...Love Leigh: Finger nail frenzy.

You would think with all the nail products available everyone would have strong, durable nails that grow long without breaking or peeling. Sadly, we know that isn't true, but we keep hoping. Much like the hair we are born with, the kind of nails we have is pretty much genetically predetermined. Some of us are born with tough, sturdy, resilient, and almost unbreakable nails, while others, like me, have paper-thin nails that easily split, peel, and break. Unfortunately, there is very little that can be done to change this predetermined trait.

On Monday last, both my nails on my thumb were broken to almost half from my nail bed. You could just imagine the pain I went through. Since then, Ive been trying to find the perfect vitamin, supplement, mineral, nail hardener, etc for my nails.

What is the most frustrating is that I take care of them, grow them and just when they are nice, no matter how careful I am, I always end up breaking one. I'll be relaxing at the end of the day and wham! I notice another one had broken off without my slightest knowledge! And, the real big bummer...my thumbnails always break across the nail bed..."Ouch!". So I end up having to cut them with the nail cutters so that they won't catch on something and rip away from my nail bed with meat on it leaving me in excruciating pain for a few days!

I have scoured cosmetic stores in Trinidad seeking that perfect nail hardener. I ended up deciding to purchase Sally Hansen Hard as Wraps solution that professes to cure fragile, soft, torn, chipped, cracked nails and goes on to give a further guarantee of flawless color that lasts....and which woman doesn't need this right?