do you have acrylic nails ???

[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.