Taking care of your nails is not always easy. Damaged by the daily use of our hands, our nails deserve to be pampered with professional nail supplies, right down to the cuticles! Here's why you should stop cutting them. Cuticles are the small, dead skin located on the surface of the nail (not to be confused with the eponychium, the small piece of skin along the bottom of the nail). Often considered unsightly, cuticles sometimes give an unfinished effect to our manicure. However, they should absolutely not be cut. The cuticles serve as protection for our nails against germs and infections,