There are so many nail styles you could have and I thought I would share a couple with you

An important part of my appearance and how I feel about myself comes down to self care

One of the ways I offer myself self care is through the form of being pampered. Something I thoroughly enjoy is having nail extensions and manicures along with a pedicure as well

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Nail Styles To Consider

Manicures

I’ve had regular manicures, luxury manicures, hot wax manicures, extensions, acrylics, shellac’s and more recently SNS gel treatments

There are lots of salons and nail bars that offer a variety of treatments

Each might differ slightly and your nails will look different by a different technician. It is like an art and everyone does it slightly differently

If you already have natural nails your happy with you might just opt for a manicure and polish

This is where they remove the excess cuticles on each nail, usually a hand and finger massage and then a polish colour to top it off

Tip Extensions

I often have acrylic extensions added on to my own nails as I liked having them longer. This is the only way to make them longer

My natural nails typically break when they get to a certain length, plus they were never really that strong

Acrylic extensions give you exactly the type of nail that you want. The style and shape is created with the acrylic, the technician can cute and file them into the nail style you choose

This treatment means you have whatever nails you have cut off, and tips put on. Then the acrylic powder is put on top and moulded into the shape you ask for and then buffed smooth

Shellac Polish

Shellac polish is a liquid gel which is set to harden with a UV light

The benefits of this means that you don’t have to wait for the polish to dry and worry about smudging them

You can have shellac polish on any type of nail

Natural nails without extensions, or even on top of acrylic nails

I absolutely love shellac polish as typically you get no cracking, no chipping no spoiling of any sort

Not only that it will last until you remove it. There are some kits you remove gel polish at home rather than needing to visit the salon

I tend to get them re-done every 3 weeks when I have shellac, as that’s the rate of growth for my nails

SNS

SNS  is something I’ve been having more recently as they are less damaging to your own natural nail

There is no drilling to apply the SNS polish, they just buff your own nail

The liquid bond is applied directly to your own nail, and your nail is dipped into the colour powder

Coloured powder sticks to the liquid and coats your nail

It’s then buffed smooth and have a nice strong coverage without looking bulky and fake

There are a lot of at home kits

I would always recommend buying the removal kits as well in case you don’t like how it looks or get bored of the colour

Don’t try to pull any of the nails or gels off your own nails

Always soak them off, it ruins your own nail underneath if you pull them. Plus it can be quite painful

Almond Ombre SNS on my natural nails

 

Square Acrylic extensions with french manicure finish 

I would love to know what experiences you have had whether you recommend a certain style or if there is a treatment you would never have.

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