Are you stuck with dry, cracked nails and cuticles? This DIY oil will deeply soothe and moisturize to keep your nail bed healthy and strong.
Winter was late this year, but she’s most definitely here. We have propane heat and try to burn wood on most days to save money.
This helps us stay toasty warm, but both types of heat really zap the moisture out of the air and my skin.
We put a kettle of water on our wood stove to get some moisture back in the air. One day last week we put 4 gallons of water back into the air! Unfortunately, it’s not enough for my hair and skin.
I use lotions or creams twice a day on my hands, but my cuticles still get dry and are prone to cracking when the air gets dry.
Part of the reason my hands get so dry is genetics; my dad’s fingers crack in the winter, too.
The other part is from washing my hands so often when I’m cleaning, making crafts, or washing dishes.
I use lotions on my hands, but my cuticles needed something more. I made this cuticle oil recipe with my favorite oils for dry skin.
Need some natural skincare recipe ideas for your hands? Check out my list of 40+ Homemade Lotion Recipes and my Homemade Hand Scrub for Soft Hands.
This DIY Cuticle Oil recipe isn’t just for your cuticles; it’s a nourishing oil that can be used anywhere you have dry skin.
You can also apply it to your feet. I put this cuticle oil on my feet at night and wear socks to keep it from rubbing off.
This oils used for this DIY cuticle oil recipe would also work well in bath and beauty recipes for dry skin.
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I think it would make a great oil blend for a sugar scrub, so don’t be afraid to make extra oil and use it later.
Check out these sugar scrub recipes for inspiration: 21 Best Homemade Sugar Scrub Recipes, Apple Pie Sugar Scrub Recipe, Whipped Calendula Sugar Scrub Recipe, Foaming Peppermint Sugar Scrub Recipe.
About the DIY Cuticle Oil Recipe Ingredients:
I used a blend of four of my favorite oils to make this recipe.
Then I put the blended oils in a roller bottle so it would be easier to apply without making a mess.
You could also use a bottle with a dropper lid or even a clean nail polish bottle to brush it on your cuticles.
Jojoba oil is one of my favorite oils for dry skin. It’s considered a carrier oil, but it’s actually a plant based wax.
It soothes the skin and acts as an emollient, so it draws moisture from the air to the skin.
Vitamin E is a nutrient that can help smooth cracked skin and hydrate dry skin. It can help heal cracked skin and prevent future cracks in the skin.
Avocado oil is my other favorite carrier oil for dry skin. Avocado oil is high in vitamins A, D, and E as well as omega-3 fatty acids.
This thick oil can penetrate the skin to nourish the skin, and it also helps form a barrier on top of the skin to protect it.
Finally, I used grapeseed oil, which is high in vitamins C, D, and E. It’s a thin, light oil, so it penetrates the skin to nourish under the top layer of skin.
DIY Cuticle Oil Recipe for Dry, Cracked Cuticles
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp jojoba oil
- 4 tbsp vitamin E oil
- 3 tbsp avocado oil
- 3 tbsp grapeseed oil
Instructions
- Measure ingredients and pour into a bowl.
- Stir well and pour into a container. You can use a roller bottle, dropper bottle, or anything that you’d like.
Notes
- Apply to cuticles two or three times a day.
- Use your fingertips to rub in the oil.
- You can also use it on other dry skin.
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Cari Dunn is homesteading on an 11.5 acre farm with her husband, three kids, 5 goats, and flock of chickens. She currently blogs at Everything Pretty where she features health and beauty tips along with DIY beauty recipes.
Hi thank you for the wonderful recipe. Just wondering if EVOO would be an acceptable substitute for avocado oil. thanks
It should work! Olive oil is deeply moisturizing.
The recipe looks like it would fill more than one roller bottle. How much does this make?
This makes a large batch that you can put into roller bottles as needed, or to make extra for gifts. For just one roller, you’d need to cut back on ingredients.
Would it be ok to add a drop or two of essential oil?
Yes, I highly recommend lavender and/or cedarwood.
Wonderful! Thank you! Would you recommend a couple drops for the recipe you provided? Do you know approximately how many roller balls this recipe fills?
Im going to make some for my girlfriends for Christmas! Want to make sure this will make enough, or I can of course do more.
This recipe will make about 20 10ml roller bottles of cuticle oil – it’s quite a lot! You can add 10 drops each of copaiba, lemon, and frankincense essential oils if you’d like.
Thank you for the DIY recipe. Is there another carrier I could use in place of grapeseed? Of all the oils I have, grapeseed is not one of them (although I thought I did). Would apricot or sweet almond be a suitable substitute? O would another oil be better? Thank you so much!
Either apricot or sweet almond would work, as would jojoba oil. Grapeseed is very easily absorbed, which is the main advantage of using it. But other carrier oils work too.
Thank you very much!
Hi !
I’m just wondering what the shelf life of this recipe.
And what scents would work mixing in. Any essential oils ?
The best essential oils for your fingernails are copaiba, lemon and frankincense. You can add 10 drops each to this recipe.
Would almond oil be okay to use in place of the vitamin E oil? I know almond oil has vitamin E in it.
The vitamin E oil isn’t a necessity, so you can leave it out or replace it with another oil if desired.
Just wondering if this oil is ok to use on painted fingernails. I just used a gift certificate to a spa and while I need to make sure my cuticles stay nice looking for as long as possible, I also don’t want to shorten the lifespan of this manicure. 🙂 TIA!
Yes! This is a great cuticle oil to use after a manicure or pedicure.
Love this! I have super dry skin and nails now with this dry wintry weather!! Even though its not even super cold yet. I am in dire need of this cuticle oil- can’t wait to try it! Thanks so much for the recipe.