Cuticle oil is your best friend when it comes to your CUTICLES! If you have dry, flaky, and damaged cuticles, and skin sticking out randomly, begging you to rip it off (hangnails), a cuticle oil is ALL you need.

The benefit of cuticle oil include giving your nails that fresh manicure look. It improves the appearance of your nails, making them look healthy and shiny. It also helps them grow faster.

If you’re someone that loves getting artificial nails such as acrylics or gel extensions, this step is so crucial to do everyday as these artificial nails cause your cuticles to dry out.

Here are 5 of the best cuticle oils you can try out

1. Dadi’Oil Organic Nail Treatment

I asked around a bunch of Professional nail techs on what cuticle oil is the best to get and the majority of them fully recommend Dadi’Oil. It is 95% organic oil for nail treatment which comes in 20 natural ingredients. WOW! Right? Who can beat Organic?

Key ingredients:

• High Purity avocado oil
• Extra virgin olive oil
• Jojoba oil
• Natural Vitamin E
• It comes in other flavors such as lavender, bergamot, and vanilla.

Features:

• Add toughness to your nail beds
• Gives shine to your natural nails
• It penetrates fast and non-greasy
• Gives strength to your nails
• It has no nut ingredients – best for those that are allergic to nuts.

2. Solar Oil CND

The famous CND Solar Oil is an Award winning Cuticle oil for nails since 2003. I did some research on this product as I wanted to know what’s so amazing about it. It’s created by CND (creative nail design) just for the brand alone. Yep, you guessed it, it’s really expensive, however in one article I read, it said, “a bottle of 7.3ml lasts for months”. It’s written “a miracle in a bottle” and the reviewers totally agree.

Key ingredients:

• Jojoba oil
• Vitamin E
• Sweet almond
• Rice Bran oils

Features:

• It reduces visible signs of aging
• Prevents cellular decay
• Keep nails soft and soppy
• Nourishes deeper
• Leaves nails stronger and healthier

3. Burt’s Bees Lemon Butter

If you are an animal lover, this product is for you. It’s cruelty-free with 100% natural ingredients, instead of it having an oily consistency, it’s creamy without being greasy.

Key ingredients:

• Sweet almond oil
• Vitamin E
• Sunflower oil
• Cocoa seed butter
• Fresh lemon scent

Features:

• It nourishes the nail beds
• Stores in moist
• Healthy and strong looking nails
• Helps with brittle nails

4. Opi Avoplex Nail & Cuticle Replenishing Oil

Opi Avoplex nail and cuticle replenishing oil, It contains avocado. You can never go wrong with A-V-O’s, the oils are rich in proteins, vitamins and phospholipids – 8 (damn, what a long word that I cannot pronounce).

Key ingredients:

• Vitamin
• Avocado
• Sunflower oil
• Sesame and kukui nut oil

Features:

• Hydrates and replenishes
• Can be applied to your dry elbows and heels.

5. Cuccio Revitalize Cuticle Oil – Pomegranate & Fig

Not only the bottle looks so damn cute with a hygienic dropper top, it has a light scent to it.

This is an anti-aging product. It reduces fine lines and wrinkles.

Cuccio has a variety of flavors such as:

• Papaya and Guava – regeneration and healing
• Milk and Honey – smoothing and Moisturizing
• Tuscan citrus and herb – energising and balancing
• Vanilla Bean and Sugar – calming and comfortable
• Lavender and Lemongrass – soothes and re-hydrates.

Each of these oils has different ingredients which have different benefits for cuticles and nails.

Key Ingredients:

• Sunflower oil
• Ficus Carica (Fig)
• Fruit/Leaf Extract

Features:

• Deeply moisturizer and nourishing formula
• Antioxidizing action
• It helps you get stronger and longer nails.

A bit of a care nail advice, I recommend you apply cuticle oil twice a day, Yes, yes, applying it twice a day can be a bit of a uhm…. quite the task. But just like you would moisturizer your face and body, your cuticles need attention as well, oh!! don’t forget your toenail cuticles girls!!! I hear men looovvve feet hehe!

This guest post was written by Jess, a beauty blogger & qualified nail artist at Jessabella.