Wellness

[ID2]

I had never had a professional do my nails until I found a great gal locally several years ago. I was so happy with my nails by getting gels! But this process totally ruined my nails! It took a very long time (a year and a half) for my nails to recover. I just do my own nails now weekly. I did learn some handy tips so my polish actually looks rather nice when I'm done.

[smoochy]

why do ppl still believe the myth that nails "need to breathe"? Nails are not live tissue.They don't have lungs. As long as the nail beds are being  oxygenated by your circulating blood, they are fine. Polish is not harming them by smothering them   lol

[roeroe1005]

I love the look of gel nails.  Never have to worry about smudging, always looks like I just walked out of a salon.  I had them for years.

Then I lost my job and could no longer afford to get them done every 2-3 weeks.  And I saw the mess my natural nails were.  Took a long time to get my nails back, but they were never the same.  Swore I would never do it again.  

Until ... a few years later, I started again.  Loved the look, yada yada yada.  When I moved back to be close to my family, I could not afford to get them done.  Same story.  I stopped a year ago, my nails only started looking normal about a month ago.  

That's it!  I'm not getting gels again!

I will say that this time I used Keratin nail polish that I get at WalMart or Amazon.  Polish is about $5 a bottle.  Really helped.