To be disappointed with this gel manicure?

You can't have good gel nails with nails that short, it'll look ridiculous even if done with some level of professionalism.

Those look like a 3 year old found a bottle of TippEx

If you don’t bite them have they filed them into that weird shape? They’re not round or square they are just odd looking… honestly this looks like I have done them and I would NEVER do my own nails as I’m terrible at it! I would be fuming if I had paid for that so no you are not being unreasonable

I wouldn’t be happy with that either.

I don’t think the colour is helping, mind you. It’s not terribly flattering.

Yes it's hard with nails that short, but they could have done a lot better OP

I would be annoyed as well x

They don’t look good so not unreasonable but I do find that colour looks shit on me also (short nails)

This is good advice.

You can also get gel-ish nail varnish that doesn't need a uv lamp to cure it.

I really like the nails inc. It's topless 1 step gel manicure polishes but there are other brands that do similar in more natural colours. That's £9, and the cost of an at home nail care kit that's going to see you through months of applications for less than you've spent at the nail salon.

The main issue is the colour IMO. It's too artificial looking.

You have nice hands and I actually like short nails, work aside. I have similar.

I think just putting some natural looking light pink or nude beige or neutral varnish on yourself would probably look great.

You want something similar to your hands but shinier/lighter. Not completely clear, but matching.

Get a few varnishes - light pinks and nudes - from a Pound shop (or Rimmel is cheap and sets quickly) and try them all on. One colour will probably look best. Keep this.

My nails are very short and I always have gel manicures - albeit usually in darker colours.

I thin they look great and I get compliments so hardly 'pointless'.

Personally, with nails that short, having a gel manicure is pointless. It's never going to look amazing. The colour is awful and emphasises the lack of length and general poor manicure.

what length were your nails before the manicure?

I had my nails done vanilla for the first (and last) ever time recently.

Jeez, it was horrendous.

Yes that colour is awful on most people. It’s never suited me, always look like tipex.

same as yellow -only really suits dark skins.

They’re not that short. Although im a violinist so that’s the longest I can get away with.
They look lovely by the way.

Some salons don’t see cuticle removal as part of the gel application, that’s a ‘manicure’ which costs extra.

I thought this too. The nails actually look as if they're bitten.
The colour doesn't help make a poor job look any better.

I don’t think they did a good job there. Sorry, it’s disappointing when you try do something nice for yourself and it doesn’t go to plan. I think the colour perhaps wasn’t the best choice either. I got something similar once and it really didn’t look good on me which was a shame as I did like the colour.

Sorry, but they look awful.

Also, what is the point of getting gels on such short nails. Why not just do them yourself?

They don’t look great but I’ve never had nails done at salon so I’m a shit judge but wanted to add, I have short nails (cut for easier living reasons such as typing and not scratching my newborns ass to shreds when changing her) and I find dark colours much more forgiving on shorter nails. The white colour doesn’t help I don’t think but the cuticle end also looks a bit raggedy so I’d expect them to at least sort that.

The colour is dreadful. So is the prep but I think your nails need a bit more length on them too

They look really bad, just everything about them is unflattering! Would have genuinely looked better had you done them yourself.

I ended up with a similar experience and complained. She ended up giving me a 50% refund of both a manicure and pedicure. Life is too short to deal with inconsistent nail techs

I have short nails and had gels done yesterday. Picture below I’d be horrified if I came away with ones like those.

How can you get them so short without biting? Are they not tender when you cut/file them so short?

I always avoid white nails when my nails are short otherwise they remind me of being bored at school and colouring them in with Tipp-ex. A milky pink looks gorgeous on shorter nails.

Why are they SO short. That’s not a normal length, they’re off the nail bed short.

Looks like when a 6 year old gets some nail polish from a magazine, I'd have been embarrassed to leave someone like that and charge them.
Also if the nails are too short, the tech should've said to just have a basic tidy up and clear polish, not leave them like that, the nail bed looks aggravated as well.
I would go back, have it removed and never go there again. It may have only been £25 but buy cheap but twice and a lot of cheap places aren't hygiene compliant or skilled

yes I’d be disappointed. The edges aren’t clean and they should’ve done your cuticles. To be honest this isn’t anything you couldn’t do yourself at home. Get a gel kit off Amazon with a UV lamp and sit yourself on the sofa to do them every few weeks.