Instructions

• 1). Stop biting your nails or picking at your cuticles. If you are having trouble kicking this habit, soak your fingernails in lemon juice, a natural stain remover. The sour taste on your fingertips will help keep those nails out of your mouth.
  
  
• 2). Apply cuticle oil and moisturize daily. Purchase a hand cream that contains phospholipids or lactic acid, these ingredients are known to prevent cracking and breaking.
  
  
• 3). Purchase latex gloves to protect your nails during household cleaning. Constantly washing the dishes without gloves makes nails brittle. Use the gloves when using harsh chemical cleaners.
  
  
• 4). Trim nails, rounding them with a nail file. Brittle and weak nails look worse when they are long. A shorter length will help you avoid breaks or cracks.
  
  
• 5). Avoid nail polish until the condition of your nails has improved. Acetone weakens nails.
  
  
• 6). Take a daily multivitamin that includes iron and ensure that you get enough protein in your diet.