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Re: okay..I know this is a 'girly' question..but...
« Reply #20 on: June 29, 2010, 12:28:41 »
tried dipping each nail in a cup of lemon juice this am..they look marginally better..yes, actually, they do look cleaner though it may well have just bleached the dirt!

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« Reply #21 on: June 29, 2010, 13:05:30 »
Make some bread. My hands are perfect after a kneading session......

that's what I was going to say! Tell the family it's "wholemeal"  ;D

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Re: okay..I know this is a 'girly' question..but...
« Reply #22 on: June 29, 2010, 13:38:48 »
Use barrier cream and you will find it all washes off.

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« Reply #23 on: June 29, 2010, 14:19:56 »
I use Swarfega, available from B&Q, Homebase, builders merchants etc, not sure about Wilkos.

Cleans out the ingrained dirt, it does help on nails, but not perfect.

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« Reply #24 on: June 29, 2010, 17:26:48 »
I usually find that washing my hair also seems to clean my hands or washing a pair of socks by hand. 

Yep- or washing up.

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« Reply #25 on: June 29, 2010, 18:50:41 »
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I use my 3-y-o son's old toothbrushes. I scrub it on the soap or squirt on a bit of liquid soap and then scrub away! They are much softer than adult ones and I find they work so much better than proper nail brushes. Recycling too!

I hope you mean old toothbrushes  ;D

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« Reply #26 on: June 30, 2010, 20:44:43 »
Have a manicure.   Not only does it get rid of the cr*p but it's very relaxing and if you've spent the day on the lottie/in the garden then you deserve a bit of pampering.

I go to my local college where they have a beauty department and it costs a fiver for a really nice manicure.

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Re: okay..I know this is a 'girly' question..but...
« Reply #27 on: June 30, 2010, 20:57:10 »
I washed something by hand with a stain on it using Arial Biological and my hands  came up really amazingly bright.   Left them a bit dry but soon sorted that out with a bit of hand cream.

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« Reply #28 on: July 01, 2010, 09:21:26 »
Think we must have extra tenacious dirt round here. Barrier cream makes no difference. And it survives hair washing easily.

Soaking in a solution of soda crystals works, but that's rather drastic. Only time my hands look clean all summer is bathroom cleaning day.

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Re: okay..I know this is a 'girly' question..but...
« Reply #29 on: July 01, 2010, 12:31:05 »
thought about a manicure but felt too deeply ashamed of how nails looked!! (..I know, I know..it's the equivalent of tidying up before the cleaner comes!. Wouldn't mind a cleaner come to think of it - house been sadly neglected since got the lottie!)

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Re: okay..I know this is a 'girly' question..but...
« Reply #30 on: July 01, 2010, 19:58:21 »
I don't even think about it. What's a bit of good clean dirt?

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« Reply #31 on: July 02, 2010, 07:53:15 »
I would also like to go to have my nails manic cured if I had any and if I had then Wigan is much too far to travel ;D
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Re: okay..I know this is a 'girly' question..but...
« Reply #32 on: July 02, 2010, 08:29:23 »
thought about a manicure but felt too deeply ashamed of how nails looked!! (..I know, I know..it's the equivalent of tidying up before the cleaner comes!. Wouldn't mind a cleaner come to think of it - house been sadly neglected since got the lottie!)

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Re: okay..I know this is a 'girly' question..but...
« Reply #33 on: July 02, 2010, 09:16:14 »
I find even when I wear gloves, my nails still get mucky!

I use my 3-y-o son's toothbrushes. I scrub it on the soap or squirt on a bit of liquid soap and then scrub away! They are much softer than adult ones and I find they work so much better than proper nail brushes. Recycling too!

lol....

All I can say is I hope you rinse it off before you let him brush his teeth with it again...pmsl


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Re: okay..I know this is a 'girly' question..but...
« Reply #34 on: July 02, 2010, 09:55:43 »
Have a manicure.   Not only does it get rid of the cr*p but it's very relaxing and if you've spent the day on the lottie/in the garden then you deserve a bit of pampering.

I go to my local college where they have a beauty department and it costs a fiver for a really nice manicure.

last manicure i had (25 quid) she deliberately DIDNT clean under my nails,as apparently they *dont do that anymore* for health and safety reasons,they could damage the nail bed...i have never been so embarassed! I havnt found my hands too bad so far this year,the soil has been so very dry it hasnt clung to my skin as normal!
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Re: okay..I know this is a 'girly' question..but...
« Reply #35 on: July 03, 2010, 20:28:36 »
 :) wash your hair and then put nail polish on to hide the rest of the dirt....it works for me ;D / shades x
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