View Poll Results: What kind of nails do you have?

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    Default Real nails, or acrylics/gel?

    I have real nails and I love them because I'm an itchy girl and my nails are so very sharp, and perfect for scratching.. Plus, my customers love them!

    What about you?


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    Default Re: Real nails, or acrylics/gel?

    I like acrylic....but for now I have natural. I got that acrylic kit and Im going to attempt to do them 2morrow.
    I like short acrylic nails though.
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    Default Re: Real nails, or acrylics/gel?

    NONE!!! I actually got a bacterial infection (Paronychia) that was in the cuticle area that moved under my finger nail.It hurt so so bad and throbbed. It was from the nail salon getting gel tips on when they push back the cuticle that's what I'm guessing.

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    Default Re: Real nails, or acrylics/gel?

    I just put acrylics on, but previously went years without. I was biting my nails and they looked like crap, so I broke down and did acrylics.

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    Default Re: Real nails, or acrylics/gel?

    I actually just trimmed mine a few days ago.
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    Default Re: Real nails, or acrylics/gel?

    Mine are actuallly just like yours meea. I PREFER the acrilyic only because my real nails are TOO sharp and i actually end up hurting my skin (weird huh?). Yet I still have had my real nails for a long time now at least a year. Acrylic are just so expensive and hard to remove my contacts with that i just end up sticking with my real nails. Nice and short.

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    Default Re: Real nails, or acrylics/gel?

    I have acrylics.


    I always have them french mainicure style...



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    I have natural. The arcrylics totally killed my nails. With the length that I need them (to chase around a little 2 1/2 year old) it was just easier to have them natural.

    That and the fact that I cracked my thumb nail on the bar at the club one night. Cracked completely down the middle of the arcrylic nail and through my own nail. Ouchie. Haven't had fake nails since.

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    Default Re: Real nails, or acrylics/gel?

    Quote Originally Posted by VenusGoddess
    I have natural. The arcrylics totally killed my nails. With the length that I need them (to chase around a little 2 1/2 year old) it was just easier to have them natural.

    That and the fact that I cracked my thumb nail on the bar at the club one night. Cracked completely down the middle of the arcrylic nail and through my own nail. Ouchie. Haven't had fake nails since.
    Ouch, I have done that too. It hurts! I went about 2 weeks without them and then had to have them again. I hate my nails without acrylic's.



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    Default Re: Real nails, or acrylics/gel?

    i find the time/money for acrylic/gel is just not worth it. i prefer the little bit shorter style and i really have no problems with breaking them or chewing them.

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    Default Re: Real nails, or acrylics/gel?

    I always bite my nails, so when I worked I got acrylics. I wanted to try gels, but never got around to it, but I hear they look really good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LoveSexMoney
    I actually just trimmed mine a few days ago.
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    ^ lol


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    natural here, but had acrylic's for about a year before i decided enough was enough..

    My nails grow well, but they dont hold polish well!!

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    Default Re: Real nails, or acrylics/gel?

    I'm a horrible nail-biter, but sometimes I get away with being natural since I have tiny hands & the tiny nails aren't so obvious (provided I put a little clear polish on them). I hate having fake nails on, so if necessary, I'll put on the Broadway Nails Real Life French nails which last about 5-6 days. Then I'll pop those babies off and get to gnawing on my real nails again!!


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    Quote Originally Posted by tampafldancer
    natural here, but had acrylic's for about a year before i decided enough was enough..

    My nails grow well, but they dont hold polish well!!
    Mine don't hold polish at all. Which is why I've got pink and white acrylics!



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    Default Re: Real nails, or acrylics/gel?

    My real nails are too thin, no matter what I do... plus I'm a biter, but only with my real nails. I've been getting acrylics off and on for almost 15 years now. My customers love the colors I use, and I give really great back scratches!
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    Quote Originally Posted by tampafldancer
    natural here, but had acrylic's for about a year before i decided enough was enough..

    My nails grow well, but they dont hold polish well!!
    I have that problem too. I use OPI Ridge Filler, it fills in the ridges in your nails. It makes the polish go on much smoother and last longer. It dries clear matte and sometimes I use it without polish. Also, my nails don't break as much since I've been using this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tonya
    I have that problem too. I use OPI Ridge Filler, it fills in the ridges in your nails. It makes the polish go on much smoother and last longer. It dries clear matte and sometimes I use it without polish. Also, my nails don't break as much since I've been using this.
    Really? OPI is the absolute worst polish that I've used on my nails. (By worst, I mean as far as lasting power - I love their colors more than anything else.) Even on my toes it doesn't stick.



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    I prefer acrylic nails.
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    Default Re: Real nails, or acrylics/gel?

    I voted natural, I think acrylic nails look too high maintenance.

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    I thought dancers were supposed to look high maintenance???
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    Quote Originally Posted by LilSweetVixen
    I voted natural, I think acrylic nails look too high maintenance.
    They are high maintenance (1.5 hours every 2 weeks!), but I enjoy my therapy time with my nail girl.

    Lol, how Legally Blonde of me...



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    Quote Originally Posted by hardkandee
    Really? OPI is the absolute worst polish that I've used on my nails. (By worst, I mean as far as lasting power - I love their colors more than anything else.) Even on my toes it doesn't stick.

    Before finding this I could only wear light nudish colors on my nails. Darker colors would streak or I'd have to apply so many coats to get it to look like the color it was suppose to be, but then the polish would look to thick on my nails.

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    I prefer getting my nails done. I also prefer getting nail art instead of airbrush, but I'll do both. The customers loved my nails. I would get them black with the white stencil decorations on them. Or if it was nail art black,white,silver (or red) were my trademark colors.

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