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  A Lady with Fight
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Location: NC | Is there such a thing as a nail polish that doesn't peel after a few hours and won't ruin my nails?
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 Mature beyond Years
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Location: North of the 49th Parallel | I only use OPI. |
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 I'm Cooler Offline
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Location: Pacific Northwest | I like Zoya.
I've found that peeling seems to depend on what kind of base/top coat I use. |
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 Total Germophobe
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Location: Montana | I've had really good luck with Sinful colors and it isn't too expensive either. |
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Expert
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Location: In the land of peanuts and cotton | OPI is the best. I've tried Sinful and can't make it stay more than a day. I'm actually wearing a Sinful pinky purple color now. Done them 2 days ago and they needed to be done tonight but didn't do it. I bought one if the Sally Handsen take home gel kits.... Don't waist your money. It takes too long for no longer than it lasts which isn't more than a couple days and it ruins your nails.
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Location: In the land of peanuts and cotton | livexlovexrodeo - 2015-01-15 10:37 PM
I like Zoya.
I've found that peeling seems to depend on what kind of base/top coat I use.
I agree with the base and top coat. I know it's not good for your nails but I was having better luck before I started using a base coat. |
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 Money Eating Baggage Owner
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Location: Phoenix | Gel polish from the salon lasts 2 weeks. |
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Red Bull Agressive
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Location: North Dakota | I am a nail polish FANATIC. I probably have at least a hundred dollars worth of polishes. Essie, OPI, Julep, any of the higher end brands are nice but still don't last for me. I find the most important thing is the strength of your nails. Mine are extremly short and weak. NO nail polish will work for my nails. I have to do acrylics, plastic, or salon gel. |
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Expert
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Location: In the land of peanuts and cotton | cavyrunsbarrels - 2015-01-16 1:08 AM
I am a nail polish FANATIC. I probably have at least a hundred dollars worth of polishes. Essie, OPI, Julep, any of the higher end brands are nice but still don't last for me. I find the most important thing is the strength of your nails. Mine are extremly short and weak. NO nail polish will work for my nails. I have to do acrylics, plastic, or salon gel.
Try Sally Handsons Rock Hard, I think that's the name of it. I love it and use it at a base coat most of the time.
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 The Vaccinator
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Location: Slipping down the slope of old age. Boo hoo. | Use a base coat and a top coat sealer. Keep your hands / nails well moisturized with a good hand lotion. Reapply the top coat every couple of days. Wear gloves when working at the barn, handling your horses and riding. |
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 Lived to tell about it and will never do it again
Posts: 5408
| I'm using the no light gel polish from Wal-Mart. You put on the color and then apply the activator(top coat). I've been getting anywhere from 1 to 2 weeks out of it. Seems to last longer if I take a file over them first to slightly rough them up. |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | ask your stylist about the nail polish that you apply with the UV machine. (It has several coats, it's some sort of system, somebody help me out here) |
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Rad Dork
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Location: Oklahoma | barrelracr131 - 2015-01-16 7:45 AM ask your stylist about the nail polish that you apply with the UV machine. (It has several coats, it's some sort of system, somebody help me out here)
Shellac??
I love shellac/gel (I think it's the same thing) more than anything, but if I'm going to do my nails at home I like the Sally Hanson polishes in the square bottle. The formula is great for my nails and I love the wide brush. I also use a top and base coat to extend the life. |
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 Undercover Amish Mafia Member
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Location: Kansas | Longneck - 2015-01-16 8:08 AM barrelracr131 - 2015-01-16 7:45 AM ask your stylist about the nail polish that you apply with the UV machine. (It has several coats, it's some sort of system, somebody help me out here) Shellac??
I love shellac/gel (I think it's the same thing) more than anything, but if I'm going to do my nails at home I like the Sally Hanson polishes in the square bottle. The formula is great for my nails and I love the wide brush. I also use a top and base coat to extend the life.
I agree with shellac, I used it on my toes/fingers when I was pregnant could I couldn't paint my toes every week and it held up for several months |
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| hoofs_in_motion - 2015-01-16 8:10 AM
Longneck - 2015-01-16 8:08 AM barrelracr131 - 2015-01-16 7:45 AM ask your stylist about the nail polish that you apply with the UV machine. (It has several coats, it's some sort of system, somebody help me out here) Shellac??
I love shellac/gel (I think it's the same thing) more than anything, but if I'm going to do my nails at home I like the Sally Hanson polishes in the square bottle. The formula is great for my nails and I love the wide brush. I also use a top and base coat to extend the life.
I'll throw in another vote for the shellac! When I was Miss Rodeo SD, I did shellac all year long while the other girls were all doing acrylics. At the end of the year my natural nails were still in great shape - actually even better than before. I could go for 2-3 weeks on one manicure, and a pedicure would last for a month or more. I did notice that different salons will have different brands. The CND products are the best by far in my opinion...way better than the Gelish! |
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Location: Kansas | I vote Shellac too! I pretty much keep it on year round. They say it will last at least 2 weeks but I can usually get at least 3 weeks out of it. And most times I'm only getting it redone because my nails have grown out. And I am not nice to my hands either, I move feed and hay and do all my chores and never really have a problem. It's great! And so many great colors and if you have a great nail tech they can do designs too! I have snowflakes on my middle fingers right now, they are just not enough great things I can say about it. It's worth the $20 every 3 weeks for me. |
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 Living within my means
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Location: Randolph, Utah | I get shellac with gel and mine last a long time. I can go 3 weeks and they still look good. |
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Extreme Veteran
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| quincy13 - 2015-01-16 9:54 AM
I vote Shellac too! I pretty much keep it on year round. They say it will last at least 2 weeks but I can usually get at least 3 weeks out of it. And most times I'm only getting it redone because my nails have grown out. And I am not nice to my hands either, I move feed and hay and do all my chores and never really have a problem. It's great! And so many great colors and if you have a great nail tech they can do designs too! I have snowflakes on my middle fingers right now, they are just not enough great things I can say about it. It's worth the $20 every 3 weeks for me.
You only pay $20!? Wow I wish it costed me only that much. Usually $40-$45 |
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Location: The South | Another Shellac vote here! I can't paint my nails to save my life so the only way they'll ever look good is if I pay someone to do it LOL. I file and shape them before I go to the salon and it's only $25 that way (all they do is paint them).
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Married to a Louie Lover
Posts: 3303
| Nail Polish is pointless for me. It chips after a few hours even if I'm not at the barn, or I smudge it thinking its dry when it's not. Refuse to spend money at the salon.
A fellow horse friend from college turned me on to Jamberry nails. LOVE THEM. Safe, non toxic, don't damage your nail, over 400 designs and a custom design option (hello bad*** NFR nails!). And they stand up to barn abuse.
I started selling them and they sell themselves practically - well on my way to funding my barrel season (heck yes!).
Couple pictures, pm me for details - super affordable and I have free samples
This is a 7 day before and after of a fellow horse friend
https://www.facebook.com/Mareewith2esJamberryConsultant/photos/pb.39...
These are mine from early December when it was warm and I was riding several times a weeks. My cuticle is fairly grown out, so these are probably going on 7 days?
https://www.facebook.com/Mareewith2esJamberryConsultant/photos/pb.39...
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Rad Dork
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Location: Oklahoma | k.maddocks24 - 2015-01-16 8:37 AM hoofs_in_motion - 2015-01-16 8:10 AM Longneck - 2015-01-16 8:08 AM barrelracr131 - 2015-01-16 7:45 AM ask your stylist about the nail polish that you apply with the UV machine. (It has several coats, it's some sort of system, somebody help me out here) Shellac??
I love shellac/gel (I think it's the same thing) more than anything, but if I'm going to do my nails at home I like the Sally Hanson polishes in the square bottle. The formula is great for my nails and I love the wide brush. I also use a top and base coat to extend the life. I'll throw in another vote for the shellac! When I was Miss Rodeo SD, I did shellac all year long while the other girls were all doing acrylics. At the end of the year my natural nails were still in great shape - actually even better than before. I could go for 2-3 weeks on one manicure, and a pedicure would last for a month or more. I did notice that different salons will have different brands. The CND products are the best by far in my opinion...way better than the Gelish!
Oh my gosh, that is so true about them being stronger! I had mine done the first of December before I went to the NFR and the polish lasted right until Christmas and I didn't go back in and get them repainted immediately and I was afraid that I'd break a few nails doing daily things (picking hooves, moving hay, etc.) because I am so rough on my hands..... And none broke!!! My nails were longer than I even like for them to be and they survived. I just got them repainted yesterday and since I had a manicure also with the painting (CND Polish) it cost $35. It's also soooooo much faster than having acrylics or regular polish out on because once they stop the process with the alcohol you're good to go. |
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Got Bassetts?
| My advice: Get the OPI at-home gel kit. It's not hard to doat all! Love having my nails done, HATE taking the time to actually go have them done every 2-3 weeks. Had this kit for 2.5 years now. Love it! It also works with non-OPI brand gel polish. Also, your nails are not totally destroyed like they are when you take off acrylics. |
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | I have a FB friend that sells the Jamberry nails too and they look really cute. |
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| OhMax - 2015-01-17 8:38 AM Nail Polish is pointless for me. It chips after a few hours even if I'm not at the barn, or I smudge it thinking its dry when it's not. Refuse to spend money at the salon. A fellow horse friend from college turned me on to Jamberry nails. LOVE THEM. Safe, non toxic, don't damage your nail, over 400 designs and a custom design option (hello bad*** NFR nails! ). And they stand up to barn abuse. I started selling them and they sell themselves practically - well on my way to funding my barrel season (heck yes! ). Couple pictures, pm me for details - super affordable and I have free samples This is a 7 day before and after of a fellow horse friend https://www.facebook.com/Mareewith2esJamberryConsultant/photos/pb.39... These are mine from early December when it was warm and I was riding several times a weeks. My cuticle is fairly grown out, so these are probably going on 7 days? https://www.facebook.com/Mareewith2esJamberryConsultant/photos/pb.39...
I love jamberry too! I vote for them!!
The colors ... The PATTERNS!! LOVE them! |
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Married to a Louie Lover
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| I was so hesitant at first because I thought if I was going to be in the barn I was going to have to have short nasty fingernails or acrylics.
Love them love them love them. Having fun with this and paying entry fees at the same time - double the fun! |
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Elite Veteran
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Location: Idahome | Dazzle Dry polish. I got a mani at the South Point when we were there for the finals. I had to finally take the polish off because my nails grew out so much and the polish never chipped at all. I got online and ordered some and I love it. It drys in 5 minutes, so no smudging and you can buy the proper base and top coat with a nail prep online. I just barely took the original polish from Dec. off last week when my new colors came in. |
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 Scorpions R Us
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Location: So. Cali. | I do the gel polish at home with the UV light and everything when I find the time. Long process! Lasts alot longer than regular polish makes my nails a little more thick feeling, and I do not file them ontop to rough them up before putting the polish on, all are healthy when I finally peel the polish off out of boredum.
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A Lady with Fight
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Location: NC | I've tried the Jamberry. They always seem to bubble and crack at the ends. I followed the directions to the T! Still don't hold like I want them to. I end up peeling them off after a few days. And it takes so long to trim and apply the things. I don't have patience! Lol
I may try the at home gel kits. I wish I had the ability to get to a salon every week or so. Just not in the time for me. That and i can pay an entry with that cash. Lol |
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