Community Chat

[wagirl]

I have gel overlays.Been getting them for the last year or so. They last me a month before a fill. Cost me $60 with the tip. I wear rubber gloves to protect them especially doing dishes and wear gloves when I cook and prepare meats. I also scrub the under- sides with soap and water. They are short ovals. My nails bit the dust-ha-- after months of harsh chemo in 2012.. They never recovered and were always so short and weak, they split and had ridges--- just plain ugly. Look and feel so much better.

[Sunshine Kate]

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@Shelbelle wrote:

I have longer length natural nails and get pro manicures every other week using regular polish. Get a pro pedi every 10 weeks

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I used to get mani/pedi's regularly.  I live where there are nail salons on every corner.

The problem is they're NOT pro mani/pedi's.  Some of these salons I'm not sure the employees have a license.  Probably do, just poor or little training.  

It's pitiful to pay for having my nails done because I can do it much better myself.  Not fun or relaxing at all to get a pro mani/pedi anymore.  So sad. 

[Estellee]

When I was in the working world I had acrylics and french manicures, just loved it. When I retired I decided to remove the acrylics, keep my nails short and use pretty color polishes. I'm very happy with that.

[Shelbelle]

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@Sunshine Kate wrote:

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@Shelbelle wrote:

I have longer length natural nails and get pro manicures every other week using regular polish. Get a pro pedi every 10 weeks

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I used to get mani/pedi's regularly.  I live where there are nail salons on every corner.

The problem is they're NOT pro mani/pedi's.  Some of these salons I'm not sure the employees have a license.  Probably do, just poor or little training.  

It's pitiful to pay for having my nails done because I can do it much better myself.  Not fun or relaxing at all to get a pro mani/pedi anymore.  So sad. 

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In some cases I know what you mean, but I find that the application of the polish looks so much better then when I do it myself. Sometimes I only pay for a polish change which includes filing too and removal of the old. The techs in my salon all have their licenses displayed on their station. 

[Estellee]

I do my own mani but I prefer someone else does the pedi.

[Stray]

I have gone to the same nail technician for 30 years. She now has her own salon & uses organic products from S Korea. I had acrylics & at the time they were fashionable but they really were thick & unrealistic. I changed to permanent French nails a long time ago. I go every two weeks for fillings & a pedicure. They are thin & natural looking, I never had any fungus & we change them once a year & my nails are in decent shape beneath but they weren’t when I had acrylics.

I love my manicures, my salon is spotless & she uses all disposable supplies.