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I had gel nails done...they look natural and last a long time! basically its an acrylic nail with a gel overlay on it...then had the french manicure polish!
Acrylics make me nervous! They're so pretty, but the last (and only) time I had them, they were SO painful to take off and my nails were disgusting for like a month afterwards. I'm too scared to get them again!
Hardly anyone even gets acrylics anymore. Why they still offer them, most manicurists really do not understand. Gels are your best option if your natural nails are brittle. They are much better for your nail bed than acrylics if you decide to not keep them up later.
I'm planning on going au natural with some blush nail polish, but I have freakishly strong nails no matter what I do to them, and I felt like gels were actually too much for me when I got them for prom.
I'm getting a real manicure, but I too have brittle nails, Mrs. Bear Cub recommended Nailtiques: http://www.nailtiques.com/
@amanda-if you go back to the salon the have a liquid that should take them off and then they can manicure for you! No icky needed! = )
That being said, I love arylic/gel nails! I miss them, but am not allowed to do anything like paint my nails or have them done. = (
@amanda.lynn taking them off is a pain!!
@Selene221 i did not mean acrylic persay I just mean anthing that is not your natural nail but I do agree everytime i would get my nails done it was gel.
Hm, I'm not much a long-nail girl. I was hoping to get away with my short nails on the big day...
I only wear french on my hands (due to a great-grandma that thought colored polish meant you were "fast"). I used to just get a manicure but switched to a thin acrylic overlay (called a pink and white overlay) a few years ago. I LOVE it and when I want to wear "my" nails...I just get it soaked off.
long nails are not in anymore, so I think you can get away with your own, manicured nails
@waitingbee agree but not all have to be long you can get em short too. I just have that chipping issue.
@Virginia...they can do them in whatever length you want if you are getting tips put on. I just get the overlay on my nail and I keep my nails short b/c I work on a compuer all day.
@Sep...it's crazy how I still follow a lot of her "rules" even though I am 34 years old...LOL. Another rule was don't leave the house without earrings....and of course now I feel naked without them. For some women it's makeup...for me it's earrings...go figure...lol
@JamaicaBride its the little "rules" like so that keep you holding on to someone thats close to you : ) I have my own im sure everyone does.
Oh yeah, haha I just love a natural nail. But it's funny you talk about your earrings--I'm like that with mascara!!!
Manicure baby!! In a natural shade or light pink...and I love my squared, short nails ;-)
@mizrunzou do you do your own or get em done? ive never really looked at the prices of them.
Well, normally I just do them myself, but I will get them done for my wedding. It is usually around $30 after tip!
I have a habit that wil never go away - I'm a nail biter - not just any nail biter, it looks like I zero nails, that kind of biter....
I have acrylic nails. They put tips on and then filled everything in w/ acrylic. Once my real nails had grown out I soaked off my acrylic nails and got gel overlays on my real nail. I keep my nails very short, I always use the same color, Bubble Bath, and everyone thinks my nails are real - until - I show them my thumb, I have no gel/acrylic on it. I need to have it free to bite 
I know I know I know, its totally ridiculoso! If i don't have a free nail to bite then I pick around the edges of my gels until they're all popped off!!!!!!
I vote gel overlay 
@mizrunzou $30 for your natural nails!? i get my fakies for that price : )
@jackie-o I understand i use to bite but now its only if i have a chip i will usually bite the rest of the nail instead of walking to get my nail file ugh!! I know so unlady like.
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So bees im kinda torn I would love to have a nice manicure done (natural) but I have really brittle nails, I can grow them out but they chip easy so I was thinking about acrylic. What are you getting done?