Anyone ditched getting nails done?

[NotmySundaybest]

Thought about stopping the manicures.
Love nice nails but don't particularly like getting them done.

I have never had a mani, but could never give my pedis up.

Me! i just can’t justify the cost ! ive tried to them myself for special occasions-fails every time.when money is tight though I just can’t justify the cost of going to salon

Me - I bought a gel kit from amazon and do my own now!

Done my own gel nails for the last 11 years!

Maybe try getting them done at the beauty department of a college.

Cheaper! Just a thought. Plus if there is a particular part of the mani you dislike, they could leave it out/do it differently, like a salon would.

I bought a gel kit years ago and I do my own now. I couldn't justify the expense or the time to actually get them done in a salon now.

I've been converted to nail wraps. Literally stickers. £2. Looks like a professional manicure.

I bought a kit recently as I can’t be doing with the inconvenience of going. It’s yet to be road tested so we will see….

pedis last for ages so I can’t see myself giving that up in a rush…

I use the stickers for pedis too.

When I tried to do my own gel nails they looked awful.

At least the lamp wasn't a total waste as I can use it for the semi cured strips.

Yeah me, I stopped like everyone else during Covid and never bothered afterwards, my beautician put nail infills up to £38 and toes to £45 and as I went every three weeks for nails and six weeks for toes too, I just couldn’t justify it anymore plus I always felt like I was wasting time as it was always a 2.5 hour trip (3.5 if toes were included) due to travel time too and there’s so many other thing I needed to do. I do miss my toes being done but not my nails weirdly

I have heard of a normal nail varnish that goes on like a gel but doesn’t need setting with a lamp, if anyone has experience of that I’d be really interested

I just couldn't. Have a Pedi every eight weeks and a Mani every six at a push. It will cost less if you don't need to go so often. Also, I have dipping polish on natural nails, no extensions, no chrome, and no nail art to keep the cost reasonable.

Would only get one for a special ocassion,
I like the look of very short clean nails, was doing them myself at home but as I wear retinol cream at night on my face it was destroying them so I stopped doing them, no point

Yes, sort of.......

I've cut back massively and tend to only get a professional mani/pedi before I go on holiday or other special occasion; I've probably had about 4 this year. I'm having a manicure today as have lots of Xmas socialising coming up and will book a pedicure in January to give the hooves a good going over!

I bought a gel kit during lockdown so do my own in between and have more time nowadays to do my feet but don't do as good a job as my beautician.

Yes I stopped getting them done to save money and got used to the natural look now. Didn’t even get them done for holidays and won’t for Christmas.

Oo tell me more! do they damage the nails? where do you get them from?

I like the sound of the nail wraps too.

To think I've cracked it? - Mumsnet www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4947736-to-think-ive-cracked-it?shem=ssusxt

So I got my nails done Mon last week, acrylic infils. Bloody paints chipped off my thumb. So I look scruffy & not ready for infil!! Now I've gotta take myself off to the salon just to get 1 nail fixed.
Can't paint it myself as I don't have the colour.

@LylaLee Thank you so much for taking the time to post the link for us. They look really good!

I bought a kit and did my own from the start of covid, and was quite happy doing that. However, the health risk warnings earlier this year really put me off continuing so I haven't had anything on my nails since around April. They were in bad condition at first but are really strong now. I don't miss the gels, although I'd like just sometimes to have some colour on them but I chip regular polish within hours so don't like using it.

The nail wraps look great. Thanks for the link above.

what are you getting the acrylic painted with? Gel or normal polish? Gel lasts a lot better if I get acrylics.

Thanks. They perform exactly like a gel polish, except it takes 5 minutes to do instead of driving into town/faffing around doing it yourself. And it costs £4 instead of £35 each time.

Me, I dont have the time and am trying to be money careful.

Though I do occasionally do a shape and paint £10

And have some stick ons for special occasions

Love a nail wrap. These aren't gel just Amazon cheapies. Clear nail varnish over the top. Love a quick dry one.

A vote for stickers here! I use Glaize. They are easy to use, cheaper than a manicure and more eco-friendly than gels. I've never had manicures because I don't have time but I just do these myself in the evening in 10mins and they last 2 weeks.