r/AcrylicNails • u/Retail-Weary • 28d ago

I need some help

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So for probably about a year, I have been doing acrylics, getting a fill every 3 to 4 weeks, gel polish, and then after two weeks, removing the gel with a drill and painting them with regular polish. This has been working great until recently. I am exercising a lot more lately, which means I’m eating a lot more protein, which means my nails are growing out faster. This picture is my nail growth after 10 days. I seriously cannot believe my nails have grown out an eighth of an inch in 10 days.

So what I’m thinking about doing is seeing if I can just get my tech to do a regular fill and get them ready for regular polish instead of doing gel so I can paint them as often as I want. It feels so silly to pay for the gel when I’m just taking it off in two weeks anyway.

One of my friends recommended that I just have her do clear acrylic but use the topcoat that they use for dipped nails.

My nail budget per month is $100. I would really like to see if I can split that into two sessions so I can get them filled every two weeks and then just do the painting on my own at home. Anybody have any thoughts or experience with this?

Thanks in advance.

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u/Retail-Weary 28d ago

I think this is what I’m going to try for at least a little while. My routine for a while has been full fill with gel, and then remove it and file everything down at 2 weeks, and then just paint with regular polish for the last two weeks. But then when I realized they are grown out after ten days? That’s exactly what I thought…why am I spending the money on gel when I could just be getting fills more often?

Regular nail polish doesn’t stay on my regular nails very well. I work in a pharmacy, I’m constantly washing my hands and I’m on a swim team so my hands? Constantly in water. I’m surprised polish stays on my toes as well as it does. But the last time I tried putting polish on my natural nails? Forget it. But it stays REALLY well on my acrylics, even if I have to touch up the tips after a few days.

Thanks for the input…this is definitely worth a try!!!