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Every now and again fashions in personal care and beauty swing round... I (thought I) had a big bum as a young woman - that seems to be the fashion now. I couldn't be bothered to go to the hairdresser - and long straight hair became the trend (I do myself a buzz cut now, so watch this space!).

Now naked nails are apparently in!

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Although mine, I have to admit are ususally a bit grubbier than these! Anyone got tips on how to get dirt out from under the nails? I seem to remember using a white pencil to make them look cleaner as a teenager. I could do with some tips on how to look less like a gardener when I'm in my food shop.

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Ha! I hear you. Big practical black boots like mine are apparently "in" right now, too!

Not very helpful, but hand-kneasing dough is a great way to get ingrained dirt out from around your nails (guess how I know that?!).

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Anyone got tips on how to get dirt out from under the nails?

Well Nancy, you clearly need to do more dish washing😀

I keep my nails pretty short so there's less to hold dirt....I have some orange sticks that last forever and don't seem to hurt like cleaning with metal...dishwashing does the rest.
My fingernails are ok but toenails from going barefoot are harder for me to clean....I often wondered if that was the attraction to fingernail polish, if that was a coverup?

edit...I just saw your chosen chore in Anne's 'what chore to get rid of' thread😊

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Nancy Reading wrote:Now naked nails are apparently in!

Although mine, I have to admit are ususally a bit grubbier than these! Anyone got tips on how to get dirt out from under the nails? I seem to remember using a white pencil to make them look cleaner as a teenager. I could do with some tips on how to look less like a gardener when I'm in my food shop.

I use a nail file that is on my nail clippers.

Sometimes when I wash my hands I try to get the suds up under my fingernails.

Where I live going to the nail salon and getting fingers and toes done is a really big and expensive thing.

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I use a fairly thin, gently-pointed nail file, that will get all the way to the quick, without damaging that tender skin. It's a few inches long - maybe 4"? So, it's easy to hold onto, but fits beautifully in my wallet. The file is a very fine 'grit', rather than a grid, and leaves a nice, smooth edge.

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Keeping the nails very short and using a nail brush has helped me seem presentable.
I wonder if some homemade playdough, some thing like salt dough, could be used to gather the dirt.

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I've also heard of folks 'scratching' a bar of soap, before doing dirty work, to coat the underneath part, and I've tried it, but I can't stand the feeling of anything under my nails, so it didn't work for me, because I scrubbed it right back out, lol!

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Carla Burke wrote:I've also heard of folks 'scratching' a bar of soap, before doing dirty work, to coat the underneath part, and I've tried it, but I can't stand the feeling of anything under my nails, so it didn't work for me, because I scrubbed it right back out, lol!

That sounds like a good idea, but I think soap would probably fall out. I wonder whether some sort of wax might work though?

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The theory is that even if the bulk of it falls out, it will leave a coating, that acts as a barrier to excess dirt and staining.

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"Where I live going to the nail salon and getting fingers and toes done is a really big and expensive thing."

Same here. We have roughly 5,000 women in our bedroom community. Most folk work and play in a nearby city. We have 6 nail salons. I don't know how folk can breathe in those places!

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Carla Burke wrote:I've also heard of folks 'scratching' a bar of soap, before doing dirty work, to coat the underneath part, and I've tried it, but I can't stand the feeling of anything under my nails, so it didn't work for me, because I scrubbed it right back out, lol!

I have always done the opposite - if i want to clean under my nails, i scratch a bar of soap to catch and remove the dirt. It feels mildy uncomfortable but tolerable since i wash it out immediately. Cant imagine walking aroind all day like that.

Growing up my grandma always had a bar of soap in the bathroom and the kitchen for that purpose, and now I do too. Grandma also had a white pencil to use before going to town, but I admit "clean" is as far as I go.

Edit - just went and did it to figure out my technique. Helps to scratch sideways along the nail (you slide the dirt out), and you need a hard bar of soap, not a partially softened one. I did have to do it twice on two particularly dirty nails but i'm now town-ready in time to go... just in time to go work outside in an hour or so.

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Like someone mentioned above, washing up and hand washing anything will make sure all that dirt disappear! I, for one, like to keep my nails short as I don't think I could garden otherwise. I have a bar of soap and a nail brush by the kitchen sink and I remove the rest of the dirt with my pocket knife (like a nail file).

Most of the old folks in France do have one of those in their pockets:

https://www.amazon.fr/-/en/OPINEL-Pocket-Blister-Stainless-Virobloc/dp/B00422M4VA/ref=sr_1_3

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