Karlash Nail Repair Kit for Broken Cracked Split Nails. Emergency Easy Quick Fix

I never write a review, but I'm making an exception in this case. I have terrible nails but this one in particular is problematic. It has a vertical ridge left of center and it splits at that point, as you can see in the photo. It's been this way for several years and, according to what I've read, it's due to an injury and will probably never heal.I've tried everything. I don't get manicures so it's all been DYI. I've tried glue, nail hardener, nail polish and polish strips, the tea bag fix, bandaids, keeping it trimmed as far down as possible etc. It catches on everything - my hair, my clothes, my bedding - and I'm terrified that it will snag on something and get ripped down the ridge to the quick.I scoured Amazon shopping for something that would protect it and perhaps let it grow out. This product had good reviews and the pictures showed pretty good results, so I ordered it.Application was easy. The first time I did it, it was a bit clumpy, but not bad for a first try. Other reviews said the nail buffer supplied wasn't the best, so I used my 4 sided buffer block. When I was done it, didn't look bad, just a bit thick. But it stayed on for 2 weeks.After about 10 days, I could see the gap between my cuticle and the bottom of the artificial nail and it was starting to come off. By the time I could sit down and replace it, the artificial nail was loose enough that I could coax it off without damaging the nail beneath. You're not supposed to do that, so I'm not suggesting you use that method as you can pull up layers of the natural nail and damage it..I wish I'd taken a picture of how my nail looked after 2 weeks, but I didn't think of it. However, I noticed that I had growth that looked like the split was healing, with layers on the underside. The 2nd picture shows the new artifical nail, 2 applications of the product, and sanded and buffed. You can see a faint line of where the split is.I'm shocked, I tell you, shocked that this worked so well! It's stupidly simple to apply the glue and dip the nail into the powder. Where a bit of skill is required is the shaping and buffing, which will come with practice. I'll try to update this as I go along as I'm anxious to see what happens to my natural nail.I'm more than satisfied. I give it 10 stars, if I could!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Works well between nail salons visits

I needed to replace damaged nail to protect the very thin layer of nail left over my nail bed. I am not a nail person so needed something easy to use and had to get it right the first time as digging it out if it failed would be too risky given the very thin/soft nail underneath. I brushed the gel in the area I needed to fill, dipped it in the powder and repeated a second time. After quickly drying, I filed it smooth and applied cuticle oil and lotion to the skin as I was a bit messy with the gel. It looks great with minimal buffing and the filled area is hard/strong, which will protect my thin nail bed. Definitely recommend for this type of fix!!

This product is quite messy and hard to use... the first time I had fingers stuck together. The second time was a bit easy as I only applied to the cracked nail but it didn't fix it. Now I'll have to wait until that layer wears off before trying again.

i bought this for a nail that wanted to come off. i dropped something heavy on my thumb and the nail split straight across the middle horizontally about half way. i didn't want to pull it off because the split is pretty low on the nail but things kept catching on the broken edge (hair, clothes, anything) and pulling it up further and painfully. i bought this to keep the nail flat and attached until it grows out enough to cut at the tear.this works but it takes some practice. i have to remove it and redo it every few days (acetone soaked cotton ball and tinfoil for 10 minutes then it peels right off) because the nail eventually pushes through but that's given me time to practice and get the technique down. make sure that you apply it evenly, but i add a little extra glue to the edge of the nail where the crack starts because it wants to pop up pretty badly. avoid cuticles and surrounding skin as much as possible, the glue won't adhere to your skin and will pop up giving you a rough edge and a can be annoying. you can file that down but careful of your skin. i use two coats to increase the strength.