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    Ok.... I think I'm finally at the point where I'm tired of being the only chick in my club without purrrrrty nails. I've bitten mine to death since I was 5.... I do it out of habit, out of boredom, nervousness, and really can't let them grow long because they need to fit in my moto-gloves...

    However, they're ugly as sin. cuticle is always fucked up, something bleeds on a weekly basis from being bitten too short, nothing is the exactly the same length... (well, other than being extremely short)... yeah. So... what do I do??? I'd like to start taking care of them at home rather than paying shitloads to get my nails done, although I know that'll happen eventually, but what are some basic nail-care suggestions?? Should I be using one of those filey-thingees or a clipper? Do you recommend any specific brand of polish?? what the fuck is "lacquer??" what's a gel fill?? I'm SoooooOooOoo lost on the nail front.

    WHat I'd like to end up with eventually- pretty, subtlely 'done' nails, both hand and toe, short enough to work with and not distract while I'm dancing, but still really pretty. How do I get there???? (and are fake nails a good idea to stop the biting??? do they work/fall off/how long do they last??) Thank you soooo much for bearing with me here... I've seen many threads on one nail-related technique/product vs. another, but y'all are all in advanced classes, and this reject wants to look more like a class act.

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    I used to bite the hell out of my nails until I got acrylic tips. It was worth paying $15 for a fill every other week until I got out of the habit. The tips taste nasty and they're really thick, so you put your finger to your mouth and remember your nice manicure so you don't bite. I had them for about six months, I think, and then I had them removed and grew my own nails back in. Now I have very short natural nails but I keep them nicely shaped and painted for work, and I don't bite them anymore.

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    I was an enourmous nail biter throughout my childhood. I would paint my nails a different color everyday so I wouldn't bite them. I thought I wouldn't bite them if they were pretty. Wrong!

    What worked for me was actually dipping my fingers in nail polish remover. Everytime I would go to bite them, the taste was so horrible that I just stopped putting my hands anywhere near my mouth.

    I'm not sure how toxic acetone is, but I broke my habit for sure.

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    ^^^ Ew!!! wow... hmm... you have some cojones!!!!

    yek i like your idea of starting off the 'prettifying' now... acrylics last about how long?? are they strong? can they be both hand/feet?

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    First you get the acrylic tips, and then you go back for a fill every couple of weeks. Don't go any longer than that, or the tip pulls away from the nail and you get water and fungus in between them. But every other week is fine for a fill. Acrylics are strong (they CAN break, but nowhere near as easily as a regular nail) and they look gorgeous. Just be careful because nail techs always want to leave them way too long. You tell them you want them short, and they're still too long to button your pants, so keep nagging until they cut them short enough. They'll also give you square tips automatically unless you specifically ask them to shape ovals (I hate square tips on my hands).

    I don't see any reason why you couldn't do acrylic on your toenails, although I doubt you'd need the tips because no one wants their toenails that long. But I've heard that foot models get their toenails coated with a layer of acrylic to make them look stronger and prettier. I've never felt it necessary to do that though, I just get my toes and fingers painted the same color and call it a day.

    Oh, and you don't need long nails to get acrylics, just in case you were wondering. They cut your nails all the way down and drill them thin before they put the tip on anyway. It completely fucks up your natural nail so it's a hassle to grow them back when you get the tips off, but if you keep them painted while they grow out no one will really notice.

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    ^^^ have i told you recently i <3 you??? now i just have to decide what design to get! for some reason the white-tipped french mani-look annoys me.... i see chicks wrap their hands around the pole and allllllll i see are those damn nails glowing in the dark. thank you so much for the awesome advice. now to find a nail salon.... something tells me there are about 20 walking distance from my house.

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    If your nails are already in bad shape I would start off with the fake nails right away. Yek is right, the salon's file your nail down and it take months for them to grow in properly.

    Calcium and protein and the keys to healthy nails (and hair).

    Can you start with a nice mani/pedi to get your nails back on the right track? Far more subtle than fake nails.

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    You don't need a design. You can get regular nail polish on your tips or have them use pink acrylic so it won't chip. I just got regular nail polish on mine, and if it chipped I'd take it off and re-paint it myself (just make sure you use a non-acetone nail polish remover).

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    Quote Originally Posted by SarahSynn View Post
    If your nails are already in bad shape I would start off with the fake nails right away. Yek is right, the salon's file your nail down and it take months for them to grow in properly.
    yeah, not too worried about them destroying something that really isn't there to begin with. cool, i'll go w/ fake acrylics, short and oval-shaped by request. DANKe schoen!!! you ladies rock my socks.

    now i'm just worried about the other-language shit-talking that's gonna go on... since you're both around la-la-land, i betcha know what i mean... i'm sure they see some bad cases, but... urgh.

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    Oh yeah, they do that. I had a Vietnamese nail tech hold up my hand for the whole salon to look at once, she said something, and everyone burst out laughing. When I asked her what was going on, she just mumbled, "Oh, I said your nails look good." Bullshit. Oh well, who cares as long as they do a good job.

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    once you START paying shitloads of money for nails then you won't want to fuck 'em up. Not that you have to do this forever, but a couple rounds of nails will probably get you used to ignoring the urge. then, you'll take them off, resist the urge for awhile, and then bite the fuck out of them. Repeat.

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    Default Re: Proper Nail Care for a Long-Time Biter

    ^^^ (most likely)

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    I quit biting. Honestly, I just really needed to be aware of what I was doing and get a substitute for gnawing at my nails, like sugar free gum.

    Basic nail care tips:

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    ^ that's a rather dark site for nails!!! (i keed, it has some good stuff on there, thank you!)

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    I just got Gel Nails. I'd recommend them. I got tips, but you don't have to, if you don't want them long you can just get them covered in gel and painted with a nice pretty polish. I also asked my nail tech if I could get away with not getting my natural nails filed down to nothing, and she said fine and just filed down the top most layer. I am very happy about that, so when I get them removed they won't be paper thin.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Yekhefah View Post
    Oh yeah, they do that. I had a Vietnamese nail tech hold up my hand for the whole salon to look at once, she said something, and everyone burst out laughing. When I asked her what was going on, she just mumbled, "Oh, I said your nails look good." Bullshit. Oh well, who cares as long as they do a good job.
    Wow what a bitch, no tip for her! I think I actually might have walked out on that one. I have been going to my nail guy (yes guy) for about a year and a half now, it's to the point where he will translate what the Vietnamese women are saying if it is something funny. It's pretty entertaining and usually not mean spirited.

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    I only have plain nails (that I hate being painted. I think I'm tough on them? The polish chips in no time... ahgh!)

    Keep a file on hand for any little snags or chips (glass one by manicare - awesome! I'd marry it without a second thought!! Get a hard case though...) Don't cut them just file - in one direction. (Doesn't matter which just one per nail).

    Water, cleaning products ect weaken them. If you put a treatment through your hair rub a little into each nail.

    ...keep them the same length. One long nail is not 'long nails'. Mmm I hate that, so I can't really say that's important - do what you want

    Oh and my mum who has tried every nail strenghtener, lotion, magic potion ect. said none of them work. She works in a chemist. Has the wildest collection of nails I've ever seen!

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    I am a biter. Some of my fingers have no nails at all, cause I bit them the entier way down.
    Acrylics help the problem, and I used to get them regularly. A few pieces of advice:
    Get them filled once a week at first. There are 2 reasons for this. First is because short short nails grow out faster and need filled more often. The second reason is because as a biter, any imperfection in the nail will cause you to bite at it. So when they startto grow out even a little bit, you'll want to start biting. Keep them perfect, there won't be anythign to bite. The second reason is because short nails can't hold ontot the acrylic nails as good as if yu had a full nail bed. Acrylics can pop off more easily. A big factor in this is how good yoru nail tech is. I've had nails start fallign off the same day, or the nextday, and I've had them last as long as a week, but never ever 2 weeks without losing any.

    Take glue with you where ever you go. When the acrylics start to lift, yuo can glue them back down right away, again, to prevent any potential biting.

    Don't get them polished. Get pink and whites with a gel coating. The reason for this is as a biter, you'll be looking fo somethign to bite, but won't be able o bite the nail, so you'll just pick at it and want to mess with them. It's very very hard to keep yrou fingers out of your mouth. When i painted my acrylics, I woudl scrape the polish off with my teeth, justto have some way to bite. ( yeah..I'm a hardcore biter) Also..if the polish begins to chip, the nails are no longer perfect, and again induce the urge to bite.The beauty of pink and whites is that there is o polish to scrape off or get chipped.

    Pink and whites were the only nails that helped prevent me from biting, although nothign ever can make me stop. I would pick atthe edges f the nail until I got them lifted enough to start gnawing them off.....

    It's a hard, hard habit to break. I've tried everything, including putting bandaids on all 10 fingers and leaving them on for 2 weeks to try and break the habit. I've duck tapes surgical gloves on my hands. Tried the bad tasting stuff. Tried putting a rubberband on my wrist and snapping it every time I caughtmyself biting. Nothign has worked excepot the pink and white acrylics. I justnever kept them on long enough to break the habit.

    Oh, also, when the acrylics come off, your nails will be a mess. Very soft, very ragged edges. Prime biting condition. Plus, the new growth! When you take them off, you must take extreame care to getrefgular manicures to keep thoes new nails pretty, although for me, the softness and the growth was to much, and I couldn't resist biting them off.

    ANyway...good luck! They say it takes 100 days to break a habit....

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