Nails

11 Best Nail Care Products

See which top-rated products really come in handy (wink) for your nails

by Amanda Montell

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Best Nail Care Product No. 7: Barielle Nail Strengthener Cream, $17 TotalBeauty.com average member rating: 9.2*
Why it's great: "This stuff is unbelievable," one reader gushes. "My nails are thin, soft, weak, peeling, cracking ... But this cream made my nails smooth as glass in only two weeks." Other readers echo her sentiments, saying this "completely transformed their nails," even after years of peeling and biting.

Agree? Disagree? Write your review for Barielle Nail Strengthener Cream here.

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SEE NEXT PAGE: Best Nail Care Product No. 6: Revlon Compact Emeryl File, $3.99

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Revlon Nail Clip

8.9

CND SolarOil

9.0

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Sephora Collection Crystal Nail File

9.1

Burt's Bees Lemon Butter Cuticle Cream

9.2

Barielle Nail Strengthener Cream

9.2

Revlon Compact Emeryl File

9.2

CND Cuticle Eraser

9.3

Caudalie Hand and Nail Cream

9.4

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Sally Hansen Triple Strong 3-in-1 Gel Protection

9.4

Clinique Deep Comfort Hand and Cuticle Cream

9.5

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OPI Pedicure Soak

9.8

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love nail products

by brianna121791 Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 07:58PM Report as inappropriate

Some great products here. I keep meaning to get a glass nail file!

by GigiSD Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 06:06PM Report as inappropriate

Thanks for the great information.

by nicolemakris Monday, April 8, 2013 at 11:45PM Report as inappropriate

You can go file back and forth with a glass file? I have to get one! Going one direction is so tedious...

by BlondeCupcake Friday, March 29, 2013 at 11:49AM Report as inappropriate

These are all good products for nail care. Everyone hates to chip or break a nail. Especially when removing to plastic seal and tight cap from an eye drop bottle. A new product is coming this month designed to eliminate the hassle. It is called CapTool, Your Helping Hand.

by CapTool Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 07:58PM Report as inappropriate

I use a wonderful nail file made of crystal glass, so gentle on the nails! i like when i see that the products recommended are sometimes "cheapies" - like Vaseline. Who says that in order to work a product needs to be super-expensive?!

by AstridB Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 10:56AM Report as inappropriate

i'd skip emery file, those tend to damage nails, and would add a buff and polisher.

by venenumletalis Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 06:17PM Report as inappropriate

Pretty cool, but I'm pretty plain when it comes to nail care.

by amber.flute Friday, January 11, 2013 at 02:03PM Report as inappropriate

Nice

by EricaC123 Saturday, December 29, 2012 at 11:50AM Report as inappropriate

I am a big lover of everything Vaseline I am going to have to check out that hand/nail lotion! I have a crystal nail file, and if I go back and fourth on the nail it gives me the heebee geebees! It does feel much better than the old emery board.

by morgan_ledford Friday, December 28, 2012 at 07:56AM Report as inappropriate