“Hold the nail file at a 45-degree angle at the nail’s corner to begin rounding the corner of the free edge,” says Dunne.

Filing your nails correctly is important to prevent them from splitting and weakening. If you’ve been naughty and filing in both directions and using the wrong tool, try this method out and see ...

<p>If, despite your best efforts, your nails always seem to split and chip before they get to a reasonable length, it could be your filing technique that's at fault, says Lynn Shaw.

Few people are formally taught how to file their own nails. In fact, you probably picked up your technique by watching other people do it. But, there is a method to the fingernail-filing madness ...

If you're not a fan of filing like me — I literally cringe when a nail technician at a salon whips a file out — or if you want your nails to stay as healthy as possible in general, take notes ...

Hold your nail file at an angle for the smoothest edges We bet, like us, you've been filing your nails all wrong till now - holding the nail file straight up perpendicular to your nail.