One Step Nail Mender .47 oz. - Repairs Split, Chipped and Damaged Nails Clear

This didn’t work as well as I expected for some reason I thought it would actually mend a nail that broke but it just broke further. Very disappointed.

As an ageing male I don't normally coat my fingernails with anything. But recently I've noticed increasingly frequent tears, chips and splits on certain fingers. This fluid does a great job of minimizing those problems. Applying two coats as directed initially and an occasional coat thereafter forms a hard, slightly glossy coating that seems to glue loose bits of nail in place and protect the nail from catching and tearing further. I'm very satisfied.

I am very disappointed in this product considering it absolutely does not work for most of the things it’s advertised for. The only thing i can see it helping with is faint ridges but, basically any nail polish, color or clear, can solve that issue. But as far as splitting or broken nails, it’s useless. I felt compelled to write a review to add my experience and help others avoid experiencing the same disappointment .. My thumb nail broke and began splitting below the skin line so i, naturally, couldn’t cut or tear it off. I needed to also prevent it from snagging and tearing off since that would be incredibly painful and would cause severe damage. So I needed something to mend it since I need to let it grow out. So I looked up “nail repair for natural nails” and this was the first option and was an amazon choice. Everything it advertised was what I needed.. it literally has a picture of a nail that is almost entirely broken but the after picture shows it good as new.. I figured it wouldn’t look that good but I figured it would at least mend a tiny break on the edge. The bottle instructions say apply two coats and let dry and touch up till nails grow out. I first applied two coats. I personally didn’t think it dries especially fast, took about 5-7 minute’s each coat to dry enough to not come off and an additional 5 or so minutes to dry entirely and be hard. At that point, I tested the break by gently flexing my nail. I noticed it was still raising up and splitting. I thought maybe i didn’t get all the way to the edge so I applied two more coats. Again, each coat takes about 5 minutes to dry and additional time at the end of the second coat to dry hard so about 20 minutes later after it was hard enough, I flexed my nails super gently again. But even with a tiny amount of pressure, it still splits. So then I decided to flex the nail as I applied it to let the polish go into the split on the first coat to hopefully seal it completely closed. I then followed with another coat.. mind you i now have SIX coats of polish on now. I let that dry.. again I tested it and again, it easily split?!? How?? My last resort was to slather the break and my skin at the edge with the polish figuring the polish will come off my skin eventually but then I know i got all the way to the edge of the break. This is the SEVENTH coat.. test it, again the break splits open. The pictures I provided are at the end when I finally gave up after seven coats. It literally did nothing to help. Basically, this is just so so clear nail polish. Like drug store quality nail polish. It helps with harding nails but again, most polishes do and there are many options for nail hardening polish that work much better for half the price. This is called nail repair, I needed it to repair, as it was advertised and pictured to do. If anything it would harm my nails if I leave it on because it wouldn’t allow my nails to breathe and be healthy which will let them grow longer on their own. If this doesn’t repair anything, then it’s useless and a waste of time and money. I recommend avoiding this at all costs. It’s just basic, cheap clear nail polish. You can get that anywhere for a portion of the price of this and, definitely do not expect it to work anything like it’s described to do. If you want harder nails, I recommend trying a product actually designed for that because this does nothing more than typical nail polish would do. If you have deep ridges, prepare to apply a ton of coats of this stuff.. if you simply want clear nail polish or, to smooth faint ridges, then this is your stuff. As for everything else, total and complete disappointment and deceiving false advertising.

Not much you can do with an autoimmune condition that causes your fingernails to tear snaggle or break. Having said that there's also very little you can do when your fingernail snags tears or breaks below the quick line which anyone out there who's had this happen knows how painful it is I was very surprised how incredibly effective this is. Very simple to use, on clean dry nails apply a coat wait a little bit to get it a smidge dry and apply a second coat then go ahead and apply your pink gel coat or whatever it is you're wearing on your nails. I am so grateful it has held the nail together because Band-Aids just don't work they keep falling off so fantastic product

Did not work as expected. And left gummy feel.

I normally have very strong nails, but for the past few years, two of my nails kept getting a crack in the middle. After I started to use this regularly (two coats per application), my nails have finally started to mend and rarely crack. I would recommend trying this, if you have tried other products without improvement.

This an amazing product. I am a first-time user and feel that it is all it is advertised to be. I saw an improvement in the strength of my nails in just the first few days - my nails feel so much stronger are not breaking or bending. I am anxious to see if it heals the splitting I have been experiencing in one fingernail. I also like the way is looks on my nails without any polish.

Really useless. I applied 2 coats, then one coat of nail polish and followed with top coat of this. That should have been more than enough but it was chipping and peeling on first day!! I had 3 nails that were peeling at ends but this came off all my nails. Don't bother trying !!