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[unpaid/purchase/affiliate] Regular readers might remember I was about to try a nail serum for my ongoing nail problems from another brand when one of my friends, Linnea, suggested OPI Repair Mode. I bought it straight away and honestly, it has been miraculous for my nails.
For the longest time, my nails have been endlessly peeling and snapping off to the point that I rarely even wear nail polish any more – the slightest knock would have edges pinging off and to get them to any length without pealing was impossible. There are some hefty claims on OPI Repair Mode : 99% nail keratin repair, 94% protection of keratin protein from damage and 4 x stronger nails in 6 days. The marketing speak suggests that the serum ‘reprograms nails’ and I can’t quite get to anything more concrete than ‘repairing keratin bonds from within’ using ‘ulti-plex’ which OPI have patented. No matter, because it genuinely works.
One of the things I really wasn’t expecting was for my nail ridges to improve but they have – and I mean really have. I’ve used OPI Repair Mode for about three weeks, give or take, and my nails are longer, stronger and smoother so I’m super impressed with it. It’s not cheap – Sephora seems to have the best price, £25.42 HERE – but it’s done such an impressive job I’d almost pay anything. I’m back wearing nail polish (although I don’t tend to leave it on for days – I take it off after a couple of days and reapply OPI Repair Mode) which I am thrilled about. Less thrillingly, I accidentally tipped the bottle over so I’m going to have to get a new one sooner than I was expecting. The liquid is water-thin, doesn’t really smell of anything much other than a slight acetone note and it’s a matter of moments to apply with no dry time.
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24 comments
Oh, I was hoping to get your insight on this! Thanks, Jane! Glad it works (price is kinda scary indeed). I have similar situation with my nails going on for years (did all kinds of blood tests – nothing lacking according to the doctors, drank silicone drops, collagen (good for skin as usual, nothing different for nails), etc, etc…) and got recently obvious improvement with Nails.Inc Maniplex. Also their Back To Life repairing base seem to be very good – took it with me on fortnight vacation and used as sort of “french-like manicure”, replacing once in a few days – finally nails are growing without splits (fingers crossed it will remain so). Planning to get this OPI too, but waiting for our local store to get it – still have their discount card from my b-day, wanna use it 🙂
I’d highly recommend 🙂
Just picked it up from Sally’s for £23.97. You can get an extra 15% off if you are a new customer too https://www.sallybeauty.co.uk/nails/nail-care-and-treatments/nail-strengthening-and-repair/opi-repair-mode-bond-building-nail-serum-9ml/818480.html#start=1
oh great, thank you!
I’ve been using this since June and I highly recommend it. Someone actually commented on how nice my bare nails looked lol. My nails are definitely stronger and less prone to breaking off as they were before.
Yes, it’s doing a great job – I’ll continue to use this for ever probably!
Thanks for this, Jane! My nails have been in really poor health recently; I used to have really strong nails but now they are paper thin, so I’m on the hunt for something to help and this sounds fab – I’ve been using a Sally Hansen product and that has been really good too.
It’s really worked well for me – and others by the looks of the positive comments! I can’t believe I have nails again!
I’ve used this and can confirm that it really does work. I did the prescribed twice a day for six days and now I just use it a couple of times a week, huge improvement. Although it’s not cheap , I’ve got loads left in my bottle so it will last a long time. Love it when things do what they say on the bottle!
Yes, it’s great when things actually work!!
I also got it on offer at Sally’s today after reading your review. One of the lovely young women in the shop told me with great enthusiasm that her (older) colleague is raving about this product, and they have all been surprised at how quickly it has improved her weak, soft, peeling nails.
It’s actually cheaper to buy it from the Sephora link because Sephora charges £1.95 postage whereas Sally charges £4.95 postage so it’s about £1 more expensive all in than Sephora – yes, I was also surprised at how quickly it worked. It promises better nails in 6 days and I think it delivers.
Have just placed my order with Sephora. My nails have been awful for some time, ridged and splitting. It’s a vicious circle as I keep putting nail varnish on to disguise how dry and dull they look, which in turn adds to the dryness and splitting! Fingers crossed this will work. Thanks for the recommendation Jane.
I feel really confident that it will give improvements – please do let me know how you get along 🙂
Vivien
My sister and I have been using this product for about 3 months and we have both got nail fungus in 4 nails. Has anyone else had this problem?
I haven’t heard of that being an issue.
Do you share the same bottle of the product ?
Yes, four of my nails have lifted. There has been No other changes in my routine or heath.
it sounds like an underlying condition – so strange and how upsetting. You probably shouldn’t share the bottle though and you probably should see your doctor if you can get an appointment.
Yes I’m having issues
I used this for two weeks and my nails are lifting from my nail bed presumably a fungus
That’s strange – I don’t see how it could cause a problem like that because that sounds like a chronic issue – it takes a long time for nails to be so weak they lift. You need to seek medical help for this.
I just started using this yesterday and have reread the directions many times. My question is, between applications do we take it off before applying new application?
No you don’t need to take it off 🙂