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    BrunetteGoddess
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    Default Im Turning into a Girl..

    I feel like such a tomboy nerd! I made some money dogsitting for my parents, so I scheduled my first manicure- EVER. I'm really excited, Im getting french tipped acrylics. Want to keep it simple. I didnt even bother when I danced with my nails, and they're ugly and damaged I guess I should enjoy them now, because when I start school again, I wont be able to have nice nails....(working on cars)

    Or can I?

    Am I destined to have ugly raggedy nails because Im a mechanic?

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    no u r not exactly destined to have ugly raggedy nails lol.......i just ripped my nails off after having them for about 3 weeks, they get annoying after u slam them a couple of hundred times lol

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    BrunetteGoddess
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    Default Re: Im Turning into a Girl..

    Well how can you have nice nails working on cars and trucks, removing engines, rebuilding them, etc?

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    It's possible girl! I worked underground in a gold mine for a year and wore acrylic tips the whole time...you'd be amazed how much punishment they can take! I also wore acrylics when I worked in metallugy at the same mine and finally lost them just because they couldn't stand up to the potent chemicals.

    But labour? You can do it...you'll learn how to use your hands differently to avoid damaging them. Trust me.
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    BrunetteGoddess
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    Im just worried about trying to get in tight spaces under cars on them, and wearing my Mechanix gloves with them...

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    You can wear vinyl or latex gloves while working on cars (p.s. rub lotion on you hands before you don the gloves, so if the glove tears, the oil & filth will rub off easily.)
    I always kept my nails short, for hygiene & car repair. Short nails can be sexy.

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    I keep my gel nails fairly short. I cant keep my real nails because they break in a second.. but I hate long nails. Just keep them short. Oh.. get Gel, acrylic will destroy your real nails faster.

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    I didnt see any gels Cally. But my mom had them for years and her natural nails are great looking still.

    Latex works well when I work with fluids, but the Mechanix gloves are good for shap objects and heat MM...

    I will be keeping them short though. Kinda like my avatar, a little longer. Ill take a pic tomorrow.

    So since Im ignorant in all this, what happens when your real nails grow longer and you have that gap at the base of your nailbed? Is that when you get a fill? How do you know when to get a fill or brand new nails? How often do you get new nails anyways?

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    Yes, that's when you get a fill. I usually get a fill after 2 weeks or so, and I usually get tired of them and rip them off after 3 or 3 and a half...

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    Wear the latex gloves under your mechanix gloves.

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    if you keep your tips short, the real nails will catch up to the ends of your tips in about 3 manucures. Then the real naisl will pel away from the tips and all manner of crud will get in between. That is when it is time to get them replaced.

    I have had acryllics while working in a stable and in an emergency room. You will get used to it.

    Definitely get the gels. I wore acryllics for 10 yeas, and jsut recently changed to gels. They are much better.


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    Default Re: Im Turning into a Girl..

    I read the title and the thread starter and I snorted out a laugh!
    Corsica: i've seen what you look like. You can't not be a girl!
    Yes you're a grease monkey, but I'll bet you make that outfit look great too!
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    Here's a pic of my nails. Im kinda annoyed because they're all kind of crooked on this hand, but oh well, Ill get them fixed next time. ANd no one else notices but me.


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