Remember my post way back about how I fix broken nails and it actually worked. Well... major newsflash to me! I bought some plain white tissue paper and followed the steps as I had previously but it didn’t stick. The paper peeled right up and my nails still broke.
With that happening and me being even more determined to not damage my natural nail and still have them look nice, I stumbled upon something that seems to be working. I get to not damage my natural nails if I decide to take them off and yet when they’re on, they are superb. I had coworkers who pay big bucks look at my nails and couldn’t tell a difference. Not until I pointed out my mistakes to them. Even with the mistakes they were pretty impressed. I thought that was pretty cool.
Here are the before pictures- nails are different lengths and you can see splitting occurring. On top of that, my nails are very thin and will bend and splinter or sometimes just break clean off.
These are the supplies I used. I show different types of buffers because everyone prefers something different. I prefer the brown and yellow buffers- the brown is aggressive enough where I don't have waste too much time working the ridges out and the yellow smooths it completely. All of these supplies can be purchased at Sallys Beauty Supply.
Now the steps: #1. I decided to cut my nails all off, they were splitting anyways. And glue the fake nail on
# 2. Glue the fake nails on. I chose the extended bed type of nails so that there was more to hold on. I didn't rough up the nail bed or anything along those lines.
#3. Start filing them down the ridges. Be careful, there isn't much of a ridge and you don't want to file a hole in your natural nail bed. You just want the fake nail to blend in smoothly.
All filed down and ready to be painted.
Here's another one with flash just to help you see more details.
#4. Finally, paint as you wish! From the time I took these pictures to today, they've been on a few days and no complaints. yet. I will update if something changes or new comes along.
Sure hope this inspires you to find different ways to better looking nails without those nail salon prices!
All totalled, the nails, file, nail cutter cost me $11. Not bad as that is the cost of a fill-in around here.
Hugs,
A.
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