Tea Bag Wraps: Nail Repair Secret

Tea bag wrap? yes, you read correctly. You can use a standard tea bag to repair broken and cracked nails. Here's how:

You Will Need:

1. A tea bag. Any kind will work as long as its made of paper
2. A fine to medium-grain nail file
3. A very fine-grained nail file, and probable a buffer
4. A base coat

How To:

1. Take your tea bag and cut off the top. Empty the bag because you wont need what's on the inside.
2. Cut out a small, rectangular section of the tea bag. It should be about the width and length of your nail.
3. Some people tell you to cover your entire nail with the paper, but they are wrong. Cover the nail halfway if its a crack, and a third of the way if the tip is peeling or super weak.
4. Apply the basecoat. While its still mostly wet, position the rectangle of the tea bag so that it completely covers the crack with room to spare underneath. That's for extra strength.
5. Press the tea bag down with your fingers to make sure everything is smooth. You don't want wrinkles or bubbles, and its okay if things get a little messy at this stage.
6. Let it dry. Then shellack the entire thing down with another layer of base coat. The tea bag should be turning slightly transparent- this is what you want.
7. Trim off the excess paper at the top of your nail if necessary
8. Use your regular nail file and file away the paper overhang at the tip. (file in one direction only, don't saw back and forth)
9. Take the superfine nail file and gently smooth the area where you stuck the tea bag, blending the two parts together, ensuring strength.
10. Use a buffer to smooth and shine everything to finish.
11. Now apply another base coat and let it dry.
12. Now you may apply your nail polish as you usually do. (the entire thing comes off with nail polish remover, just in case you were worried about it sticking to your nail)