I still remember the day I peeled off my first gel manicure. It was three weeks old, chipped at the corner, and I thought, “How hard could it be?” I picked it for 10 minute. A thin white layer of my actual nail came off with the polish, and for…
Gel Manicure
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I still remember the first time gel manicure surprised me at the register. I’d walked in for what I thought was a simple “refresh,” picked a pretty nude, and agreed to a tiny bit of nail art on two fingers. Then the receptionist rang me up, and the total was…
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I remember the moment I became obsessed with gel manicures. I was at my cousin’s wedding, three days after getting a regular polish manicure and my nails looked like a crime scene. Chipped, dull, one thumbnail basically bald. Meanwhile my sister-in-law’s gel manicure from two and a half weeks earlier…
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Have you ever seen someone sitting under a small purple lamp at a nail salon? That is a gel manicure. This nail treatment has become one of the most popular services around the world. It lasts longer than normal polish and dries fast. It leaves your nail looking smooth and…