How many days before going on holiday do you get a manicure/pedicure?

[MsMiaWallace]

Do you always go the day before travel or will a couple of days before be fine?

Struggling for time day before travelling abroad. Travelling on a Wed, do you think Saturday for nails will still be fine?

I don't

I always try to go the day before I travel

I have done the weekend before we travel but I have to say that now I try and go the day before we go. If you are going on Wednesday is there any way you could get a late night on the Monday or Tuesday if you can't get in during the day?

Doing mine today, flying out on Saturday. I find pedicures generally last pretty well, but I always take the polish away in case it chips. Top tip- if you use a glittery polish it’s much easier to repair invisibly than a smooth shiny colour.

Gel or regular polish? And how long are you going away for? Gel lasts better but if i was going for a couple of weeks or so I’d still wait until as late as possible as it’ll show regrowth on me within 10-14 days on my nails.

Gel polish.
Away for 2 weeks

Gel polish pedis normally last me about four weeks, so a few days before departure should be okay.

Gel polish pedicure also lasts ages on me. But a manicure would be looking quite outgrown by 2.5 weeks so I’d get it as close as possible to the day I was leaving. Mine is usually great up to about 10 days then after that I can see regrowth and by 2.5-3 weeks it definitely needs redoing. Depends how fast your nails grow though.

a couple of days before should be fine. Just get a gel one if you're not doing so will last for 2-3 weeks.

I do my own and usually do it the first day of my holiday while sitting enjoying a glass of wine.

Never, ever. Off in about 3 weeks' time. Why would I?

2-3 days usually

Ideally 3 days before, so that if I change my mind or something goes wrong, I have a day free and a chance to rectify it. That’s for a 2 week trip. For 1 week, anytime in the week leading up would be fine.

My nails only look good for 2 weeks with a gel manicure (my nails grow quite quickly, I guess), so I wouldn’t want to have it done earlier than that.

Sort to bob in with a question, but does sun tan lotion knacker a gel manicure the way it does normal nail polish?

I try to get it done the day before I travel.

Day before I leave

@FelicityFlops some people like to, have you not heard of people getting a pedicure or manicure before?

Gel doesn't get spoilt by suntan lotion. I take a nail file for any chips.

And you can also put "normal" nail varnish on top if you want a colour change

The day before , I get gel finger nails and the same colour for my toe nails but normal polish.

Managed to book an appointment Monday. Travel Wednesday early morning so should be good to go.

@NeedleNoodle3 why no gel on your toe nails? It’s great and you get to have a perfect pedicure for weeks and weeks (much longer than finger nails - I get about six weeks out of mine!).

@MsMiaWallace Show us your holiday manicure when it’s done! 🙂

[quote Nnique]@NeedleNoodle3 why no gel on your toe nails? It’s great and you get to have a perfect pedicure for weeks and weeks (much longer than finger nails - I get about six weeks out of mine!).

@MsMiaWallace Show us your holiday manicure when it’s done! 🙂[/quote]
@Nnique - before gel polish was a thing and used widely, one of my first pedicures (approx 25 years ago!) I told them I was off to Crete for 2 weeks and the beauty therapist chose a lovely colour with a bit of sheen/light glitter in it - it lasted really well including swimming pool/beach stuff and for about 2 weeks after I returned home.

@FelicityFlops

Never, ever. Off in about 3 weeks' time. Why would I?

No one cares.

Daft question. Do you get the gel on your toes removed as you would your fingers or do you just let it grow out?