nails, you need to accustom yourself to do housework, in the country, in the garden, to come into contact with chemicals only with gloves. There is nothing to say about the fact that you need to buy only high-quality cosmetics tested by dermatologists.


Often the cause of yellowing of the nail plates lies in a serious problem inside the body. Or it becomes a consequence of a person's bad habits.

  1. Yellow nails are an occasion to pay attention to the health of the liver, kidneys, intestines and lungs.
  2. The color of the nail plates also changes with diabetes
  3. Nails suffer during beriberi, when the body lacks many useful substances, in particular zinc and iron.
  4. Changing the color of the nail from natural whitish to yellow and even brown is a symptom of onychomycosis (nail fungus)
  5. The color of the nail plates is affected by the use of antibiotics and some other medicines.
  6. If a person smokes or drinks coffee in large quantities, he may need to whiten his nails.

IMPORTANT: If the discoloration of the nail has a deep internal cause, any method of whitening them will be temporary. It is recommended to contact medical facilities, carefully examined and treated in case of health problems. And quitting smoking will have a positive effect not only on the nail plates, but also on health and quality of life in general.


Whitening nail pencil: how to use?

In cosmetics stores, you can find two types of whitening nail pencils:

  • restorative
  • for french manicure

Obviously, the first is intended for the care of the nail plates, and the second is for creating a nail design.


IMPORTANT: Pencils for whitening and restoring nails are also made of white cosmetic clay or purified medical chalk. They have a beneficial effect on both the appearance and the condition of the horny plates on the fingertips.

The tool is applied in this way:

  1. Nails should not be coated.
  2. Hands must be washed with soap and dried
  3. If hand cream was used, it should dry well.
  4. Nail pencil should be pointed
  5. The tip of a pencil is dipped in water
  6. Spend them along the free tip of the nail from the inside (not along the nail, but under it!)
  7. If the product gets on the skin, it is removed with a cotton swab dipped in plain water.

IMPORTANT: The pencil gives a whitening effect before the first contact with water. In addition, when washing off, he gets his hands dirty.

Whitening nail polish: how to use?

Whitening varnishes are produced by almost all brands that are engaged in the manufacture of manicure products. Finding them is not difficult, and the price range is wide. But is it true that such varnishes are effective?


Manufacturers claim that the use of this product produces not only a decorative, but also a regenerating effect, since it contains oils, vitamins, mineral complexes, and other useful substances. In addition to bleaching varnish:

  • aligns the nail plate
  • strengthens it
  • gives elasticity and prevents brittleness

IMPORTANT: To achieve the desired effect, it is not enough to apply whitening varnish only once. It is necessary to "treat" them with a course of 10 days

  1. For the first time, the product is used on the nails after a hygienic manicure.
  2. Lacquer is applied in two layers
  3. The tool must be evenly distributed over the nail plate
  4. Drying time - 5-7 minutes
  5. The procedure is repeated the next day.

IMPORTANT: It is not necessary to remove the whitening lacquer each time before applying it again. New layers are superimposed on the previous ones day by day.

VIDEO: Nail whitening gel

Whitening nail bath

Effectively whiten the nails of the bath according to three recipes:

  1. Salt bath. Pour 250 ml of warm water into a bowl for manicure, dilute 1 tbsp. a spoonful of sea salt. You can and the usual cookbook. It is absolutely impossible to drip iodine into it, otherwise the bath will give the opposite result. Add juice of 0.5 lemon or 1 tbsp. a spoonful of apple cider vinegar. Fingertips are dipped in the bath for a quarter of an hour
  2. Bath with lemon. For marigolds, a nutritional whitening mixture is made: combine 2 tbsp. spoons of olive oil, 2 tbsp. spoons of honey, juice of 1 lemon, 3 drops of lemon essential oil and 3 drops of grapefruit essential oil. Fingers keeping the mixture immersed for 15-20 minutes
  3. Chamomile bath. 1 st. a spoonful of plant flowers is poured with 200 ml of boiling water, steamed for an hour in a thermos. Allow to cool to a tolerable temperature and immerse the nails in the solution for 15 minutes

VIDEO: Recipe for whitening, strengthening and growth of nails

How to whiten nails with toothpaste?

This method can be called extreme. Dentists warn that aggressive, abrasive whitening toothpaste can erode tooth enamel, which is the hardest tissue in the human body. What can we say about nails?

However, some practice this method of whitening:

  • apply a thin layer of paste on the nail plates
  • scrub it with a soft brush
  • keep on nails for 3-5 minutes
  • wash off with water

IMPORTANT: This method is effective in removing coloring pigment or impurities from the nails, but does not eliminate the internal cause of their yellowing.

How to whiten nails with citric acid?

With the help of citric acid, you can cope with the problem of tarnishing and yellowness of the nails. Here are two effective ways:

  1. A whitening bath for nail shine is done in this way: 1 teaspoon of lemon acid crystals is dissolved in 250 ml of warm water. Duration of the procedure - 15 minutes
  2. A mask and a bath are prepared separately. The mask is made from a mixture of 1 tbsp. tablespoons of hydrogen peroxide and 1 teaspoon of citric acid. It is applied to the nails with a washcloth and worn for 5 minutes. After removing the remnants of the mask, the hands are immersed in a bath with 250 ml of water, in which another 1 teaspoon of citric acid is diluted. After a quarter of an hour, the nails are polished with a nail file

IMPORTANT: After applying citric acid, you need to use a nourishing cream for hands and nails

How to whiten nails with baking soda?

In order to return whiteness to the nails, prepare a solution of soda. Attention, soda is abrasive, so you should not get carried away with it.

  1. Mix 1 tbsp. a spoonful of perhydrol and 2.5 tbsp. spoons of soda
  2. Apply the solution to the nails with a soft toothbrush or dip your fingers into the solution
  3. After 10 minutes, rinse your hands with a decoction of chamomile

IMPORTANT: To enhance the effect, you can add 1 teaspoon of sea or baking soda to the mixture, as well as 1 teaspoon of lemon juice

VIDEO: Soda paste for whitening nails

How to whiten nails with hydrogen peroxide?

Whitens nails with an aqueous solution of perhydrol. For him, take 1 part of peroxide and 3 parts of water. The procedure time is 10 minutes. It is advisable to do 5 procedures with an interval of 1 day.

VIDEO: Whitening nails at home

How and how to whiten nails after the garden?

If after the garden the nails are “green”, they can be rubbed with vinegar. It is better to take an ordinary table, white.
Wet a cotton pad in vinegar and wipe the nail plates with it from above and below.

IMPORTANT: Vinegar has a disinfectant property, it kills microbes that have fallen under the nails along with the ground

How and how to whiten the nails on the hands and feet from yellowness?

If yellowness appeared on the nails of the hands and feet due to exposure to harmful external facts or lack of vitamins, almond oil helps.

IMPORTANT: Almond oil contains vitamin E, which is known to add beauty. Baths and masks with it will improve the condition of the skin of the hands, soften the cuticle, and prevent the formation of hangnails.


  1. A mask that removes yellowness from nails is made from undiluted almond oil.
  2. Add to 2 tbsp. tablespoons base oil 5 drops lemon ether
  3. Moisten cotton pads in the oil mixture, carefully wipe each nail with them.
  4. Put on plastic gloves or special fingertips
  5. After 20 minutes, wash off the mask with acidified water.

How and how to whiten nails after red polish?

To prevent red varnish from spoiling the color of the nail plate, it is recommended to use a base coat before applying it, and after removing it, make an oil mask from:

  • 2 tbsp. spoons of olive oil
  • 3 drops lemon ether
  • 2 drops bergamot essential oil
  • 2 drops sandalwood oil

How to whiten under the nails, nails from the inside?

The unpleasant color of the nail plate on the inside is removed with lemon.

  1. Cut a lemon into 10 pieces
  2. Nails are dipped into the pulp of each of them
  3. Withstand 5 minutes
  4. Wash hands with soap

Why do nails turn yellow. How to whiten them with varnish, pencil. Is it possible to whiten nails with lemon, soda, hydrogen peroxide. 10 effective ways to whiten nails.

Sometimes it happens that a woman once again takes off her varnish and finds that her nails have turned yellow. Disorder, and more! After all, hands are a visiting card of a person, they are always in sight.

And if the fair sex has an option to create some kind of breathtaking nail design, thereby disguising them, for men, yellowness means inevitable discomfort and embarrassment. Therefore, it is recommended to resort to one of the methods of whitening the nail plates at home.

How and how to whiten fingernails and toenails at home quickly?

The condition of the nails (their color, strength, smoothness, elasticity, etc.) reflects:

  • human health condition
  • his habits

If the nails turn yellow, it is necessary to look for this internal or external cause.

So, they could spoil the color:

  • nail polishes
  • household chemicals
  • plants and herbs (nails can have a terrible color after their owner has worked in the garden, pulling out weeds, for example)
  • Sun
  • salty water

In one of these cases, in order to restore the color of the nails, you need to accustom yourself to do housework, in the country, in the garden, to come into contact with chemicals only with gloves. There is nothing to say about the fact that you need to buy only high-quality cosmetics tested by dermatologists.

Often the cause of yellowing of the nail plates lies in a serious problem inside the body. Or it becomes a consequence of a person's bad habits.

  1. Yellow nails are an occasion to pay attention to the health of the liver, kidneys, intestines and lungs.
  2. The color of the nail plates also changes with diabetes
  3. Nails suffer during beriberi, when the body lacks many useful substances, in particular zinc and iron.
  4. Changing the color of the nail from natural whitish to yellow and even brown is a symptom of onychomycosis (nail fungus)
  5. The color of the nail plates is affected by the use of antibiotics and some other medicines.
  6. If a person smokes or drinks coffee in large quantities, he may need to whiten his nails.

IMPORTANT: If the discoloration of the nail has a deep internal cause, any method of whitening them will be temporary. It is recommended to contact medical facilities, carefully examined and treated in case of health problems. And quitting smoking will have a positive effect not only on the nail plates, but also on health and quality of life in general.



Yellow nails are a symptom of onychomycosis.

Whitening nail pencil: how to use?

In cosmetics stores, you can find two types of whitening nail pencils:

  • restorative
  • for french manicure

Obviously, the first is intended for the care of the nail plates, and the second is for creating a nail design.



IMPORTANT: Pencils for whitening and restoring nails are also made of white cosmetic clay or purified medical chalk. They have a beneficial effect on both the appearance and the condition of the horny plates on the fingertips.

The tool is applied in this way:

  1. Nails should not be coated.
  2. Hands must be washed with soap and dried
  3. If hand cream was used, it should dry well.
  4. Nail pencil should be pointed
  5. The tip of a pencil is dipped in water
  6. Spend them along the free tip of the nail from the inside (not along the nail, but under it!)
  7. If the product gets on the skin, it is removed with a cotton swab dipped in plain water.

IMPORTANT: The pencil gives a whitening effect before the first contact with water. In addition, when washing off, he gets his hands dirty.

Whitening nail polish: how to use?

Whitening varnishes are produced by almost all brands that are engaged in the manufacture of manicure products. Finding them is not difficult, and the price range is wide. But is it true that such varnishes are effective?



Manufacturers claim that the use of this product produces not only a decorative, but also a regenerating effect, since it contains oils, vitamins, mineral complexes, and other useful substances. In addition to bleaching varnish:

  • aligns the nail plate
  • strengthens it
  • gives elasticity and prevents brittleness

IMPORTANT: To achieve the desired effect, it is not enough to apply whitening varnish only once. It is necessary to "treat" them with a course of 10 days

  1. For the first time, the product is used on the nails after a hygienic manicure.
  2. Lacquer is applied in two layers
  3. The tool must be evenly distributed over the nail plate
  4. Drying time - 5-7 minutes
  5. The procedure is repeated the next day.

IMPORTANT: It is not necessary to remove the whitening lacquer each time before applying it again. New layers are superimposed on the previous ones day by day.

VIDEO: G spruce for whitening nails

Whitening nail bath

Effectively whiten the nails of the bath according to three recipes:

  1. Salt bath. Pour 250 ml of warm water into a bowl for manicure, dilute 1 tbsp. a spoonful of sea salt. You can and the usual cookbook. It is absolutely impossible to drip iodine into it, otherwise the bath will give the opposite result. Add juice of 0.5 lemon or 1 tbsp. a spoonful of apple cider vinegar. Fingertips are dipped in the bath for a quarter of an hour
  2. Bath with lemon. For marigolds, a nutritional whitening mixture is made: combine 2 tbsp. spoons of olive oil, 2 tbsp. spoons of honey, juice of 1 lemon, 3 drops of lemon essential oil and 3 drops of grapefruit essential oil. Fingers keeping the mixture immersed for 15-20 minutes
  3. Chamomile bath. 1 st. a spoonful of plant flowers is poured with 200 ml of boiling water, steamed for an hour in a thermos. Allow to cool to a tolerable temperature and immerse the nails in the solution for 15 minutes


VIDEO: R recipe for whitening, strengthening and growth of nails

How to whiten nails with toothpaste?

This method can be called extreme. Dentists warn that aggressive, abrasive whitening toothpaste can erode tooth enamel, which is the hardest tissue in the human body. What can we say about nails?

However, some practice this method of whitening:

  • apply a thin layer of paste on the nail plates
  • scrub it with a soft brush
  • keep on nails for 3-5 minutes
  • wash off with water


IMPORTANT: This method is effective in removing coloring pigment or impurities from the nails, but does not eliminate the internal cause of their yellowing.

How to whiten nails with citric acid?

With the help of citric acid, you can cope with the problem of tarnishing and yellowness of the nails. Here are two effective ways:

  1. A whitening bath for nail shine is done in this way: 1 teaspoon of lemon acid crystals is dissolved in 250 ml of warm water. Duration of the procedure - 15 minutes
  2. A mask and a bath are prepared separately. The mask is made from a mixture of 1 tbsp. tablespoons of hydrogen peroxide and 1 teaspoon of citric acid. It is applied to the nails with a washcloth and worn for 5 minutes. After removing the remnants of the mask, the hands are immersed in a bath with 250 ml of water, in which another 1 teaspoon of citric acid is diluted. After a quarter of an hour, the nails are polished with a nail file


Citric acid is an excellent tool for whitening nail plates.

IMPORTANT: After applying citric acid, you need to use a nourishing cream for hands and nails

How to whiten nails with baking soda?

In order to return whiteness to the nails, prepare a solution of soda. Attention, soda is abrasive, so you should not get carried away with it.

  1. Mix 1 tbsp. a spoonful of perhydrol and 2.5 tbsp. spoons of soda
  2. Apply the solution to the nails with a soft toothbrush or dip your fingers into the solution
  3. After 10 minutes, rinse your hands with a decoction of chamomile


IMPORTANT: To enhance the effect, you can add 1 teaspoon of sea or baking soda to the mixture, as well as 1 teaspoon of lemon juice

VIDEO: Soda paste for whitening nails

How to whiten nails with hydrogen peroxide?

Whitens nails with an aqueous solution of perhydrol. For him, take 1 part of peroxide and 3 parts of water. The procedure time is 10 minutes. It is advisable to do 5 procedures with an interval of 1 day.

VIDEO: Whitening nails at home

How and how to whiten nails after the garden?

If after the garden the nails are “green”, they can be rubbed with vinegar. It is better to take an ordinary table, white.
Wet a cotton pad in vinegar and wipe the nail plates with it from above and below.

IMPORTANT: Vinegar has a disinfectant property, it kills microbes that have fallen under the nails along with the ground

How and how to whiten the nails on the hands and feet from yellowness?

If yellowness appeared on the nails of the hands and feet due to exposure to harmful external facts or lack of vitamins, almond oil helps.

IMPORTANT: Almond oil contains vitamin E, which is known to add beauty. Baths and masks with it will improve the condition of the skin of the hands, soften the cuticle, and prevent the formation of hangnails.



Almond oil is a remedy for yellow nails.
  1. A mask that removes yellowness from nails is made from undiluted almond oil.
  2. Add to 2 tbsp. tablespoons base oil 5 drops lemon ether
  3. Moisten cotton pads in the oil mixture, carefully wipe each nail with them.
  4. Put on plastic gloves or special fingertips
  5. After 20 minutes, wash off the mask with acidified water.

How and how to whiten nails after red polish?

To prevent red varnish from spoiling the color of the nail plate, it is recommended to use a base coat before applying it, and after removing it, make an oil mask from:

  • 2 tbsp. spoons of olive oil
  • 3 drops lemon ether
  • 2 drops bergamot essential oil
  • 2 drops sandalwood oil


How to whiten under the nails, nails from the inside?

The unpleasant color of the nail plate on the inside is removed with lemon.

  1. Cut a lemon into 10 pieces
  2. Nails are dipped into the pulp of each of them
  3. Withstand 5 minutes
  4. Wash hands with soap

VIDEO: How to get rid of yellow nails?

Your nails have darkened and you want to restore their shine and healthy look? In our article you will find 15 ways to whiten nails at home. We will tell you how to choose harmless products and how to clean the nail plate without damaging it.

Every girl dreams about and does everything possible and impossible to keep them in perfect condition. However, nails can lose their beauty under the influence of various factors. To choose the most effective way, you first need to determine the reasons that caused the change in the color of the nails.

Ways to whiten nails at home

We lower our hands into a bath of hot water, where we also put a bar of ordinary baby soap. When the nails are slightly steamed and the bar becomes softer, scrape the soap with each finger so that it clogs under the nails. Wait a couple of minutes and then brush your nails by rinsing under running water.

2. Baking soda

You have probably heard that baking soda is used to whiten teeth. This is not the most useful method, because baking soda is abrasive and scratches the enamel, making the teeth sensitive. However, with nails, the situation is much simpler. Dampen a soft brush, sprinkle some baking soda on it and rub your nails.

Advice: if you have burrs, this procedure can injure the skin, so it is better to make a soda bath. Pour warm water into a bowl and add a teaspoon of baking soda. Hold your hands in the bath for about 15 minutes. Soda baths can be safely done once a week - they will not only clean your nails, but also strengthen them.

The easiest and cheapest way to whiten your nails at home is to use lemon juice. To do this, moisten a cotton ball with juice and rub it regularly on your nails. You can simply dip your fingers into the pulp of a lemon and hold for a few minutes. You can also add a little olive oil to lemon juice, because this will not only help whiten your nails, but also help to strengthen them.

Do you like vinaigrette or herring under a fur coat? Then you know the painful attempts to clean the stains from your hands. Professional chefs recommend water with apple cider vinegar to clean hands and nails after cooking food with coloring substances, because vinegar (like lemon juice) contains acid that destroys coloring enzymes. Vinegar is not only a great salad dressing, but also a harmless cleaner that will help out if you get dirty with beet or berry juice. Plus, it's always at hand!

Advice: never wash your hands with soap after slicing the beets - this will turn your fingers and nails purple.

If you live in a city by the sea or have been to seaside resorts, you may have noticed that after the beach your nails become lighter. Sea water is rich in minerals and, due to its composition, it not only cleanses the nails, but also strengthens them. Among other things, the water contains particles of sand, which provide natural peeling, removing dead cells and dirt from the surface of the plate. If you don’t have the opportunity to go to the beach, prepare an analogue of sea water at home. Salt baths will help you with this.

6. Salt baths

A sea salt bath perfectly whitens and strengthens nails: dilute 2 teaspoons of salt in one glass of warm water. Soak your nails in this solution for 15 minutes. After that, wash your hands in plain warm water and rub a nourishing cream or any vegetable oil into your nails. To whiten nails in this way, do baths 2 times a week. Apply this method as needed.

Advice: If you don't have sea salt at home, you can use regular table salt.

7. Decoction of chamomile

Always keep a collection of chamomile flowers at home - this is a natural remedy for many ailments and can be purchased at any pharmacy. To whiten nails, prepare a decoction of chamomile: pour a tablespoon of dried inflorescences into a vessel and pour a glass of boiling water, and then hold for 15 minutes in a water bath. You can simply pour boiling water over the collection and leave for 30-40 minutes. When the broth cools down a bit, you can make a bath. Putting your hands in the water, sit like that for half an hour. It is desirable to use chamomile baths for a long period of time (daily for a month). The result will surely please you: the nails will brighten, and the skin will become silky.

Rub castor oil on your nails to whiten the plate and prevent it from delamination. Among other things, castor oil helps soften cuticles and strengthen nails. Another effective whitening method is to use the following remedy: add a few drops of ylang-ylang and jojoba oils to the juice of half a lemon. Wipe your nails with this solution in the morning and evening.

Advice: essential oils are saturated concentrates that can irritate the skin, and therefore should be used in small quantities. Be aware that essential oils can dissolve plastic. For the preparation of baths with oils, it is better to take not plastic dishes, but glass, wood or earthenware.

Hydrogen peroxide has long been known as a bleaching agent and is great for cleaning the nail plate. Take 1 tbsp. l. hydrogen peroxide 3% and add to it 2 tbsp. l. baking soda. Stir this mixture and apply on your nails. After 2-3 minutes, rinse with water, while lightly rubbing the mixture into the nails. The perfect way or another celebration.

In a pharmacy, you can buy glycerin, which will perfectly whiten your nails and make them healthy. Mix glycerin and hydrogen peroxide in a 1:5 ratio and apply to nails. After 3-4 minutes, rinse the mixture with warm water, and then you can start.

11. Regular whitening toothpaste

Another small one. In the evening when you're brushing your teeth, try also (using a designated brush) brushing your nails with your toothpaste. Over time, you will notice that the nail plate has become whiter.

12. Glass nail file

Glass nail files are a favorite tool for cleaning the nail plate. The specially processed glass has a slightly rough surface, which allows you to delicately remove the remnants of varnish when polishing the nail, helping at the same time to get rid of wavy bumps. Treat your nails once a week, but don't overdo it. And don't let the price of glass nail files scare you, because they are made of durable material and will serve you for many years.

Advice: it is better not to use ordinary metal nail files when grinding the surface of the nail plate, as they create microcracks (where the insidious fungus tries to sneak in).

13. Potato or starch gruel

In the old days, hats and lace umbrellas protected rich young ladies from the scorching rays of the sun, and therefore the tan, so fashionable now, was considered a sign of a commoner working in the field. Peasant women applied raw potato gruel to their skin, since the substances contained in this inexpensive vegetable make it a natural brightener. It is so harmless that it is used in the modern beauty industry to whiten intimate areas. To lighten your nails, wash raw potatoes, peel them and grate them on a fine grater. The resulting slurry is applied to the nail plates and held for 20-30 minutes. Since the gruel will fall off at the slightest movement, it is better to simply dip the whole five into a bowl of potatoes.

Too lazy to fiddle with a grater? Then take dry starch. Dilute it with milk to the consistency of thick sour cream and dip your hands in the mixture for 20 minutes, and then wash them with warm water. You can enhance the whitening effect by diluting the starch not with milk, but with lemon juice. If your fingers have abrasions and burrs, then substances based on acid, soda or salt will cause an unpleasant burning sensation, but grated potatoes, on the contrary, will soothe irritated skin.

Advice: since such a mixture dries the skin, it is advisable to apply a nourishing hand and nail cream after the procedure.


14. Cucumber gruel with aloe juice

Be sure to buy yourself a pot of aloe, because this unpretentious plant is simply irreplaceable in everyday life. It not only decorates the window sill, but also treats cuts, acne, dandruff, fungus, and also whitens the skin and nails! After breaking off a leaf of aloe, cut it and rub the juice on your nails. After a few minutes, rinse your hands with warm water. A nice bonus: the substances contained in aloe leaves accelerate the growth of nails. Allantoin, in particular, promotes the separation of dead cells and regeneration. And β-carotene (turning into vitamin A) stimulates tissue growth.

Another popular bleach among folk remedies is the juice of fresh cucumbers. Like potatoes, it does not cause allergic reactions and soothes irritated skin. Grate the cucumber, add aloe juice to it and dip your hands in a bowl for half an hour.

15. Pencils, varnishes, gels for whitening nails

If you have neither the desire nor the time to whiten nails at home, then you can purchase a special pencil, gel or varnish in a cosmetic store. For whitening, it is enough to regularly apply the product on the nails.
Although such cosmetics cope with the problem, it has a number of disadvantages. Firstly, in small towns you will not find it with fire during the day and you will have to wait for delivery from an online store, which is not very convenient if you need to whiten your nails right today. Secondly, the prices of professional products are far from affordable for everyone. And, thirdly, cunning cosmetic companies claim that for a quick effect, you need to buy some more super-cream, 10 gels, 20 varnishes and a ton of bottles. In short, you get the point.

Causes of discoloration of the nail plate

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Frequent use of varnishes leads to the fact that the nail plate becomes more fragile, exfoliates and acquires an ugly yellow, and sometimes gray tint. Try to use only high-quality varnishes and fortified nail polish removers that do not contain acetone. Periodically, just do not paint your nails - so they can "breathe".

If you were unable to remove the remaining varnish with a sponge, take a cotton cloth instead of a fleece. After wetting a piece of material in the wash, rub the nails. The uneven surface of the fabric will allow peeling. After the procedure, wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water. Varnishes of saturated colors (for example, black and red) can cause darkening, and therefore stylists advise applying a transparent base to the nail and only then painting it with colored varnish. The base will prevent the coloring pigment from being absorbed into the plate.


Gardening and cooking

After contact with tomato bushes, the hands will quickly turn into an unpleasant yellowish color. If you often have to work in the garden, be sure to wear gloves so that the earth and plant juices do not penetrate the skin and nails. Cooking dishes containing coloring components also affects the appearance of the nail plate. The juice of raw beets and red berries stains the hands in a pink color that is not easy to get rid of.

Bad habits and poor diet

Bad habits, especially smoking and unhealthy diet, are detrimental to the nails and their condition. The way out of this situation is to get rid of smoking, change your lifestyle and diet. A number of products (cottage cheese, fish, etc.) will allow you to return your nails to a healthy look.

Diseases and injuries

The nail may turn black due to impact or pinching. In this case, you should simply wait until the nail grows back, and then cut off the damaged section of the plate. A change in color may be a symptom of a disease. If cosmetic procedures and a healthy lifestyle do not give the desired result for a long time, consult a doctor and take the necessary tests. Unfortunately, in this case, folk remedies will have little effect. However, do not rush to despair. You may be able to quickly solve the problem by drinking the prescribed course of vitamins.

If yellowing of your nails is not associated with any disease, we offer several ways that will effectively whiten your nails at home.

To avoid wasting time on expensive salon treatments and neglected nails, avoid the main factors that cause yellowing. Well-groomed nails - the main

The color of the nail plate is one of the indicators of the state of human health. So, their yellowing may indicate a lack of certain vitamins and minerals in the body, diseases of the lungs and liver, fungus, etc. But in the first place is still the influence of external factors, such as smoking, constant wearing of nail polish, which leads to insufficient oxygen supply to the plate, the use of poor-quality coatings or nail polish removers. Given such a variety of reasons, it is better to consult a specialist, and if no disease is established, then you can safely proceed to procedures for whitening and restoring healthy nail color.

How and how to lighten nails: effective ways

Lightening the nail plates on your own at home is not a difficult task at all, especially if the reason for this state of affairs is clearly known. You can use one of the popular masks or baths, and after a few procedures, the natural look of the hands will only please the eye.

Baking soda and hydrogen peroxide solution

An effective solution can be prepared from simple ingredients - ordinary baking soda and hydrogen peroxide.

To create it, you need to take the components in the following proportions: two tablespoons of a bulk and a tablespoon of a liquid ingredient, mix in a non-metallic container to a paste and apply to the plates on your hands for a couple of minutes. It is advisable to apply as carefully as possible, without going into the skin. The composition is washed off with warm water, and to achieve a better effect, you can rub your nails a little with a soft brush.

Lemon can help whiten yellow nails

Lemon juice not only helps to effectively whiten the plates, but also, because it contains a large number of vitamins and useful components. You can simply rub fresh juice into the nails, leaving it for 5 minutes, and then completely rinse it off, or you can run your nails directly into the pulp of a piece of lemon for 5 minutes too.

You need to use this method with caution: you should not carry out the event too often, as you can dry out the nail plate, and you should also refuse to use it if there are burrs, wounds and other damage to the skin - acids will cause severe discomfort when they get into them.

Toothpaste mask will get rid of yellowness

Surprisingly, toothpaste is an excellent assistant not only for whitening teeth, but also for whitening nail plates. You can use the product in its pure form, just rubbing in small amounts for 10 minutes daily, or you can prepare an effective mask based on it. For the latter method, you will need additional ingredients: a couple of tablespoons of lemon juice and one tablespoon of baking soda. Additional components are mixed together, and when they stop foaming, a couple of small spoons of the paste itself are added. After applying for a third of an hour on the fingers, the composition is removed with warm water and moistened with a nourishing cream.

How to whiten nails after red polish

Despite the beauty of red nail polish, the process of removing it is fraught with a lot of difficulties. Completely removing it from hard-to-reach places is not an easy task, especially the tips of the nails suffer, because bright varnish is clogged under the free edge and it is very difficult to get it mechanically.

For normal removal of varnish during painting, apply a base under it, and in the process, first attach a disk soaked in acetone for a few seconds, and only then make movements away from you. A bath of citric acid will help lighten the residue.

Baths with citric acid

To prepare an effective whitening composition, you need to mix citric acid crystals and hydrogen peroxide in equal proportions. The resulting slurry is applied to the nail plates and kept for 5 minutes, after which you need to lower your hands for several minutes in warm water with a few drops of lemon juice. After a quarter of an hour after the procedure, you can clean the nails with a brush and polish them with a soft file.

Salt baths will clean the nails from dirt

A bath with the addition of salt will help not only whiten the nails well, but also wash them after a garden or other event, when clogged particles of dirt simply do not wash out with soap.

To prepare the composition, it is enough to dilute a tablespoon of the salt component in a glass of warm water (you can use both a regular food product and a cosmetic sea product). The liquid is enriched with a small amount of lemon juice and fingers are dipped into it for a quarter of an hour. After this time, it is better not to immediately wash off the composition, but to wait another hour. A noticeable whitening effect will be already after a couple of procedures carried out every other day.

Store-bought nail whiteners

Given the prevalence of the problem in question, it is not surprising that in the store you can find products designed to solve it. Offers exist from all leading cosmetic companies, including Avon, Faberlic, Oriflame, etc. Consider the most popular options.

Whitening nail pencil

Whitening pencils are usually made from medical chalk or white clay, they are very easy to use and in addition to coloring the free part of the nail, they allow you to clean it of dirt and dust. There are such products in the offers from the company Yves Rocher (whitening pencil for French manicure), dr. rescue SOS by Maybelline, THE ONE by Oriflame, etc. How to use the product is easy to guess - just hold it under the nail, and this is very convenient when you need to quickly fix the manicure.

Nail polish by Maybelline Dr. Rescue

This varnish is a tool that acts both as a base coat for manicure and as a product for correcting the color of the nail plate on the hands or feet. Available in a volume of 7 ml in a standard glass bottle and is a cloudy white enamel. The base dries quickly, gives the nails a well-groomed and healthy look and holds up well in terms of durability. It can also be used as a single nail coating, simply creating the effect of a natural well-groomed manicure.

Marina Ignatieva


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Recently, you have discovered yellow nails on your hands and are looking for ways to get rid of the yellowness of your nails? Do not rush to use varnish to paint over an unpleasant color. In some cases, yellowness on the nails can "tell" about serious diseases, so you first need to find the cause of the yellowing of the nails.

If you are healthy, then they will help to cope with the yellowness of the nails on the hands or feet. home remedies for whitening nails.

The nails on the hands turned yellow: the causes of yellow nails - when to see a doctor?

In addition to external factors (the use of varnish of dubious quality, household chemicals, etc.) affecting the condition and color of nails, yellowed nails can be a consequence of internal diseases human body.

If the fingernails turn yellow, then perhaps in the body there are:

  • liver, lung or kidney problems;
  • disruption of the endocrine (hormonal), cardiovascular systems;
  • metabolic problems caused by a lack of vitamins and minerals.

Smoking, long-term medication, nail fungus - also the causes of yellow nails on the hands.

In addition, there is such a rare disease called " yellow nail syndrome ". The first sign of the disease is the color change of the nails to yellow, then lymphatic edema forms in various parts of the body. With this disease, nails almost completely stop growing. Yellow nail syndrome in a neglected state is treated for a very long time.

Yellow nails are just the "tip of the iceberg" - a small part of some big problem. And, if you do not pay attention to this "first bell", then after the yellowing of the nail, it will come thickening and reshaping . Then the nail will peel off , which subsequently leads to complete destruction of the nail plate.

To make sure that everything is in order with the internal organs, or to confirm your guesses about the alleged illness, you need to:

  • undergo a fluorographic examination;
  • take a general blood test;
  • visit an endocrinologist.

7 effective ways to get rid of yellow nails and whiten nails at home

After making sure that yellow nails are not the result of a serious illness and your health is in order, you can remove yellowness from nails with home whitening.

But first:

  • change detergents to others or wear gloves when using them;
  • quit smoking (at least for a short time) and see how not only the color of the nails, but also the skin as a whole changes;
  • temporarily eliminate nail polish.

After that, for the speedy and active restoration of a healthy nail color, you can apply folk methods for whitening nails.

Home remedies for yellow nails:

  • Rubbing nails with lemon juice
    The most popular, proven and effective method. Lemon juice contains many vitamins and minerals.


    Daily wiping (3-4 times a day) of the nail plates with lemon juice will help get rid of the yellow color of the nails and saturate them with useful substances.

  • Chamomile decoction
    As you know, chamomile is a good antiseptic. Baths from a decoction of chamomile flowers, which contain essential oils and vitamins, will bring your yellow nails to a normal natural state.


    Why you need to brew chamomile infusion: pour a couple of tablespoons of flowers with boiling water (250 ml), insist for half an hour. Then dilute with water (0.5 liters) and hold hands in the resulting broth for 20 minutes.
  • Salt baths
    Baths with the use of sea salt and the addition of various essential oils (tea tree, bergamot, sandalwood, eucalyptus), in addition to whitening, will return the lost strength to the nails.

  • Nail mask
    To whiten nails at home with a mask, you will need: grapefruit seed extract (purchased at the pharmacy), olive or sunflower oil.

    Add five drops of grapefruit seed extract to one tablespoon of oil. With the resulting composition, smear the nails approximately 3-4 times a day.
  • Paste
    It is possible to remove yellowness from nails with the help of 2 tablespoons of baking soda mixed with one tablespoon of hydrogen peroxide. The result should be a paste-like mixture, which must be applied to the nails and kept for about five minutes.

    This is an effective, but not particularly gentle way. Therefore, it should be used very rarely in special cases when you urgently need to remove yellowness from the nails - and there is absolutely no time for long masks and baths.
  • Berries
    Cranberries, red, black currants, whose chemical composition includes pectin, organic acids and vitamins, have a disinfecting effect and a whitening effect. The big advantage of these berries is that the berries that have been frozen do not lose their properties after defrosting.


    Mash fresh or thawed berries with a fork until smooth and apply gruel on the nails. Soak the crushed berries on the nails for 5-7 minutes and then rinse with water.
  • Whitening serums
    If you don’t want to bother with the preparation of various masks, pastes and decoctions, you can simply purchase a whitening serum, a ready-made whitening mask, special pencils or whitening tablets that contain citric acid, chamomile and rosemary extracts and help restore the natural color of nails.


    The market offers a fairly large selection of preparations and products for whitening nails, but it is best to purchase them in pharmacies or stores specializing in cosmetics.

Bad nail condition a signal that tells you information about the state of the body , warning: Something is wrong.

Therefore, before masking yellow fingernails with external influences, you need to heal the body from the inside: saturate with vitamins and minerals .