24 hours into my attempt to stop biting my nails, and we may have already encountered a problem. The nail biting solution is working a bit too well. Now everything I've touched - even, I'm guessing, the hamster food - tastes disgusting. On the upside, I definitely haven't bitten my nails.
I'd forgotten, from the old days of my mother pinning me down and painting my stumps with Stop 'n' Grow (which is currently winging it's way to me, by the way) that these anti-bite liquids are so strong they rub off on everything. Food, utensils, pets, wine glasses...
To credit Boots, their Expert Nail Biting Solution is definitely 'resistant to hand washing', as it says on the package. I washed my hands three times with washing-up liquid, once with soap and once with Cif, and my dinner still ended up having a faint bitter aftertaste. I made the mistake of following the directions and applying the product to the skin around my nails as well as the nails themselves (I have just as much of a tendency to nibble the skin as I do the nails - don't judge me, you know you do it too). Next time I'll only be touching up the nails.
Meanwhile, today's product of choice is to get my hands and cuticles looking as nice as my nails with - hopefully - eventually be. I'm taking a softly, softly approach because most greasy, intensive hand creams render me unable to type for at least fifteen minutes, so I went for Kiehl's Coriander hand and body lotion, which smells faintly of its namesake without reminding me too much of my parents house on curry night, and soaks into the hands in seconds. So far so good, I'll let you know how it goes!
