If you ladies are like me, you love having your nails done. However for me, I am always caught in the middle of doing them myself and getting them done. Whenever I just paint them myself they always chip the next day and then eventually come off within a few days. Whenever I get them done, I get acrylics and they end up ruining my actual nails and they are just so expensive especially to keep up with.
Just a few side notes that have to do with acrylic nails. They look really good but essentially are not very good for the strength of your nails. If you have noticed when you try and take them off after you got them done at the salon, it is a slow, painful process. There are so many layers of acrylic and glue and such that when you take off the nail it is taking a lot of your nail with it which is why you probably notice your nails are very frail afterward. Between this and the cost I decided I needed to try something new. That is when I decided I was going to do my own artificial nails at home.
I went to Walmart and bought a 500 count nail set which was only $5 keep that in mind. It comes with the glue already inside, but if you want more or run out you can always buy more which is what I started to do. (Sometimes I even keep my tiny glue bottle in my purse in case a nail falls off or I just need some glue.) They come in different sizes as well. My nails are really small and I like shorter nails so I get the shortest nails, but there are long ones too.
All you do is glue on the nails starting from your pinky and ending with your thumbs. Make sure you put enough glue on the back of the nail and press and hold for a good minute so that the nail sticks on really good. I also bought an artificial nail clipper which is the clipper that they use at the salon. You don't have to buy this but I find that it is much easier to cut the nails with that then with a regular clipper. This is also very inexpensive and looks like this.
So my next step is just cutting the nails down and then filing them to where I want them. As I mentioned earlier, I like shorter nails so I cut them and file them till they are just a little longer than my finger. The nails come in a clear color so you get to paint them whichever way you want which is my favorite part! Another advantage is that since it is not your real nail and it is a little more lifted, then it is a lot easier to paint and I find that I don't make hardly as many messes as I do when I just paint my real nail. After I paint I just finish with a clear coat and is that simple and CHEAP. I took before pictures of just my regular nails, the clear filed down artificial nails, and then after they were painted. I have this weird obsession with all white nails especially in the summer. I think it makes me feel tan. ;) But you can paint them any way you want!
Your nails will look just like you came out of a salon! I often get asked if I got my nails done and I usually tell the truth and tell them I just did them myself, but you can say you got them done. They will never know! ;)
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