Nails brittle and breaking - Looking for product recommendations please

[The4teddybears]

Im 60 and always had strong thick fingernails, but recently noticed them getting brittle and breaking, so I got gel varnish professionally applied for a recent wedding I attended , but it cracked after 2 weeks and so I had it removed , they filed off the top layer and soaked nails in remover.
My nails are now dull and even more thin and brittle than before.
I’ve decided coloured varnishes aren’t for me and I want to have a nice natural look and start to regularly use a clear varnish , but I know I also need to strengthen and nourish my nails too .
Is there such a combined product or do I need 2 products. ?

There are so many out there Im totally confused and am looking for recommendations of tried and tested strengthening and or clear varnishes . Thank you in advance.

Not a quick fix but someone i work with who's 67 is taking collagen powder and she has said for this first time in years she has strong nails with some length to them

I’ve had dreadful nails after loosing a lot of weight. I bought Sally Hansen miracle cure recently and it has improved them so much, I’m honestly shocked at how much better they were in just a few weeks! Gives a nice subtle shine too

I’m 55, just past menopause and at the end of last year my nails started thinning and flaking. No varnish type treatments would stay on they were so flaky.

I love varnish but don’t put anything on them now, just keep them trimmed as short as possible and use collagen tablets as well as glucosamine and chondroitin and six months in they are much better. Still thin, I can’t grow them, but at least they’ve stopped flaking. I’ve been told I’m wrong and collagen doesn’t work, its all in my head…OK.

I never tried gels for the reasons you say, the filing and soaking in acetone.

The one thing that has sorted mine, and I notice when I stop, is MSM capsules from Oskia. Yes, they are expensive but have been transformational for me.
They take about three months to notice a difference, then about three months when I stop. So if you can afford them do try and stick with them.