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julietsierra -> RE: and another thing! Long red fingernails (2/16/2007 1:34:08 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Focus50
Female hands are a personal favourite and I esp appreciate well kept nails. Definitely something I'd tick off on things that define "feminine". As for polish, any colour is fine by me - as long as it generally suits the wearer and occasion.
But those awful glue on things are absolute shockers and as unsexy (to me) as tattoos and body-piercings! While on the subject, can anyone tell me why the fake nails have a virtually square profile instead of radiused because that particularly peeves me about them?
Focus.
I WISH I could have longer natural nails. When I was younger, they peeled in layers like an onion - well past the quick and would bleed all the time. I had babies and everyone said that the pre-natal vitamins would do wonders for my nails. They did wonders for my hair but my nails continued to peel. I was told that AFTER I was done having babies they'd get stronger. They peeled. I was told that a good manicure would fix me right up. They peeled.
So, finally, I opted for spending the money for good acrylic nails. I looked a long time before I found a nail tech that had the expertise to make sure they were thin enough to look real and thick enough to last for two weeks. She also knew how to do the oval shaped nails because I also hate the squared off looks even though those are the strongest shape to have.
I made sure while I was looking to find out - AHEAD OF TIME - if the techs use gromits or not (those are the drills with the different sized heads). I refused to go to someone who uses gromits and I refuse to go to someone who air brushes. Some of the techs I've been to have tried to convince me that their way was better. I always responded that my view of better was based on their experience, not their expediency.
Using the drills to do what filing can do is not only pretty uncontrolled, it's unsafe. I have yet to be in a salon whose techs used the gromits that actually sterilized the grill bits in between clients. My tech either uses a new emory board or disinfects what she has every time I come in to the place. If she nicks the cuticle, she tosses the board.
But anyway...while I'd prefer natural nails, I do my best to make darn sure what I have looks natural. Belive me, if the choice is between acrylics and nicked up, peeling nails, acrylics look real good.
juliet
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