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this may be a silly question but i’ve only been getting acrylic nails for a couple months! i get them quite short but my natural nails are now almost the same length as the acrylics, can i get a fill or do i have to remove them and get a new set?

I’ve always had brittle nails that wouldn’t grow past my fingertips but lately I’ve been using a rubber gel coat under the polish to keep them from breaking! In this picture, I’m wearing multiple coats of Manicurist’s Active Glow (with no rubber gel base) because I wanted to see my growth. However, I’ve noticed that when I take showers, my nails tend to widen and become slightly flared. I’m thinking of shaping my nails differently because of the uncomfortable feeling of my nails moving brings; what shape do you like would be flattering as well as stay strong? Or should I stick with how they are now and maybe look for some new nail products? (Ignore the scratches on my knuckles, I shut my hand in a window lol)

I’m going to a wedding and uneven nails kill me but I really don’t want to cut all the rest ): if not, I understand

I have been doing my own nails for a while and I am STRUGGLING to get my nails to stay on long term. I have both poly gel and Gel X and I honestly can’t get either to work with me. I make sure my nails are clean. I file them a little bit. I apply a dehydrator. I actually don’t know what i’m doing wrong. I’ve been doing Gel X more recently and I use the sensitive skin gel x base coat sold by apres. I’m not really doing anything strenuous with my hands but they just.. pop off.. If anyone has any ideas or tips I would really appreciate it.

What is your favourite Shop to buy gel polish and other supplies?

Hey! I'm coming here looking for advice because in the past year or so, whenever I get my nails done it makes them so weak and brittle after. It's especially when I get gel manicures, but it's also happened when I use regular polish, just not as bad. I see women all the time with perfect almond-shaped colored nails and I don't know if it's their actual nails or fake but I would love having those types of nails, it looks so nice, I just really don't want to damage my nails any further because it takes a while for them to be healthy again. Any advice is appreciated!

I went to a nail salon and the guy was just AWFUL - gave me super clunky thick nails with an uneven french. I took them off trying to minimize as much damage as possible, and two-ish weeks later I noticed that the tech went SUPER heavy handed on buffing my nails - there is a visible bump between my new, healthy nail and the nail he buffed. Now, I talked to the owner and he said he'd give me full credit and reschedule me with a different tech for free. I have it scheduled for Friday, but I'm wondering if it's even safe to do gel extensions while the bottom 2/3 of my nail still seems so weak? Should I tell the new tech to try not to buff me, or do I need to completely reschedule until after my nails have regrown completely? I kind of want to get them done earlier... maybe acrylic would work? Any advice on what to tell the new tech?

Hello everyone I’m looking into doing airbrush, but just curious what are some good brands to work with. I looked on Amazon but they don’t have a lot of options

I take a women's multi vitamin - do I need a supplement?

Hi everyone!! I see a lot of posts about shoddy work and comments containing things like “find a new nail tech.” I’m wondering what the margin of error is for new nail techs. If you go to a place and they don’t tell you the tech is new, are we expecting at least an 8/10? But what if they do tell they’re new and the prices reflect that? What’s the expectation?

Curious to know your thoughts!

Ps: I’m not talking about really REALLY bad work like gel polish cured on skin and dangerous stuff. More like nails that aren’t shaped perfectly the same or detail work not being perfect…hopefully this makes sense.