MAVALAStop Deterrent Nail Polish Treatment | Nail Care to Help Stop Putting Fingers In Your Mouth | Bitter Taste | Easy Application | For Ages 3+ | 0.3 Fl Oz

I have been trying to quit nail biting for over a decade. Everytime I about give up I look at my bloody cuticles & remember why. Before my wedding I sucessfully quit for 3 months by wearing gloves from morning to night. It wasnt a very easy task, daily things like cooking, cleaning, showers, you had to take them off and remember to put them on again. Tried this approach since & now with children it's impossible.A few years ago, I had several I thought to be good bouts of non-biting after reading this bookhttp://www.amazon.com/Stop-Your-Nailbiting-Gilbreth-Brown/dp/1412023645/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352313041&sr=1-2&keywords=stop+nail+biting.I would still suggest this book as a great read on the insight of biting, made me realize its not as cut and dry as biting it's more of a OCD.People who don't understand call it a nervous habit asking; "what are you nervous about?" Really?! It might have started that way, IDK I was such a young child I have no idea, then it turns into a OCD, something you do non-consciencly. That's what the book said, and I agree, but I woudld go one step further and say.. I ENJOY IT! I like the constant busy work of it, the way the nails and cuticle feel when i chew them, the way feeling afterward when I know I smoothed out that hangnail. Then I look at my hands. They are BAD, it's no wonder either.----->Now to the product, after applying it less then 24 hours ago for the first time. At first I absent-mindedly put them in my mouth, this stuff in TERRIBLE! It takes any and all enjoyment out of this habit. Making you conscience of what you did & are doing with a lingering disgusting aftermath depending on how big of a hangnail you got. It tastes kinda like power steering fluid,(nail-biting is how power steering fluid ended up in my mouth, haha, the irony) I have taken a shower, done the dishes, & washed my hands at least 6 times; the stuff is still coating my nails with taste still there haunting me. I LOVE IT! I think this is finally the key! Because now I keep looking at my nails, knowing that the taste is not worth the bite. I'll let you know in a few months...Sorry such a long reviewUPDATE 4/14/2013This stuff does work!! Of course I'm still struggling with such a deep OCD but when I start to fall off the wagon, (when I'm stressed out about something) a few applications of this, spaced every 3-4 days and I'm back on track. The fluid seems to penetrate into the 'meat' of your fingers. So the deeper or more you bite the worse the punishment is. It really makes you Hate what your doing, which think about that sentence means you now fully realize when your doing it which was the first step of the battle. I have grown several sets of beautiful nails. I even got to paint them pretty for the first time in my life. My mother who has been biting for 60 years asked me for it. She likes my pretty nails. :)

I have been a nail biter most of my life and I wanted to stop. I tried everything I could think of to try to stop biting my nails. And this is something I would do subconsciously. I would do this while sitting watching tv, reading a book, magazine or computer and when I am bored.Enter Mavala Stop. I would sit here on Amazon and other websites reading reviews and just about every review I would read raved about this product for helping them quit biting their nails or keeping their children from sucking their thumbs and fingers. I had my doubts reading these reviews but I decided to take the plunge.I got this product on Monday, right after Easter, and applied this product. I forgot I had this product on my fingers and put them to my mouth. The taste. OH THE TASTE!!!! I'd swear the same sadists that created "The One Ring' in the bowels of Mordor, created the taste of this product (those that have watched "The Lord of the Rings" movies or read the books will get this reference). It is the most vile, horroble bitter taste I have ever tasted. The taste sticks to the inside of your mouth and stays there for a long time. There is nothing you can do to get the taste out of your mouth once its there. Plus, not only does the taste stick to your mouth and tongue, it sticks to your lips and around your mouth. So anytime you lick your lips or anywhere surrounding your mouth, you get that taste as well only not quite as strong. As far as how well the product lasts, it seems to have some staying power but leads to one of my complaints about the product. It seems to have a weakness to soap when you get a bath or wash your hands. It knocks the taste of the product down a good bit, especially after getting a bath. So if you reapply this after getting a bath, you should be good. If you can spare getting soap on your fingernails though the bad taste does seem to last but does get somewhat weaker over time.I can't speak to how the product works on children, but I can speak for an adult and this product does work. I have been using the product for a week and after that first day, I have rarely put my fingers to my mouth as I don't want to taste that taste in my mouth. It does effect eating snacks like popcorn and potato chips as well as eating finger foods. But now, I don't bite my nails, and for that...this product is a really good thing.In closing, if you are a nail biter and you want to quit? Please, I implore you... get this product. Yes, it tastes horrible and nasty but it works wonders. If it can help someone who has bit their nails for the last 33 years plus then it will help you, too.