Do you have your nails done?

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Do you go to a salon on a regular basis and get acrylic extensions or gel overlays?
Or do you just have natural nails?

Wow. I pay around £30 depending on what I want. I tend to just have one colour but it does get more expensive for multiple colours/designs. I won't pay more than £40 and that would have to be a special occasion. I'm not always buying clothes or getting eyebrows done etc

That's why I have SNS instead, don't like all that UV!

Every 2 weeks but having a break as think nails need to breathe

No but maybe I should because my nails have gone to pot.

I have shellac done every few weeks, as a pp said it stops me biting them. Usually get a light colour with a little bit of glitter at the top as I find the glitter shellac is stronger than normal for some reason so prevents them breaking.

Yes, I have my fingers and toes done every 3-4 weeks. It makes me happy.

Mine is £35 for fingers and toes.

I have natural nails. I put nail varnish on them maybe twice or three times a year on special occasions if I can be arsed. I've had a manicure once (just normal nail polish) for my wedding. I don't really like the look of gel nails and wouldn't consider spending regular money on something like that.

No, waste of money, health risk and they always look weirdly thick and fake.

crazy cheap

No.
Beacuse of my job in the elderly care.

I just paint mine myself, can’t be bothered going to a nail bar regularly and don’t want anything sticking on my nails ruining them.
I do mine once a week just using normal varnish and use seche vite top coat for a speedy drying shiny finish.

Acrylics every 3 months weeks at £25. I also get my lashes done every 3 weeks at £22. These two things just make me feel more put together and for me, they improve my mental health, and that is priceless.

That was meant to say acrylics every 3 weeks, not months. Gosh the infills would be crazy if left for 3 months

Gel nails every 3 weeks.

I do my own. Used to go to a salon every two weeks and then during Covid they sent out small kits to keep our nails in good condition until we could go again. They even did a series of tutorial videos to help. Well it worked so well that I've never been back! I used to spend around £70 a month on my nails and now spend around £10 (that's mainly on new colours that I don't actually need...)

Yep- I have my acrylics every other week. They are long and pointy and obviously not real but I love them 🙂!

I switch back and forth between gels and nude, natural nails with a nail concealer. I keep them short and round or almond shaped.

I had gel finger nails a couple of times but they wrecked my nails both times and it took months to sort them out . I currently have gel toenails and they’re fine, it’s my fingers that react so badly for some odd reason.

Pink and white ombré acrylics once a month , makes me feel good even if the rest of me looks like a bag lady ! 30£ for infills , 40£ for a new set every 3 months or so , tried builder gel but went back to acrylic , I don't colour my hair anymore , I embrace the grey and cut it myself so save ££££ there

No. I hate anything being done to my nails other than using a nail-clipper on myself - nail files make me shudder, and the feel of nail varnish is horrible. I also dislike the look of long nails on others, whether natural or acrylic. I clip my nails once-weekly in the bath, usually on a Sunday, and that is the sum total of my nail routine.

Why do you ask?

Depends - i uually go to salon 2/3 times a year to either get just gel nails or acrlic extensions - though i take them off at home. I also have gel nail kit at home and sometimes do them myself, or i just put on normal nail polish.

I had my nails done for years with acrylics, then switched to gel polish after a length break. My nails were an absolute wreck with gel polish so I got them removed, started taking care of them and they’re so much better. Now I use Dior Glow or just have them natural.

though i am terrible at doing my own gel etc nails - always looks so bad afterwards!!!!