Artistic Gel Nails: the Aftermath

So, two weeks on from my soak-off, how are the nails? Well, seven out of ten have broken at least once, but that’s what my nails do and this would probably have happened anyway. I’m more concerned about the state of the three of these seven that have had...

My nails: the Artistic Gel Manicure aftermath

Just adding a postscript to this story here really. I had my Artistic Gel nails soaked off on Wednesday by Zoran at Equus where they were applied four weeks ago. I was delighted with how long they had looked beautiful. Really I only had them taken off because my...

Artistic Gel Manicure: week 3 picture

Here, then, is a picture of my nails three weeks after Zoran at Equus applied a clear Artistic gel polish. No nails have broken or chipped this week and they have been given a chance to grow. The downside of this, of course, is that the gel polish is moving with the...

Gel manicure after two weeks

So, here is my gel manicure, performed so beautifully by Zoran at Equus, after two weeks. The tips are largely fine, although one nail broke but was fine after I’d filed it down. You can see from the second picture that the thumbnail is starting to peel so it...

Gel manicures – my thoughts

I don’t normally “do” my fingernails. It takes ages to do it properly, and, realistically, hours before they dry hard enough to do anything normal and practical, (like removing car keys from one’s handbag or putting out the rubbish) without...