Oops! I’m sorry when I first posted this some how the first 2 paragraphs were deleted. Here’s the whole story! 
For a long time mom and I have seen this stuff called TIPS on QVC. It’s a nail oil that is supposed to make your nails really strong. The lady is always demonstrating how she can chip wood off with her fingernails and how she can bend them straight down and they don’t break.
It’s always sold out and has great reviews! We have both had problems with our fingernails breaking and we were really curious if it would help.
Well, mom and I wanted to try it so I got some for her for her birthday last week.
We get the stuff and it’s two tiny bottles and a file for $30. There’s maybe 2 teaspoons of oil in there.
The first time I go to use it, I see the ingredients on the back. The first one is soybean oil, the 2nd is fragrance and 3-5 was some weird long names and then it said “other ingredients”. I knew that they have to post the order of the ingredients by the amount that is in there.
I knew what soybean oil and fragrance were so I looked up the long names and they are just preservatives!! Augh! I paid $30 for 4 tsp. of soybean oil which I can get at Aldis for .79 for 64 oz. (aka Vegetable oil)
We figured out that it’s the fact that she just keeps her nails moisturized so they don’t break as much. I will get an old nail polish bottle, clean it out and put some oil in there and do that instead and see if it works.
Oh well live and learn.
Tawra (hanging her head in shame.
I don’t know what product you are referring to. Sorry.
Hey, Tawra, they have to pay for their advertising and retirement somehow! lol
Seriously, though, we’ve all been done somewhere along the way. “Snake oil” is not a 21st Century term, Dear Heart, so don’t let that faze you.
Dominus tecum
Leonie
Hi Tawra,
There is a 30 day money back guarentee, no questions asked, use it and get your money back. Good luck!
Hello Tawra,
I also have had trouble with breaking and splitting nails for years. I’m in the UK but on one visit to the USA I discovered Sally Beauty shops and have been using their ‘Nail Matrix’ cuticle oil for several years and it works wonders. About $2.99 for 73ml. However, it smells suspiciously like almond oil! So I could probably spend less (by buying almond oil at a regular shop), but reckon that it is not such a large amount and the bottle lasts a looong time, so it is worth it. No more splitting nails, anyway.
Lindsey