Silk Wrap Nails
Sunday, February 27th, 2011
What are acrylic nails? And what are silk wrap-thingys?
Thinking about maybe doing something nice to my nails.
Acrylic nails are generally applied with a nail tip which is GLUED to your natural nail bed. An acrylic material is layered over the tip and hardens. The new fake nail is then filed down and can be painted. They can be very pretty but generally look fake. I have had acrylic nails for years.
I have also tried silk wraps. I have very paper-thin nails and although I have nice nail beds and my nails will grow, they tear easily. A nail tech suggested silk wraps during a manicure and I tried it… HATED them! I would much rather have the acrylic nails or nothing at all.
Let me just say that here in the Midwest most of the nail salons are owned by Asians. I’m not prejudiced, but the level of expertise and the quality of the products used has been greatly compromised, not to mention the customer service is not very high. I just removed my acrylic nails after three years. I used to be able to go three weeks between fills and lately I barely make it a week. Is it because I’m harder on my nails? No, it’s because the nail techs use hardly any product to fill the nail and their still charging the same. The last fill I had I could still see natural nail on the side of one of my tips. I pointed it out to the tech and he said “no problem, you be fine, see you in two weeks.” The nail broke the next day; I was so furious that I just soaked them all off.
I am now undergoing extensive nail repair! RevivaNail every day and Solar Oil 2-3 times per day. It will take 3-6 months to get my nails back in good shape. I am so tempted to go and get another acrylic set put on, but I am trying to stay strong! I miss my nails! But I know the products they use are so toxic. There will probably be a whole new cancer epidemic in the next 30 years from all of the acrylic nail toxins!
Silk Wrap Nail Tip Overlay Application Tutorial Part 1 – Artisan SilkWrap Nail System
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