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If you're going to go the faux nail route, I'd suggest gels. They'll look a lot more natural.
Somehow right before my wedding all my nails decided to break. I prefer short nails with polish.
Try gels - they look so much nicer. But not French - with a nice pale pink polish.
I'm getting Shellac!
It looks BEAUTIFUL!
I get the french manicure. I suggest you check it out!
Personally I am not a fan of the acrylics. I have never had them myself, but I prefer the look of a natural nail. I am worried about this myself actually (breaking nails right before the big day). I have decided that I will most likely stick to natural, unless more than one of my nails is uber short, and then I may go gel. I like the look of the french manicure, but more pink/white so it looks more natural.
I have to get fake nails for the wedding, my nails are short and super thin and just ick. I think I am going to try gel ones for the first time, I hate getting acrylic nails, they just seem so bad for you...
Unfotunately all of my lovely nails have chipped or broken too! I need to do something but am not sure what yet...guess I'll try to decide between acrylic and gel and I am leaning toward a french tip.
I'm getting mine done too. Interested in gels though...what are they all about?
I can't rely on my natural nails not splitting and braking off either! Like right now, I've broken 5 in the last two weeks...alll different lengths now...boo!
I have gel nails with a twist. What my nail tech actually did was add the tips (nail extension) when they were short with the gel over top. Then after a couple of months when my natural nail had grown to a nice long length she removed the tips (the fake nail extensions) and just applied the French manicure get micture over my now long natural nails. So the length that you see is ALL MY NAILS. But the French manicure over top is the hard gel mixture. Its like having unbreakable Wolverine (X-Man reference) nails with completely unchipable nail polish. It's SO COOL! My nails can't break and the manicure cant chip! And I just get them filled (where they have grown out from the cuticle) every three weeks. :D
@MrsGolden2Bee:interesting...I've had acrylics before and hate how they destroy my real nails (OUCH!) And then if they break...OMG the pain! How much more are they top get done than acrylics? I must investigate this...LOL
I plan to get gels with tips. My nails can't grow to any reasonable length without chipping and breaking.
@Wannabe-diy-bride: if you are getting gels, make sure its the soak-off gel or soft gel. This type of gels are better for your natural nails. There's no filling of natural nails, only buffing. And when you're taking it off, your natural nails will stay the same (by soaking it off, dont try to peel it. If you peel it you WILL take some layers off your own nails). They lasted for about 2 to 3 weeks.
These gels comes in fast range of colors and you can also pick french. Some brand of soak off/ soft gel : SHELLAC, OPI AXXIUM soak off (make sure its the axxium soak off, the one that doesnt say soak off is a hard gel and its worse than acrylics), Calgel, BioSculpture, LeChat Nobility and more......
You can also pick some simple design that matches your color scheme.
Some bridal nails design
I had acrylics (not gel) and now, three months after the wedding and after they've been off, I still have ridges in my natural nails - it's awful! :(
I much prefer gel nail polish (soak off) like Gelish or Shellac brand. They do not require near the commitment of acrylics and are much healthier for your nail (no file down required on the nail bed). They last for 2 weeks or more too (great for vacations)!
Definitely natural with a light coloured polish. I really dislike the way fake nails look. They look too.....fake. I think of them like a toupee, they don't fool anyone, and I'd rather see what you actually have, even if it's not perfect.
I'm going with gel. I don't have a picture. But for my prom, my nails were french, and between the white tip and natural was a pencil thin line of the darker color of my dress. So maybe look at that!
I'm going with gel! Thanks for all the suggestions!
I had no idea you could get a french tip with the gel nails (I'm clueless about nails). I made an appointment for THIS Wednesday and I'm hoping it'll still look good by next Saturday? I'd make it closer to the date but I want the gel/strength to help keep my nails their current length and reduce the risk of breaking them within hte next 2 weeks.
@Wannabe-diy-bride: The same happened to me, where a few broke the week before so I had to have silks.
I'm pretty sure I'm getting a gel/shellac manicure. I'm going to give it a test run once before the wedding just to make sure I like it. I have short nails that don't grow, but I hate wearing acrylics. I hate the way they feel on my nails (heavy, like my nails are being smothered and can't breathe), I hate the way they start to lift and water gets under there whenever you wash your hands and feels all soggy and gross, and I hate the way they snag in my hair when they're starting to lift. I also hate the way my stubby fingers look with square tips (I've yet to find a tech who is willing to do/can do the "squoval" shape). Also, we're leaving for a 2 week honeymoon 2 days after the wedding. By the end of that, acrylics would be lifting like crazy and looking pretty rough. I'd be fine with just paining my own nails a pinkish ivory color (long, bedazzled nails are really just not my style), but my future MIL is flipping out... she wants me to wear LONG square acrylics with white tips and nail art, and she's being so pushy about it, like to a bizarre extent. Ugh.
FYI -- I got gels today and LOVE them! :)
Thanks for the suggestions!
@Wannabe-diy-bride: Hey date twin-I am planning on trying gel too...did you just ask for gel and french tip? BTW-they look nice on you!
I'm a TERRIBLE nail biter so I got solar nails. HOWEVER, if my nails were longer enough I would have gotten shellac! It's oh so pretty!!
I'm so glad that you like the gels! I just had my nails redone today too, lol. My nail tech uses "biosculpt gel" wich is the healthiest way to go. So if you want to keep getting gets make sure they use biosculpt. Also, if they didn't use a UV lamp to set the gel you got duped. Some smaller places use acrylic shellac on your nails telling you it's gel (as most ppl don't know better). If they don't put your hands in a little UV lamp box to set the gel they are scamming you. Be warned ladies! True gel nails needs a UV lamp to set the gel.
@jaguar: That happened to my nails too. I was super upset and it took months for them to go away.
My nails did the same thing a few days before the wedding. I contemplated fake nails too but ultimately decided it just wasn't me. Ended up with my natural nails and a soft pink nail polish. It was perfect.
They look so nice I might do gels! I have the awful habit of picking at my nails and I'm not a fan of acrylics. It will probably depend on what my natural nails look like a few days before the wedding.
@Wannabe-diy-bride: They look great! I'm getting gels next week. I wasn't too sure until last week when I was making mani/pedi appointments for my girls and since my nails have been on a breaking spree I've decided on gels!
@sueanddemetrius: Yes just gel with a french tip! :) It was $5 extra for the french tip at the place I went as opposed to one color.
@MrsGolden2Bee: Thanks for the warning. Mine was done right :)
@LongDistancePlanning: I chose to get them this week because I didnt' want to risk any others breaking more because it seemed they were on that path. I knew I'd be doing lots of house cleaning this week to get ready for guests and I'm so glad that I got them yesterday. The girl said that they'd look EXACTLY the same by next Saturday so i'm relying on her :) She said if they do happen to chip or something to come back in and she'll fix it but she basically gauranteed that they won't.
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2 weeks before my wedding and I'm just now encountering this dilemma.
I don't like acrylic nails normally but have gotten them for special events in the past. However, I was set on having natural nails for the wedding and just getting a manicure. Until the past three days....I've broken almost all of them mysteriously, they're all jagged and different lengths.
Arggg! Should I just go get acrylics? I love the look of a really short, french nail acrylic.
What are you doing?