CND shellac, will it ruin my nails?

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I usually do my own nails, but no matter how carefully I do it (base coat, 2 layers of colour, top coat, lots of time between layers) I seem to have chips after 2-3 days. My hands are on view a lot in my job so it's important they look nice.

I'm conscious that gel/shellac can ruin your nails, I've read that CND is one of the better ones. My nails are strong, but I'd like to keep them that way!

Any experiences with CND or should I just keep doing my own and look on it as a mindful exercise?

I have had CND shellac and also gel nail polish. Every time I have the gel polish it dries my nails out, and it takes a good 2-3 months to get them back into reasonable condition. I never had that with the shellac and I used to have them done regularly.

I had Shellac every 2-3 weeks for 2 years and my nails were fine. Then I changed countries so had to find a new salon and they didn't use Shellac. Within a few sessions my nails were trashed and it took MONTHS for them to recover. Now I leave my nails alone apart from for special occasions.

No - a reputable salon applying and removing will not damage nails. As an aside - I don’t like Shellac - find it chips easily - Gel Bottle is much better and more popular now.

I disagree. I've been to some very reputable salons (award winning even in one case) but my nails were still damaged.

Read this:

https://www.marieclaire.com/beauty/a16686803/do-gel-manicures-ruin-your-nails/

Thanks, I'm reluctant to try gel after the recent controversy about it. There's a good local salon using shellac, I might give it a try and see how it goes.

Shellac ruined mine first time, I know others who get it done repeatedly and don't seem to get any damage, I'm not sure why!

But who cares put some more varnish on top?

I have biab and if I want a colour other than the biab ones, shellac. Nails are fine but they are really rubbish without it anyway