Denture Cleanser you say? Sure, why not?

Just a little update on my nail whitening activities...

Olivia over at Olivia Writes... suggested I use denture cleaning tablets. They were £1 for a tube of 30 in Tesco. Here is the before shot, which I remembered to take this time.

All you have to do is put one tablet in a bit of warm water and let it fizz. They are obviously intended to soak Dentures in and it says leave them for 3 minutes. I stuck my hands in for 5 minutes each and gave each nails a little scrub with a toothbrush afterwards. Here are the results.

I don't think there is as much change as when I used the Lemon Juice but that's probably because it was the first time I had tried anything so there was a bigger improvement to be had.

A word of advice if you are going to try this though - don't be tempted to add any lemon juice to the mixture! I thought 'Why not?' and just chucked some in but something happened and it fizzed over!

The first, and I'm guessing main, ingredient is Sodium Bicarbonate so obviously that reacted with the acidic lemon juice to create a DIY volcano. Good job I had a towel handy!

De-Yellowing Attempt

After seeing Marina @ Forever The Ugly Duckling's post in which she showed us the improvement on the colour of her nails with the use of Lemon Juice and Scholl's Nail Brightening Treatment, I decided to give it a go myself.

I opted to try the lemon juice first, for my purse's sake, and I'm super surprised at the results already - after only one go!

So, on Monday (5th) I bought a bottle of 'Lemon Juice from Concentrate' from Tesco for 50p and a pack of value toothbrushes at two for 10p.

I put a bit of juice in a mug then brushed it on to my nails and left it for a minute. Then started scrubbing.

Now, I was really stoopid and didn't take a picture before I started but my nails were ORANGE. Starting from the tip and fading to to yellow nearer to the cuticle.
I'm sure it's likely that anyone who wears nail polish all the time has suffered the same predicament. I have worn nail polish everyday for at least 2 years now.

And here are the results of my little experiment. I would recommend this to anyone as a cheap first try if you want to banish the dreaded orange tinge.




Since then, I saw the Scholl treatment in Home Bargains for £2.99 - the lowest price I've seen it anywhere - so I purchased that too and will let you know how it goes.