Before and Progress

How it works

Your nails are made of layers.

Every nail is a thin plate of keratin — the same protein in your hair — built from many fine layers of cells pressed tightly together. When those layers are healthy and hydrated, nails are smooth, flexible and strong. When they dry out or get worn down, they split, peel and break.

Cross-section of a fingertip showing the nail plate's three keratin layers, the nail bed, the matrix and the cuticle 1 2 3 4 5 6
A fingernail, in cross-section
  1. 1

    Dorsal layer

    The top layer you see and polish. Thin, hard and smooth — your nail's shield.

  2. 2

    Intermediate layer

    The thickest layer and the nail's core. It gives the nail its strength and flexibility.

  3. 3

    Ventral layer

    The soft underside that bonds the nail plate to the nail bed.

  4. 4

    Nail bed

    The living skin under the nail. It holds the plate in place and gives nails their pink colour.

  5. 5

    Matrix

    Hidden under the cuticle, it makes the new cells that become your nail. Healthy matrix, healthy growth.

  6. 6

    Cuticle

    A seal of skin that protects the matrix. Keep it soft and cared for — never cut it back hard.

Keratin

The same tough protein found in your hair and the outer layer of your skin.

≈ 3 mm

How much a fingernail grows in a month, on average.

≈ 6 months

For a whole fingernail to grow out — so the care you give today shows up over months.

What wears the layers down.

  • Gel and acrylic removal. Filing and soaking strip away the top layers and dry out the ones underneath.
  • Water and detergents. Hands in and out of water make the nail swell and shrink, loosening the bonds between layers.
  • Dryness. When the layers lose moisture they become brittle, split apart and peel.
  • Biting and picking. Tearing the free edge breaks the layers before they can grow out strong.
One pen, two ways

However you wear your nails.

A close-up of a person's hands applying a white nail cream from a Daline Magic Pen to a fingernail, set against a solid lavender background.

Worn bare

Apply directly to clean, bare nails for daily repair.

A close-up of a person's hands holding a white double-ended pen with the brand name 'Daline' printed on it, set against a solid light purple background. Magic pen. recover my nails.

Over polish

Layer over your regular manicure without interrupting it.

A close-up of a person's hands and feet demonstrating the use of a toenail product, with a white pen-like applicator labeled 'Daline Magic Pen' placed on a lavender background.

On toes, too

The same deep-care formula soothes, strengthens and protects toenails.

Diagram showing how Daline Magic Pen cream absorbs through the nail plate's surface layers into the keratin, nourishing and strengthening nails with regular use.
The science

Most nail care sits on top.
Ours goes in.

Regular polish and treatments coat the surface — nothing changes underneath. Magic Pen® uses a deep-penetrating delivery system that carries Argan oil and Vitamin E into the nail plate itself, where real strength is built, layer by layer.

Start today

Care for every layer, every day.

A few seconds a day, at your desk or on the go — nails and cuticles together.

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