do you have acrylic nails ???

[{sarah}]

Yep most normal nail shops should be able to do the piercing for you. Otherwise you can buy the little kit to take with you or do it at home (but it's a bit hard one handed!). You can usually get them at hairdresser, beuaty shops, chemists, you know like Priceline or Hairhouse Warehouse. Actually I have a stack here somewhere, if I can find them I can send you some (I think I have a spare drill thingo too).

[~kellie~]

I had them done for years, and now after reading all your comments i want them back again. I used to get french tips most of the time, sometimes colour if I had something special on

[barney]

aw sarah h that would be wonderful ..if not ill go looking im really excited now .
ill be the only one around here ,that i know of that will have them OMG..were not like the city people were a bit slow to learn the trends

ps... my daughters are going to love it,MUMMY CAN I HAVE MINE DONE ...UMMMMM NO...

[{sarah}]

Found them, will PM you Smithy

[barney]

thank you very much hun ,i will let you know how i go ...i cant wait im gonna have funky nails woot

[Willow]

I had mine done for about 5 years but haven't had them done again since DD was born

Both times I went back to work after mat leave I was going to get them done again but my nail salon had closed down and I couldn't find anywhere else that I thought I'd be happy with.

How many of you go to those mass production type places - you know the kind I mean? They've sprung up everywhere the last few years.

My nail lady used to do the funkiest nails for me - different coloured acrylic tips, glitter acrylic....they were so cool. I miss them

[sweetpea678]

I have gel nails, can't use acylic sensitive skin. Had them for 2 years now, love them. Depends on mood what I have done, at the moment french tip. I go to the bulk places, called profesional nails. Though there is another one at the mall where I go and would not go there everyone that I know who has ended up with an infection.

[Papillon]

OMG i miss mine!!

I have had them for YEARSSSSS... 4 week's ago i got them off and have had to work so hard on strengthing my own nails.. it is slow but im getting there!!!!

But i miss mine so much!!!

I used to just get french... but every few re-fills i would get colour, or the glitter acrylic (mind you, for the $$'s they were extra i dont know if id do it again)....

Boy do i miss my nails.. lmao have i said that already!

Enjoy your nail's gals.....

[Diamond75]

I have acrylic but with the gel overlay to make them glossy looking. The place I go also does acrylics for toenails! At first I thought that was a little weird but my nail tech told me they are really popular and he once had a lady cry afterwards claming her toenails were that horrible she could never wear open toe shoes until now.

[mbear]

Ive had them....but theres something about short, clean ,nicely manicured natural nails that i like......

I love the way my natural nails look after the mani. I did get the girl to do a french polish, but I bumped it before it was fully dry so I took off the polish the next day and buffed my nails at home. I might just get regular mani's to keep my natural nails looking good.

.....thats what i think too.

I was horrified at the state of my nails after about 3 months of acryclics....so no, there not really for me.

[Glamourcide]

I always had the most horrible nails until I got pregnant with DD!! While I was training to be a nail tech part of the training was practicing on each other, so for a few months I was constantly having acrylics put on once a week and it was *horrible*... so damaging to the natural nail, and I have really oily beds so they'd always peel/crack off within a day or two (and, it didn't help that the other trainees doing them weren't really good at what they were doing!).
So, once I started growing my beautiful lush pregnant nails, I never looked back - I take good care of them and I don't think I'll ever get acrylics again, even when I do finish my training and hopefully become a nail tech/beauty therapist! I can do french tips and all kinds of cool things with nail polish on natural nails, so I don't miss out on all those gorgeous designs and tips that I see ladies with fakies having! My latest 'experiment' involved leopard-print nails... it worked a treat I often do reverse frenches - pale pink/buff (I prefer pink over buff/tan, pink suits my skin colour better) base with black tips, or bright tips (hot pink, neon green, bright blue, glitter etc).

Best tip I can share with all of you, whether you love your fakies or your real nails, is Solar Oil (google it). Best. Thing. Ever. Invented for nails.