Simple DIY Cuticle Oil Recipe to Strengthen Nails and Dry Cuticles

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Why do you need to make DIY cuticle oil?

This homemade cuticle and nail oil with coconut oil moisturize and soothes the nail beds keeping them nourished and free of little hangnails (pieces of ripped skin near your cuticles). In addition, this simple homemade cuticle oil creates a protective barrier over your cuticles and nails and prevents them from cracking and dryness.

Moreover, keeping your cuticles supple help keep your nails free of bacterial infections.

Since we use rosemary in our cuticle oil recipe, it may also help grow your nails faster and promote thick and strong nails. The health of your nails and the skin around them is crucial for your overall nail health. In addition, your cuticles protect your nails from bacteria and infection.

The great advantage of homemade cuticle oil is that you need just a tiny drop, so your roller bottle lasts a long time and is inexpensive.

Lastly, making your cuticle oil at home is easy and fun, making it a beautiful and thoughtful DIY gift.

Any oil for the cuticle and nail?

You can apply many different oils to your cuticles to help them look and feel healthy. However, searching for oils rich in monounsaturated or saturated fatty acids would be best. You should avoid oils that contain mostly polyunsaturated fatty acids as they are unstable and sensitive to oxidation. You want to use stable oils in your skincare products with a long shelf life. These include jojoba oil, vitamin E oil, castor oil, argan oil, almond oil, olive oil, or avocado oil. Fractionated coconut oil is a great moisturizer.

DIY Nail Oil Ingredients for brittle nails and dry cuticles.

This nail oil recipe uses natural ingredients that improve the overall appearance of your nails and hands.

This rejuvenating homemade cuticle oil can help with hangnails and brittle, dehydrated skin around your nails and promote nail growth. In addition, it makes doing a DIY manicure at home fun and easy!

Castor oil

Thick and rich in texture, castor oil is considered one of the best choices among Nail Strengthening Cuticle Oils. It makes smooth and flawless nails by promoting circulation and blood flow.

In addition, castor oil, along with regular nail grooming, can also increase the growth of your nails. This is because it contains omega-9 and Vitamin E, providing the nails with complete nourishment and promoting faster growth.

Castor oil may also help you to get rid of any spots on your nails caused due to an injury or accident.

Another advantage of castor oil is that it is easy to wash off.

Rosemary Oil for Nails

While I enjoy using rosemary in the kitchen, I also appreciate its medicinal properties that positively affect hair, skin and nails.

Known for its ability to increase blood flow, rosemary promotes hair and nail growth, leaving them thick and healthy.

Moreover, its anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties help to protect them from inevitable bacteria.

To use rosemary benefits in our cuticle oil, I infused it in carrier oil. I selected coconut oil, but you can also use jojoba or almond oil.

The rosemary oil has moisturizing effects and encourages healthy nail growth, which makes it the best oil for nail growth.

Vitamin E

Anti-inflammatory vitamin E helps soften and nourish the nails and contributes to wound and hangnails healing.

In addition, it may also prevent oxidation process formation, thus extending the shelf life of this DIY nail oil.

Best Essential oils for nails and cuticles

Essential oils add a divine scent to your simple Diy cuticle oil but also have additional benefits.

Anti-fungal properties

Preventative measures against nail fungus may be a good idea, as fungus can often result in brittle nails with slow growth. Researchers suggest using tea tree oil, vitamin E or Frankincense essential oil in this study.

Antibacterial action

Essential oils with antibacterial properties, such as tea tree, rosemary, or lemon essential oil, are vital if you deal with hangnails prone to infections.

to increase nail growth

To increase nail growth, use rosemary essential oil or peppermint, which increases blood circulation, followed by faster nail growth.

I used rosemary and lavender oil in this cuticle oil recipe.

Rosemary essential oil is one of the best essential oils, known for its antibacterial properties that may keep nail fungus at bay. In addition, it also contributes to hair and nail growth.

Apart from its lovely smell of Lavender, essential oils help to strengthen the nails and cuticles and keep them both moisturized.

How to Use Cuticle Oil with Essential oils

1. Please wash your hands and nails under lukewarm water and dry them before applying.
2. If you use a roller bottle, you can directly apply oil on all your cuticles, alternatively, take a cotton pad and pour 3 to 4 drops of DIY nail oil on the base of the cuticles.
3. It is essential to massage the oil in a circular motion over your cuticle. You increase blood circulation, promoting strong and healthy nail growth.
4. If you are doing a home manicure, rub this cuticle oil into your cuticles. Afterward, use a cuticle-pushing tool to push back any overgrown cuticles gently. The cuticle oil will make this process much smoother!
5. Apply the cuticle oil daily on the nails and skin.
6. I also use it on my eyebrows! Massage it into the eyebrow area and leave this nourishing nail oil overnight, washing it off in the morning.

How often to Apply this Homemade Cuticle Softener?

Apply this oil right after every manicure, but you can apply it every evening before bed. The oil is the most effective overnight when it can absorb all the vitamins and minerals undisturbedly.

Alternatively, If you polish your nails regularly, consider applying this DIY cuticle oil right after you color your nails. That way, you will remember to apply it regularly.

It is suggested to apply this cuticle oil right after showering or washing your hands to lock in moisture.

I like to apply it together with this hand cream to nourish my hands at the same time. You can use moisturizing gloves for extra care.

Tools

Roll on bottle, nail polish bottle empty or empty clean nail polish container

Small glass funnel

DIY cuticle oil recipe

First step - Make rosemary-infused oil.

Place a few snippets of rosemary into a sterilized jar and pour over half a cup of coconut oil. Submerge rosemary leaves fully in the oil. Cover with the lid and let it infuse for four weeks. After four weeks, filter the oil with cheesecloth to get rid of all the herbal material and get only pure rosemary oil. You can also speed up the method using a double boiler method

Place your glass jar with dried rosemary and coconut oil in a double boiler and bring to a slow simmer. Heat the mixture to a temperature of 50 C (122 F) and keep the heat nice and low for a longer simmer (5-6 hours) to help release medicinal properties. Then filter through a cheesecloth, and you end up with pure rosemary oil.

I used this rosemary-infused oil to make beard balm and beard butter for a proper grooming routine.

Second step - Combine the ingredients.

Combine all oils in a sterilized beaker or bowl. Add a few drops of essential oils of your choice. For this cuticle care formula, you will need around 30-40 drops of essential oils for a 1-ounce cuticle oil blend.

I always use a dishwasher that makes it clean and dry.

Third step - Transfer to a sterilized roller ball bottle.

Use a small funnel and transfer the oil into a roller ball bottle or another small bottle you have at your disposal.

How do you store this DIY cuticle oil?Since we didn't use any water in this recipe, just oily substances, this DIY nail oil is stable and can last up to one year if kept in a cool and dry place.

MATERIALS

• 2 rosemary leaves (or dried)
• 30 ml (1 oz, 2 tablespoons) fractionated coconut oil
• 30 ml (1 oz, 2 tablespoons) castor oil
• 5 drops lavender essential oil
• 5 drops rosemary essential oil

TOOLS

• glass funnel

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Place a few snippets of rosemary into a sterilized jar and pour over half a cup of coconut oil. Submerge rosemary leaves fully in the oil. Cover with the lid and let it infuse for four weeks. After four weeks, filter the oil with cheesecloth to get rid of all the herbal material and get only pure rosemary oil. You can also speed up the method using a double boiler method. Place your glass jar with dried rosemary and coconut oil in a double boiler and bring to a slow simmer. Heat the mixture to a temperature of 50 C (122 F) and keep the heat nice and low for a longer simmer (5-6 hours) to help release medicinal properties. Then filter through a cheesecloth, and you end up with pure rosemary oil.
2. Combine all oils in a sterilized beaker or bowl. Add a few drops of essential oils of your choice. For this cuticle care formula, you will need around 30-40 drops of essential oils for a 1-ounce cuticle oil blend. I always use a dishwasher that makes it clean and dry. 
3. Use a small funnel and transfer the oil into a roller ball bottle or another small bottle you have at your disposal.