1.Cut or file your nails regularly to keep them straight.
2.Clean the dirt from under your nails regularly!
3.Use good clear varnish before and after you apply colour, because then it adds a nice shiny overcoat and comes off easily when you want to remove it.
4.Don't bite your nails: if you're trying to stop, pick a 'favourite' nail, and bite only that one. 1 bitten nail is better than 10!
5.Clear nail varnish usually goes unnoticed in school.
6.Don't grow your nails too long because they will break and chip easily, and are too long for typing!!!
7.Lots of calcium (found in dairy products) strengths your nails and helps them to grow.
8.Give yourself a manicure or get a friend to do it by following the steps below. It will last much longer and cost next to nothing too!
1. Buy/find some clear nail polish, warm water, hand cream (optional), a colour of nail varnish you like and an emery board/nail file.
2. First of all file your nails so they are even but not too short.
3. Then put your hands in warm water for a few minutes to clean and cleanse your fingers and nails.
4. Then rub hand cream well into your hands *optional*
5. Gently push back your cuticles (cotton buds might be a good idea...)
6. Apply a coat of transparent nail varnish and leave to dry.
7. When dry, add a coat of the colour you want to use to your nails, and leave till dry.
8. Add a final coat of clear, and you're all done :D
Don't forget you can buy tattoos, stickers and jewels for your nails too