I think I told you about this last month. Has anyone tried it yet? I've been doing it for a few weeks now and don't see too much difference but I'm still working on it. BTW... let the garlic marinate for a week before your first use. Its worth a try, its almost free.

Here is what one website had to say:

Trying to grow strong, long fingernails for some can be a non event. No matter how hard you try, no matter what you do, you always seem to have weak fingernails, which break easily.

Fortunately, there is a way to help increase your nail strength without using any nail products.

Nail hardeners for instance can actually make your nails over time weaker. Have you noticed the longer you use a nail hardener product; your fingernails don't actually look or feel any different.

They still break, and chip and the dream of growing long fingernails is still non-existent.

The reason is, your nails are made up of long chain amino acids, which are all cross linking. When you apply a nail hardener to your nails, it creates more cross-linking. The problem is, you end up creating too many cross links and in turn the final result is, weak, brittle fingernails.

Weak fingernails is usually contributed to not having enough long chain amino acids, cross linking, therefore, a nail hardener may work for you in the short term, over use will give the opposite result.

Save yourself some money, and strengthen fingernails with a product you probably have in the kitchen pantry.

Garlic, yes that's right, grab your self a garlic clove, peel it, cut it in half and rub it over your fingernails for about 20 to 30 seconds, on each nail. Making sure you also rub over your cuticles. This way you will have strong fingernails and healthy cuticles.

Do this daily for the first week, and then 2 to 3 times a week, until you notice an improvement in your fingernail strength.

Using garlic is the best and cheapest way to grow long fingernails, and you will definitely notice and feel an improvement.

If you are not one for garlic, and can't stand the smell, give wait a couple of minutes for the garlic juice to dry, and then wash your hands. Another alternative is to crush up a garlic clove and add it to clear nail varnish. Just tip some varnish out if the bottle is full, so you can make room for the garlic.

Use as you normally would use a clear nail varnish.

The health benefits of garlic are quite amazing, it is full of vitamins and minerals, and some nail hardener products actually have a garlic extract in them.

Raw garlic contains, vitamins b1 (thiamine), b2 (riboflavin), b3 (niacin), b6 (pyridoxine), zinc, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, vitamin c, iron, magnesium, and selenium.