Your Nail Salon/Manicure Routine

[Welshgal]

I’ve looked into it and it seems like no salon near me does BIAB - is it just a UK thing? My nails are completely ruined from that butchered shellac experience I had in July. They keep breaking no matter what I do

 

[Miss.Chanandler.Bong]

Great tip. Do you still get gel on top?

Yes I do. Not sure if it’s just my salon but the base colours of BIAB that she offers me are very basic

 

[101d]

I work for a gel polish brand so get cheap products and do my own, although they are never as good as going to a professional!

I get acrylics when I'm going on holiday or for special occasions

 

[Mojojojo67]

It’s gel over your normal nails. It’s less expensive for me.
My nails never grew long. No matter what they would break.
After the advice here I have been getting BIAB since June and my nails are so long now

Thanks for this. I have infills every fortnight so would I be able to go longer in between appointments if I had this?

 

[strawberrysunshine_x]

Removed my own gel very diligently (took hours, so boring) but my nails are soooo shitty now. I can't tell whether there's some base coat still on them or whether I've pulled a couple of layers off them in places but they look crap and feel even worse!

They never look good after they’ve had anything on them. They’ll recover

 

[strawberrysunshine_x]

What’s made you go back?

I think I just don’t like the thinless of biab compared . And I’m so scared to have them long as I feel like they are gonna break. I have a very hands on job and it’s really easy to chip them. Also I’m not patient enough for them to grow. I missed my last appointment cos we weren’t well so it was 6 weeks between appointments I pulled off my Biabs and just fancy acrylics again