Crafting Reality with Sara: DIY Nail Whitener for Clean and Clear Nails

Are your nails discolored? Mine get a little funky looking from time to time, especially if I have used a cheap nail polish or have been doing a lot of work with my hands. This always embarrasses me. Who wants funky looking fingers, like not in a good way?

I thought about investing in nail whitener, but that can get pricey. I thought I would try something out to see if it would work to brighten my nails and give me a break from covering up the embarrassing funk with nail polish.

Ingredients

1/4 cup of very warm water

2 teaspoons of baking soda

3 teaspoons of peroxide

Directions

I mixed this up (it will bubble) and then I soaked my nails in the mixture for 1 minute per hand. I noticed that my hands were foaming up a bit from the peroxide, so I knew right away this was working its magic.

When I removed my hands from the mixture I could see right away that my nails looked better. They were whiter, they felt great too.

This cost maybe 20 cents (if that) to make for a treatment. It was much less expensive than buying a chemical based product and it seriously only took about 2 minutes to do.

If you are a smoker with cigarette stains I bet this would help to remove them too.

DIY Foot Soak

13 comments:

Aunt NonnaOctober 9, 2013 at 2:52 PM
LOVE IT! I have funky looking toes, but thank goodness I don't have creepy looking nails on them. I will share this with my sister because she is a smoker!
krissssyOctober 10, 2013 at 10:01 PM
What an awesome review ...Thank you so much for the tips ...This would probably work for my Mom's toe nails too!!
KarenOctober 10, 2013 at 10:08 PM
I honestly don't take care of my nails. I pick them down. I've been doing it since I was four, and that was 27 years ago! I've tried growing them out, but it never lasts long. I'll have to keep trying so I can set a good example for my daughter!
AnonymousOctober 11, 2013 at 4:21 AM
lov it ty
UnknownOctober 11, 2013 at 9:45 AM
Thanks for sharing this on Turn It Up Tuesdays
Denise Taylor-DennisOctober 14, 2013 at 9:48 AM
Thank you for sharing this I will have to try this on my toe nails.
AnonymousOctober 14, 2013 at 11:28 AM
Saw you blog on another one and love the idea to take care of your nail and I'm going to try it. I would love to have you to link up at my weekly Clever Chicks Blog Hop: http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2013/10/clever-chicks-blog-hop-56-with-ruby.html

I hope you can make it!
Cheers,
Kathy Shea Mormino

The Chicken Chick

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SennyOctober 27, 2013 at 11:37 AM
I am definitely going to try this! Right now I really don't have a go to nail care routine. I could use one though and I love cheap and easy! can't wait to try!
Karen GlattOctober 28, 2013 at 1:41 PM
Do you know how many bottles of nail polish I have, over 30. For some reason, I have to have nice looking nails. I paint my nails twice a week and try out different colors. I do use a good nail cream to keep them for getting dry.
UnknownOctober 29, 2013 at 2:19 AM
I guess you could say my nails are funky. After getting chemo in 2011 it made them peely, so weird. LOL!! This is a great tip! Thanks for sharing :)
Maryann D.October 30, 2013 at 5:48 AM
This sounds great to try for my nails. I usually just file my nails and use a lot of lotion for dry skin.
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GoodnessGracesNovember 2, 2013 at 8:11 PM
I recently switched to using Gelish and love it so far. I have very brittle nails and this is much better for them than the pink and whites that I've had for yrs. While I'd love to have naturally great nails, I don't but these are my compromise.
judy gardnerNovember 5, 2013 at 11:44 PM
i dont do a lot with my nails now, but i used to use polish all of the time. my nails became yellow and ugly so i stopped painting them - i wish i had had your whitener recipe then! thanks for sharing!