I used to be a nail tech for good 15+ years before diving into this business. If done properly, acrylic nails will last with regular fills and being taken care of and not using them as tools. The problem being, most have stubs underneath from biting, ripping, and want 1" +nails. That doesn't work. Proper acrylic nails should be no more than 1/2 of what your nail bed is underneath, and let them grow out as your nail grows out (either tips or sculpted nails). I wore them for as long as I was doing them, and decided to leave the industry a few years before doing this work. The last 3 years I discovered taking biotin, and decided to grow out my natural nails, and do not miss the acrylics. My natural nails are long, hard and grow like crazy. I wish I knew this back in the day. Anyway...nothing wrong with them, you just have to properly maintain them and get them at the proper length to begin with....AND have a nail tech who uses quality products and experienced in doing them. Congrats on the little one for graduating! They grow up too fast. |
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| How do women function with fake nails on... - Cari on 6/14/17 7:56am |
| Interesting topic. I have my own nails & can only let them - MW/VA on 6/14/17 3:10pm |
| Re: How do women function with fake nails on... - Luckydog on 6/14/17 9:50pm |
| PS Gel nails - Luckydog on 6/14/17 9:53pm |
| Yes. I've been using the gel w/uv lights for several years - MW/VA on 6/15/17 12:03pm |
| Hate to be the bearer of grim, fateful news - Cheryl Elliott on 6/15/17 1:43pm |
| Formaldehyde: Yes, remember well my 9th grade biology - NVLSlady/VA on 6/15/17 3:46pm |
| Don't miss the acrylics. - NVLSlady/VA on 6/14/17 9:56pm |
| Look at those nails!! - NVLSlady/VA on 6/14/17 9:52pm |
| I, too, grow naturally long & strong fingernails. Previously - Christine/OK on 6/15/17 8:00am |
| Re: I, too, grow naturally long & strong fingernails. Previously - Luckydog on 6/15/17 4:15pm |
| acetone - Luckydog on 6/15/17 4:18pm |
| Re: natural - janCA on 6/16/17 2:01pm |
| Jan, you are a natural beauty, inside and out, - Cheryl Elliott on 6/16/17 2:18pm |
| Re: Jan, you are a natural beauty, inside and out, - janCA on 6/19/17 8:33am |
| Re: natural - Luckydog on 6/17/17 12:28pm |
| Re: natural - janCA on 6/19/17 8:37am |
| I did acylics and gel nails for several years...and like Jan - Linda_H/FL on 6/17/17 8:20am |
| Re: How do women function with fake nails on... - Donna LaBelle on 6/22/17 7:05pm |