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Acrylic or gel?

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daisydoods · 21/01/2023 22:26

Advice needed please!

I used to get acrylic nails for years, they never budged and would last me around 3 weeks, sometimes longer. I then swapped to gel - I'm a biter and a picker, however more a picker these days and I just pick the gel off! Even tried just putting a clear builder on and I still pick at it because I know it's there! I bought a uv lamp so I could do my own at home in between appointments to save some money but I'm finding I'm paying to get them done in a salon, then picking at them, redoing them at home and picking at them again and I hate it! Because I'm picking at the gel and builder im peeling layers of my own nails off and it's awful. My own nails have always been short and horrible and thin and im making them worse.

Im thinking about going back to acrylics but I'm wondering if they're worse than gels for damaging your nails?

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