Category: Nails

September has a particular rhythm. The holidays end and the mornings tighten up. Everything that was flexible through August suddenly has to run to a timetable. Gel nails and the return to routine fit together better than most women expect. At my beauty salon in Maghull, the first weeks of term are consistently among my busiest for nail appointments. The reason has far more to do with time than with vanity. (more…)

The cuticle is the part of the hand women worry about least and damage most. It gets pushed, cut and picked at. Most people treat it as an inconvenience. In fact it does one of the most important jobs on the entire finger. Cuticle care in the cooler months matters more than at any other time of year. At my beauty salon in Maghull, the state of a client's cuticles in November tells me a great deal about how her...

Around the middle of October my diary fills with the same question. Nails were fine all summer. Now they are splitting into layers at the free edge. Nails peel when the heating comes on far more often than most people realise. Nobody makes the connection, because the change feels like it came from nowhere. At my beauty salon in Maghull it is one of the most reliable seasonal complaints I hear. (more…)

One window every year passes without most women noticing. It is the most useful in the calendar for anyone whose toenails have taken a battering. Autumn is when toenails recover best, because they finally get left alone. At my beauty salon in Maghull I spend much of September encouraging clients to use the months when nobody is looking at their feet. (more…)

Ingrown toenails have a season, and it is this one. Every year from June onwards, appointments at Beauty by Ruth, a beauty salon in Maghull, include a steady stream of women whose big toe has become sore, red and tender along one edge, usually with no obvious explanation. There almost always is an explanation, and it is generally a combination of warm weather, changed footwear and a well-meant attempt at home nail care that has gone slightly awry. (more…)

Summer is when gel nails earn their keep, holding their shine through pool days, beach trips and long sunny weekends. Yet the very things that make summer enjoyable can quietly work against a manicure, and looking after gel nails in summer takes a little more thought than it does in the cooler months. As a beauty salon in Maghull, I see a familiar pattern every July and August, where clients come back from a holiday wondering why their once-glossy gel...

As the warmer months arrive and sandals come back out of the wardrobe, feet and toes tend to get a lot more attention than they do in winter. If you want your nails to look polished and vibrant throughout the season without constant maintenance, visiting the beauty salon in Maghull, Beauty by Ruth, for a set of gel nails is one of the most practical and rewarding choices you can make this May. (more…)

We tend to think of summer beauty in terms of skin and feet, but hands and nails quietly take just as much of a battering through the warmer months, and good summer nail care can be the difference between hands that look youthful and well kept and hands that look tired by August. Heat, sun, water and hand sanitiser all take their toll, often without us noticing until the damage is done. As a beauty salon in Maghull, I want...

Home gel kits have become hugely popular, and for a quick fix they have their place, but when a summer holiday is on the horizon many women discover the difference between a kit and a salon set the hard way. Choosing professional gel nail polish for holidays is about more than appearance, it is about durability, the health of your natural nails and not wasting precious holiday time on a manicure that fails halfway through the week. As a beauty...