Thread: Acrylic or Gel...?

If you are asking about the Fiberglass wraps - I would say no, what the fiberglass is layers of then sheets of fibers, that are applied with glue and sheets of fiber....They are set and dried with an activator.....

They are more expensive, are they better for your nails....No

Again when you put any covering over your natural nail you are cutting off the natural air supply....

I like anyone love long nails....

when I was in the nail business, I could'nt keep my nails all the products that I used kept them torn down or filed off from using the files and buffers etc.....

Now I try to keep them lotioned or moisturized with warmed lotion.....
you can do this a couple of ways.

1. Getting a better grade of lotion and warming it up in the microwave and soaking in it, Not only will it condition your nails you will enjoy the warmth.

2. Using baby lotion and a warm bowl of water, and letting your nails soak. This will soften the nails and the cuticles.....

3. You can also after doing either of these, take your lotion and apply it to your hands or feet & wrap them in plastic wrap and damp a hand towel, pop that in the microwave and wrap it around the plastic wrap.....What this does is opens up the pores which lets the lotion go deeper for more moisturizing.

ALSO very VERY important
Y"ALL PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT CLIP YOUR CUTICLES....if you have one that is hanging or grabbing things, the yes get that off....BUT ****DO NOT TRIM YOUR CUTICLES****
by clipping them it causes them to callous! becomming harder and thicker.


***TIP*** If you want to pamper your partner....Do this on them one time....they will think your a goddess! lol....

I would prefer Gel Nails instead of Acrylic nails.

For twenty years I had acrylics and about 5 yrs ago switched to UV gel.
I have very short, split nails underneath after years of pulling off the tips and picking at them.(yes - my fault)I replace my sets pretty often- about every 6 weeks!
I pay $70 for a full set of tips with gel french and about $30 for a regular refill and $40 for a refill of pink and the new white line. I have gone to 3 different salons for this and after initiatlly starting out with pink brisa gel in the pot was switched 4 years ago to "powder gel". Evertime I get the new set and each time I get a filed all the way down refill for a new white line- it does burn and she does have to cure each coat under the UV light. I dont care about he burning as much as wanting to qualify what I am paying for and what I am getting
Recently- I was switched to a pink and white powder gel that does not need UV light curing- except for the shiny top coat at the very end! The tech does make a ball out of the powder and purple liquid mix and then puts it up to the light she works with to see for a few seconds to heat and then applies to my nail but still no curing yet tile the end coat.
I became suspicious of this a few weeks ago when asked what [product I was getting and she first said LCN, then the next time the husband said Queen french pink 999 and then yesterday she said Creative! I asked to see the container and they never show it to you! Its always trasnferred to an unmarked container.
I have grilled them so many times with questions- no one else does this!!!
Anyway- I think I am being scammed and getting acrylic and then a UV gel top coat to "seal the deal!" I'm not so sure!
If its acrylic and its lasts for 10 days or so then charge me acrylic prices!!! I just want to know what I am getting! My 16yr old daughter gets acrylic refills for $15!!!
SO my questions to you are:

1) what exactly am I getting now and what was I getting a few
months ago with the powder and gel that burned with each coat?

2 what exactly lasts the longest- the gel already made up in the pot, the "powder" gel that burns, the powder and liquid I am getting now or acrylics?I am so confused!

3) Is there a website that will sell me a kit to do this myself- I already have the UV light and am very adept with my hands- filing, brush,etc and could do this for sure! I know making the bead of the gel is tough so maybe there is another option and a site I can order from?

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!