filing nails
With the right file you give your nails a beautiful, strong shape without them splitting. Here you'll find Alessandro nail files for hands and feet. Read more
Ellen’s advice
How to choose
With the right file you give your nails a beautiful, strong shape without them splitting. Here you'll find Alessandro nail files for hands and feet.
- Fingernails and thin nails: the profi file 240/240, a soft, fine file.
- Shaping and shortening: the profi file 100/180, with a coarse and a fine side.
- Hard toenails: the high speed file or banana file 100/100, a coarse file.
Always file in one direction, from the side towards the centre, and finish the edge with a fine file. Fingernails are strongest in an oval or rounded square shape, toenails are filed straight. More tips in nail care.
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I'm Ellen, the Ellen behind LLN.beauty (say it as Ellen beauty). Beauty therapist since 2003, with my online beauty store since 2008. In 2019 I trained in orthomolecular therapy at KPNI, to tackle skin problems from the inside as well.
For years I treated clients in my salon. I stopped, because a treatment only works for a short while. Lasting results come from the basics you do yourself at home. That's why I now help you with a routine you'll actually stick to.
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