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    I decided a while ago to start getting gel nails because I like the look of them. I canvased several places (all run by Koreans. O.o ) and had services at all of them but I settled for the one at Wal-Mart. I just get french tips with a gel overlay.

    Well I'm talking iwth my friend and we're talking about our nails, and I say how the nail tech does my nails by roughing up the surface of my nails a bit then dipping her wet brush into some white power then brushing it on, then painting a sort of polish over top that makes htem super shiny and harden them under a UV light. She looks at me like I'm dumb and says no, I got acrylics. No, I could have sworn I got gels. She tells me the powder is still acrylic and are not true gel nails. Now I'm confused.

    So...what's the deal?

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    Default Re: My gel nails are actually acrylic?!

    By that explanation you did get gels.

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    sounds like how they do my acrylics

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    No, she didnt.

    She got acrylics with a gel overlay. I get them all the time.

    To get actual GEL nails you typically need to find a nice salon/spa with a manicurist in it. None of the little crappy shops have real gel nails - they may tell you they are - but theyre not.

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    ^ I love my acrylics with gel overlays. They last three weeks and look good until that point.

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    sounds like acrylic to me. I used to get acrylics in high school all the time. now.... i don't care. I just paint on my own french mani with regular nail polish.
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    I love acrylics. They make my pretty-life so much easier.

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    I used to think i was getting solar nails ( and paying more for it) when I moved and had to get a new nail tech I realised the other people were doing acrylics and lying to me ..hmphh.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MeanGirl View Post
    I used to think i was getting solar nails ( and paying more for it) when I moved and had to get a new nail tech I realised the other people were doing acrylics and lying to me ..hmphh.
    thats exactly what happened to me. $50 too, and I'm STILL getting shit acrylics. I'm seriously calling every salon around here tomorrow and asking them. That pisses the FUCK out of me.

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    I've been getting acrylics for 10 years, I love them.
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