When hair is weak, brittle and breaking, beauty experts advise looking for bond building treatments, especially for those who tend to bleach, color or heat style their hair. It makes sense: Bonds make up the structure of our hair, so healthy bonds mean healthy, shiny hair. So why not apply the same kind of science to other parts of our bodies? Specifically, parts that also take a lot of damage, like our fingernails — polished and buffed, scraped and picked at, and blasted with UV rays. Even if you’re not a manicurist, there are still all these hand washes and nail biting products and cleaning chemicals.
That’s exactly the thinking behind OPI’s latest offering: The Repair Mode Serumwhich it already has social media storm with its seemingly magical nail strengthening and soothing abilities. But there’s no magic here, just all that good, honest science of link building. Repair Mode uses something called ‘Ulti-Plex technology’, a proprietary secret ingredient that penetrates the nail to create new bonds of keratin (the protein our nails are made of). Rather than just moisturizing and nourishing on the surface, the serum strengthens nails from within, making them feel and look stronger and smoother, with less streaking, less discoloration and more resistance to breaking or peeling.
The does It all sounds too good to be true, so we gathered three R29 processors with weak studs to test Repair Mode. Two members tried it for a week — the time frame OPI claims you’ll see improvements by — and one for a full month. Read about their thoughts.
