Quick Review: OPI Avoplex High Intensity Hand & Nail Cream

Hi all! Just here to do a quick review about OPI Avoplex High Intensity Hand & Nail Cream today!

I got this as a gift from my friend but I've only started to use this recently. I love hand creams but I don't use them very religiously because Singapore's air is definitely NOT dry. lol. I started to use this because my hands were getting really dry from sitting under the aircon all day and they started to look really dry & old (!!). I always forget to use hand cream so I decided to put this by my bedside so that I'll remember to use it. I wasn't really having high expectations and I wasn't really expecting to see much effect until after a long term use. It was only until one day when I happened to look at my hands while I was typing and I noticed that my hands looked A  LOT better!! And they feel really smooth too. And that was after only using this for slightly more than a week.

I've also mentioned before that my nails became really weak after using a Holika Holika nail polish (sorry HH, I love your bb cream but the nail polish really made my nails horrible). My nails became really weak and it is those kind which you can... bend? that sounds really gross but I hope someone can relate to that. My nails broke easily but then, I thought that was inevitable because of my long nails (actually my nails aren't that long...). But now that I think of it, I think these problems only came after using that HH nail polish... ):
After using this OPI hand & nail cream, I realised my nails are also a lot stronger & harder! They look a lot healthier too. I was only expecting the cream to moisturise my skin, but it helped my nails too. I never really believed how a cream can help nails get stronger but now I'm proven wrong. I've also grown my nails out slightly longer than usual for my xmas manicure and my nails still did not break.

I personally don't really love the scent, but it isn't unpleasant. I use just a big pea size amount every night before I sleep. I can't use it during the day because I wash my hands really often and it is kinda a waste. But I find that just using it at night already helps my hands & nails a lot. I was actually trying to finish this tube up so that I can move on to other hand creams but now I find myself hoping that I won't run out of this!

I definitely recommend this hand & nail cream. It worked wonders for me. I read that it is also an award winning product. I actually never really cared about what awards a product has won because I've used a lot of great products that haven't won any awards anyway.

If you have any favourite hand & nail care products, do leave a comment & recommend them to me! :)