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5TH DAY AFTER MY GEL MANICURE 😔

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Re: 5TH DAY AFTER MY GEL MANICURE 😔

Yikes...I know nothing about gel polish but whoever did that didn't do it right.  Plus your cuticles look over grown too.  I do mine at home...just clear and sometimes color.  I take care of the cuticles also and only trim if I have a hang nail.  

 

Many youtube videos on how to do this yourself....check out salon life she has great help and instruction for natural nails at home.

 

I would be concerned about the damage they caused under the polish also.  I hope it can be fixed or removed without to much problems.

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Re: 5TH DAY AFTER MY GEL MANICURE 😔

Now I'm seriously convinced, nothing will help!  Had a Gel Manicure on Monday,  today Saturday,  just awful!!

This is with using cuticle oil, hand creams, and diligently wearing gloves.  I GIVE UP!

Will go back to doing my own whenever I get time.  I was a nail tech through the 80's -90's,  I know how to do a good job...its just my lousy nails and cuticles 😪

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Re: 5TH DAY AFTER MY GEL MANICURE 😔

I used to get my nails done every week in the 80's and 90's.  Silk wrap, I think that's what it was called?  Stopped doing manicures 23 years ago.  Haven't given my nails much thought or attention in 20 plus years until lately.  Started using Nailtiques Plus 2 Formula and it has done wonders for the length of my nails.  My cuticles look like yours.  Still a work in progress.  I don't do a great job with polish, cuticles, etc. but it's good enough for me and I'd rather not pay to have it done now.

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Re: 5TH DAY AFTER MY GEL MANICURE 😔

It looks like it didn't cure correctly. If you can, go back for a redo at no charge. 

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Re: 5TH DAY AFTER MY GEL MANICURE 😔

I dont think it has anything to do with cured right...look at space of growth near cuticles, and shabby overgrown cuticles.   Was a lousy manicure, and now new growth is quite visible...she didn't butt up close enough.   That said, my nails do grow out very fast...but C'mon, 5 days??

 This is why I stopped doing acrylics,  I can't keep up with new growth, (usually visible 2 weeks)...and no manicure or cuticles are done with acrylics.   This is I chose Gel this time...but she didn't follow through...and now look.  UGHHHH 

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Re: 5TH DAY AFTER MY GEL MANICURE 😔

This was not ptoperly applied.  Please go back and request either a reapplication or your money back.  This should never look like this when done in a proffessional salon.  You are entitled to a new manicure or your money back. 

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Re: 5TH DAY AFTER MY GEL MANICURE 😔

Yes, instead of showing it to us, please show it to the tech who applied it, horrible job. Gel manis can look good for up to 3 weeks. 

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Re: 5TH DAY AFTER MY GEL MANICURE 😔

@Dazlin Honestly, I've never seen such a bad manicure (*sorry*) so agree with others - go back, show them, get your money back and never return to that place.  Find another place and nail tech.  

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Re: 5TH DAY AFTER MY GEL MANICURE 😔

@Dazlin  I've only had a couple of gel manicures. They lasted well over two weeks. You need to go back to the salon & have them redo the entire manicure. They are supposed to clean the cuticles completely & prepare them for the gel polish.This looks like they just slopped on the polish.

 

A gel manicure is supposed to last between 2 & 3 weeks.

 

 

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