Well, wellety wellety well, you may be surprised to learn that it is actually the rubbing in ceremony that improves your nails and cuticles, not the oil, no siree bob. The rubbing motion stimulates the cells around the cuticle thus promoting new growth and a healthy look.
However, there sure are some benefits of using oil on your nails, firstly, well, it feels nice doesn't it? It also makes you feel like you are actively looking after the nails, also, when applied directly to acrylic nails it can speed up the curing process, which can take up to 24 hours, it seals in the oxygen see ;)
It is, however, worth noting that oil will stay in your nail plate for a looooong time, and oil lifts nail polish like a good un!
If you are a prolific cuticle oil user and also like to wear polish I recommend investing in some IPA, that's isopropyl alcohol to you and me, you can buy very expensive products that, ahem, claim to skip the chip, but this is just IPA in a fancy bottle, and a HUGE bottle of IPA from the chemist will cost a fraction. What IPA does is to soak up any oil in the nail plate, thus promoting adhesion.
Something else I would say is that regardless of what claims are made on the bottle, most cuticle oils are nothing more than scented almond oil or grapeseed oil. So I buy Neils Yard Almond Oil and drop some lavender oil into it, lasts me the year.
I hope this has proved useful information.
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