Quote Originally Posted by catnapper View Post
before my nails broke waaaayyyyy down to the point where I look like I bite my nails.
Actually, this was precisely (almost) the reason I started painting my fingernails.

My cuticles! They were always in the worst shape. Dry, cracked and YES, prone to being picked at, clipped and bitten.

So I started conditioning the cuticles and putting a clear HARDENING coat on the nails. My nails are so soft they practically fold.

The clear coat led to colors! I put the "Hard as Wraps" as a base coat and then the color. It keep me from picking at the cuticles.