Doing your own nails

[lilly]

How long does it take to do your own gel overlays from scratch.
prep
1 base gel
2 colour
1 clear
refine and finish.

 

[lucyboo]

about 2 hrs!!

 

[lilly]

Oh God, its soooo boring isnt it, just done mine and took forevvvverrrr, There must be someon3 who has a secret way of doing them, I do 2 nails flash cure then the other 3 then cure, does anyone do all flipping ten at once !???

 

[ljohnson9889]

i use shellac...it takes me half hour, just over!! x

 

[lilly]

Ah stop it, I'm jealous ! my nails arnt strong enough for shallac, was asking about gel overlays ! x

 

[eternity31]

takes me about two hours to do my own -its a nightmare and I usually end up doing them about midnight when Im tired! but haven't found an easy way yet apart from getting someone else to do them!

 

[Wooshka]

Yep takes me about 2 hrs too.

I hate doing my own nails but I refuse to pay someone else for something I can do for myself.

 

[Vetty]

I use OPI Axxium and I do my own overlays in about an hour...... It's the quickest and easiest way to do my nails, doing a full set of L+P takes me longer!

 

[Bambi]

Oh I'm glad I'm not the only one! It takes me about 2 hours too, although I find I get so bored, end up putting the tv on and getting distracted, so often takes me longer as I find myself sat still for 30 throughout eastenders! Or having a well earned glass of vino! Must not get distracted..........

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[katiebbaby]

If I'm applying l&p enhancments (sculpts on form) from scratch on myself as I did the other day it took me 2 hrs from start to finish that was doing p&w on myself which I haven't had on in years.

However I usually do either nno on myself and then shellac or just shellac my own natural nails with fedora. I love painted or shellaced nails when they are short and neat (sophisticated) however I have lately became very envious of very long well done p&w so decided to do some ob myself as I had a good free edge,,, wow they look good.

But guess what,,, I'm in love with shellac ,, after a day I shellaced them with rosebud and glitter (rockstar ) so not me but I still love them .

I'm a shellac girl through and through lol

 

[lisa.sharrock]

OMG I HATE, HATE, HATE doing my own nails!

I don't do acrylics anymore on my own nails as since using Shellac I've been able to grow them to a nice length. But when doing acrylics it would take about 2 hours and one hand would still look crap. x

:green:

 

[salpep]

Funny how we all just be bothered enhancements on our own nails, since Gelish, Shellac etc come out lol

For me it just saves so much time..

Also doing the enhancements it always took me agesbecause doing them on yourself you want them so perfect and notice every little flaw..nightmare ;0)

 

[EMMA AT ELITE]

I shellack my nails & it takes me about an hour, longer if I am adding glitter or cystals. I do one hand completly first, then do the other hand, I think with the shellac it saves time that you can cure 5 nails at a time x

 

[~Jenny~]

I wear Gelish on my nails and it takes around 40 minutes. I change my Gelish every 2 weeks on a Wednesday morning but last as a quick fix just for the weekend I decided to paint over my Gelish with one of the Katy Perry OPI colours followed by Black Shatter...it looks great!

 

[ErinDoesNails]

2 hours.

 

[Sweetcheeks]

I do L&P but it still takes 2 hrs! Its because we are using our non dominant hands and we slow right down to ensure a good finish

 

[Bud]

Oh I'm glad I'm not the only one! It takes me about 2 hours too, although I find I get so bored, end up putting the tv on and getting distracted, so often takes me longer as I find myself sat still for 30 throughout eastenders! Or having a well earned glass of vino! Must not get distracted..........

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This made me laugh! I always do the same .. So by the time I am working on my right hand (I'm right-handed) the results are extra dodgy, as I'm also a little bit tiddled!

tv + wine = wobbly nails!!

....Not quite as bad as the fake tan disaster I once had after a few glasses of rosè tho!! Lol

 

[purpleivy]

I try and remember to do my right hand first (I'm right handed). I'm a bit slower and more careful with it, so if I do have to end up hurrying to finish on time, I'm hurrying with the 'easy' hand.

 

[Serenity Beauty]

I shellac my fingers and toes in under an hour or half hour for just fingers! Lilly if u persevere with shellac u will have beautiful strong long nails in no time! X