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 Ima Non Controversial Girl
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Location: where the wind blows | My nails are a mess. Contemplating getting Gel nails. Not long ones. Anyone barrel race with them?
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 Bulls Eye
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Location: Oklahoma | I've had them for years and working around horses has never ruined mine |
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Extreme Veteran
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Location: Where the buffalo roam | I always have gel nails. They are not break proof, but do help. The velcro on horse boots sometime loosen them. |
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 Lived to tell about it and will never do it again
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| Sally Hanson has a gel nail polish that works good. |
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 Winner winner chicken dinner
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Location: California | Yes they are the way to go! I get a light color or glitter fade so the base is clear and I can go a lot longer sometimes even 4 weeks with them still looking okay. If I do a solid dark nail it's only 2 weeks. |
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Expert
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Location: In the land of peanuts and cotton | I've worn acrylic nails or had natural long for years. Never had a single problem until this past October when I on acrylics and I got my thumb nail caught in some farm equipment and ripped my whole nail off. Major pain. But once it grows out I'll go back to wearing them because I don't feel right without them. |
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  Ms. Marine
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Location: Texas | I'll get them every great once in a while and I've never had a problem with them. I also don't have them long at all. |
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Bulls Eye
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Location: Oklahoma | I can respond better now that I'm not on my phone :) I have had acrylics on and off (mainly on) for the past 16 years. I bite my nails bad when I don't have them. I used to ride 5 horses a day and never broke a nail. I feel naked without them. 90% of the time I do french tips so I can go closer to 3 weeks between fills. Currently I have a pretty sparkly bronze gel polish on the tops of the acrylics right now that I'm liking. Here's a picture of how long mine usually are...
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 Experienced Mouse Trapper
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Location: North Dakota | my nails are a mess and talked to one of the gals I work with-she has her real nails dipped-I think they are called SNS nail system? Anyway I found a kit for dipping nails on amazon I'm going to try when it gets here-looks to me like you cover your entire nail with the powder and set it with a adhesive. I don't want long nails I just want nails that look kinda pretty! The sns dip has several different colors. I hope it works and doesn't make them worse. |
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Experienced Mouse Trapper
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Location: North Dakota | duncan_an - 2017-01-18 8:11 AM Have any of you ladies heard of Jamberry? It has been a nail life changer for me. I have FREE wrap samples and can mail out. Please just PM your address and favorite colors!
Jamberry is cool but generall do not last longer than 24 hours on my nails-just like any polish.... |
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Bulls Eye
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Location: Oklahoma | LMS - 2017-01-18 8:30 AM
my nails are a mess and talked to one of the gals I work with-she has her real nails dipped-I think they are called SNS nail system? Anyway I found a kit for dipping nails on amazon I'm going to try when it gets here-looks to me like you cover your entire nail with the powder and set it with a adhesive. I don't want long nails I just want nails that look kinda pretty! The sns dip has several different colors. I hope it works and doesn't make them worse.
The dips are cool. I've done them a couple of times, but they soak off the acrylics everytime they go to refill... got to be too expensive for me, so I went back to just acrylics. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | Acrylic nails are so annoying to me. Props to you ladies who can work with them. I can't even pick up a quarter if I drop it. LOL
I do gel polish at the salon and ask for two top coats if I get anything done at all. I'm usually bare nail. One top coat halfway up my nail and the other all over my nail. It keeps them from chipping  |
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 Accident Prone
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | I got a manicure once.  |
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| I have gel polish on top of acrylics and they last and last and last. I get them filled every couple weeks, but haven't had to get a whole new set on for close to 2 months now. |
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 Neat Freak
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | I have them, barrel race, show hunters and ride my young ones. I keep them shorter. Never have any issues. |
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 The Bling Princess
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Location: North Dakota | I wore acrylics for about 16 years and never had a major issue around my horses. I once ripped one off grabbing the saddle horn during a run, but that was about it. I think they look gorgeous when they are done right. I've also had the shellac done over my regular nails and liked that so much better. No drills involved and the shellac lasted a lot longer for me. |
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Ima Non Controversial Girl
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Location: where the wind blows | I've tried jamberry too. Best is get out of them is about 3 days. |
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Ima Non Controversial Girl
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Location: where the wind blows | So what is the difference between acryclic and gel. Why did you choose the one you chose? |
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Expert
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Location: Mi | I've never been one to get my nails done or have gel nails, acrylic or anything else however last summer I started doing Shellac because I hated my nails always looking so nasty. Im famous for breaking my nails and them always being short, every run about I break one, nail polish lasts about 24 hours if I'm lucky. The shellac lasted great 2-3 weeks, my nails grew like crazy with it on and they were so much stronger. It didn't chip off, they didn't break and they grew. |
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The Bling Princess
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Location: North Dakota | jkrm - 2017-01-18 10:51 AM So what is the difference between acryclic and gel. Why did you choose the one you chose?
The main difference is in the products they use to achieve the final result. |
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Bulls Eye
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Location: Oklahoma | acrylic is a powder they mix with a liquid agent to achieve the look. Gel is the finish. I have gel polish now, less chipping etc as I type on a computer all day |
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Married to a Louie Lover
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| I've had them on and off a few times over the years and always end up either ripping them off or getting frustrated because I usually keep my natural nail very short.
Tried and sold jamberry for a while. They ruined my nails over time, either having them get ripped off or no matter how carefully I removed them according to instructions my nails kept getting thinner and thinner. The ones that did stay on stayed for a while, but it was a crap shoot if they stayed or not.
I've noticed a big difference since I've been focusing on eating healthier and working out (not sure how big a roll that plays) that my nails are stronger and breaking less, even if I don't cut them short. |
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 Some Kind of Trouble
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| I have acylic on my real nails at all times now. My natural nails break and tear and never even stay to fingertip length so any type of polish never even looked nice. Tried the dip gel kind (salon people said it would be as strong as acrylic haha) and all my nails broke off in days. The gel polish does last a long time, like shellac, but I don't feel like they really make your nails any stronger than they are naturally. With the acrylic on, my nails only seem to get broken when it's too cold out and it gets brittle. lol |
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 Living within my means
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Location: Randolph, Utah | I've had gel nails for years. I keep them prettt short and don't have many issues. I do get them filled more often in the summer when I'm riding. |
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Porta Potty Pants
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| I wore acrylics on and off for many years. It's an adjustment when you get them on ... learning how to button buttons, zippers, picking things up off the floor. I did great in them ... until I broke my acrylic and the underlying nail grabbing my saddle horn trying not to fall off at a closed gate once. HURT, bled and throbbed so badly I wanted to claim a visible injury and medical out of that nights rodeo. LOL ... I lost my nail. Later, whenever I went to put them on or have a fill, my cuticles started to itch. Switched to gel. That worked better but they chipped easily and sometimes would come right off just like a press on nail. I like the finished look and would usually get a french tips so incase they broke or chipped, if I was on travel or something I wouldn't have to find the nail salon immediately. I recently had one lady put the gel on and dip it in the acrylic powder and I went a month before needing any repair work (as compared to days) but I can't seem to get an appointment with her since she's so busy and none of the others in the salon will do that. (Maybe they lose money??) Anyway, I just quit all together. I keep my nails short and squared or slightly rounded because I use the computer alot and don't want a repeat of my broken nail situation and I think the pointed nails are ugly.
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Location: Upstate New York | I have had acrylic's over my real nails for years. Won't go without them. Gel is the type of finish or polish you have put on. I use the gel as it last so much longer than regular polish. With regular polish, my ends area all chipped away within a week from typing all day and drilling my nails on the desk(bad habit of mine). The gels don't chip and finsh stays so much nicer. I keep mine fairly short. I ride, do lawn work, mechanical work, etc., never an issue. I wear acrylics over my real nails as my nails are weak, and split. Plus, like another person already said, I am also a nail biter and just keep picking at them. |
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